How to watch every single shot from the biggest names in golf throughout Round 4 at the 2025 Open Championship

IT wasn’t at the forefront of his mind after clasping the Claret Jug – but new Open champion Scottie Scheffler admits Rory McIlroy’s Grand Slam success has turned the head of all golf’s top operators.

Rory McIlroy attended the Association of Golf Writers dinner on Tuesday evening and was decked out in green — Masters green.

Rory McIlroy returned to Northern Ireland this week with the hopes of winning his second major of the year and avenging his poor performance at Portrush in 2019. Six years ago, McIlroy's Open hopes were dashed before they even began when he put a ball out of bounds on the first tee and missed the cut.

Rory McIlroy didn't disappoint his countrymen at Royal Portrush, and is ready to spend some more time on European soil.

If McIlroy didn’t quite deliver, then Royal Portrush — where he shot 61 as a 16-year-old for the course record — certainly did, gaining widespread rave reviews.

As the latest inductee into one of sport’s most exclusive clubs, there is little that grand slam champion Rory McIlroy has not seen in the game of golf. Then, just past the halfway mark of his Open Championship third round on Saturday,

So here is our final major big board of the year, ranking the top 30 golfers in the field. This is not simply the 30 best golfers in a vacuum. These are the 30 golfers that our crack team of Gabby Herzig, Hugh Kellenberger and Brody Miller believe are best suited to win this week at Royal Portrush.

McIlroy has used two caddies during his professional golf career. His first was named J.P. Fitzgerald, who he had on his bag until 2017. McIlroy then switched to Harry Diamond, who has been his caddie over the last eight years.

How to watch every single shot from the biggest names in golf throughout Round 2 at the 2025 Open Championship

Rory McIlroy has admitted that he was inspired by the Royal Portrush crowd as he prepares for a final push to catch Scottie Scheffler at The Open. The Northern Irishman sits six shots behind the world number one after a strong third round on Saturday.