Today’s final round of the 2025 Open Championship is up and running at Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland. Scottie Scheffler (9:30 a.m. ET) is in pole position to claim his fourth major, holding a four-shot lead after 54 holes.

The third round of the Open Championship begins on Saturday in Northern Ireland, with Scottie Scheffler leading the pack at -10.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, but it's not on the island of Great Britain. So why is it hosting the “British” Open this week?

This is about the Open, a championship in its 153rd year. And it’s about Portrush, a seasonal town of 6,000 or so, one with a Ferris wheel and a long swath of beach, and dogs off leashes, and a gem of a links course that’s carved its place in the Open rota. And it’s about Irish golf.

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Open Championship is less than 24 hours from teeing off. Here is a look at past winners and how to watch this year's tournament.

Harrington is the most successful golfer in the line-up this year in terms of Open wins, having lifted the Claret Jug twice, doing so in two years in a row in 2008 and 2009. Harrington lifted this year’s US Senior Open Championship, held at Broadmoor Golf Course in Colorado Springs.

A grand total of $17 million is up for grabs in this year's British Open, along with the claret jug and a gold medal. The 13th highest purse of the tour so far will see the winner grab $3.1 million. Here is the payout for the top 10:

So here is our final major big board of the year, ranking the top 30 golfers in the field. This is not simply the 30 best golfers in a vacuum. These are the 30 golfers that our crack team of Gabby Herzig, Hugh Kellenberger and Brody Miller believe are best suited to win this week at Royal Portrush.