How to watch Open Championship 2025 for free: Tee times, live stream

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The final major of the golf season is here; it’s time for the 2025 Open Championship.

The Open, also known as the British Open, features much of the world’s top golf talent, including the No. 1 and No. 2 golfers worldwide, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, respectively. McIlroy, a Northern Irishman, is returning to a golf club near his own hometown for this year’s Open.

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Both golfers have multiple tour wins and each has captured a major title this season, Scheffler at the PGA and McIlroy at the Masters, making them favorites to win the title at Royal Portrush as the PGA season approaches its endpoint.

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Below, find everything you need to know about the 2025 Open Championship, from TV channels and streaming information to tee times.

The 2025 Open Championship begins on July 17 and ends on July 20. For a full TV schedule, see below.

Since the tournament is mostly airing on live TV, the easiest way to watch the 2025 Open Championship if you don’t have cable is with a live TV streaming service. The following services offer free trials and include NBC in their base packages.

In addition to the Peacock exclusive hours early in the tournament, you can catch every second of the British Open with Peacock ($7.99/month). Peacock’s coverage includes NBC’s broadcasts, plus a stream exclusively for par-3 holes and an additional feed for featured groups.

All times below are listed in ET.

7:31 a.m. — Max Greyserman, Byeong Hun An, Niklas Norgaard
7:42 a.m. — Jordan Smith, Haotong Li, Dustin Johnson
7:53 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Davis Riley, Lucas Herbert
8:04 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Julien Guerrier, Mikiya Akutsu
8:15 a.m. — Thomas Detry, Chris Gotterup, Lee Westwood
8:26 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Mackenzie Hughes
8:37 a.m. — Thorbjorn Olesen, Matthew Jordan, Filip Jakubcik (a)
8:48 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Stephan Jaeger, Sebastian Soderberg
9:04 a.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier
9:15 a.m. — Takumi Kanaya, Justin Walters, Bryan Newman (a)
9:26 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Ryan Fox, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:37 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, Akshay Bhatia
9:48 a.m. — Sam Burns, Aldrich Potgieter, Brooks Koepka
9:59 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Jon Rahm
10:10 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
10:21 a.m. — Corey Conners, Wyndham Clark, Tom Hoge
10:32 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Nico Echavarria, Patrick Reed
10:43 a.m. — Matt Schmid, Ryggs Johnston, Richard Teder (a)
10:54 a.m. — Dylan Naidoo, Darren Fichardt, John Axelsen
11:05 a.m. — Justin Suh, Oliver Lindell, Jesper Sandborg
11:16 a.m. — Sadom Kaewkanjana, Riki Kawamoto, Sampson Zheng

This year’s Open Championship is being played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland for the third time.

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