The final three spots in the 2025 British Open went to the top finishers in the Genesis Scottish Open not already in the British field.

Find out where to watch the nearly 200 hours of 2025 Open Championship live coverage from Royal Portrush on NBC, USA Network and Peacock.

Go to Peacocktv.com/golf to sign up and watch multiple featured groups each morning and afternoon, as well as a multi-view experience in which you can watch both featured groups at once, and All Access coverage. Here's a look at the weekly schedule. Featured groups will be added when available (all times EDT).

Facts and figures for the British Open: Event: 153rd Open Championship. Dates: July 17-20. Site: Royal Portrush GC. Length: 7,381 yards. Par: 71. Field: 156 players minimum. Playoff (if necessary): 4 holes, aggregate score. Prize money: TBA ($17 million in 2024).

American golf course architects have been renovating courses in preparation for U.S. Opens and PGA Championships since the years following World War II. Major championship alterations were a vital element of how Robert Trent Jones and,

The R&A reported that 288 golfers were spread across the four qualifiers with only the top five at each advancing to Royal Portrush.

The British Open returns to Royal Portrush and it should be quite the homecoming for Rory McIlroy. He'd love nothing more than to win golf's oldest championship on his home soil of Northern Ireland.

The wind is always a fascinating talking point during British Open week. It throws pros outside their ordinarily comfortable confines and forces them to get creative. For a couple of weeks a year, they're not throwing darts at a dartboard.

Nine players as well as officials from the R&A will take part in formal press conferences ahead of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Two-time champion Ernie Els has withdrawn from the British Open, the second time this year he has chosen not to compete in big championships.

Words are tricky. Their meanings change constantly, and the next thing you know, a phrase as old as time has a new definition. Golf is a sport of history, which makes this entire rigamarole over what to call the British Open/Open Championship/The Open so confusing.