The Open 2025 LIVE: Final round leaderboard, golf scores & radio from Royal Portrush

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Summary

Scottie Scheffler wins fourth major title and first Claret Jug by four shots at Royal Portrush
World number one cards final round of 68 to finish at 17 under par
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US duo Harris English (-13) and Chris Gotterup (-12) closest challengers
England's Matt Fitzpatrick shoots two-under 68 to finish in share of fourth at -11
Home favourite Rory McIlroy closes at -10
American Bryson DeChambeau wraps up with brilliant 64, a final-round record at Royal Portrush
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Paul Higham, Phil Cartwright, Joe Bradshaw, Henry Cowling and Ros Satar

Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time
Hatton -8, Schauffele -7

Two solid tee shots on the first from Tyrrell Hatton and defending champion Xander Schauffele, finding the safety of the fairway.
Schauffele's approach lands on the right side of the green, leaving an uphill putt of about 40 feet for birdie.
What can Hatton produce? Oh, a belter! Four feet left for a birdie three to start.
Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time
Rai -4 (16)

England's Aaron Rai is set for another solid finish at a major championship.
His lowest finish at a major so far in 2025 is his tie for 33rd at last month's US Open and he's on course for something similar today.
He's bogey-free for the day and three under for his round with a couple of holes left to play.
McNealy climbs leaderboardpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time
McNealy -6 (14)

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A quick word for Maverick McNealy.
The American kick-started his round with an eagle on the par-five second, and he's since added five more birdies to his card.
Four holes left of his Open and he's sitting at a very tidy six under par, which is currently a share of eleventh.
A career Grand Slam incoming?published at 14:00 British Summer Time

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If Scottie Scheffler can wrap up victory at The Open today, he'll be three-quarters of the way towards a career Grand Slam.
He'd just be short of a US Open title. He's had four top-10 finishes in his past five appearances in that tournament, so you'd think it's likely a win would come at some point in the future - although you never can tell with sport, can you?
Scheffler is also in possession of an Olympic gold medal, won in Paris last summer, so that would be a unique career haul should the American ever win all four majors as well.
Hatton in contention againpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time
Hatton -8, Schauffele -7 (14:00 BST)

Tyrrell Hatton is in one of the final groups for the second major in a row.
The Englishman fell just short of breaking his major duck at Oakmont, finishing in a tie for fourth at the US Open.
Nothing would drop for him on the greens on Saturday, so he decided to hole one from the seventh fairway on his way to a three-under-par 68.
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'Mamma Mia!' - Eagle for Hatton
'Walk to win'published at 13:56 British Summer Time
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Here's a post that will definitely age some of you. It is almost 30 years to the day since Jonathan Edwards set a triple jump world record, hop, skip and jumping 18.29m to win the world title. That record still stands.
Nowadays, he's the R&A's global development ambassador and was on the radio a little earlier, talking about the 'walk to win' fitness initiative launched at Troon last year that got fans to register the number of steps they walked while at The Open.
More than 6,700 people took part last year, walking a total of 168,753,944 steps - the equivalent of more than three times round the world.
Of the numbers I've seen from the 5 Live team so far, the leader is on 70,818 from three Championship days.
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Lowry almost finishes in stylepublished at 13:53 British Summer Time
Lowry -2 (66)

Shane Lowry has already finished for the day - he gave his army of supporters plenty to smile about during a five-under round of 66.
The 2019 champion almost ended in style with a chip-in at the last.
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Giggling Lowry nearly ends his Open in style
Good event for first-timerspublished at 13:52 British Summer Time

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If Scottie Scheffler goes on to win the Open Championship today it will be the 12th time in a row that the Claret Jug has been claimed by a first-time winner of the event.
Ernie Els was the most recent multiple winner in 2012, so it's not been a great tournament for past champions of late.
Fleetwood on formpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -7 (9)

Speaking of Tommy Fleetwood, he's carded another birdie on the ninth and he's out in 32.
Fleetwood into the top 10 now!
Who's out on the course?published at 13:51 British Summer Time

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We've got another half an hour or so before the leading groups make their way out for their final rounds, but there are plenty of big names that the massed crowds can follow before then.
Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood and US Open champion JJ Spaun are among the players on the course.
While the hopes of those players catching Scottie Scheffler are gone, they will hope to post a low number and push their way up the leaderboard as the day progresses.
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Get Involved - biggest chokespublished at 13:50 British Summer Time
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Now, we're not saying we're expecting this to happen but if Scottie Scheffler doesn't win today, it will go down as a large surprise.
Especially if he unravels and lets everyone come charging back.
So it got us thinking, what are the biggest chokes ?
- Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters?
- Newcastle coughing up the Premier League to Manchester United?
- Me bottling asking the prettiest girl in school out to our end-of-year leavers' prom?
Send in your suggestions via all the usual channels.
The Rory roar at Portrushpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time

