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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The Open at Royal Portrush has had its first hole-in-one. Englishman John Parry’s tee shot at the 192-yard No. 13 landed at the front of the green, took a couple of bounces and hopped straight into the cup.
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The 2025 Open Championship continues on Saturday, July 19 with the third round taking place at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
The 153rd Open Championship continues Saturday at Royal Portrush. USA Network, NBC and Peacock will have wall-to-wall live coverage from Portrush, Northern Ireland, including these featured groups (all times EDT):
Live projected cut line updates from Round 2 of the 2025 Open Championship. Some of the world's best golfers have work to do Friday to make the cut.
The winner stands to earn a healthy cash reward despite The Open lagging behind the other three majors for prize money
There is a five-way tie for the lead after the first round of the 153rd Open Championship with Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li, Matt Fitzpatrick, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harris English shooting 4-under 67 Thursday at Royal Portrush. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (68) is one back with home favorite Rory McIlroy (70) three off the pace.
Min Woo Lee was not cooking much in majors this year, either. He missed the cut at the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open with a 49th-place finish at Augusta his best result. He went 74-73 over his first two days. Quite a letdown after three Top 30 finishes in majors last year.