Scotty Schaeffler was a tournament favorite before entering the 2025 Open Championship, but it was a big story as Rory McIlroy had been heartbroken in the past since 2019, trying to capture a jug of clarets in her home country in Northern Ireland. After two days of play, Schaeffler issued quite a statement The world’s No. 1 fired his second round of 64 on Friday, jumping alone at 10 under, moving the conversation to his highest ever registration.
Schaeffler will play alongside Matt Fitzpatrick in the final pairing Saturday. They tee off at 10:35am ET.
As we enter the Royal Portrush travel date, the rest of the field knows that it needs something special to knock Schaeffler out of the top spot on the leaderboard. In the penultimate group, 2023 Open Champions Brian Herman and Hao Tonlee will feature the tee-off at 10:25am.
Many of the top stars are on the weekend, but the biggest threat to Schaeffler entering this week is more than seven shots from the pace. At least one of them will need to try to match Scheffler’s 64 on Saturday.
McIlroy leads that group at 3 under He begins to pursue Ludwig Åberg and Justin Rose, who will play alongside Jordan Smith at 9:30am, will return at 2am and tee off together at 9am.
Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood are under the age of one AM, so they form one of the marquee groups in the morning and try to find a good mojo at 8:05 AM. Jordan Spieth and Victor Hofland (7am) and John Lahm and Shane Raleigh (6:30am) are back evenly, hoping for mild, early conditions on Saturday.
Below you can find the perfect slate of Saturday’s third round tee time as the 153rd Open Championship begins play at the Royal Portrush. Don’t forget to check us out 2025 Open TV Schedule and Coverage Guide Please check and follow all your actions. Live updates for Round 3 at the Open Championship.
Always in the East
2025 Open Championship Tea Times, Saturday pairing
4:35 AM – Matti Schmid, Corey Conners
4:45 am – Sepp Starta, Haidence Hedyyama
4:55 AM – Takumi Kanaya, Adrien Saddier
5:05 AM – Sebastian Soderbergh, Henrik Stenson
5:15 AM – Thomas Detry, Jacob Skov Olesen
5:25 AM – Nathan Kimsey, Bryson Deccanbo
5:35 AM – Maverick McNerry, Sliston Lawrence
5:45am – Justin Leonard, John Parry
6am – Andrew Novak, Sergio Garcia
6:10am – Jesper Svensson, Francesco Molinari
6:20am – Kawamoto Riki, Wyndham Clark
6:30am – John Rahm, Shane Laury
6:40am – JJ Spaun, Dustin Johnson
6:50am – Phil Mickelson, Jonattan Vegas
7:00am – Viktor Hovland, Jordan Spieth
7:15am – Russell Henry, Antoine Rosner
7:25am – Roman Land Gasque, Daniel Berger
7:35 It – Pet Odtu His Enue, Euntu Bintud
7:45am – Matt Wallace, Akshay Batia
7:55am – Jason Cocrack, Lucas Glover
8:05am – Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas
8:15am – Aaron Rye, Ricky Fowler
8:30am – Mark Leishman, Oliver Lindell
8:40 AM – Ryggs Johnston, Xander Schauffele
8:50am – Christopher Laytan, Matthew Jordan
9:00am – LudvigÅberg, Justin Rose
9:10 am-Harry Hall, Christian Bezidenhaut
9:20am – Sam Burns, Lee Westwood
9:30am – Rory McIlroy, Jordan Smith
9:45 AM -Keegan Bradley, Nicolai Højgaard
9:55am – Tony Finau, Chris Gottap
10:05am – Harris English, Robert McIntyre
10:15 AM – Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Højgaard
10:25am – Brian Herman, Haotong LI
10:35 AM – Scotty Schaeffler, Matt Fitzpatrick
