The 2025 Open Championship this week is shaping up to be one of the greatest ever as Grand Slam hero Rory McIlroy returns to Royal Portrush.

McIlroy secured his place in golfing history in April by finally winning The Masters and completing the Career Grand Slam and will now be looking to win his second Claret Jug.

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The Open returns to McIlroy’s homeland of Northern Ireland this summer with Shane Lowry also hoping to replicate his iconic victory at Portrush in 2019.

America’s Xander Schauffele won the famous trophy last year, holding off Billy Horschel and Justin Rose at Royal Troon to become the Champion Golfer of the Year.

Schauffele will hand the Claret Jug back on Monday before heading out to try and win it again.

And an all-star field – including PGA Championship winner Scottie Scheffler and US Open champion JJ Spaun – will gather in County Antrim for what promises to be a brilliant event. 

The Open 2025: Tee times

The 153rd edition of The Open is being held from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July 20.

It is taking place on the Dunluce Links Course at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Play will get going at 6:35am on the opening two days and at 7:30am over the weekend.

Two-time Champion Golfer of the Year Padraig Harrington will hit the opening tee shot on Thursday morning.

McIlroy is in the late-early wave and will play the opening two days alongside Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas.

Scheffler and Lowry have been grouped together for the first two rounds.

Round 1 Tee Times

Starting at hole 1, GBR & IRL unless stated, all times local, (a) denotes amateurs

• 06:35 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
• 06:46 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
• 06:57 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus)
• 07:08 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
• 07:19 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
• 07:30 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
• 07:41 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
• 07:52 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
• 08:03 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
• 08:14 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood
• 08:25 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA)
• 08:36 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
• 08:47 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
• 09:03 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
• 09:14 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa)
• 09:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
• 09:36 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut)
• 09:47 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
• 09:58 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)
• 10:09 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
• 10:20 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA)
• 10:31 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)
• 10:42 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est)
• 10:53 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa)
• 11:04 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
• 11:15 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
• 11:26 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
• 11:47 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
• 11:58 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA)
• 12:09 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)
• 12:20 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
• 12:31 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace
• 12:42 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA)
• 12:53 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
• 13:04 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry
• 13:15 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
• 13:26 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
• 13:37 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque
• (Fra)
• 13:48 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA)
• 14:04 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
• 14:15 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA)
• 14:26 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
• 14:37 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
• 14:48 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose
• 14:59 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)
• 15:10 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
• 15:21 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can)
• 15:32 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
• 15:43 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones
• 15:54 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
• 16:05 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
• 16:16 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)

Round 2 Tee Times

• 06:35 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita)
• 06:46 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe)
• 06:57 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA)
• 07:08 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)
• 07:19 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus)
• 07:30 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace
• 07:41 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA)
• 07:52 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
• 08:03 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry
• 08:14 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa)
• 08:25 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor)
• 08:36 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque
• (Fra)
• 08:47 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA)
• 09:03 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra)
• 09:14 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA)
• 09:25 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
• 09:36 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
• 09:47 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose
• 09:58 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA)
• 10:09 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA)
• 10:20 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can)
• 10:31 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
• 10:42 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones
• 10:53 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA)
• 11:04 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young
• 11:15 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor)
• 11:26 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin
• 11:47 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
• 11:58 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus)
• 12:09 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can)
• 12:20 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)
• 12:31 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den)
• 12:42 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith
• 12:53 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA)
• 13:04 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai)
• 13:15 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood
• 13:26 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA)
• 13:37 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
• 13:48 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
• 14:04 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra)
• 14:15 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa)
• 14:26 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
• 14:37 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut)
• 14:48 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)
• 14:59 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA)
• 15:10 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA)
• 15:21 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA)
• 15:32 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)
• 15:43 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est)
• 15:54 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa)
• 16:05 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA)
• 16:16 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)

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The Open 2025: How to follow

talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage from Portrush from 7am each day this week

Our commentary team includes Marcus Buckland, Sue Thearle, Ron Jones, Matt Adams, Sophie Walker, Raymond Burns, Alison Walker, Paul Eales, Brendon de Jonge, Carl Paulson and Rupert Bell.

