Just four rounds separate the start of The Open Championship and the hosting of the Claret Jug signifying the crowning of Champion Golfer of the Year. Across 72 holes at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the best golfers in the world will conclude the 2025 major championship season competing not only against one another but a difficult links course and unpredictable elements.
Just the third Open to be held outside Scotland or Ireland, the 153rd playing of this tournament marks a homecoming for Rory McIlroy, the reigning Masters champion and most recent career grand slam winner. Though McIlroy struggled and ultimately failed to make the cut in 2019 when The Open was last held in his home country, his game — physical and mental — is in an entirely different place six years later. McIlroy at 7-1 is not the favorite — that honor belongs to Scottie Scheffler at 9/2, per Caesars Sportsbook — but there will be no one who generates a greater crowd reaction this week than The Ulsterman.
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