Royal Portrush, British Open and Scottie Scheffler
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Rory McIlroy Inspired by Royal Portrush Crowd
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With six birdies coming home, Westwood rocketed back up the leaderboard with an Open record-tying back-nine 29.
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open playoff 2025: The format, rules and holes played at Royal PortrushWith Scottie Scheffler holding a four-shot lead at the start of the final round of the British Open, brushing up on how the R&A conducts a playoff in the event of a tie after 72 holes might not seem necessary.
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Scheffler leads another major championship after three rounds. This time, he’s four shots clear at the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush, where he fired a 4-under 67 Saturday to push to 14 under.
Finau fired a 1-over-par 72 in the third round to go with his rounds of 70-68 and that effort left him watching the contenders pull away. Most of the movers and shakers fired rounds of four to five under par as Scottie Scheffler rocketed to a huge lead heading into Sunday.
When the Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded, it was called simply “the Country Club.” Starting in 1892, the club was renamed “the Royal Country Club,” and in 1895, it became the “Royal Portrush Country Club.” The changing names have to do with the British royal family, and the history of royal golf clubs.
Adding to the many cool sights at Royal Portrush’s historic links this week was the British Open leaderboard showing Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the top 10.
The R&A announced The Open will carry the same prize pool as 2024's record-setting purse with the winner taking home a $3.1 million check like Xander Schauffele did last year. That is a handsome payday but not one all that uncommon at this time in professional golf.