{"id":276662,"date":"2025-07-20T06:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276662\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:02:12","slug":"the-open-final-round-tee-times-as-rory-mcilroy-bids-to-overhaul-leader-scottie-scheffler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276662\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open final round tee times as Rory McIlroy bids to overhaul leader Scottie Scheffler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy will be out in the second to last pairing in Sunday&#8217;s final round<\/p>\n<p>20:45, 19 Jul 2025Updated 20:46, 19 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_01K0HX660C6BCT33JP1197JBSF.jpg\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy reacts after putting on the 18th green during day three of The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Rory McIlroy reacts after putting on the 18th green during day three of The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush (Image: Mike Egerton\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Scottie Scheffler will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the 153rd Open following the third round at Royal Portrush on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The world no.1 extended his lead to four shots as he moved on to -14 following a bogey-free round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Local hopes are all pinned on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/rory-mcilroy\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rory McIlroy<\/a> who made a sensational start on Saturday with three birdies in the opening four holes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/sport\/other-sport\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-centre-bizarre-moment-32095375\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">McIlroy<\/a> eventually finished with a 66 to move to -8 much to the delight of the crowds who cheers him on around the course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/all-about\/holywood\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Holywood<\/a> man will be out in the second to last pairing on Sunday alongside Matt Fitzpatrick, who finished on -9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Haotong Li had another impressive round moving to -10 and will pair Scheffler on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>FINAL ROUND PAIRINGS AND TIMES<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">8:30am &#8211; Riki Kawamoto Matti Schmid<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">8:40am Phil Mickelson Dean Burmester<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">8:50am Andrew Novak Sebastian Soderberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">9am Jacob Skov Olesen Shane Lowry<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">9:10am Viktor Hovland Antonie Rozner<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">9:20am Ryggs Johnston Adrien Saddier<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">9:30am Jordan Spieth Romain Langasque<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">9:40am Matthew Jordan Francesco Molinari<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">9:55am Justin Leonard Sergio Garcia<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">10:05am Sepp Straka Thomas Detry<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">10:15am Jason Kokrak Aaron Rai<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">10:25am Jhonattan Vegas Daniel Berger<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">10:35am Henrik Stenson Maverick McNealy<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">10:45am Jordan Smith Takumi Kanaya<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">10:55am Rickie Fowler Sam Burns<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">11:10am Jon Rahm Akshay Bhatia<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">11:20am Thriston Lawrence Jesper Svensson<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">11:30am Nathan Kimsey Bryson DeChambeau<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">11:40am Tony Finau Hideki Matsuyama<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">11:50am Tommy Fleetwood Justin Thomas<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">12noon John Parry J.J. Spaun<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">12:10pm Christiaan Bezuidenhout Keegan Bradley<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">12:25pm Lucas Glover Marc Leishman<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">12:35pm Dustin Johnson Sungjae Im<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">12:45pm Lee Westwood Corey Conners<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">12:55pm Justin Rose Harry Hall<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">1:05pm Kristoffer Reitan Ludvig Aberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">1:15pm Matt Wallace Oliver Lindell<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">1:25pm Brian Harman Wyndham Clark<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">1:40pm Robert MacIntyre Rasmus Hojgaard<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">1:50pm Russell Henley Nicolai Hojgaard<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">2pm Tyrrell Hatton Xander Schauffele<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">2:10pm Chris Gotterup Harris English<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">2:20pm Matt Fitzpatrick Rory McIlroy<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">2:30pm Scottie Scheffler Haotong Li<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy will be out in the second to last pairing in Sunday&#8217;s final round 20:45, 19 Jul&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,79,96288,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-276662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-the-153rd-open-at-portrush","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114884047891720244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}