Royal Portrush showed its teeth on Thursday as the 2025 Open Championship field got the full links golf experience. The weather shifted and changed throughout the first round to create challenging scoring conditions,

The 153rd British Open is off and running, and there's a big group at the top at Royal Portrush. By the time play finally ended on Thursday night, there were five guys tied for the lead at 4-under. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler,

Second round groupings and start times at Royal Portrush including Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler - McIlroy, playing with Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood, is one of the early starters in Friday’s second round and sits just three shots behind the leaders overnight,