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The 153rd Open Championship continues Friday at Royal Portrush. USA Network and Peacock will have wall-to-wall live coverage from Portrush, Northern Ireland, including these featured groups (all times EDT):
Jordan Spieth has been winless in professional golf since 2022. Furthermore, the last Major championship Spieth won was The Open Championship in 2017.
Spieth entered Portrush with four straight top-25 Open finishes, so there should be plenty of confidence that he turns in a much better round on Friday. Making up a six-shot deficit will be tough, but if Spieth can get to even-par, or even one-under, he'll have a shot to get into the top 10 before the weekend.
Matthew Jordan has +35000 odds in the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club. He will try for another strong showing after his 10th-place finish at this tournament in 2024. In the past year, Jordan has played in four tournaments. His best finish was 10th, his average finish was 28th, and he made the cut two times (50.0%).
The 2025 Open Championship continues on Friday, July 18 when the second round tees off at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
The 2025 Open Championship is a tournament for long shots. Shane Lowry won at this year’s host course, the Royal Portrush Golf Club, in 2019 as a +8000 long shot before he teed off in Round 1. He wasn’t a favorite to win before Round 2 or Round 3 before becoming the overwhelming favorite heading into the final round.
The first round of the 2025 Open Championship saw Royal Portrush giving the 156-player field all it could handle as ever-changing weather conditions allowed the Northern Ireland course to show off its strength against the best players in the world.
After Royal Portrush crowns the Champion Golfer of the Year, the British Open will head to Royal Birkdale in 2026.