Golfer Rory McIlroy's 2025 has been quite eventful, but his golfing game got pretty strange for a second during Saturday's The Open round at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Island.

When the Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded, it was called simply “the Country Club.” Starting in 1892, the club was renamed “the Royal Country Club,” and in 1895, it became the “Royal Portrush Country Club.” The changing names have to do with the British royal family, and the history of royal golf clubs.

Open Championship continues with fourth-round action on Sunday. Here are tee times and pairings for Round 4 at Royal Portrush.

Adding to the many cool sights at Royal Portrush's historic links this week was the British Open leaderboard showing Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the top 10.

The top two golfers in the world are firmly in contention at The Open with Scheffler out in front entering another major championship weekend

On Open Sunday in those last seconds before the winner of the season’s final major first gets hands on one of sport’s most celebrated pieces of silverware, Dr Nigel Pollock will play a small but significant part in golf history.

Royal Portrush is not only open to visitors, but its yearly membership dues are what the average American golfer spends on public tee times.

SportsLine golf expert Brady Kannon just locked in his PGA Tour best bets for the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 18, 2025 – NBC Sports presented exclusive second-round coverage of the 153 rd Open Championship from Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland, across USA Network and Peacock, capped by Golf Central Live From the Open studio coverage on GOLF Channel and Peacock.