The Open 2025 LIVE: Round 1 leaderboard, golf scores & radio from Royal Portrush

Summary

Full coverage of the 153rd Open from Royal Portrush
Five share lead at end of day one
England's Matt Fitzpatrick, Jacob Skov Olesen of Denmark and China's Haotong Li set the early pace at -4
South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harris English (US) joined them later
World number one Scottie Scheffler and England pair Matthew Jordan and Tyrrell Hatton are one shot back
Lee Westwood, 52, shoots fine two-under 69 and is alongside Justin Rose
Rory McIlroy finished at one under par on packed leaderboard

Live Reporting

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

Postpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 17 July
DeChambeau -1, MacIntyre -1, Rose E (3)
Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland at Royal Portrush

Three holes in and we’ve had the first birdie from this group. All very safe apart from that, which is no bad thing.
Birdie for Bobpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 17 July
DeChambeau E, MacIntyre -1, Rose E (3)

Robert MacIntyre gets a nice read off Justin Rose which enables him to pour in his birdie putt on the third to move under par for the tournament.
There's a pretty decent roar from the crowd that reacts to MacIntyre sinking that one.
Defending champion Schauffele ends level parpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 17 July
Rahm -1 (70), Schauffele E (71), Spaun +2 (73)

A solid day's golf for all three of these major champions.
Jon Rahm and last year's Open winner Xander Schauffele will walk off fairly satisfied with their opening rounds, having eased their way into the tournament and being not too far away from the leaders.
I would have added JJ Spaun to that list too, but he leaked three shots in the final four holes, including a bogey at the last, to end two over par.
Lowry in the redpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 17 July
Lowry -1, Morikawa +3, Scheffler -3 (17)

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At last Shane Lowry has something to celebrate as he rolls in a long birdie putt on 17 to get his nose under par. He'll be happy to stay there but another birdie on 18 would be lovely.
Scottie Scheffler follows him in by just tapping home from close range after that awesome approach.
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Max: Rory seems to always get off to a bad start… Imagine if he was as calm as Tiger or Scottie, he’d have a dozen majors by now. Wishing him the best.
Len: Rounds are taking the best part of six hours! That is, by any metric, appalling for the game.
Eagle for Hovland!published at 15:39 British Summer Time 17 July
Aberg +1, Hovland -2, Spieth +2 (2)

Viktor Hovland nails his approach to the par five from 260 yards to within 15 feet and then sinks the eagle putt. Two under after two - he's only two shots off the lead.
Ludvig Aberg makes par, while Jordan Spieth pays the price for finding a bunker off the tee and registers a second bogey.
Scottie stunnerpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 17 July
Lowry E, Morikawa +3, Scheffler -2 (16)

Scottie Scheffler has come through the worst of the weather it seems and is now firing at flags again - nearly holing out his second shot to 17 down the hill.
It's another great hole this one, with a massive hill down to the green which has seen players drive the putting surface in practice - but it all depends on the wind of course.
Take a look with our flyover below.
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Purgatory: The seventeenth hole at Royal Portrush is a 409-yard par four.
'Wind can change no matter what'published at 15:36 British Summer Time 17 July
Aine O'Donnell
BBC Newsbeat at Royal Portrush

Junior captain at Royal Portrush, Noah Beggs, is rooting for local legend Rory McIlroy – naturally.
“I’m working on the scoreboard on Saturday,” he says, after winning a competition at school. “So you’ll know what’s happened if the score’s gone wrong.”
Naturally, preparing for the 153rd Open, has “been really special”.
“There’s been a real buzz around the town," Noah adds.
As for predictions, he assures me that “the wind will have a massive part to play" in deciding the winner.
“It can change no matter what!” he says.
McIlroy misses fairwaypublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 17 July
McIlroy +1, Thomas +1, Fleetwood E (1)

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A few nerves for Rory McIlroy? Another tee shot which fails to hit the fairway at the second for the Northern Irishman which has a few spectators scampering for cover.
'The biggest Championship in golf'published at 15:34 British Summer Time 17 July
Westwood -2 (69)

