Open Championship 2025 projected cut line tracker after Round 1 at Royal Portrush
The 2025 Open Championship has begun, and the tricky slopes and unorthodox strategy needed to effectively play links golf has again created a packed five-way tie atop the leaderboard as first-round action at Royal Portrush wraps up on Thursday. The stage is set for a wide-open second round, with a dynamic in which the same golfers could be competing to be in contention over the weekend at golf's final major of 2025 and make the cut in the same round.
The 156-golfer field will be cut down to the top 70 and ties on the leaderboard following Friday's tee times. The cut line isn't finalized until every golfer is finished with their second round. The cut line at the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon wound up being +6 following 36 holes of tournament play.
Paste BN Sports tracked the projected cut line during Thursday's first round and kept tabs on the notable golfers in danger of missing the cut at the 2025 Open Championship. Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa and Jordan Spieth are among the big names and former major winners in danger after shaky performances during Round 1 at the British Open.
Here's a breakdown of what's happening around the cut line ahead of Friday's second round at Royal Portrush.
British Open projected cut line 2025
The cut line after Thursday's first round would be +1 based on the top 70 and ties on the current opening round leaderboard. All golfers with a score of +1 or better would make it through to the weekend at the 2025 Open Championship.
The model used by Data Golf to project the cut states there's currently a 39.8% chance it lands at +2 by the end of Friday's second round and a 33.3% chance the cut line winds up at +3. There's just a 15.1% chance the cut line remains at +1
Open Championship 2025 leaderboard
- T1. Jacob Skov Olesen: -4 (F)
- T1. Haotong Li: -4 (F)
- T1. Matt Fitzpatrick: -4 (F)
- T1. Christiaan Bezuidenhout: -4 (F)
- T1. Harris English: -4 (F)
- T6. Scottie Scheffler: -3 (F)
- T6. Tyrrell Hatton: -3 (F)
- T6. Matthew Jordan: -3 (F)
- T6. Sadom Kaewkanjana: -3 (F)
- T10. Nicolai Højgaard: -2 (F)
- T10. Lee Westwood: -2 (F)
- T10. Rickie Fowler: -2 (F)
- T10. Rasmus Højgaard: -2 (F)
- T10. Aaron Rai: -2 (F)
- T10. Brian Harman: -2 (F)
- T10. Maverick McNealy: -2 (F)
- T10. Justin Rose: -2 (F)
- T10. Lucas Glover: -2 (F)
- T10. Tom Kim: -2 (F)
Open Championship 2025 cut line: Golfers to watch
- Cameron Smith: +1 (F)
- Chris Gotterup: +1 (F)
- Sepp Straka: +1 (F)
- Adam Scott: +1 (F)
- Keegan Bradley: +1 (F)
- Daniel Berger: +1 (F)
- Russell Henley: +1 (F)
- Justin Thomas: +1 (F)
- Jason Day: +2 (F)
- Patrick Cantlay: +2 (F)
- J.J. Spaun: +2 (F)
- Dustin Johnson: +2 (F)
- Viktor Hovland: +2 (F)
- Jordan Spieth: +2 (F)
- Ludvig Åberg: +2 (F)
- Tommy Fleetwood: +2 (F)
- Hideki Matsuyama: +3 (F)
- Corey Conners: +3 (F)
- Min Woo Lee: +3 (F)
- Brooks Koepka: +4 (F)
- Collin Morikawa: +4 (F)
- Wyndham Clark: +5 (F)
- Patrick Reed: +6 (F)
- Bryson DeChambeau: +7 (F)
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The Open Championship 2025: TV, streaming and where to watch
Live coverage of this year's Open Championship will be provided by NBC, USA Network, Golf Channel and Peacock. Live streaming is also available via Fubo, which is offering a free trial for new subscribers.
All times Eastern
Friday, July 18
Round 2
- 1:30-4 a.m.: Stream on Peacock
- 4 a.m-3:30 p.m.: Watch on USA Network, NBC Sports app, Peacock, Fubo
- 3:30-6 p.m.: Golf Channel live from The Open
Saturday, July 19
- Round 3
- 5-7 a.m.: Watch on USA Network, NBC Sports app and Fubo
- 7 a.m.-3 p.m.: Watch on NBC, Peacock and Fubo
- 3-5 p.m.: Golf Channel live from The Open
Sunday, July 20
Round 4
- 4-7 a.m.: Watch on USA Network, NBC Sports app and Fubo
- 7 a.m.-2 p.m.: Watch on NBC, Peacock and Fubo
- 2-4 p.m.: Golf Channel live from The Open