PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Jacob Skov Olesen is the surprise leader of the 153rd British Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club.

The Open Championship golf tournament will take place this week, here's how you can catch the action at every hole.

The crowds following Rory McIlroy for three days at Royal Portrush have been enormous, a reminder of the expectations. On banners and flags and buntings of grandstands there are images of the claret jug,

Another major championship means another opportunity for Scottie Scheffler, but success at the Open Championship and golf in general isn’t what fulfills the American.

Phil Mickelson surged into an early Open Championship lead, and a Portrush local got off to a hot start. Here's what you missed Thursday.

The "Golden Bear" and 18-time major winner won the first of his three Opens and completed the first of his three career grand slams along the southeastern Scottish coast in 1966, then called the par-71 layout "the best golf course in Britain."

If two or more players are tied through 72 holes of regulation, they will compete over three playoff holes with the scores being added up. If there is still a tie between at least two players, sudden death will be used.

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

The simplest one is to wager on the in-form golfers, a list led by Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler. McIlroy may get the nod over Scheffler in some circles this week because he's playing on home soil at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

Here are some things to keep in mind to help you make savvy live-betting decisions for the last major of the 2025 season: Things change quickly at the Open Championship, and you’d think that a tournament defined by unpredictability and chaos would allow for some late-closing winners, but the opposite is true.