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

Fitzpatrick goes four underpublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 17 July
Fitzpatrick -4, Fox +4, Matsuyama +4 (16)

Absolutely incredible stuff from Matt Fitzpatrick! The Englishman chips out of the bunker to bag himself a brilliant birdie at the 16th. He's beaming from ear to ear.
Who the juniors are rooting forpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 17 July
McIlroy, Fleetwood, Thomas (15:10 BST)
Aine O'Donnell
BBC Newsbeat at Royal Portrush

Royal Portrush junior captain Farrah Park has been playing golf since she was eight and has been looking forward to having The Open on home turf.
“It’s a really beautiful course,” she says.
But there’s one thing she’s looking forward to most.
“I’m really excited to see Rory [McIlroy], especially after his big win [at the Masters],” she says.
“It’ll be class, especially at his home ground.
"It would be great if he could play well here.”
Bogey for Lowrypublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 17 July
Lowry E, Morikawa +3, Scheffler -1 (13)

Worst putt I've seen Shane Lowry make all day on 13 as his par save is well wide of the target and costs him a shot at the par three.
From free flowing on the front nine, the back nine is just looking more of a struggle for the 2019 champion, who is in danger of wasting that fine early form now.
'You wouldn't think I was a member here'published at 14:25 British Summer Time 17 July
Clarke +4 (75)

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Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, 2011 Open winner, speaking to BBC Sport NI:
"Four over wasn't what I was hoping for. In my practice I was hitting the ball nicely, putting nicely and doing everything well, but that's golf. Today it didn't quite happen.
"On the front nine I hit shots that wouldn't make you think I was a member here. I was missing them in the wrong places and it's like 'what am I doing?'.
"Just stupid mistakes, but the chip in on 17 was a huge bonus and it was nice to do something good and positive for the day.
"I just need to play well tomorrow."
Rory spotted in greenpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 17 July

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The Open 2025: Rory McIlroy spotted wearing Green Jacket at Royal Portrush
Rory McIlroy brought his Masters Green Jacket with him to Royal Portrush because, well, why wouldn't you?
I'd wear it to play all four rounds in if I were him.
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Get Involvedpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 17 July
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Re Fashion police - Let's see on Sunday if Jason Day is still the King of Clubs.
Darren, in a very wet Derbyshire
Garcia going wellpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 17 July
Garcia -2 (6)

Sergio Garcia is back in The Open after missing the last couple of years, which ended a brilliant run of 24 consecutive appearances in the tournament.
To make matters worse, he missed out agonisingly in qualifying the last two years, but this year he managed to get in via his LIV Golf ranking, and he's looking to make the most of it.
Back-to-back birdies to start two under after six will do just nicely.
Fowler starts wellpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 17 July
Fowler -1 (6)

One of the best players of recent times who is yet to win a major?
Rickie Fowler has had three top-10 finishes at the Open, including second spot behind Rory McIlroy at Hoylake in 2014.
The American made consecutive birdies on the fourth and fifth holes to move into red numbers. There are currently 21 players under par for their opening rounds.
Postpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 17 July
Jordan -3 (68)

Matthew Jordan was just chugging along until he hit the turn.
Four birdies in five holes ignited his round and he dug in as the weather worsened.
Back-to-back top 10s for the Royal Liverpool golfer at the Open and he's already jostling for similar this time around.
Jordon shoots 68published at 14:21 British Summer Time 17 July
Jordan -3, Jakubcik +4, T Olesen +1 (18)

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Matthew Jordan is back in the clubhouse with a three-under par round of 68.
He has a birdie chance at the 18th but comes up just short on the green.
Jordan has earned himself a cup of tea, hot toddy or whatever else takes his fancy.
'Whole island desperate for McIlroy'published at 14:19 British Summer Time 17 July
Fleetwood, McIlroy, Thomas (15:10 BST)
BBC Radio 5 Live

Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live a little earlier about the chances of home favourite Rory McIlroy:
“We’re so desperately hopefully for Rory. I’ve known him since he was young - he’s such a lovely man. He carries the hopes of this place so well and he understands it and it cannot be easy to do that.
"He seems to be embracing it now he’s won the career Grand Slam.
“The whole island is desperate for him.
“We’re so thrilled people are getting to see him and be here."
Spaun birdies 13thpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 17 July
Rahm E, Schauffele E, Spaun -1 (13)

The par-three 13th hasn't yielded too many birdies so far today, but JJ Spaun sends his tee shot within eight feet and his putt for a two drops.
The US Open champion is under par once more.
'Beautiful golf from Fitzpatrick'published at 14:16 British Summer Time 17 July
Fitzpatrick -3 (15)
Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

Absolutely beautiful golf.
[Matt Fitzpatrick] has hit every fairway certainly over the last hour or so and the middle of most greens.
Your Rory one-hour warningpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 17 July

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Rory reflects on his Royal Portrush record
Just an hour to go until Rory McIlroy tees off, so we'll bring you some preview material in the build-up to that - including watching this baby-faced teenager rip up Portrush and set a new course record.
It is 20 years ago, almost to the day, since a 16-year-old McIlroy did this. Now doesn't that make you feel old!
Birdie for Brookspublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 17 July
Burns E, Koepka +1, Potgieter +6 (14)

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Brooks Koepka's topsy-turvy round continues - but has taken a turn for the better.
After dropping four shots in three holes around the turn, he's now registered birdies in two of the past three holes.
Fitzpatrick goes closepublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 17 July
Fitzpatrick -3, Fox +4, Matsuyama +4 (15)

Matthew Fitzpatrick goes within in a couple of inches of grabbing a share of the lead. A 20-foot putt from the Englishman finishes a fraction short of the hole at the 15th.
'Thoroughly enjoyed being back here'published at 14:13 British Summer Time 17 July
Westwood -2 (69)

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England's Lee Westwood speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after a fine opening round of two under par:
"It was enjoyable until the rain came down - then got testing and miserable! But I've thoroughly enjoyed being back here. Portrush remains playable even when the conditions are tough. It is a fantastically well designed golf course.
"It's as fair a links test as you can get. Fairways are fairly flat. It almost tells you where to hit it and it changes so much when conditions change.
"It's nice to not be playing indoor golf all the time and just hitting it to a yardage - it's nice to be able to use some creativity.
On his pre-Open goals: "I haven't come in with any targets - just to enjoy myself.
"I only decided to qualify three weeks ago and then did well at Dundonald having never played the course before. The reason I did that was I love Portrush and I love the Open."
Bradley under parpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 17 July
Bradley -1 (2)

Keegan Bradley opens up with a par followed by a birdie and the US Ryder Cup captain is one under through his first two holes.
Pars on 12published at 14:11 British Summer Time 17 July
Lowry -1, Morikawa +2, Scheffler -1 (12)

Close call for Shane Lowry who sees his 15-foot effort for birdie just run out of gas right on the edge of the hole - so just a par here on the 12th.
Scottie Scheffler matches that five after he found the bunker off the tee and then got down in two from 30 feet.
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Dhu Varren: The twelfth hole at Royal Portrush is a 532-yard par five.
Plenty more to comepublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 17 July

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The morning's marquee groups are embarking down the back nine, while this afternoon's are waiting in the wings.
Here's a look at who is coming up over the next hour or so.
14:37 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Russell Henley (US), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
14:48 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Justin Rose (Eng)
14:59 Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (US)
15:10 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NI), Justin Thomas (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