A thrilling 2025 golf season has reached its final major as The Open Championship continues its 153rd playing on Friday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. The oldest golf tournament in the world is back in Portrush for the first time in six years with the Claret Jug set to be awarded on site Sunday for just the third time in event history.

The Open Championship is underway, and golf's final major of 2025 will feature a competitive chase to make the projected cut. Here's the latest.

Round 1 of the 2025 Open Championship gets underway on Friday, July 18. Here your favorite golfer's tee time at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.

That's what is on the line this week at the 2025 Open Championship as Royal Portrush hosts the final major of the season in Northern Ireland. Returning to the par 71 for the first time since 2019 -- only the third time The Open has ever been held outside of Scotland or England -- the R&A has set up a tournament that will do its best to identify the man most equipped to deal with the elements and emotional toll one experiences across four rounds of major championship golf.

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):

The Open has had 28 different winners aged 38 or older all-time, the same number as the Masters and U.S. Open combined.

Even the No. 1 player in the world -- who opted for a fairway wood -- missed the fairway left Thursday. Scottie Scheffler was able to still make par, but plenty others were not; the hole saw over four times as many bogeys, or worse, as birdies.

Pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants in Portrush say this week has surpassed their expectations.

Fanatics is offering new users a no-sweat first bet of up to $1,000 for the 2025 Open Championship.

Royal Portrush is not only open to visitors, but its yearly membership dues are what the average American golfer spends on public tee times.

It was a return six years in the making, and it was a return that perfectly encapsulated Rory McIlroy. Making the trek back to Royal Portrush for The Open Championship -- now as a career grand slam winner -- the Northern Irishman experienced a topsy-turvy day as the hard stuff came easy and the easy stuff came hard.