Watch, and listen, to a spellbinding round from Rory McIlroy yesterday.
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'Listen to that roar' - McIlroy wows the crowd with a round of 66
Rory's on the rangepublished at 13:47 British Summer Time
Faith Harper
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

The practice range has just gone from being relatively calm and quiet to packed out in the space of a few minutes.
You can actually hear the crowds getting closer and closer as word spreads that Rory is here.
MacIntyre startspublished at 13:46 British Summer Time
MacIntyre -6

Bob MacIntyre, the US Open runner-up last month, shot 70 yesterday. In normal circumstances that might not have been so bad, but with low scoring all around on Saturday, it means he starts eight shots off the lead held by Scottie Scheffler.
The popular Scot splits the first fairway with his opening tee shot.
Defending champion Schauffele in the mixpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time
Hatton -8, Schauffele -7 (14:00 BST)

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Xander Schauffele shot a magnificent final-round 65 to win The Open at Troon last summer and he'll probably need something even better today if he's going to overhaul Scottie Scheffler at the top of the leaderboard.
Schauffele's five-under round of 66 yesterday, which contained eagles on the seventh and 12th, catapulted him into the top 10 at the end of day three.
Postpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time

Wonder how many thumbs that post will get...
Well, you asked for it...published at 13:43 British Summer Time
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

... they bumped into the Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt... 8.30am I'm reliably informed.
And before you complain, you voted for this!
Right, back to the action...
Postpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -6 (8)

Four birdies in the first eight holes, along with a solitary bogey, have lifted Tommy Fleetwood to six under par for the tournament.
The 2019 runner-up seems to have found his putting boots, with three birdie putts in excess of 15 feet so far today, but it's probably a little bit too late to challenge for the title.
Perfect symmetry?published at 13:37 British Summer Time

Xander Schauffele won the US PGA Championship in 2024 and followed that up by winning The Open last summer.
Scottie Scheffler won the US PGA Championship in 2025 and is on course to follow that up by winning The Open today.
Will he get the job done?
The real competitionpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time

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Who has been the longest off the tee so far this week?
According to The Open official statistics, Bryson DeChambeau has the longest drive this week, averaging 326.8 yards.
In second? Rory McIlroy at 326.7 yards.
That's bizarrely close.

153rd Open Championship

Date:: 17 - 20 July 2025
Course:: Royal Portrush GC
Par:: 71
Yards:: 7,346
Prize Money:: $16,500,000

