Rory McIlroy was there for the most consequential moment of Shane Lowry’s career, kneeling greenside when his best friend secured t

How to watch every single shot from the biggest names in golf throughout Round 2 at the 2025 Open Championship

McIlroy will tee off for his second round at the Open at 10.09am on Thursday. The 35-year-old is joined once again by European Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood and two-time major champion Justin Thomas. Full tee times for rounds one and two can be found here.

After Rory McIlroy narrowly missed out on the Claret Jug in 2022, he had the immovable support of his wife Erica Stoll to lean on, which was just what the Northern Irishman needed

Rory McIlroy shot 1-under 70 in the first round of the British Open at Royal Portrush that is also serving as a homecoming for the Northern Irish star.

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.

If we were feeling especially dramatic, that might be the way we'd describe the scene on the first tee Thursday afternoon at around 3:10 p.m. British Standard Time, when Rory McIlroy hit what can be reasonably described as the most anticipated first tee shot of 2025.

The hometown hero is back at Royal Portrush, but Rory McIlroy was poor off the tee again as the Open Championship rolls on.

The final major of the golfing year takes place this week as the Open Championship takes place at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland – with Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood both teeing off