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Final Round Coverage of the 2025 Open Championship | Portrush
PORTRUSH (Northern Ireland) - Scottie Scheffler (1st/-14) leads Haotong Li by four strokes, the largest 54-hole lead at The Open Championship since Brian Harman led by five in 2023. Scheffler carded rounds of 68-64-67, and will attempt to become the seventh Open Championship winner to record four rounds in the 60s. That was most recently done by Collin Morikawa/2021). Scheffler’s (199) is a personal-best 54-hole score in a major championship (previous: 202/three times, most recently at the 2025 PGA Championship/won).
Haotong Li (2nd/-10) is making his sixth appearance at The Open Championship, with a third-place finish in his debut appearance at the 2017 Open Championship representing the best finish on the PGA TOUR by a player from China.
The 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick (3rd/-9) trails by five in bid to become the 20th player to win The Open and the U.S. Open during their career (most recent: Jordan Spieth/2017); making his 10th start at The Open Championship, with a T20 at Royal Portrush in 2019 his best finish
The 2025 Masters Tournament champion and World No. 2, Rory McIlroy (T4/-8), trails by six in bid to become the first player to win the Masters and Open Championship in the same year since Tiger Woods in 2005.
The Open | Notes
First-round co-leader Harris English (T4/-8) trails by six in his 10th Open Championship start, with his lone top-25 finish coming in
2013 (T15). The 025 Farmers Insurance Open champion is seeking to become the TOUR’s seventh multiple winner of the season
Following a T4 finish at the U.S. Open, Tyrrell Hatton (T4/-8) is attempting to record back-to-back top-10 finishes for the second time in 42 major championship starts (2016 Open Championship/T5, 2016 PGA Championship/T10).
Xander Schauffele (8th/-7) eagled Nos. 7 and 12 en route to a 5-under 66, posting two eagles in a round for the seventh time in 197 PGA TOUR starts. Schauffele currently trails by seven in his bid to become the first player to successfully defend at The Open Championship since Padraig Harrington (2008).
The Open | Leaderboard after 54 Holes
1 Scottie Scheffler 68 64 67 199 (-14)
2 Haotong Li 67 67 69 203 (-10)
3 Matt Fitzpatrick 67 66 71 204 (-9)
T4 Rory McIlroy 70 69 66 205 (-8)
T4 Chris Gotterup 72 65 68 205 (-8)
T4 Harris English 67 70 68 205 (-8)
T4 Tyrrell Hatton 68 69 68 205 (-8)
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The Open | Tournament Overview
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
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The Open | Tee Times and Weather
Tee Times: (link) - Tee Times start early AM at 3:35am (ET)/8:35am (local) and continue through 9:35am (ET)/2:35pm (local).
Weather: Sunday - Chance of wet conditions with spells of rain or showers, possibly heavy at times, most likely through the middle part of the day. 65-degrees with 14 mph winds will not be pleasant.
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How to Watch The Open
Sunday, July 20, 2025 - (All Times Eastern)
Tune in later tonight, or very early, depending how you look at it.
3:30am - 4:00am - The Open Championship, Round 4 (R&A)
4:00am - 7:00am - USA Network
7:00am - 2:00pm - NBC Sports and NBC Sports App
4:00am-to-3:00pm - The Open Radio (Sirius XM Radio) and Open Radio
6:00pm - 9:00pm - Barracuda Championship, Round 4 (Golf Channel)
The Open | What They’re Saying
Scheffler On the Verge (PGATourCom)
Rory Soars (PGATourCom)
Official Site (TheOpen)
The Open (CBS Sports)
How to Watch the Final Round (PGATourCom)
Open Radio (TheOpen)
Data Golf Stats (DataGolf)
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 pockets $720,000 from a tournament purse of $4m.
*For Information on the Barracuda, please visit HERE
Barracuda Leaderboard After 54 Holes
T1 Ryan Gerard +7 +15 +12 +34
T1 Rico Hoey +13 +13 +8 +34
3 Erik van Rooyen +11 +14 +8 +33
4 Tom Vaillant +8 +15 +9 +32
Modified Rules: (link)
The Barracuda | What They’re Saying
Tournament Overview (PGATourCom)
How to Watch The Barracuda (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
July 20, 1980 - Tom Watson claimed his third Open Championship title, winning by four strokes over Lee Trevino at the Muirfield Golf Links in Scotland. It was the first Open to start on Thursday and finish Sunday. Previously, the tournaments started Wednesday and ended on Saturday. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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Parting Putt
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