On Friday at the 2025 British Open, eyes tend to go to to the top of the leaderboard but also to the projected cut line.

A thrilling 2025 golf season has reached its final major as The Open Championship continues its 153rd playing on Friday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The oldest golf tournament in the world is back in Portrush for the first time in six years with the Claret Jug set to be awarded on site Sunday for just the third time in event history.

The season-ending event at East Lake doles out what the PGA Tour calls "bonus money" and is not counted towards a player's official earnings on the money list.

That moment arrived Thursday while Scottie Scheffler played his second shot on the 17th hole at the 2025 British Open at Royal Portrush. Scheffler, sitting to the right of the fairway and 111 yards out, hit a beautiful iron shot that landed three feet from the pin.

Former World No.1 had a little guidance in the 1996 Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, all the way to the final green.

Jacob Skov Olesen began Friday’s second round in his least favorite wind, and he promptly hit two tee balls out of bounds at Portrush’s par-4 first hole.

There’s old faithful and then there’s really old faithful. At Royal Portrush G.C., Robert MacIntyre is challenging to become Champion Golfer of the Year with a club in the bag that dates back to 2014—or when MacIntyre was a mere teenager.

American golfer Bryson DeChambeau is all for President Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland hosting a British Open for the first time since 2009.