Explore more
Photos of British Open golf at Royal Portrush
Digest more
The R&A announced this week that the Spidercam be a "world-first for golf" that will bring TV viewers closer to the action that before.
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.
The Open Championship golf tournament will take place this week, here's how you can catch the action at every hole.
The R&A posted its local rules and added a second document for "additional local rules" at the 2025 British Open, one of which pertains to Spidercam.
But no one could go extremely low. Jacob Skov Olesen, the British Amateur champion last year from Denmark, was the first player to get to 5 under until a bogey at the last. He was joined at 67 by Li Haotong of China, and then Fitzpatrick joined the group with his marvelous chip-in.
The "Golden Bear" and 18-time major winner won the first of his three Opens and completed the first of his three career grand slams along the southeastern Scottish coast in 1966, then called the par-71 layout "the best golf course in Britain."
Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood are offering reminders that the British Open doesn't discriminate against older players.
Fickle weather and funny bounces are classic features of links golf and it makes the British Open a test of the mind as much as anything else.
And this year, it's being played outside Great Britain for only the third time in the event's 153-year history.
At rainy Royal Portrush, caddies shield golf balls, not players. Learn why, and how water changes shots and spin in wet conditions.
Feedback