The Golf Channel's Rich Lerner joins Morning Joe to discuss the 2025 Open Championship. July 17, 2025. Read More

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.

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

How to avoid 'grandstanding' controversies? The Open has a clever solution. The R&A explained the reasoning behind its gnarly drop zones.

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.

Explore the top contenders for the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, where golf’s biggest names chase the Claret Jug.

Who will win the 153rd Open Championship? Our experts dive into all the twists and turns of the year's final major

Jon Rahm’s two major championship victories have come on American soil and he has deep golf and familial ties to the States. But ask him what the Open Championship means to the Spaniard and his answer is both surprising and not.