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'This is the biggest Championship in golf' - Westwood
Hear from Lee Westwood after his fine opening round of 69 at Portrush today on his return to the Open Championship.
More parspublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 17 July
DeChambeau, MacIntyre, Rose (2)

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Three more pars at the second, which is a bit of a surprise as the par five is the fourth easiest hole on the course today playing to an average score of 4.86 so far.
Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose both pay the price for missing the fairway while Robert MacIntyre's short game isn't sharp enough with his third shot to get into birdie range.
'McIlroy bogey down to nerves'published at 15:29 British Summer Time 17 July
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

He'll be pretty gutted with that, but it can only be down to nerves. It was pretty straightforward so that's got to be nerves.
Danes love Portrushpublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 17 July
Axelsen -2 (13)

Portrush must be twinned with Copenhagen or something as Danish players are loving it so far - with qualifier John Axelsen making back-to-back birdies to skip to two under.
Axelsen won a play-off in qualifying to claim the final spot at Kent venue Royal Cinque Ports (a brilliant links track if you're ever in the area).
There could be a clue to this Danish excellence, as the Denmark side containing Axelsen and brothers Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard won the Eisenhower Trophy world amateur team championship in Ireland (Kildare) while he also played in the Amateur Championship here at Portrush aged just 16.
McIlroy starts with a bogeypublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 17 July
McIlroy +1, Thomas +1, Fleetwood E (1)

Rory McIlroy faces a little bit of uphill for an ambitious birdie putt. He bends it up the slope and the ball comes up just short. That would have been some shot.
It leaves McIlroy with a relatively straightforward short putt but the Northern Irishman nips it a fraction wide of the hole and starts the 2025 Open with a bogey.
Justin Thomas does likewise while Tommy Fleetwood saves par.
Birdie for Schauffelepublished at 15:29 British Summer Time 17 July
Rahm -1, Schauffele E, Spaun +1 (17)

Xander!
The defending champion is back to level par as he holes a swinging putt from just off the back of the green on the 17th.
Jon Rahm had about 20 feet remaining for birdie but the Spaniard can't make it disappear, so he stays at one under.
Crowds watching Rorypublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 17 July
Fleetwood, McIlroy, Thomas (15:10 BST)

Just to give you an insight into how many people are following Rory McIlroy here at Royal Portrush, here's the scene at the first green.
Rai makes hot startpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 17 July
Rai -2 (5)

I've done every one of these events these years and I swear that on each occasion, Aaron Rai has come onto our radar.
The Englishman has made a cracking start here and is two under through five holes.
Remember that's just two off the lead.
From Buddhist break to Open challengerpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 17 July
Kaewkanjana -2 (11)

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Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana is up among the leaders here but has a strange story to tell about the time he took a short hiatus from professional golf in 2023 to live as a Buddhist monk and practice meditation.
He won twice on the Asian Tour and finished 11th at the 2022 Open at St. Andrews before stepping away.
“I was ordained because I wanted to return the greatest merit and repay my parents,” he said in 2023.
The 27-year-old qualified for The Open at Royal Portrush by winning the Kolon Korea Open in May, part of the Open Qualifying Series.
He currently plays on the Asian Tour and stands No. 262 on the Official World Golf Ranking.
“I was cut off from the rest of the world when I was ordained," he added. "That made me feel more calm. I was able to concentrate more, which will help me improve my game of golf.”
Burns under par but Koepka strugglespublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 17 July
Burns -1 (70), Koepka +4 (75), Potgieter +6 (77)

Sam Burns knocks in a short par putt on the last and cards a one-under-par 70 at Royal Portrush.
He's three off the lead.
While Burns was solidity personified on the back nine, playing partner Brooks Koepka came home in 39 and he ends four over par.
Hatton birdies the secondpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 17 July
Hatton -1 (2)

Another birdie chance for Tyrrell Hatton comes at the second and this one he puts away.
Into the red early on.

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