Due to links golf, where the winner can be determined by amusing bounces, pot bunkers, and unpredictable weather, this is the year’s last major and the most unique of the four majors.
What you should know about the British Open is as follows:
When is the British Open?
Play will continue until Sunday, when the winner will receive a silver claret jug. The first round started on Thursday. For the first two days, players will begin their round on the first hole and remain in the same three-man groupings. Because it doesn’t get dark until around 10:30 p.m., daylight is not a problem during the British Open. The final group’s players don’t even start until well after 4 p.m.
How was the f
irst round?
At 4-under 67, five players share the lead. Since a six-way tie in 1938, this is the biggest logjam in the British Open after 18 holes.
These include Harris English, whose longstanding caddy was unable to obtain a travel visa to the UK due to prison time served 20 years ago, and former U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick. The others are Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa, Li Haotong of China, and Jacob Skov Olesen of Denmark, who won the British Amateur title the previous year.
A shot further back, Scottie Scheffler, the top player in the world, is in a four-man group with Englishmen Matthew Jordan and Tyrrell Hatton, as well as Sadom Kaewkanjana, an ordained Buddhist monk from Thailand.
The local favorite, Rory McIlroy, is three strokes behind after shooting 70.
How can I watch the British Open?
The coverage is wall-to-wall, and the time difference between the U.S. East Coast and Northern Ireland is five hours. The Peacock streaming service will begin broadcast at 1:30 a.m. EDT, and USA Network will take over from 4 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The British Open will start right before bed if you live on the West Coast. It will begin shortly after nightfall on Waikiki for golfers in Hawaii.
On NBC, the Open ends at 3 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Who are the betting favorites?
This year, Scottie Scheffler has been the overwhelming favorite at all majors, including the British Open. He has a 5-2 record with BetMGM Sportsbook going into the second round. At 15-2, McIlroy is the second favorite. They are the world’s top two.
At 11-1, Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, and Matt Fitzpatrick will follow. The score for Harris English is 18-1.
The only major where Scheffler hasn’t had a real opportunity to win on the back nine on Sunday is the British Open. However, since late March, he has not placed outside of the top 10.
What are the tee times?
On Friday, the players that left early on Thursday leave late, and vice versa.
Rory McIlroy will be in the morning wave, starting at 10:09 a.m. (5:09 a.m. EDT), according to this information. The following group, led by co-leader Harris English, will depart at 10:20 a.m.
Shane Lowry, the 2019 Royal Portrush winner, is playing alongside Scottie Scheffler, who has a 3:10 p.m. tee time.
Since there are 15 hours of golf in the first rounds of the British Open and the weather is unpredictable, starting times are more crucial than at any other major.
Players check the times at which they start. They then look at the weather. There have been occasions when Thursday and Friday have the worst weather. When he won six years ago, Lowry had the weather to his advantage.
What s the forecast?
mixed. In these areas, the phrase is frequently used to denote a little bit of everything, which occasionally occurs in a single day.
It may be the same for the second round on Friday as it was on Thursday, when there was some rain, a shifting breeze, and some sun peeks. The wind hasn’t been too strong yet, which is crucial in links golf.
What s at stake?
The oldest prize in golf, a silver claret jug, is awarded to the winner. In a brief ceremony on Monday, Xander Schauffele was required to return the jugto to the R&A as part of a new custom. He then has four days to regain it.
Another tradition is that the winner is introduced as the year’s champion golfer. In addition, he will receive a five-year exemption from the other three majors, a five-year exemption from the PGA Tour, and an exemption from the British Open until the age of 55 (before winners were allowed to play until 60).
Who are the players to watch?
No matter how he plays, Scottie Scheffler is the best player in the world and is typically in the running. However, since this is Northern Ireland and the British Open, Rory McIlroy is the first player this week. He is relieved of the weight of not winning a major in eleven years, but he still feels pressure to perform. By winning the Masters and taking home the green jacket, he took care of that.
Scheffler would compete in the U.S. Open the following year in hopes of winning the Grand Slam if he prevailed.
Since Padraig Harrington in 2007 and 2008, Schauffele is attempting to become the first person to win the title twice. However, the Californian is yet to win after being hindered by a rib injury early in the season.
With a British Open triumph, Spain’s Jon Rahm may also go to one leg of the Grand Slam, while British hopes are placed in players like Justin Rose and Tyrrell Hatton.
Why is it the British Open when it’s being played on the island of Ireland?
Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom, is home to Royal Portrush.The Open Championship, or just The Open, is the official title. For more than a century, the British Open has been used by the Associated Press and a number of American publications to differentiate it from other national tournaments such as the Australian Open and U.S. Open.
In official footage from the 1950s, the R&A once called it the British Open.
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