So here is our final major big board of the year, ranking the top 30 golfers in the field. This is not simply the 30 best golfers in a vacuum. These are the 30 golfers that our crack team of Gabby Herzig, Hugh Kellenberger and Brody Miller believe are best suited to win this week at Royal Portrush.

Just 12 hours after finishing runner-up at the Scottish Open to relative PGA Tour newcomer Chris Gotterup, Rory McIlroy took to the first tee at Royal Portrush for his first practice round ahead of the Open Championship. The tournament takes place in his native Northern Ireland at a course where 16-year-old McIlroy set the course record.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (+500) continues his streak of opening as the favorite in every golf major in 2025, this time for The Open Championship being held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.