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Site: Southport, England.
Course: Royal Birkdale. Yardage: 7,223. Par: 70.
Prize money: TBA ($17 million in 2025). Winner’s share: TBA ($3.1 million in 2025).
Television: Thursday-Friday, 1:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. (Peacock), 4 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (USA Network); Saturday, 5 a.m to 7 a.m. (USA Network), 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. (USA Network), 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler.
Last year: Scheffler closed with a 3-under 68 at Royal Portrush to win by four shots and capture the third leg of the career Grand Slam.
Notes: Scheffler will try to become the ninth player since 1934 to win a major in three consecutive years. He is coming off a missed cut in the Scottish Open, his first missed cut in nearly four years. … Padraig Harrington, David Duval, Stewart Cink and Justin Rose are the only ones in the field to have played an Open at Royal Birkdale in 1998, 2008 and 2017. … Jordan Spieth won the last time at Royal Birkdale in 2017 to get the third leg of Grand Slam at age 23. He has only two PGA Tour victories since winning the Open. … This will be the first time since 1991 that none of the four majors had either Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson. … The British Open hasn’t had a back-to-back winner since Harrington in 2008, the longest stretch of the four majors. … Rory McIlroy at the Masters is the only player to win a major this year while being ranking among the top 10 in the world. … Royal Birkdale did not host the British Open until 1954, the last English links course added to the rotation.
Next year: St. Andrews, Scotland.