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 07:02 British Summer Time 17 July
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

That was as big a gathering I've seen around the first tee for the first shot of an Open Championship. Let's not forget it's 06:35 - not many sporting events start this early.The horseshoe stand was packed with dozens still queuing to try get in. And then hundreds more fans huddled down the right side, phones out to record the moment.
A good chunk of them then marched down the first - the R&A know what they're doing, putting a three-time major champ from Ireland out first, alongside a Northern Irishman who is just starting to make ripples in the game.
Harrington leads The Open!published at 06:55 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington -1, Hojgaard E, McKibbin +1 (1)

Yes, I know, it's the first group, but I couldn't resist headlining Padraig Harrington leading The Open....
Harrington rolls in a birdie putt on the first to a huge roar and if anything an even bigger smile on the face of 2007 and 2008 Open champion.
And he's right to smile, as back in 2019 we had just 13 birdies at the first hole on day one and only 41 for the entire week. It's not exactly an easy birdie hole first up.
Flashback - Rory's Portrush recordpublished at 06:49 British Summer Time 17 July

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Rory reflects on his Royal Portrush record
We've got bags of preview and feature material to keep you entertained as we start things off this morning - including this brilliant flashback on a 16-year-old Rory McIlroy breaking the course record at Royal Portrush.
The course has changed a bit in the 20 years since - and so has McIlroy!
Aaron O'Callaghan was one of McIlroy's playing partners that day and we've got his story about that day for your reading pleasure.
Golf as far as the eye can seepublished at 06:46 British Summer Time 17 July
Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland at Royal Portrush

One of the things that really hits you whenever you come to an Open Championship is just how big the site is.
Obviously 18 holes takes up a fair old chunk of land, but the wider footprint with all the tents, car parks, fan areas and practice areas is colossal.
A special morningpublished at 06:45 British Summer Time 17 July

There really is something special about the first morning at the Open Championship isn't there? There's a big crowd already at the course who all agree.
Putting Padraig Harrington out obviously helps but it's a golfing pilgrimage fans of the sport make to take in this scene regardless of who tees off first, and what a scene it is at Royal Portrush, which plenty of golfers this week have stated is their favourite Open venue.
Do you agree?
Fairway found!published at 06:38 British Summer Time 17 July
Harrington, Hojgaard, McKibbin

A huge smile from Padraig Harrington as he finds the first fairway, you can sense the relief after that one!
His ball only just made the start of the fairway though so obviously plenty of nerves there - as Nicolai Hojgaard bounds his ball past him after nailing a gorgeous low draw, with the kind of shot tracer that golf nerds like us drool over.
This is a big week for young Tom McKibbin as well, hailing from Rory McIlroy's Holywood Golf Club big things are expected of him back on familiar territory - McKibbin says he's played Royal Portrush about 70 times before this week, so no excuses!
Postpublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 17 July
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

How are the nerves Padraig? Two-time Open champ Harrington was going through his putting drills on the practice putting green, which is no more than 30 yards from the first tee.
He casually nailed a 20-footer before making the short walk to go hit the opening tee shot.
A cool breeze, straight into the face, will greet him, Tom McKibbin and Nicolai Hojgaard.
Harrington said yesterday that the nerves would kick in… a huge cheer greets him. Hundreds surrounding the tee and lining the fairway all down the first.
The fearsome first at Portrushpublished at 06:35 British Summer Time 17 July

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Hughie's: The first hole at Royal Portrush is a 420-yard par four.
There's no gentle loosener at Royal Portrush, as the first hole is a real test of nerve despite being just a 420-yard pretty straight par four.
Out of bounds white stakes on both sides will strike fear into our players, and that fairway will shrink considerably in their minds with nerves already heightened standing on the first tee of an Open Championship.
Keep it in play, and the second shot is no picnic either with a steep slope up to the green that will reject anything short and send the ball back down to be gobbled up by one of the deepest bunkers on the course.
Just ask Rory McIlroy about this one as he scored an eight (8!) here in 2019...
Harrington has the honourpublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 17 July

Padraig Harrington will kick us off with the opening tee shot of the 153rd Open Championship, and he's relishing the honour.
The two-time Open champion admits he'll be feeling the nerves as it's a special occasion - if you've never witnessed the first tee shot of the Open I can thoroughly recommend it.
On the tee...published at 06:32 British Summer Time 17 July

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BBC Sport's James Gregg was one of the first into the course this morning. He's providing updates into the BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast show this morning.
Full live commentary gets under way from 10am and you'll be able to listen to it while reading our ramblings on the day's play.
First round pinspublished at 06:31 British Summer Time 17 July

Here's what awaits our players today on the greens - a few cheeky little flags clinging to the edges here...
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Getting to know Royal Portrush's Dunluce Linkspublished at 06:30 British Summer Time 17 July

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Royal Portrush's Dunluce Links is regarded as one of the best golf courses in the world.
Prior to hosting the 2019 Open Championship, it underwent a major redesign. There have only been a few tweaks here and there since.
The par-71 golf course stretches 7,381 yards along Northern Ireland's northern coast with plenty of ups and downs to challenge the field.
It is also overlooked by the ruins of the 13th century Dunluce Castle, perched on a basalt cliff between Portrush and Portballintrae.
Selected tee-timespublished at 06:27 British Summer Time 17 July

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06:35: Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hojgaard and Tom McKibbin
07:19: Phil Mickelson, Daniel van Tonder and Ryan Peake
09:58: Xander Schauffele, JJ Spaun and Jon Rahm
10:09: Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler
14:37: Russell Henley, Tyrrell Hatton and Min Woo Lee
14:48: Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose and Bryson DeChambeau
15:10: Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas
You can get a full list of Thursday and Friday's tee times here.
Welcome to The Open!published at 06:26 British Summer Time 17 July

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Good morning golf fans and welcome to the best day of the year - the first morning of the Open Championship!
We're at the stunning Royal Portrush for the 153rd Open Championship which promises to be an absolute belter, with the world's best golfers battling it out on one of the world's best courses for that famous old Claret Jug.
There's the promise of some testing weather conditions to come during the week, which always adds another layer of drama to proceedings and is one of the brilliant additions to the unique test of links golf.
So many storylines and subplots to cover this week but we have a bumper crew on the ground at Portrush to keep up on top of all goings on across the week.
From the very first tee shot coming up shortly at 06:35am you will not miss a thing, so to see if Rory McIlroy can put the record straight at Portrush, if Scottie Scheffler can conquer links golf or if a shock winner will emerge from nowhere, keep it right here this week as it's sure to be another brilliant few days of Open Championship drama.

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