Scottie Scheffler is once again out in front with a massive lead.
The top-ranked golfer in the world cruised through Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on Saturday and broke open what felt like a very easy four-shot lead over the field. He’s now in the perfect position to win his first ever British Open and take home the iconic Claret Jug. He’d be the only other golfer in history to be ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings and win the British Open outside of Tiger Woods.
Scheffler will go off with Haotong Li on Sunday. Li went 2-under in the third round to play his way into the final group, where he’ll be the first player from China to be in the last pairing in the final day of a major in history. Matt Fitzpatrick is alone in third at 9-under.
Rory McIlroy, who had a very solid day himself with his 5-under outing, leads the group at T4. They all sit at 8-under on the week, though, so McIlroy has quite a bit of work to do if he’s going to try and claim his home major in Northern Ireland. And, even if he goes on an early run, he’ll likely need a bit of help.
Scheffler held the 54-hole lead at the previous three major championships he’s won in his career, and he’s actually won his last nine tournaments on the PGA Tour while being in that position. Undoubtedly, he’s not the man golfers should want to chase.
While the tournament is far from over, Scheffler is in place ready to add to his historic run through golf.
Here’s everything you need to know to keep up with the final round of the British Open.
How to watch
All times ET
4-7 a.m.: USA Network, NBC Sports app, Peacock Fubo
7 a.m. – 2 p.m.: NBC, Peacock, Fubo
Round 4 tee times
All times ET
3:30 a.m. — Matti Schmid, Riki Kawamoto
3:40 a.m. — Dean Burmester, Phil Mickelson
3:50 a.m. — Sebastian Soderberg, Andrew Novak
4 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Jacob Skov Olesen
4:10 a.m. — Antoine Rosner, Viktor Hovland
4:20 a.m. — Adrien Saddier, Ryggs Johnton
4:30 a.m. — Romain Langasque, Jordan Spieth
4:40 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Matthew JOrdan
4:55 a.m. — Sergio Garcia, Justin Leonard
5:05 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Sepp Straka
5:15 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Jason Kokrak
5:25 a.m. — Daniel Berger, Jhonattan Vegas
5:35 a.m. — Maverick McNealy, Henrik Stenson
5:45 a.m. — Takumi Kanaya, Jordan Smith
5:55 a.m. — Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler
6:10 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Jon Rahm
6:20 a.m. — Jesper Svensson, Tristan Lawrence
6:30 a.m. — Bryson DeChambeau, Nathan Kimsey
6:40 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Tony Finau
6:50 a.m. — Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood
7 a.m. — JJ Spaun, John Parry
7:10 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
7:25 a.m. — Marc Leishman, Lucas Glover
7:35 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Dustin Johnson
7:45 a.m. — Corey Conners, Lee Westwood
7:55 a.m. — Harry Hall, Justin Rose
8:05 a.m. — Ludvig Aberg, Kristoffer Reitan
8:15 a.m. — Oliver Lindell, Matt Wallace
8:25 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman
8:40 a.m. — Rasmus Hojgaard, Robert MacIntyre
8:50 a.m. — Nicolai Hojgaard, Russell Henley
9 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton
9:10 a.m. — Harris English, Chris Gotterup
9:20 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:30 a.m. — Haotong Li, Scottie Scheffler
