The Open 2025 LIVE: Round three leaderboard, tee-times, golf scores & updates

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Full coverage of day three of the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush
-12 Scheffler, -11 Fitzpatrick (9)
-9 Li (8), -8 Hatton (7)
-7 Schauffele (16), McIlroy (12), English (9)
Russell Henley of USA in clubhouse at -6 after round of 65
England's John Parry makes hole-in-one at 13th
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Paul Higham, Phil Cartwright, Joe Bradshaw, Ros Satar and Henry Cowling

Eagle - hear the roar!published at 17:25 British Summer Time
McIlroy -7 (12)

Rory McIlroy are you kidding me? He's landed a monster from miles away on the 12th green to make an eagle, and Royal Portrush has just erupted.
Tidy round from Gloverpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time
Glover -4 (68)

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A nice round from Lucas Glover has just come to a close.
A three-under-par 68 with four birdies for the 45-year-old and the American reaches the clubhouse on a tidy four under.
Postpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time
Hatton -8, R Hojgaard -5 (9)

Tyrrell Hatton is oh so close to another birdie on the ninth but his 25-foot putt is just short of the cup.
A bogey-free 33 on the front nine for Tyrrell.
Postpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -3 (69)

At the final hole, England's Tommy Fleetwood is closing his round.
Two bogeys on the back nine derailed his progress as at one stage he'd reached five under par.
Instead, he signs off at three under.
He'll have to go some tomorrow if he's to get anywhere near matching his second place from last time at Portrush.
Eagle for Scheffler!published at 17:15 British Summer Time
Scheffler -12, Fitzpatrick -11 (7)

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Scottie Scheffler started with six pars, but he can add an eagle three to his card on the seventh. No mistake from 10 feet.
Matt Fitzpatrick follows the world number one in for birdie, but the Englishman loses his share of the lead.
Postpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time
McIlroy -6 (10)
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Suddenly the energy changes
As soon as McIlroy stuck his right arm out, the murmurs started.
It's a different story elsewhere. The cheers from other parts of the course are getting louder and louder.
In other news, there's a spectator restaurant off the left of the 11th. The chips smell sensational.
'Unfortunate mishap for Rory'published at 17:14 British Summer Time
McIlroy -5, Smith -2 (11)
Graeme Storm
Two-time European Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

He hasn't hit a wrong ball in any way, he couldn't see the ball but it's just unfortunate because it took away the strike from the shot he was hitting.
Fitzpatrick's fine startpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time
Fitzpatrick -10 (6)

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'Perfect chip' - Fitzpatrick with an eagle on the second hole
Matt Fitzpatrick recovered very quickly from missing a short par putt at the first... by popping in this chip for eagle on the par-five second.
It put the Englishman into a share of the lead, where he's stayed ever since.
Postpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time
Hatton -8 (8)

Tyrrell Hatton finds a fairway bunker from the ninth tee but he's lying well enough and close enough to the green that he can have a stab at the flag.
Probably 25 feet left for the Englishman, who is three under for his round today.
Bogey for McIlroypublished at 17:12 British Summer Time
McIlroy -5 (11)

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Well that's let a bit of air out of the tyres..
A first bogey in 24 holes for Rory McIlroy and it actually comes after he got a stroke of luck by getting a decent spot from that wayward drive.
Hitting that buried second golf ball was a distraction, but he should've done better with a chip from just short of the green than 20 feet, which he then couldn't convert to save par.
Postpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time
Scheffler -10, Fitzpatrick -10 (6)

A 382-yard drive from Scottie Scheffler puts him in position A on the par-five seventh, which has yielded a few eagles already today.
Matt Fitzpatrick, from about 30 yards further back, plays first and his ball lands in the hollow towards the front of the green.
Scheffler strikes - he likes it - magnificent. About 10 feet left for an eagle three.
Missed chancepublished at 17:08 British Summer Time
Harman -6, Li -9 (7)

Li Haotong smoked his drive 356 yards on the seventh and then after a long iron and a chip has a birdie putt of six feet to join the leaders on 10 under - but he's missed it!
You don't get too many chances as good as that, so that's a big miss.
Postpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time
Hatton -8, R Hojgaard -5 (8)

