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2025 Open Championship

Coordinates: 55°12′00″N 6°38′06″W / 55.200°N 6.635°W / 55.200; -6.635
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153rd Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates17–20 July 2025
LocationPortrush, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland
55°12′00″N 6°38′06″W / 55.200°N 6.635°W / 55.200; -6.635
Course(s)Royal Portrush Golf Club
Dunluce Links
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par71
Length7,381 yards (6,749 m)
Field156 players, 70 after cut
Cut143 (+1)
Prize fund$17,000,000[1]
Winner's share$3,100,000
Location map
Royal Portrush is located in the United Kingdom
Royal Portrush
Royal Portrush
Location in the United Kingdom
Royal Portrush is located in island of Ireland
Royal Portrush
Royal Portrush
Location in Ireland
Royal Portrush is located in Northern Ireland
Royal Portrush
Royal Portrush
Location in Northern Ireland
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The 2025 Open Championship, officially the 153rd Open Championship, is a golf tournament being played from 17–20 July at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the third Open Championship at Portrush.

Organisation

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The 2025 Open Championship is organised by the R&A, and is included in the PGA Tour, European Tour, and Japan Golf Tour calendars under the major championships category. The tournament is a 72-hole (4 rounds) stroke play competition held over four days, with 18 holes played each day. Play will be in groups of three for the first two days, and groups of two in the final two days. Groupings for the first two days are decided by the organizers, with each group having one morning and one afternoon tee time. On the final two days, players will tee off in reverse order of aggregate score, with the leaders last. After 36 holes there will be a cut, after which the top 70 and ties progress through to compete in the third and fourth rounds. In the event of a tie for the lowest score after four rounds, a three-hole aggregate playoff will be held to determine the winner; this will be followed by sudden-death extra holes if necessary until a winner emerges.[2]

Venue

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Main article: Royal Portrush Golf Club

The 2025 event will be the third Open Championship played at Royal Portrush; the club had previously hosted in 1951 and 2019.

Card of the course

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Dunluce Links – Championship tees

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Hughie's 420 4 10 Himalayas 450 4
2 Giant's Grave 575 5 11 P. G. Stevenson's 475 4
3 Islay 176 3 12 Dhu Varren 532 5
4 Fred Daly's 502 4 13 Feather Bed 199 3
5 White Rocks 372 4 14 Causeway 466 4
6 Harry Colt's 193 3 15 Skerries 429 4
7 Curran Point 607 5 16 Calamity Corner 236 3
8 Dunluce 434 4 17 Purgatory 409 4
9 Tavern 432 4 18 Babington's 474 4
Out 3,711 36 In 3,670 35
Source:[3] Total 7,381 71

Field

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The Open Championship field is made up of 156 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria include past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in the world rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, including The Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, can gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.

Criteria and exemptions

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Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[4][a]

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all champions before 2024)

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2014–2024[b]

4. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2024 Open Championship

5. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2025

6. Top 25 in the final 2024 Race to Dubai rankings

7. Recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship (2022–2024)

8. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings through the BMW International Open

9. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2020–2025)

10. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2019–2025)

11. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2020–2025)

12. Top 30 players from the 2024 FedEx Cup points list

13. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2023–2025)

14. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2025 FedEx Cup points list through the Rocket Classic[d]

15. Top player, not already exempt, in the top 5 of the 2025 LIV Golf League individual standings through LIV Golf Dallas

16. Winner of the 2024 Olympic gold medal

17. Winner of the 2025 Visa Open de Argentina

18. Top five players from the OWGR's International Federation Ranking List as of closing date

19. Winner of the 2024 Japan Open Golf Championship

20. Winner of the 2024 Senior Open Championship

21. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur[e]

22. Recipient of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal[e]

23. Winner of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship[e]

24. Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship[e]

25. Winner of the 2025 Africa Amateur Championship[e]

26. Winner of the 2025 Amateur Championship[e]

27. Winner of the 2025 European Amateur[e]

28. Winner of the 2025 Open Amateur Series[e][g]

Open Qualifying Series

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The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2024 Open Championship consists of 11 events. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who make the cut. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR. Unlike previous years, places won by players who later became exempt did not go to the next highest non-exempt player in that qualifying event.[8]

Location Tournament Date Spots Qualifiers
Australia ISPS Handa Australian Open 1 Dec 2024 3 Ryggs Johnston, Marc Leishman, Curtis Luck
New Zealand New Zealand Open 2 Mar 2025 1 Ryan Peake
South Africa Investec South African Open Championship 2 Mar 2025 3 Darren Fichardt, Dylan Naidoo, Marco Penge
United States Arnold Palmer Invitational 9 Mar 2025 1 Corey Conners (5)
Macau International Series Macau 23 Mar 2025 3 Jason Kokrak, Carlos Ortiz, Patrick Reed (18)
Korea Kolon Korea Open 25 May 2025 1 Sadom Kaewkanjana
Japan Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open 1 Jun 2025 3 Mikiya Akutsu, Riki Kawamoto, Song Young-han
United States Memorial Tournament 1 Jun 2025 1 Rickie Fowler
Canada RBC Canadian Open 8 Jun 2025 3 Matt McCarty, Cameron Young, Kevin Yu
Italy Italian Open 29 Jun 2025 2 Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier
Scotland Genesis Scottish Open 13 Jul 2025 3 Chris Gotterup, Nicolai Højgaard, Matti Schmid

