Open Championship golfers and the British Open favorite to win ahead of the year's final major at Royal Portrush

Facts and figures for the British Open: Event: 153rd Open Championship. Dates: July 17-20. Site: Royal Portrush GC. Length: 7,381 yards. Par: 71. Field: 156 players minimum. Playoff (if necessary): 4 holes, aggregate score. Prize money: TBA ($17 million in 2024).

The Renaissance Club in East Lothian, Scotland, is certainly one of those bucket-list courses. Situated directly next to Old Tom Morris' iconic Muirfield, home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers since 1891, The Renaissance Club is young compared to its neighbor to the west.

The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, ranks 10th on the Golfweek's Best 2025: The top 50 classic courses in Great Britain and Ireland list.

The final major of the PGA Tour season begins on Thursday, July 17, as the 2025 Open Championship takes place from Royal Portrush Golf Club. It

The Genesis Scottish Open kicks off golf's most dramatic fortnight, with Open Championship spots on the line and Scotland's finest links courses ready to test the world's best players.

Words are tricky. Their meanings change constantly, and the next thing you know, a phrase as old as time has a new definition. Golf is a sport of history, which makes this entire rigamarole over what to call the British Open/Open Championship/The Open so confusing.

While the year's final major is on the horizon, the Ryder Cup looms over the final stretch of the 2025 season - and can be felt on both tours. The post With Open Championship on horizon, something else still looms over pro golf appeared first on Golf.

Gotterup was giddy to see it. Rained out when he tried to play it ahead of last year’s Genesis Scottish Open, the American was intent on squeezing in a little bit more links golf. It’s why he didn’t hesitate to make the long trip over to Scotland, despite not having a spot in The Open Championship next week.

Scottie Scheffler explains ahead of the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open the difference between playing golf in the US Open and playing links golf in the Open Championship.

Richard Teder became the first Estonian player to qualify for the Open Championship, and he did so in the most spectacular fashion possible.

And it will happened, again, when Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush hosts the 153rd edition of the game’s oldest major. In turn, it will create anxiousness for the 156 players in the field waiting to see if where their names land on the starter’s sheet and whether that might leave them on the “good” or “bad” side of the draw.