Follow along for leaderboard updates, scores, highlights and more from the third round of the 2025 British Open Championship.
The 2025 British Open Championship has moved to the weekend in Northern Ireland, where Royal Portrush is hosting for a third time.
The leaderboard is stacked up pretty good for a week, with three major champs all in the top three after 36 holes: Scottie Scheffler leads, Matt Fitzpatrick is second and Brian Harman is tied for third.
Keep up with all the action across the pond by following along below for live leaderboard updates, scores, highlights and more from the third round of the Open. Click here if you're interested in reading about the notable names who missed the cut and won't be around for the weekend.
British Open leaderboard
See every score being carded with our 2025 British Open Championship leaderboard from USA Today Sports. Here's the top 10 after 36 holes:
| Position | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scheffler Scottie | -10 |
| 2 | Fitzpatrick Matt | -9 |
| T3 | Harman Brian | -8 |
| T3 | Li Haotong | -8 |
| T5 | Hojgaard Rasmus | -5 |
| T5 | Hatton Tyrrell | -5 |
| T5 | MacIntyre Robert | -5 |
| T5 | English Harris | -5 |
| T5 | Gotterup Chris | -5 |
| T10 | Finau Tony | -4 |
| T10 | Hojgaard Nicolai | -4 |
Where to watch the third round of the 2025 British Open
- Streaming: 5 a.m. ET to 7 a.m. ET on USA Network
- TV: 7 a.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock
- Radio: 2 a.m. ET to end of play on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio
USA's and NBC's coverage will also stream on the NBC Sports app. In addition, TheOpen.com official website has featured groups and a channel dedicated to Calamity Corner, the par-3 16th hole.
Third-round weather report for Royal Portrush
The R&A reports that on Saturday from midnight to 6 a.m. there's a "Chance of low cloud developing into the morning. Small chance of patchy drizzle towards end of the night" with a 10 percent chance of rain.
From 6 a.m. to noon, the skies will be "cloudy with a lsight chance of patchy drizzle or showers at times" but still with only a 10 percent chance of rain. Once it gets past noon, it should be mostly dry.
The high temperature is going to be 72.
Click here for the full weather forecast this week.
British Open Championship 2025 Saturday third round tee times
Click here for the complete list of tee times. Here are some of the notable groups:
- 4:35 a.m. ET: Matti Schmid, Corey Conners (first group off)
- 6:30 a.m. ET: Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm
- 8 a.m. ET: Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland
- 9 a.m. ET: Ludvig Aberg, Justin Rose
- 9:30 a.m. ET: Rory McIlroy, Jordan Smith
- 10:15 a.m. ET: Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Hojgaard
- 10:25 a.m. ET: Haoton Li, Brian Harman
- 10:35 a.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
All times eastern (add five hours to Scotland time)
British Open Championship 2025 prize money, purse
The 2025 payouts are the same as 2024's, with the winner receiving $3.1 million of the $17 million total purse.
Who won the British Open Championship in 2024?
Xander Schauffele enters Royal Portrush as the defending champion. He was victorious at Royal Troon in 2024, edging out Justin Rose and Billy Horschel by two strokes.
Other recent past winners in the field this week include Brian Harman (2023), Cam Smith (2022), Collin Morikawa (2021), Shane Lowry (2019), Jordan Spieth (2017) and Rory McIlroy (2014), among others.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: British Open leaderboard: Third round scores, highlights, updates
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