Tyrrell Hatton produces another great lag putt from long range to secure a two-putt par and remain two off the lead.
Well I never...published at 17:04 British Summer Time
McIlroy -6 (10)

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First big miss off the tee today for Rory McIlroy as he carves one miles right of the 11th fairway - but finds himself a nice gap in the rough in a clear area trampled down by the fans.
He hits a gap wedge just short of the green, but that's only half the story as in his follow through his club hits the Portrush turf and uncovers a golf ball buried in the soil!
It pops up and surprised an amused McIlroy, who can only chuckle as he wonders how on earth that's happened.
Not sure I've seen that before - you don't get a penalty for hitting two balls there do you?
'Scheffler and Fitzpatrick will be building confidence'published at 17:03 British Summer Time
Scheffler -10, Fitzpatrick -10 (6)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

When you go out as a leader it’s always tricky to get the putts in and stretch it out because you know everyone’s coming after you and you know what position you’re in.
These guys are more than used to it and they’ll be just trying to get a little bit of momentum, build a little bit of confidence and Scheffler and Fitzpatrick will be in good shape.
Postpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time

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What a shirt by the way - terrific hexagon action.
Give this post a thumb if you're a fan of everyone's favourite tessellating shape.
Wallace finishes up at -5published at 17:01 British Summer Time
Wallace -5 (66)

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We got excited about Matt Wallace about an hour ago - and with good reason in that he was five under for his day with six to play.
Well he's just wrapped up at 18 and that's where he stayed. Steady final third from the Englishman and he's one off the clubhouse lead currently held by Russell Henley at -6.
Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time
Scheffler -10, Fitzpatrick -10 (6)

Two birdie chances on the sixth, two go begging.
Pars for the co-leaders.
'Stuck in neutral'published at 16:57 British Summer Time
McIlroy -6 (10)
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

McIlroy's just stuck in neutral a bit. His body language is getting increasingly agitated, but he still has plenty of chances on the horizon.
There's so many people out here and it's almost impossible for the marshals to stop them straying beyond the ropes, which is what has just happened between the ninth and 10th fairways.
'Rory aware of leaderboard'published at 16:57 British Summer Time
McIlroy -6, Smith -2 (10)
Graeme Storm
Two-time European Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

One thing I noticed before that putt on the 10th was McIlroy looking for the leaderboard.
Some players say they don't like looking at it, but he strode up the green and the first thing he looked for was the leaderboard.