Final Qualifying

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Regional qualifying events were held on 23 June at 15 locations.[9] Final Qualifying events were played on 1 July at four locations.[10]

Location Spots Qualifiers[a][h]
Burnham & Berrow 5 O. J. Farrell (R), Harry Hall, Frazer Jones (a,R), Jacob Skov Olesen, Justin Walters
Dundonald Links 5 Connor Graham (a), Ángel Hidalgo, Jesper Sandborg, Lee Westwood, Daniel Young
Royal Cinque Ports 5 John Axelsen, Dean Burmester, Seb Cave (a), Nathan Kimsey, Curtis Knipes
West Lancashire 5 George Bloor, Lucas Herbert, Oliver Lindell, Richard Teder (a), Sampson Zheng

Additional players added to the field

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In order to fill additional places or replace exempt players who had withdrawn prior to the start of the Championship, and maintain the full field of 156, additional players were taken in ranking order from the Week 27 (6 July) Official World Golf Ranking.[11]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 17 July 2025

Two-time champion Pádraig Harrington hit the opeing tee shot of the Championship which got under way at 6:35 am and went on to have a round of 75.[12] Five players shot 67 to share the lead by one shot, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong and Jacob Skov Olesen.[13]

World number one Scottie Scheffler shot a three-under-par 68. Rory McIlroy, born in Northern Ireland and current world number two, as well as 2019 champion Shane Lowry, and Genesis Scottish Open champion, Chris Gotterup shot a one-under-par 70. They all finished tied for 20th place after the first round.

Place Player Score To par
T1 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout 67 −4
United States Harris English
England Matt Fitzpatrick
China Li Haotong
Denmark Jacob Skov Olesen
T6 England Tyrrell Hatton 68 −3
England Matthew Jordan
Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana
United States Scottie Scheffler
T10 United States Rickie Fowler 69 −2
United States Lucas Glover
United States Brian Harman
Denmark Nicolai Højgaard
Denmark Rasmus Højgaard
South Korea Tom Kim
United States Maverick McNealy
England Aaron Rai
England Justin Rose
England Lee Westwood

Second round

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Friday, 18 July 2025

World number one, Scottie Scheffler shot the low round of the week with a seven-under-par 64 to take the lead by one shot over Matt Fitzpatrick. 2023 champion Brian Harman shot a bogey-free six-under-par 65 to sit two shots back of the lead alongside first round co-leader Li Haotong.[14]

70 professionals and no amateurs made the cut line of 143 (+1). The cut line was the same as the previous playing at Royal Portrush in 2019.

Notables to miss the cut include 2021 champion Collin Morikawa, 2022 champion Cameron Smith, 5 time major winner Brooks Koepka, Joaquín Niemann, Patrick Cantlay, Patrick Reed, Jason Day, and Adam Scott.[15]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Scottie Scheffler 68-64=132 −10
2 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-66=133 −9
T3 United States Brian Harman 69-65=134 −8
China Li Haotong 67-67=134
T5 United States Harris English 67-70=137 −5
United States Chris Gotterup 72-65=137
England Tyrrell Hatton 68-69=137
Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 69-68=137
Scotland Robert MacIntyre 71-66=137
T10 United States Tony Finau 70-68=138 −4
Denmark Nicolai Højgaard 69-69=138

Source[16]

Third round

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Saturday, 19 July 2025

John Parry recorded an ace on the 13th hole.[17]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b (a) – denotes amateur.
  2. ^ All will be aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b Corey Conners and Patrick Reed qualified via the Open Qualifying Series before becoming exempt.
  4. ^ All players in the top 20 were already exempt.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Players must remain amateurs in order to be exempt under this category.
  6. ^ a b c Forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
  7. ^ Cumulative World Amateur Golf Ranking points from the St Andrews Links Trophy, The Amateur Championship, and the European Amateur.
  8. ^ (R) – denotes a player who progressed through regional qualifying.
  9. ^ Kim Si-woo replaced Ernie Els.[5]
  10. ^ Davis Riley replaced Paul Waring.[7]

References

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  2. ^ Herrington, Ryan (23 July 2023). "British Open playoff 2023: The format, rules and holes played at Royal Liverpool". Golf Digest. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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  4. ^ "The 153rd Open | Exemptions". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ernie Els withdraws from Open Championship, replaced by Si Woo Kim". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Billy Horschel set to miss remaining majors in 2025 due to hip surgery in setback to Ryder Cup hopes". Sky Sports. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b Tickner, Euan (14 July 2025). "Paul Waring Becomes Second Withdrawal From 2025 Open". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  8. ^ "The Open Qualifying Series". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Regional Qualifying". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Final Qualifying". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  11. ^ Turnbull, John (7 July 2025). "6 players earn late spot in The Open". bunkered. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Padraig Harrington emotional after opening tee shot honour at The 153rd Open Championship". RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  13. ^ Murray, Ewan (17 July 2025). "Harris English among a fascinating group of leaders after Open's longest day". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Scottie Scheffler with a 64 takes lead at Open Championship". ESPN. 18 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Morikawa, Koepka, Niemann among notables to miss cut at Portrush". The Score. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  16. ^ "The Open 2025 - PGA Tour Golf Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Parry makes the first hole-in-one at this year's British Open". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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