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 09:28 British Summer Time 17 July

We've had a few of those storm breaks this year already...
The Players.
Oakmont.
At least we're well practised!
Thunderbolts and lightning...published at 09:26 British Summer Time 17 July
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Word reaching me from BBC colleagues who look after those of us out on the course relaying the story to you that there is a chance of lightning today any time from 10am to 8pm.
And, of course, the lightning in the area leads to a suspension in play. Hopefully it won't come to that.
Portrush win would be 'as emotional' as Masters - McIlroypublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 17 July
McIlroy (15:10 BST)

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The Open: Rory McIlroy speaks ahead of the Open at Portrush
Rory McIlroy says winning on home soil at Royal Portrush would be "just as emotional" as his career Grand Slam-clinching Masters victory.
McIlroy became just the sixth man to win all four majors when he beat Justin Rose in a nerve-shredding play-off at Augusta in April.
The five-time major winner missed the cut when Royal Portrush staged The Open in 2019, but he regards himself as a "completely different person" and feels better equipped to navigate the intensity of the occasion.
"It would be amazing," the 36-year-old told BBC Sport NI when asked what a Portrush win would mean.
"I think it would be just as emotional, if not more emotional than Augusta - and everyone saw the mess I was after that.
Postpublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington +4, Hojgaard -2, McKibbin -2 (10)
Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

With the local man taking an early share of the lead, the crowds have now really started to follow Tom McKibbin as the opening group make the turn.
They say practice makes perfect, and McKibbin certainly looked relaxed when he walked down the 10th fairway with Nicolai Hojgaard and Padraig Harrington on his way to a solid par.
It's going well for two of the early starters, less so for double champion Harrington.
Double trouble for Harringtonpublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington +4, Hojgaard -2, McKibbin -2 (10)

The birdie putt for Tom McKibbin wanders left towards the end. Tap-in par. Nicolai Hojgaard also makes his short one.
But poor old Padraig Harrington's mood darkens. That's a double-bogey six for the two-time winner of the Claret Jug.
Coming soonpublished at 09:20 British Summer Time 17 July

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For those of you who have been with us since 6.25am this morning, we thank you.
And your patience is about to be rewarded with some monster trios over the next hour.
09:25 Matt Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox, Hideki Matsuyama
09:36 Akshay Bhatia, Ben Griffin, Sepp Straka
09:47 Sam Burns, Brooks Koepka, Aldrich Potgieter
09:58 Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele, JJ Spaun
10:09 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
Why would you go anywhere else?
Postpublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington +2, Hojgaard -2, McKibbin -2 (9)

Tom McKibbin uses his Portrush knowledge to great effect on the 10th, firing his second to the right edge of the green and watching as his ball feeds ever closer to the hole.
Nicolai Hojgaard is on the green but a long way from the hole. His first effort trundles in to about three feet.
Padraig Harrington incurred a penalty shot and is playing his fourth from a way back. It's useful, in to seven feet but at least one shot going here.
'A rough day, hence the beer'published at 09:18 British Summer Time 17 July
Schauffele (09:58 BST)
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

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Open champion Xander Schauffele popped into a local Portrush bar on Monday after a "rough" nine holes on the links. It was all pre-planned for a promotional event, of course, but that didn't stop the American sampling a pint.
"It was a rough day at work, hence the beer," he smiled as he let his guard down a little.
We learned Xander "used to wait for the rain to come in San Diego to go out and practice in it" because it rarely rained when he was growing up in the Californian city.
He's "happy" to have his Olympic gold medal but is a "traditionalist" and didn't think golf should have been in the Games.
He also revealed: "Every year my friends would bet on me for the majors, to win. I’m like, why… winning is tough. The PGA at Valhalla (in 2024) was the first time the entire group stopped betting on me.
"They had been betting on me for six years straight years and that’s when they stopped. I told them, you guys are never allowed to bet on me again.”
Who are the contenders at Royal Portrush?published at 09:17 British Summer Time 17 July

