SportsLine's model simulated the 2025 British Open 10,000 times and revealed its PGA Tour golf picks for Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and others from Royal Portrush

Round 1 of the 2025 Open Championship gets underway on Thursday, July 17. Here your favorite golfer's tee time at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.

Open Championship tee times for Friday's second round at Royal Portrush, featuring Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and more.

Open Championship is only a days away from teeing off. Here are the predictions, odds and how to watch the last major of the year.

SportsLine golf expert Eric Cohen locked in a $10 eight-leg PGA Tour parlay that would return nearly $1.1 million for the British Open 2025

At rainy Royal Portrush, caddies shield golf balls, not players. Learn why, and how water changes shots and spin in wet conditions.

But nobody should ever mistake artificial intelligence for being sappy. USA TODAY Sports canvassed five major AI programs seeking their predictions for the 2025 Open Championship winner and top sleeper picks. The majority went with the pre-tournament favorite, Scottie Scheffler, who is seeking his first Claret Jug.

Then a breakthrough in 2011: Mickelson tied for second with Dustin Johnson behind champion Darren Clarke at Royal St. George’s, and something clicked. Two years later, in the most recent Open played at Muirfield, Mickelson produced a performance nearly as stunning as his later PGA Championship victory at the age of 50.