All You Need to Know

Following Xander Schauffele’s sensational surge to victory at Royal Troon, the countdown to The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland is underway.

Read on for everything you need to know about the next staging of golf’s original Championship. This article will be updated with additional information as it becomes available.

When is The 153rd Open?

The Championship will take place from 13-20 July 2025, with practice rounds taking place at Royal Portrush from Sunday 13 July and the first round of The 153rd Open taking place on Thursday 17 July.

How can I attend The 153rd Open?

Tickets for The 153rd Open were distributed via a ballot, with general admission tickets for all eight days of the Championship selling out in record time.

However, a range of Premium Experiences – offering world-class hospitality paired with superior views of the action – are still available. Demand is expected to rise as the remaining experiences approach a sell-out, so now is the time to guarantee your place at Royal Portrush.

How can I watch and listen?

A host of global broadcast partners will televise The 153rd Open, including NBC / Golf Channel in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. In all, more than 30 broadcast partners will be televising the Championship across 199 countries and territories.

Fans will also be able to watch a host of live streams on R&A TV, including Featured Group coverage, a Par-3 Channel, and Live at The Range in partnership with HSBC.

In addition, The Open Radio will offer more than 50 hours of live coverage, and will be available across the globe through The Open website, The Open App, and R&A TV. In the UK it will also be broadcast on talkSPORT 2 and on Sirius XM in the United States.

The Open website and app will feature comprehensive coverage of the Championship including live scoring, the biggest talking points, and exclusive features so you can delve deeper into all the action as it happens.

Spectator Advice

Our Plan Your Day page contains all the key information you need if you are attending The 153rd Open, including a venue guide and information on how tickets will be delivered digitally via The Open Tickets App. You can also find guidance on the various ways you can travel to Portrush on our Getting There page.

If you have any questions regarding your attendance at The Open, visit our Help Centre.

Tourism Northern Ireland have also produced a detailed guide for fans planning a trip to Portrush for The 153rd Open, which you can read here.

How do players qualify for The 153rd Open?

Players can qualify for The 153rd Open via a number of different routes.

Previous Champions are among the players already exempt from qualification, with several exemption categories in place.

Players not exempt can qualify through routes including the Open Qualifying Series, while Regional and Final Qualifying events are open to professional and amateur golfers worldwide who meet the entry criteria.

How many times has The Open been played at Royal Portrush?

Portrush is staging The Open for the third time. Max Faulkner claimed the Claret Jug in 1951, when Portrush became the first course outside Scotland and England to host the Championship, while Shane Lowry memorably triumphed when The Open returned to the County Antrim coast in 2019.