The Open Championship isn't over. McIlroy and everyone else in contention have to believe they have a chance. But they're chasing a guy who's almost impossible to catch.

There was a moment in the middle of the afternoon Saturday at Royal Portrush where it still felt like anything was possible at the 2025 Open Championship. All scenarios were still on the table. Hope ran rampant around the property as the third round trundled on and player after player made birdie after birdie.

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER stands on the brink of sporting immortality – and will join an elite group of golf’s greats by winning The 153rd Open. Scheffler, 29, takes a four-shot lead into the final

The tournament was already under a cloud after a volunteer security guard was tragically killed in a collision with a shuttle bus outside the course. Amid the chaos, Scheffler attempted to drive past police directing traffic and was promptly detained and led away in handcuffs, with dramatic footage quickly going viral.

The final round of the final major of the year takes place this afternoon as the 153rd Open Championship comes to a close at Royal Portrush. World number one Scottie Scheffler (2.30pm tee time) is in pole position to win his first Open Championship,

The Open Championship at Royal Portrush is heading into its final round, and Scottie Scheffler remains firmly in control. The world number one leads the field at 14 under par after a bogey-free third-round 67,

Rory McIlroy has six shots to make up on leader Scottie Scheffler with both beginning their final round this afternoon

Two days after the eye-opening deep riff on the meaning of life that world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler delivered in his pre-tournament press conference, he posted a 3-under-par 68 in the first round of the British Open Thursday at Portrush.

In 2019, the last time The Open Championship was played at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, native son Rory McIlroy missed the cut.