The last major of 2025 starts very early tomorrow morning U.S. time. The betting favorites are Scottie Scheffler, followed by Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. Xander Schauffele is the defending champion but he has been off form this year after being injured early on though he did have a nice finish at the Scottish Open last week.
This year's British Open is being played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, not too far from where Rory grew up, so this will be a big event for him following his completion of the career grand slam at The Masters. He's being called by many Irish sports analysts as the leading sports figure in Ireland, both north and south, and Paul McGinley the other day called him the greatest sportsman in Irish history.
The tournament was played at Royal Portrush in 2019 and was won by Shane Lowry of the Republic of Ireland, which was a very popular victory as the tensions between the two countries have settled down quite a bit in recent years. McIlroy was the favorite going into that tournament but suffered a quadruple bogey on the first hole and ended up missing the cut. It's only the third time the Open has been played outside of England or Scotland in its 153 year history.
I've actually enjoyed Golf Channel's Live From for once, as Lerner and Chamblee have toned down their usual non-stop Tiger mania as there's no way even Lerner can make Woods a factor in this one. Irishman Paul McGinley's insights about the course and about both the Republic and Northern Ireland have been great as always. He's my favorite golf analyst, so much better than Lerner and his pet monkey Chamblee. At one point last night McGinley referred to Jack Nicklaus as the greatest golfer of all time, which had to have had veteran change agent Lerner seething inside.
This year's British Open is being played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, not too far from where Rory grew up, so this will be a big event for him following his completion of the career grand slam at The Masters. He's being called by many Irish sports analysts as the leading sports figure in Ireland, both north and south, and Paul McGinley the other day called him the greatest sportsman in Irish history.
The tournament was played at Royal Portrush in 2019 and was won by Shane Lowry of the Republic of Ireland, which was a very popular victory as the tensions between the two countries have settled down quite a bit in recent years. McIlroy was the favorite going into that tournament but suffered a quadruple bogey on the first hole and ended up missing the cut. It's only the third time the Open has been played outside of England or Scotland in its 153 year history.
I've actually enjoyed Golf Channel's Live From for once, as Lerner and Chamblee have toned down their usual non-stop Tiger mania as there's no way even Lerner can make Woods a factor in this one. Irishman Paul McGinley's insights about the course and about both the Republic and Northern Ireland have been great as always. He's my favorite golf analyst, so much better than Lerner and his pet monkey Chamblee. At one point last night McGinley referred to Jack Nicklaus as the greatest golfer of all time, which had to have had veteran change agent Lerner seething inside.
