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

Summary

Full coverage of day three of the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush
World number one Scottie Scheffler holds four-shot lead at -14
China's Haotong Li will partner him after closing at 10 under par
A level par round of 71 leaves Matt Fitzpatrick at -9
Rory McIlroy shoots five-under 66 to finish at -8, alongside Tyrrell Hatton
Defending champion Xander Schauffele of USA closes at -7
England's John Parry makes hole-in-one at 13th
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Live Reporting

Paul Higham, Phil Cartwright, Joe Bradshaw, Ros Satar and Henry Cowling

'Rory and the weather'published at 14:34 British Summer Time 19 July
Faith Harper
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

Two things are certain in Portrush this week.
The weather being completely unpredictable and massive crowds wherever Rory McIlroy is.
He seems to be really soaking up the home support and the fans are delighted to see the Grand Slam champion back on home turf.
DeChambeau fights his way into the redpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 19 July
DeChambeau -2 (68)

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It's been another good day around Portrush for Bryson DeChambeau.
After a disastrous seven-over round of 78 on Thursday, the two-time US Open champion carded a birdie-laden six-under 65 on Friday to claw himself above the cut line.
And it's been more of the same today, five birdies and two bogeys for a round of 68 means he goes into Sunday on a healthy two under.
'Fifty Shades of Golf'published at 14:32 British Summer Time 19 July

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The Open 2025: Jamie Dornan on Rory McIlroy, golf and Royal Portrush
We're keeping up with the celebrity spotting at The Open and BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson caught up with Jamie Dornan.
The 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star is a member at Royal Portrush and a golfing enthusiast.
What does he make of Rory McIlroy's chances today?
"I think he needs a 62," is what Mr Dornan thinks.
What about you guys?
Top 10 winner again?published at 14:29 British Summer Time 19 July

Right then, say hello to the 2025 Open champion, as history tells us that more than likely the Champion Golfer of the Year will be one of the top 10 after 36 holes.
The recent run of 44 from 50 being top 10 heading into the weekend is pretty strong, and shows that making a big move in the final two rounds on links courses isn't easy.
If the winner does come from this 10 on the overnight leaderboard, who will it be?
Open top 10 after round two:
- -10 Scheffler
- -9 Fitzpatrick
- -8 Harman, Li
- -5 Hatton, MacIntyre, R. Hojgaard, English, Gotterup
- -4 Finau, N. Hojgaard
Can Rory make a run?published at 14:29 British Summer Time 19 July
McIlroy -3 (14:30 BST)

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Rory McIlroy is on his way to the tee, but can he put a serious dent in Scottie Scheffler's lead?
He's got a good record of comeback wins on the PGA Tour, although doing it at Royal Portrush against Scheffler in this form is a different story.
What he must do is fix that driver - as he was all over the shop the first two rounds, the worst driver left in the field in fact and he's usually one of the best off the tee in the world.
One thing he won't be short of is support here though. This could be fun if he gets on a roll..
Things we like to seepublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 19 July
Wallace -4 (7), Rai E (5)

The caddies of Matt Wallace and Aaron Rai were having a little putting contest on the practice green adjacent to the first tee a little earlier, while their players went through their own warm-up.
Jamie Lane (Wallace) had a good study of a 12-footer up the hill. No real pace in his attempt and it came up a couple of feet shy.
An easy job for Jason Timmis (Rai) to get his ball inside that, despite Lane 'accidentally' kicking his own ball a little closer.
Lane is winning the battle out on the course though. His man Wallace has birdied four of the first seven, while Rai bogeyed the second.
Watch: Scottie too hottiepublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 19 July
Scheffler -10 (15:35 BST)

Can anyone stop Scottie Scheffler? If he continues to play the way he did on Friday then good luck to the rest of the field!
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Scheffler shoots seven-under 64 to lead Open
Saturday tee-times - coming up next..published at 14:22 British Summer Time 19 July

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- 14:30 Rory McIlroy (NI), Jordan Smith (Eng)
- 14:45 Keegan Bradley (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
- 14:55 Tony Finau (US), Chris Gotterup (US)
- 15:05 Harris English (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
- 15:15 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
- 15:25 Brian Harman (US), Li Haotong (Chn)
- 15:35 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Scottie Scheffler (US)
Clark creeps into contentionpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 19 July
Clark -4 (13)

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It's been another fruitful round so far for 2023 US Open winner Wyndham Clark.
After a messy five-over round of 76 on Thursday, he hit back with a five-under 66 yesterday to make the cut and he's carried his good form into today.
A blemish-free scorecard so far with four birdies leaves him in a share for 10th, six shots off the lead.
Rory needs '100% conviction'published at 14:18 British Summer Time 19 July
McIlroy -3 (14:30 BST)

