To have a tee time for Saturday’s third round of the 2025 British Open means you successfully navigated the opening two rounds at Royal Portrush. Sounds simple, but that’s quite the accomplishment considering how long and grueling those two rounds tend to be—first shot off at 6:35 a.m. local time, final group off the 18th green just before 10 p.m.

Scottie Scheffler leads by a shot at the halfway point of The Open, but the gulf between him and the rest of the field at the year’s final major feels more like