The Open enforced stricter drop zones to end old tactics, challenging players with tougher relief options at Royal Portrush.

Follow live coverage of the third round at the Open Championship as Scottie Scheffler looks to build his lead at Royal Portrush

Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world, is looking for his fourth major win — and first at the British Open. The two-time Masters winner and 2025 PGA Championship winner has yet to claim either of the U.S. Open or The Open Championship, with wins in all four securing an illustrious career Grand Slam.

The Australian duo of Adam Scott (+9) and Jason Day (+2) fell short. Two former Open winners have also missed out in the shape of two-time champion Padraig Harrington (+9) and Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke (+6), who won in 2011. Also missing out is Clarke's fellow countryman Tom McKibbin (+3).

The second round of the 2025 Open Championship is complete at Royal Portrush. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has the lead with Matt Fitzpatrick one shot back. Scheffler is at 10-under after rounds of 68-64, while Fitzpatrick shot scores of 67-66.

Scheffler played through the rain and in the shine Friday, shooting 7-under 64 to move one clear of Matt Fitzpatrick through 36 holes at Royal Portrush.

Scottie Scheffler, the world’s top player, holds the outright lead after 36 holes at the 2025 Open Championship, as action resumes on Saturday with third-round play at Royal Portrush.

The 2025 Open Championship continues on Saturday, July 19 with the third round taking place at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.

As it circled over their heads, Hicks did his best to thwart it, flailing his hands around and laughing it off. Kisner, meanwhile, sunk deep into his chair. Then he took his sport coat and hid underneath it. Just as we all would:

“I'm not scared, I'm not going to back away,” added the world No. 14 as he strives to become the first Scotsman since Paul Lawrie in 1999 to lift the Claret Jug. “It (Portrush) is completely different to Oakmont. At Oakmont, I couldn't roll the dice. It was never, ‘let's press, let's press’. It was always, ‘right, let's go out here with pars’.

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