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McIlroy needs '100% conviction to give himself a chance' at The Open
Can Rory McIlroy launch a huge attack on Scottie Scheffler's lead today? The Grand Slam winner seems up for the challenge.
Watch: Fitzpatrick on firepublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 19 July
Fitzpatrick -9 (15:35 BST)

Matt Fitzpatrick is Scottie Scheffler's nearest challenger after a brilliant five-under 66 yesterday to position himself for a tilt at the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush.
See the best of his round here...
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Fitzpatrick continues to shine at The Open
Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 19 July
Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland at Royal Portrush

Given the state of some of the punters staggering around Portrush in the early hours of this morning, it's perhaps no bad thing we're off a wee bit later today.
A special word for the young lad, on his own, in the dark, down by West Stands, bellowing out Rock 'N' Roll Star by Oasis like he was on stage.
His sore head and dry throat might take a bit of time to ease today...
Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 19 July
Jonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

There's a spot at Royal Portrush where you can see the 13th hole, 14th tee, 17th green and 18th fairway.
Was stood there earlier when Englishman John Parry aced the 13th.
"Mine's a Guinness, John," came the call from the grandstand as he scooped his ball out of the hole.
Postpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 19 July
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Everyone's had their lunch, watched the Lions and began flooding on to the course.
There's just been a huge roar, too, for John Parry's ace at the 13th. Great to hear this place getting so loud.
We could certainly use some early-afternoon electricity on moving day to give Scheffler et al something to think about later.
The Lions' roarpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 19 July
Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

The Open is the biggest show in town, but another huge sporting event is taking place on the other side of the world as the Lions take on Australia.
We won't give away any spoilers in case you haven't caught up with it yet, but rugby fans at the golf were still able to enjoy it as the game was put on one of the big screens in the spectator village.
Not a seat left in the house.
Rain or shine?published at 14:03 British Summer Time 19 July
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Barely a breath of wind as I strolled down to the course this morning. Plenty of cloud cover though. The weather maps are suggesting a 50% chance of rain with some sunshine when the leaders head out.
Depends if you're a cup half full or half empty kind of person as to whether you've got the full waterproofs with you.
My wife would be slapping on the suntan lotion and leaving the brolly at home, while I'm a bit more the other way round.
And I hope there's an earworm in that headline for older readers.
What's happened so far in round three?published at 14:02 British Summer Time 19 July

Scoring has been pretty decent among Saturday's early starters, with conditions looking fairly benign and the heavy rain staying away.
Canada's Corey Conners was in the first two-ball out at 09:35 BST and shot a five-under 66 - which is the day's lowest round so far. He went round in about three hours and 50 minutes alongside Matti Schmid of Germany - who signed for an eight-over 79.
Henrik Stenson, the 2016 Open champion, eagled the seventh hole as he went through the front nine in four under and added a further birdie at the 12th, before his momentum stalled with a couple of bogeys.
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Two-time US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, who was seven over at the end of his first round, has continued his rise up the leaderboard. He made bogey on the first after hitting his tee shot out of bounds, but has recovered well since then to be two under overall.
Shane Lowry, the winner when the Open was last staged at Portrush in 2019, has just picked up his first birdie of the day on the 10th and is at level par.
Click on the Leaderboard tab at the top of this page to see the current state of play.
Shots of the daypublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 19 July

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Westwood & DeChambeau star in shots of the day
Speaking of great shots....
We didn't get a hole-in-one yesterday but we did have a catalogue of good ones as Scottie Scheffler surged to the top of the leaderboard.
So if you missed any of Friday's action catch up with the best shots of the day in the video above.
Hole-in-one!published at 13:56 British Summer Time 19 July
Parry -3 (13)

Harrogate's John Parry grabs himself a piece of Open Championship history as he makes an ace at the par-three 13th hole at Royal Portrush!
It's not the easiest hole in the world either as our flyover shows, but the Englishman canned his tee shot from 192 yards away today to send the stands in that little complex there absolutely crazy.
Hope he's got hole-in-one insurance as that'll be quite a bar bill later on...
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Feather Bed: The thirteenth hole at Royal Portrush is a 199-yard par three.
Saturday tee-timespublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 19 July

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- 14:00 Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Justin Rose (Eng)
- 14:10 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Harry Hall (Eng)
- 14:20 Sam Burns (US), Lee Westwood (Eng)
- 14:30 Rory McIlroy (NI), Jordan Smith (Eng)
- 14:45 Keegan Bradley (US), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)
- 14:55 Tony Finau (US), Chris Gotterup (US)
- 15:05 Harris English (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
- 15:15 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)
- 15:25 Brian Harman (US), Li Haotong (Chn)
- 15:35 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Scottie Scheffler (US)

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