The British Open will offer a $17 million purse this season at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, which matches the record-setting purse that was offered last year. While that’s the highest in the event’s history, it’s the lowest among the four major championships.

In the short but robust tradition of covering road-related content ahead of a major championship (see Q&A on the turnpike running through Oakmont), we're pleased now to bring you some content on another topic that has very little to do with golf,

Tee times in Saturday’s third round of the British Open will be brought forward in an effort to reduce the potential for disruption while an annual loyalist parade takes place the same day in Portrush.

It's a lot of the usual suspects in the British Open power rankings ahead of the final major of the men's golf season for 2025.

Erskine, the club’s then-secretary of 35 years—who many credit with bringing the Open to Portrush—was waiting for a defining moment. Some visual cue from the universe to signify the accomplishment that Portrush, after decades of political turmoil on the island of Ireland before a peace in 1998, had enticed the R&A back to this part of the world.

Golf's oldest championship returns to Royal Portrush. It's the third time the British Open has gone to the Northern Ireland links. Shane Lowry won in 2019.

The final men's golf major of 2025 is here, with the 153rd British Open teeing off Thursday. Here's what to know to watch for free.