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.

Li Haotong is in contention to become the first man from China, a country of 1.4 billion people, to win a major golf championship.

British Open Saturday was a WILD ride that included Justin Rose's pair of shanks (!), Rory McIlroy hitting a pair of golf balls at the same time (!!) and even a happy (!!!) Tyrrell Hatton. And then there was one of the craziest club throws you'll ever see.

Bryson DeChambeau was put on the clock on Saturday during the third round of the 153rd British Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club.

SHOT OF THE DAY: John Parry made the first hole-in-one at this British Open, an 8-iron on the par-3 13th hole. SAVE OF THE DAY: Scheffler was buried in deep rough behind the 11th green when he chopped it out to 10 feet and made par.

Matt Fitzpatrick's golf swing felt lost. "The Players this year, it was really bad...I couldn't find the face with the ball. It was just not good," Fitzpatrick said. "That's the lowest I've been, I felt,

SportsLine's golf model ran 10,000 simulations of the final two rounds of the British Open 2025 at Royal Portrush

The British Open at Royal Portrush has had its first hole-in-one. English golfer John Parry hit an 8-iron at the 192-yard No. 13 that landed at the front of the green, took a couple of bounces and hopped straight into the cup.