Live. 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 3	Strokes
1	Scottie Scheffler	12 under par	12 under par	7	68	64	no score	no score	132
2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	11 under par	11 under par	7	67	66	no score	no score	133
3	Haotong Li	9 under par	9 under par	8	67	67	no score	no score	134
4	Tyrrell Hatton	8 under par	8 under par	9	68	69	no score	no score	137
5	Xander Schauffele	7 under par	7 under par	16	71	69	no score	no score	140
5	Rory McIlroy	7 under par	7 under par	12	70	69	no score	no score	139
5	Harris English	7 under par	7 under par	10	67	70	no score	no score	137
8	Russell Henley	6 under par	6 under par	finished	72	70	65	65	207
8	Robert MacIntyre	6 under par	6 under par	10	71	66	no score	no score	137
8	Chris Gotterup	6 under par	6 under par	10	72	65	no score	no score	137
11	Matt Wallace	5 under par	5 under par	finished	73	69	66	66	208
11	Wyndham Clark	5 under par	5 under par	finished	76	66	66	66	208
11	Justin Rose	5 under par	5 under par	14	69	71	no score	no score	140
11	Ludvig Aaberg	5 under par	5 under par	14	73	67	no score	no score	140
11	Harry Hall	5 under par	5 under par	13	73	67	no score	no score	140
11	Nicolai Hoejgaard	5 under par	5 under par	11	69	69	no score	no score	138
11	Tony Finau	5 under par	5 under par	10	70	68	no score	no score	138
11	Rasmus Hoejgaard	5 under par	5 under par	9	69	68	no score	no score	137
11	Brian Harman	5 under par	5 under par	8	69	65	no score	no score	134
20	Dustin Johnson	4 under par	4 under par	finished	73	69	67	67	209
20	Sung-Jae Im	4 under par	4 under par	finished	71	71	67	67	209
20	Lucas Glover	4 under par	4 under par	finished	69	72	68	68	209
20	Corey Conners	4 under par	4 under par	finished	74	69	66	66	209
20	Oliver Lindell	4 under par	4 under par	16	72	68	no score	no score	140
20	Marc Leishman	4 under par	4 under par	16	73	68	no score	no score	141
20	Kristoffer Reitan	4 under par	4 under par	15	72	68	no score	no score	140
20	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	4 under par	4 under par	13	67	73	no score	no score	140
20	Keegan Bradley	4 under par	4 under par	11	72	67	no score	no score	139
29	Justin Thomas	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	69	69	69	210
29	J. J. Spaun	3 under par	3 under par	finished	73	69	68	68	210
29	John Parry	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	71	67	67	210
29	Tommy Fleetwood	3 under par	3 under par	finished	73	68	69	69	210
29	Sam Burns	3 under par	3 under par	13	70	69	no score	no score	139
29	Jordan Smith	3 under par	3 under par	12	71	68	no score	no score	139
35	Jesper Svensson	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	72	68	68	211
35	Jon Rahm	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	72	69	69	211
35	Hideki Matsuyama	2 under par	2 under par	finished	74	69	68	68	211
35	Thriston Lawrence	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	70	68	68	211
35	Nathan Kimsey	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	72	68	68	211
35	Bryson DeChambeau	2 under par	2 under par	finished	78	65	68	68	211
35	Akshay Bhatia	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	68	70	70	211
35	Lee Westwood	2 under par	2 under par	13	69	70	no score	no score	139
43	Jhonattan Vegas	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	70	70	70	212
43	Henrik Stenson	1 under par	1 under par	finished	75	68	69	69	212
43	Maverick McNealy	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	74	69	69	212
43	Jason Kokrak	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	70	71	71	212
43	Takumi Kanaya	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	72	69	69	212
43	Daniel Berger	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	70	70	70	212
43	Aaron Rai	1 under par	1 under par	17	69	72	no score	no score	141
43	Rickie Fowler	1 under par	1 under par	17	69	72	no score	no score	141
51	Sepp Straka	level par	level par	finished	72	71	70	70	213
51	Justin Leonard	level par	level par	finished	70	73	70	70	213
51	Sergio Garcia	level par	level par	finished	70	73	70	70	213
51	Thomas Detry	level par	level par	finished	72	71	70	70	213
51	Ryggs Johnston	level par	level par	16	74	66	no score	no score	140
51	Matthew Jordan	level par	level par	15	68	72	no score	no score	140
57	Jordan Spieth	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	69	72	72	214
57	Francesco Molinari	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	71	214
57	Romain Langasque	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	71	72	72	214
60	Adrien Saddier	2 over par	2 over par	finished	72	71	72	72	215
60	Antoine Rozner	2 over par	2 over par	finished	72	70	73	73	215
60	Viktor Hovland	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	69	73	73	215
63	Jacob Skov Olesen	3 over par	3 over par	finished	67	76	73	73	216
63	Shane Lowry	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	72	74	74	216
65	Andrew Novak	4 over par	4 over par	finished	71	72	74	74	217
66	Sebastian Soederberg	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	70	75	75	218
66	Phil Mickelson	5 over par	5 over par	finished	70	72	76	76	218
66	Dean Burmester	5 over par	5 over par	finished	71	71	76	76	218
69	Riki Kawamoto	7 over par	7 over par	finished	72	70	78	78	220
70	Matthias Schmid	9 over par	9 over par	finished	73	70	79	79	222

Last updated 19th July 2025 at 17:24

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The Open day three - Scheffler takes outright lead, Fitzpatrick and Hatton chase

Summary

Live Reporting

Eagle - hear the roar!published at 17:25 British Summer Time

Tidy round from Gloverpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time

Eagle for Scheffler!published at 17:15 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time

'Unfortunate mishap for Rory'published at 17:14 British Summer Time

Fitzpatrick's fine startpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time

Bogey for McIlroypublished at 17:12 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time

Missed chancepublished at 17:08 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time

Well I never...published at 17:04 British Summer Time

'Scheffler and Fitzpatrick will be building confidence'published at 17:03 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time

Wallace finishes up at -5published at 17:01 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time

'Stuck in neutral'published at 16:57 British Summer Time

'Rory aware of leaderboard'published at 16:57 British Summer Time

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