PGA Tour Brunch | The 153rd Open
PGA Tour Brunch Previews 2025's "The Open" | Royal Portrush
PORTRUSH (Northern Ireland) - The 2025 Open Championship is the 33rd of 36 FedEx Cup regular season events. It is the final major of the season. Also being contested this weekend, The Barracuda, is the 34th of 36 events. There are only three weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs
This weekend:
It’s the final major championship of the season (Previous Winners: Rory McIlroy/Masters Tournament, Scottie Scheffler/PGA Championship, J.J. Spaun/U.S. Open)
The Open returns to Royal Portrush for the third time: 1951 (won by Max Faulkner), 2019 (Shane Lowry)
Adam Scott is scheduled to make his 97th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship; only Jack Nicklaus (146) has played in more than 100 straight majors
Chris Gotterup, winner of last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, qualified for The Open Championship via The Open Qualifying Series as one of the top three finishers, not otherwise qualified (others: Nicolai Højgaard, Matti Schmid).
The last player to win on TOUR and win a major the following week: Rory McIlroy (2014 WGCBridgestone Invitational, 2014 PGA Championship). (The PGA used two be the final major of the season),
The 153rd Open | Royal Portrush
54 players in the field competed in the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, including nine of the Top 10.
The last 11 winners of The Open Championship won the event for the first time, starting with Phil Mickelson in 2013, tying the longest streak of first-time winners at The Open (1994-2004).
With three weeks remaining until the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, notable players in the field outside the Top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings entering The Open Championship include: Rickie Fowler (No. 71), Nicolai Højgaard (No. 73), Wyndham Clark (No. 78), Adam Scott (No. 83), Rasmus Højgaard (No. 84), Tom Kim (No. 87)
The Open | Tournament Preview
COURSE: Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush Northern Ireland
YARDAGE/PAR: 7,381 yards and a Par 71
ARCHITECT: Harry Colt
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Xander Schauffele
PRIZE Money (Purse/Winner’s Share): $17,000,000/$3,100,000
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @TheOpen
PGA TOUR SITE: (The Open)
The Open | Basics
The Field: (Link)
Updates:
Sunday, July 13
Chris Gotterup IN (OQS)
Nicolai Højgaard IN (OQS)
Matti Schmid IN (OQS)
Ernie Els WD, Si Woo Kim IN
Monday, July 14
Paul Waring WD, Davis Riley IN
Tee Times: (link)
How to Watch The Open
Thursday, July 17, 2024 - (All Times Eastern)
Tune in tonight!
1:30am - 3:30am - Peacock - The Open Championship, Round 1 (PGA Tour/R&A)
4:00am - 3:30pm - USA Network
2:00am - Conclusion of Play - The Open Radio (Sirius XM Radio) and Open Radio
6:00pm - 9:00pm: Barracuda Championship, Round 1 (Golf Channel)
The Open | The Basics
Tournament Tee Times start Thursday at 1:35am (ET)/6:35am (local) through 11:16 (ET)/4:16pm (local).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for cloudy skies. High of 70-degrees but a 76% chance of showers throughout the day. Thursday winds at 10 mph. Showers expected Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
PGATourBrunch will post at 11:59pm (EDT) Wednesday (tonight) with a few more notes on The Open and a short preview of The Barracuda, Coverage the rest of the weekend will focus on The Open (with brief updates on the Barracuda, being played in Truckee/Northern California).
The Open | Odds
Scottie Scheffler +450
Rory McIlroy +700
Jon Rahm +1200
Bryson DeChambeau +2000
Xander Schauffele +2500
Tommy Fleetwood +2600
Ludvig Ã…berg +2800
Viktor Hovland +3000
Collin Morikawa +3300
Tyrrell Hatton +3300
Shane Lowry +3500
Robert MacIntyre +4000
Matt Fitzpatrick +5000
Sepp Straka +5000
Joaquin Niemann +5000
Justin Thomas +5000
Patrick Cantlay +5500
Jordan Spieth +6000
Russell Henley +6500
Corey Conners +6500
Brooks Koepka +6500
Sam Burns +7000
Justin Rose +7500
Adam Scott +8000
Cameron Young +8000
Patrick Reed +9000
Ben Griffin +9000
Jason Day +9000
Aaron Rai +9000
Maverick McNealy +9000
Hideki Matsuyama +9000
Chris Gotterup +9000
Ryan Fox +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
JJ Spaun +10000
What They’re Saying:
Official Site (TheOpen)
Five Things to Look for at The Open (NBC Sports)
The Open (CBS Sports)
The Open - Ranking The Field (CBS Sports)
How to Watch This Week (CBS Sports)
Open Radio (TheOpen)
Sports Gambling Industry News
Power Rankings at The Open (PGATourCom)
Expert Picks for The Open and Barracuda (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks at The Open (PGATourCom)
Oakmont Bars Clark for Damages (ESPN)
Information on the Barracuda Championship
The Barracuda Championship is the 34th of 36 events in the FedEx Cup regular season. The tournament utilizes the dreaded Modified Stableford Scoring System of Golf. The winner pic kets $720,000 from a purse of $4m.
*For Information on the Barracuda, please visit HERE
The Barracuda | What They’re Saying
Tournament Overview (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings at The Barracuda (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
July 16, 2021 - The 2010 Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen (129) recorded the lowest 36-hole score in The Open Championship history and the second-lowest in major championship history and leads by two strokes going into the weekend at Royal St. George’s. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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