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

Listen via the talkSPORT app here, or on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The action will also be shown live on Sky Sports Golf throughout the week with their extended coverage starting at 8am on Monday.

Read our article on the best Sky Sports deals this month.

The Open 2025: Field

The field will be made up of 156 players before the cut on Friday night.

McIlroy and Lowry headline the field alongside the likes of Schauffele, Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg and Collin Morikawa.

A number of LIV Golf stars will be in action too including Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Cameron Smith.

Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton will be among the star names hoping to become the first Englishman to win The Open since Nick Faldo in 1992.

Three-time Open champion Tiger Woods is likely to miss out through injury following Achilles surgery in March.

Former champions under 60 years old are exempt but Ernie Els, Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Todd Hamilton and Paul Lawrie have decided against competing.

Final Qualifying was held on July 1 and 20 players booked their spots in the field including Lee Westwood, Harry Hall, Dean Burmester and Lucas Herbert.

Chris Gotterup won the Scottish Open on Sunday to secure his place at Portrush with Nicolai Hojgaard and Matti Schmid earning the final spots in the major after good finishes at The Renaissance Club.

The latest leaderboard from County Antrim can be found here once play is up and running.

The prize money for this year’s event will be confirmed in due course but the total fund was $17m last year with Schauffele claiming the top prize of $3.1m.

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The Open 2025: Course details

The Open has been held at Royal Portrush twice before, first in 1951 and then again in 2019 when Lowry claimed a famous victory.

Portrush was established in 1888 but the Dunluce Links Championship Course – as well as the surrounding town – underwent a major revamp ahead of the 2019 tournament.

The par-71 course was extended to 7,344 yards with two new holes added, a number of others changed and the greens redeveloped.

Portrush also benefited from new infrastructure works with the train station upgraded and other amenities improved.

Any further course changes for The 2025 Open will be announced in due course while 278,000 fans are set to descend on the famous old links during the week.

Drama awaits at Portrush’s ‘Calamity Corner’ – the devilishly difficult par-3 16th which can play as long as 236 yards over a huge ravine.

The fourth and fifth holes – named ‘Fred Daly’s’ and ‘White Rocksare’ – are two of the finest par-4s in world golf.

The Open 2025: What has been said?

McIlroy wants to embrace the expectations which come with starring at The Open in his native Northern Ireland after admitting he was ill-prepared for the outpouring of emotion which came his way in 2019.

Asked for his memories of 2019, the 36-year-old said his Thursday round remained ‘a blur’ but added: “I think I remember the ovation I got on the first tee on Thursday and not being prepared for it or not being ready for how I was going to feel or what I was going to feel.

“That walk to the first tee and that ovation – I was a little surprised and a little taken aback. I was like, ‘These people really want me to win’.

“I think that brought its own sort of pressure and more internally from myself and not really wanting to let people down. I guess it’s just something I didn’t mentally prepare for that day or that week.

“But I learned pretty quickly that one of my challenges, especially in a week like this, is controlling myself and controlling that battle.

“I think in ’19 I probably tried to isolate and I think it’s better for everyone if I embrace it. I think it’s better for me because it’s nice to be able to accept adulation, even though I struggle with it at times.

“It just makes for a better interaction and not trying to hide away from it. I think it’s more embracing everything that’s going to come my way this week and not try to shy away from it or hide away from it and I think that’ll make for a better experience for everyone involved.”

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• Scottie Scheffler – 5/1
• Rory McIlroy – 7/1
• Jon Rahm – 12/1
• Ludvig Aberg – 25/1
• Bryson DeChambeau – 25/1
• Tommy Fleetwood – 25/1

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• Scheffler, McIlroy or Rahm to win The Open – 21/10
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