There are 18 holes left at Royal Portrush and half a dozen players who have a realistic chance, yet on Sunday at the 2025 Open Championship only two will truly matter, as Rory McIlroy attempts to chase down Scottie Scheffler to become Champion Golfer of the Year.
Marc Leishman clawed his way up the leaderboard and has targeted a return to the Open Championship as his final-round goal with world No.1 Scottie Scheffler on a seemingly inevitable march towards victory at Royal Portrush.
If you played enough golf like Rory McIlroy, you’d think you’ve seen everything that can happen on a golf course. If you’ve watched as much golf as his fans have through the years, you’d think the same. Wrong.
After a flying start to his third round, the wheels came flying off on the eighth hole where Rose’s tee shot found a particularly nasty patch of rough. Iron in hand, Rose swiped at his ball, which exploded off his clubface at a near 90-degree angle, flying into the gallery at head height. Watch it and wince.
While the Pro V1x remains the ball of choice this week, DeChambeau revealed in his post-round press conference at Portrush that he’s working behind the scenes on something revolutionary that could be ready in the not-too-distant future.
With two rounds to play, anything can still happen. Yet with the dominant way Scheffler is performing in almost every aspect of the game, he looks like the man to beat this weekend.
Cameras had a close-up view of Lowry’s ball in the rough as he took a practice swing at the 12th hole, and the ball visibly moved after his iron passed through the nearby grass.
With consecutive top-10 finishes among strong fields in his past two starts, Fitzpatrick, 30, is threatening to return to major-championship form. Which is exactly what he’s thinking about.
Scheffler’s words earlier this week at Royal Portrush revealed not a man searching for purpose, but one who had already found it – words that could help his fellow superstar return from an existential rut.
LIV Golf released a video of the former world No.1 recalling winners of the claret jug going back in time. And he nearly made it all the way to his birth year of 1973.
Schauffele is so unconcerned with the trophies that he’s not even sure where they are, other than the original version of the claret jug, which he had to return this week.
Speaking to the press overnight (Australian time) at Royal Portrush, DeChambeau acknowledged he’s altering his approach to battling wind this week, benching brute force for precision and patience.
Australian Golf Digest
