Of the 20 LIV golfers in the field at the 2025 British Open, Phil Mickelson turned in perhaps the most surprising first round.
The week started with 20 LIV golfers in the field at the 2025 British Open. After 18 holes, 10 are on the right side of the projected cutline, including Phil Mickelson, who had one of the more surprising first rounds on Thursday.
Lefty shot 1-under 70 at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland and he's in a group tied for 20th along with fellow LIV golfer and fellow former Arizona State golfer Jon Rahm.
Tyrell Hatton put together the best first round of the LIV entrants shooting 3-under 68 to tie for sixth. He had four birdies and just one bogey before closing with six straight pars.
How LIV golfers are doing after 18 holes at 2025 British Open
The LIV golfers projected to make the cut after 18 holes:
- T6 Tyrrell Hatton, 3 under
- T10 Lee Westwood, 2 under
- T20 Phil Mickelson, 1 under
- T20 Jon Rahm, 1 under
- T20 Sergio Garcia, 1 under
- T20 Joaquin Niemann, 1 under
- T32 Dean Murmester, even par
- T32 Jason Kokrak, even par
- T45 Tom McKibbin, 1 over
- T45 Cameron Smith, 1 over
The LIV golfers who have work to do after 18 holes:
- T70 Dustin Johnson, 2 over
- T70 Marc Leishman, 2 over
- T70 Lucas Herbert, 2 over
- T114 Henrik Stenson, 4 over
- T114 Brooks Koepka, 4 over
- T114 Carlos Ortiz, 4 over
- T134 Louis Oosthuizen, 6 over
- T134 Patrick Reed, 6 over
- T144 Bryson DeChambeau, 7 over
- T144 John Catlin, 7 over
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: British Open 2025: How the 20 LIV golfers are doing after 18 holes
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