Royal Portrush is hosting the final major of the year, welcoming the world's top players to Northern Ireland for the 2025 Open Championship. The first round begins on Thursday morning with the new champion golfer of the year being crowned on Sunday afternoon.

McIlroy, who hails from just over 60 miles away in Holywood, County Down, endured a torrid time when The Open was last held at the Northern Irish course

Here are the groups that will be playing together in Round 1 of the 2025 Open Championship, plus their tee times. Coverage of the 2025 Open Championship can be found on NBC, USA Network, Peacock, and Golf Channel. Anyone looking to stream the event can do so with Fubo.

Scottie Scheffler is the pre-tournament favourite at The Open, where Rory McIlroy looks to impress on home soil and claim a sixth major title; Jon Rahm and 2019 champion Shane Lowry among the other contenders at Royal Portrush;

Lowry feels “rejuvenated” and as prepared as he could be in his bid to become the first player to win consecutive British Opens at the same course since Tiger Woods at St. Andrews in 2000 and ’05.

Rory McIlroy was there for the most consequential moment of Shane Lowry’s career, kneeling greenside when his best friend secured t

Missing the cut at the past two majors hasn't dimmed Shane Lowry's confidence as the Irishman returns to the scene of his greatest triumph this week.

Open Championship tees off Thursday at Royal Portrush with star-studded pairings and high-stakes storylines, including Rory McIlroy’s bid for a historic home-soil major win.

A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.

Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to win The Open. Jon Rahm is right behind him. Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Shane Lowry... Yes, we know, we know.