The 2025 British Open is now underway. The last time the British Open took place at Portrush, Ireland’s Shane Lowry (pictured above) was victorious. Here are the live updates.
8:20 AM ET–Here is the current leaderboard: 1) Jacob Olesen–DEN and Haotong Li–CHN -4, 3) Matt Fitzpatrick–ENG, Sadom Kaewkanjana–THA, and Matthew Jordan–ENG -3, 6) Scottie Scheffler–USA, Lee Westwood–ENG, Riki Kawamoto–JPN, Nicolai Hojgaard–DEN -2, 10) Phil Mickelson–USA, Adrien Saddier–FRA, Takumi Kanaya–JPN, Stewart Cink–USA, Jesper Svensson–SWE, Jon Rahm–ESP, Xander Schauffele–USA, J.J. Spaun–USA, Shane Lowry–IRL, Nico Echavarria–COL, John Axelsen–DEN, Andrew Novak–USA at -1…currently 21 golfers under par…
8:26 AM ET–very rainy conditions to date…
8:35 AM ET–Rahm bogeys the 11th on a long par putt that comes up a little bit short and drops to even…
8:36 AM ET–Schauffele also bogeys the 11th hole and is at even…
8:44 AM ET–Spaun bogeys the 11th hole…drops to even par…
8:45 AM ET–Tough day for American five-time major champion Brooks Koepka, who is at +2 including a double bogey…
8:46 AM ET–Jesper Svensson birdies the fifth and improves to -2…
8:48 AM ET–American Rickie Fowler birdies the fifth and improves to -1…
8:52 AM ET—Scheffler bogeys the 11th which is playing tough…drops to -1…
8:56 AM ET–Now at -1 are Spain’s Sergio Garcia, England’s Laurie Canter…Canter had an eagle on the par four fifth hole…meanwhile Saddier and Echavarria have dropped to even par…
9:08 AM ET–Leaders Olesen and Li are in the clubhouse…
9:14 AM ET–Spaun birdies the 13th hole and improves to -1….
9:20 AM ET–England’s Matthew Jordan in the clubhouse at -3…
9:22 AM ET–Garcia birdies the sixth and improves to -2…
9:26 AM ET–Fitzpatrick birdies the 16th hole from the rough to improve to -4 and a tie for the lead with Li and Olesen…
9:27 AM ET–Lowry bogeys the 13th hole and drops to even par…
9:29 AM ET–Scottish amateur Connor Graham birdies the seventh and improves to -1…did Graham get inspiration from Lottie Woad last week…
9:33 AM ET–Spaun makes long par putt on the 14th hole and remains at -1…
9:34 AM ET–Rahm returns to -1 with a birdie on the 14th hole…
9:43 AM ET–Fowler birdies the seventh after narrowly missing an eagle putt and improves to -2…
9:46 AM ET–Jesper Svensson bogeys the eighth hole and drops to -1…
9:47 AM ET–Garcia improves to -3 with a birdie after barely missing his eagle putt…
9:53 AM ET–Kawamoto bogeys the ninth and falls to -1…
10:01 AM ET–New group at -1…they are Keegan Bradley, Brian Harman, Michael Kim and Justin Leonard of USA, Antoine Rozner of France, South Korea’s Sungjae Im, England’s Aaron Rai and South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence…
10:05 AM ET–Kanaya drops to even with bogey on 18th…Graham bogeys the ninth and falls to even…Canter bogeys the eighth and is at even…
10:13 AM ET–Kaewkanjana bogeys the 11th hole and drops to -2…
10:14 AM ET–Garcia bogeys the eighth hole and drops to -2…
10:15 AM ET–Cink birdies the 10th and improves to -1 after bogeying the ninth…
10:16 AM ET–Scheffler birdies the 16th hole and improves to -2…
10:27 AM ET–McIlroy bogeys the first and drops to +1…
10:28 AM ET–Kawamoto birdies the 12th and improves to -2, and Rai birdies the fifth to improves to -2…
10:33 AM ET–South Africa’s Christian Bezuidenhout delivers second straight birdies the sixth and has two straight birdies to improve to -2…
10:37 AM ET–Lowry birdies the 17th and improves to -1…
10:38 AM ET–Hovland eagles the second hole and improves to -2…
10:38 AM ET–Scheffler birdies the 17th hole and improves to -3…
10:42 AM ET–Spain’s Angel Hidalgo eagles the sixth hole to improve to -2….
10:48 AM ET–Fowler bogeys the 10th hole and drops to -1…
10:49 AM ET–those at -1 now are Americans Sam Burns, Matt McCarty, Lucas Glover, JT Poston, and Harris English, England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre…
10:56 AM ET–Scheffler enters the clubhouse at -3 and tied for fourth with Jordan…
10:59 AM ET–Currently 30 golfers under par…
11:10 AM ET–Bezuidenhout birdies the seventh hole and improves to -3…
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