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Unsurprisingly, Rory McIlroy and world number one Scottie Scheffler are the bookies' favourites this week.
McIlroy, at the course where he broke the record score as a 16-year-old, showed good form in tying for second in the Scottish Open last week.
Scheffler won the US PGA in May and is on a run of 10 top-10 finishes in a row. He tied for seventh at The Open last year.
Xander Schauffele is defending champion but no-one has won the Open back to back since 2008.
Shane Lowry won when the Open came to Portrush in 2019 while Tommy Fleetwood, still searching for his first major win, has been in the top 12 in four of his last six Opens.
Jon Rahm has finished in the top 10 in three of the past four years.
Hole 10 flyoverpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 17 July

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Himalayas: The tenth hole at Royal Portrush is a 450-yard par four.
The 10th is called Himalayas and Padraig Harrington now has a mountain to climb to make a decent score after losing a ball ine one of the many humps and hills on thie hole.
It's an uphill battle from here...
It's in the sand (dune)published at 09:15 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington +2 (9)

A little earlier I was having a bit of a moan about pro golfers never losing their balls because of the army of spotters out there.
Well. It appears as though I may have written too soon... Padraig Harrington is wayward on 10 and the said spotters are frantically rummaging through the grass and sandy waste looking for his ball. One fella is scraping away at the sand with his hands. Three minutes is all you have to find it...
Postpublished at 09:14 British Summer Time 17 July
Westwood -1 (3)

Touch from Lee Westwood!
Facing a 44-foot birdie putt at the third, he is inches away from draining it and has to settle for a par.
Almost as good as JJ Spaun.
Watch: Spaun wins US Open with 64-foot birdie puttpublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 17 July

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Spaun seals US Open victory with longest putt of the week
Is JJ Spaun a contender this week? He won the recent major, the US Open at Oakmont last month, but is making his Open debut.
If he putts like this though, he'll have a chance!
Postpublished at 09:11 British Summer Time 17 July
Mickelson -1, Peake +2 (6)

Phil Mickelson launches a rocket down the long seventh which bounds down the fairway and will leave him with a shortish approach that screams eagle chance to me.
Even at his age, he can still "hit bombs" as he famously put it.
'A treat to have the world here'published at 09:11 British Summer Time 17 July
BBC Radio 5 Live

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Actor James Nesbitt is on site at Royal Portrush and has been speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's James Gregg:
“You can [see my house from here] . I’m just across the road. It’s a treat to have the world watching and half the world coming here.
“This was a place people didn’t come to for a lot of my life. It’s rugged, raw, filled with history and mythology and it's wonderful people are getting to experience that."
"We’re so proud of it. We don’t want it kept away. We don’t want it to be secret, we want it to be known and seen and enjoyed and experienced."
Another bogey for Clarkepublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 17 July
Clarke +2 (4)

That's back-to-back bogeys for Darren Clarke now. Like his fellow fifty-something Harrington, Clarkey is finding the going tough out there at the moment.
Maybe things will change for him at the short par-four fifth...
Good news for golf fanspublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 17 July
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

BBC Sport has signed a new multi-year agreement with The R&A, securing broadcasting rights for The Open from 2025 to 2027.
The deal includes radio commentaries across 5 Live and BBC Sounds, TV highlights and digital clips on the BBC Sport website, app and social media platforms.
“Extending our long-standing partnership with BBC Sport is incredibly important in ensuring that the drama and excitement of these historic championships will continue to be enjoyed by millions of viewers throughout the UK," said R&A chief executive Mark Darbon.
“The Open sits at the heart of the great British sporting summer and the BBC’s extensive radio, television and digital coverage will mean that the compelling stories from the Championship are shared with existing fans as well as inspiring new ones.”
Postpublished at 09:06 British Summer Time 17 July
Jonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Whether you're worried about the weather forecast really depends on which way you look.
Brilliant blue skies one direction, incoming dark clouds the other.
McKibbin shares Open leadpublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington +2, Hojgaard -2, McKibbin -2 (9)

What a turnaround for Tom McKibbin. Two over after three... he's now two under after nine.
A second birdie, to add to his eagle on the seventh, sees him join Nicolai Hojgaard atop the leaderboard.
Both are out in 34 shots. Padraig Harrington has taken four more shots.
Westwood birdies the secondpublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 17 July
Westwood -1 (2)

It's been a lovely start from Lee Westwood who's just pocketed a birdie at hole two to move into the red.
Again, it was all about the second shot as he set up an eagle chance from distance and then tidied up after leaving it slightly short.
He joins the cluster of players at one under par.

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