Rank	Player	Total	Total	Thru	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 4	Strokes
1	Scottie Scheffler	17 under par	17 under par	finished	68	64	67	68	68	267
2	Harris English	13 under par	13 under par	finished	67	70	68	66	66	271
3	Chris Gotterup	12 under par	12 under par	finished	72	65	68	67	67	272
4	Haotong Li	11 under par	11 under par	finished	67	67	69	70	70	273
4	Matthew Fitzpatrick	11 under par	11 under par	finished	67	66	71	69	69	273
4	Wyndham Clark	11 under par	11 under par	finished	76	66	66	65	65	273
7	Xander Schauffele	10 under par	10 under par	finished	71	69	66	68	68	274
7	Rory McIlroy	10 under par	10 under par	finished	70	69	66	69	69	274
7	Robert MacIntyre	10 under par	10 under par	finished	71	66	70	67	67	274
10	Russell Henley	9 under par	9 under par	finished	72	70	65	68	68	275
10	Brian Harman	9 under par	9 under par	finished	69	65	73	68	68	275
10	Bryson DeChambeau	9 under par	9 under par	finished	78	65	68	64	64	275
10	Corey Conners	9 under par	9 under par	finished	74	69	66	66	66	275
14	Nicolai Hoejgaard	8 under par	8 under par	finished	69	69	69	69	69	276
14	Rickie Fowler	8 under par	8 under par	finished	69	72	70	65	65	276
16	Jesper Svensson	7 under par	7 under par	finished	71	72	68	66	66	277
16	Justin Rose	7 under par	7 under par	finished	69	71	68	69	69	277
16	John Parry	7 under par	7 under par	finished	72	71	67	67	67	277
16	Hideki Matsuyama	7 under par	7 under par	finished	74	69	68	66	66	277
16	Rasmus Hoejgaard	7 under par	7 under par	finished	69	68	70	70	70	277
16	Tyrrell Hatton	7 under par	7 under par	finished	68	69	68	72	72	277
16	Tommy Fleetwood	7 under par	7 under par	finished	73	68	69	67	67	277
23	J. J. Spaun	6 under par	6 under par	finished	73	69	68	68	68	278
23	Maverick McNealy	6 under par	6 under par	finished	69	74	69	66	66	278
23	Dustin Johnson	6 under par	6 under par	finished	73	69	67	69	69	278
23	Lucas Glover	6 under par	6 under par	finished	69	72	68	69	69	278
23	Ludvig Aaberg	6 under par	6 under par	finished	73	67	68	70	70	278
28	Oliver Lindell	5 under par	5 under par	finished	72	68	68	71	71	279
28	Harry Hall	5 under par	5 under par	finished	73	67	68	71	71	279
30	Kristoffer Reitan	4 under par	4 under par	finished	72	68	68	72	72	280
30	Keegan Bradley	4 under par	4 under par	finished	72	67	70	71	71	280
30	Akshay Bhatia	4 under par	4 under par	finished	73	68	70	69	69	280
30	Daniel Berger	4 under par	4 under par	finished	72	70	70	68	68	280
34	Lee Westwood	3 under par	3 under par	finished	69	70	69	73	73	281
34	Justin Thomas	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	69	69	71	71	281
34	Aaron Rai	3 under par	3 under par	finished	69	72	71	69	69	281
34	Jon Rahm	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	72	69	70	70	281
34	Sergio Garcia	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	73	70	68	68	281
34	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	3 under par	3 under par	finished	67	73	69	72	72	281
40	Jordan Spieth	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	69	72	68	68	282
40	Shane Lowry	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	72	74	66	66	282
40	Jason Kokrak	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	70	71	70	70	282
40	Nathan Kimsey	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	72	68	71	71	282
40	Takumi Kanaya	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	72	69	70	70	282
45	Matt Wallace	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	69	66	75	75	283
45	Henrik Stenson	1 under par	1 under par	finished	75	68	69	71	71	283
45	Jordan Smith	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	68	72	72	72	283
45	Thriston Lawrence	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	70	68	72	72	283
45	Matthew Jordan	1 under par	1 under par	finished	68	72	73	70	70	283
45	Thomas Detry	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	71	70	70	70	283
45	Sam Burns	1 under par	1 under par	finished	70	69	72	72	72	283
52	Sepp Straka	level par	level par	finished	72	71	70	71	71	284
52	Adrien Saddier	level par	level par	finished	72	71	72	69	69	284
52	Marc Leishman	level par	level par	finished	73	68	68	75	75	284
52	Sung-Jae Im	level par	level par	finished	71	71	67	75	75	284
56	Jhonattan Vegas	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	70	70	73	73	285
56	Phil Mickelson	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	72	76	67	67	285
56	Tony Finau	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	68	72	75	75	285
59	Antoine Rozner	2 over par	2 over par	finished	72	70	73	71	71	286
59	Justin Leonard	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	73	70	73	73	286
61	Romain Langasque	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	71	72	73	73	287
61	Dean Burmester	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	71	76	69	69	287
63	Andrew Novak	4 over par	4 over par	finished	71	72	74	71	71	288
63	Francesco Molinari	4 over par	4 over par	finished	72	71	71	74	74	288
63	Riki Kawamoto	4 over par	4 over par	finished	72	70	78	68	68	288
63	Ryggs Johnston	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	66	74	74	74	288
63	Viktor Hovland	4 over par	4 over par	finished	73	69	73	73	73	288
68	Jacob Skov Olesen	6 over par	6 over par	finished	67	76	73	74	74	290
69	Matthias Schmid	8 over par	8 over par	finished	73	70	79	70	70	292
70	Sebastian Soederberg	11 over par	11 over par	finished	73	70	75	77	77	295

Last updated 20th July 2025 at 18:47

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Live Reporting

Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time

McNealy climbs leaderboardpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time

A career Grand Slam incoming?published at 14:00 British Summer Time

Hatton in contention againpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time

'Walk to win'published at 13:56 British Summer Time

Lowry almost finishes in stylepublished at 13:53 British Summer Time

Good event for first-timerspublished at 13:52 British Summer Time

Fleetwood on formpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time

Who's out on the course?published at 13:51 British Summer Time

Get Involved - biggest chokespublished at 13:50 British Summer Time

The Rory roar at Portrushpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time

Rory's on the rangepublished at 13:47 British Summer Time

MacIntyre startspublished at 13:46 British Summer Time

Defending champion Schauffele in the mixpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time

Well, you asked for it...published at 13:43 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time

Perfect symmetry?published at 13:37 British Summer Time

The real competitionpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time

153rd Open Championship

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