Little Calamity For Lowry As He Looks To Do A Tiger Woods – Full Facts & Figures

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                                 ALL THE FACTS & FIGURES AHEAD 153rd HOSTING OF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP                                                    

Rory McIlroy

  • 2025 Masters Tournament champion and World No. 2 seeking to become the first player to win the Masters and Open Championship in the same year since Tiger Woods in 2005
  • Owns 29 victories on the PGA TOUR; eight consecutive seasons with a win, the longest active streak on TOUR; four consecutive multi-win seasons (3/2021-22; 2/2022-23; 2/2024; 3/2025)
  • Fifth PGA Tour season with three or more victories (2012/4, 2014/3, 2019/3, 2022/3, 2025/3)
  • Five-time major champion (2011 U.S. Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship, 2014 PGA Championship, 2025 Masters Tournament)
  • With his win at the Masters Tournament, became the sixth player to complete the Career Grand Slam
  • Seven top-10 finishes in 15 starts at the Open Championship, led by a win at Royal Liverpool in 2014
  • Missed the cut at Royal Portrush in 2019 with rounds of 79-65
  • With wins at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship and Masters Tournament, is one of six multiple winners this season (Scottie Scheffler/3, Ryan Fox/2, Ben Griffin/2, Sepp Straka/2, Brian Campbell/2)
  • No. 2 in the FedExCup standings, 846 points behind Scottie Scheffler; coming off a T2 at the Genesis Scottish Open, one of seven top-10s in 13 starts this season

Shane Lowry

  • Winner of the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush by six strokes over Tommy Fleetwood, tied for the third-largest margin of victory at The Open Championship since 1920 (8/Tiger Woods/2000, 7/Louis Oosthuizen/2010)
  • Making his 13th Open Championship start, with top-10s in 2014 (T9), 2019 (won at Royal Portrush), 2024 (6th)
  • Last player to win The Open at the same venue more than once: Tiger Woods (St. Andrews/2000, 2005)
  • Last of his three PGA TOUR victories came at the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with teammate Rory McIlroy)
  • No. 17 in the FedExCup standings with four top-10 finishes this season, including runner-up results at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Truist Championship)

Robert MacIntyre

  • Making his sixth Open Championship appearance, with top-10 finishes in 2019 (T6 at Royal Portrush) and 2021 (T8)
  • Four top-10 finishes in 18 starts this season, with his best finish being runner-up at the U.S. Open
  • Finished T65 in last week’s title defense at the Genesis Scottish Open
  • No. 20 in the FedExCup standings

Justin Rose

  • Making his 22nd Open Championship appearance, with runner-up finishes in 2018 and 2024
  • Finished T20 at Royal Portrush in 2019
  • Four top-10s including a runner-up at the Masters Tournament and solo sixth at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open
  • Last of his 11 PGA TOUR victories came at the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
  • No. 24 in the FedExCup standings

Xander Schauffele

  • World No. 3 has two top-10 finishes in 12 starts this season (T8/Masters Tournament, T8/Genesis Scottish Open)
  • Two-time major champion (2024 PGA Championship, 2024 Open Championship)
  • Seeking to become the first player to successfully defend at The Open since Padraig Harrington (2008)
  • Has finished no lower than T28 (2025 PGA) in 14 consecutive major championships, dating to a T13 at the 2022 PGA Championship
  • Nine-time PGA TOUR winner seeks his first victory on TOUR since the 2024 Open Championship
  • Making his eighth start at the Open Championship, with top-10 finishes in 2018 (T2) and 2024 (Won)
  • Finished T41 at the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush
  • Has made 68 consecutive cuts dating to the 2022 Masters Tournament, the longest active streak on TOUR and sixth-longest streak in TOUR history (Tiger Woods/142; Byron Nelson/113; Jack Nicklaus/105; Hale Irwin/86; Dow Finsterwald/72)
  • No. 53 in the FedExCup standings

Scottie Scheffler

  • World No. 1, reigning FedExCup Champion and 16-time PGA TOUR winner in search of fourth victory of the season (THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday)
  • Only player to finish inside the top 10 in the first three majors of 2025 (4th/Masters Tournament, 1st/PGA Championship, T7/U.S. Open)
  • Three-time major champion (2022 Masters Tournament, 2024 Masters Tournament, 2025 PGA Championship)
  • Last player to win the PGA Championship and Open Championship in the same season: Xander Schauffele (2024)
  • Ranks T54 on the all-time wins list, tied with five others (Jack Burke Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Mark O’Meara, Justin Thomas, Tom Weiskopf)
  • Will make his fifth career start at the Open Championship, with top-10 finishes in 2021 (T8) and 2024 (T7)
  • Has finished inside the top 25 in all 15 starts this season and enters the week with 10 consecutive top-10 finishes
  • FedExCup leader has 12 top-10s this season, four more than any other player on TOUR (8/Ben Griffin, Russell Henley)

J.J. Spaun

  • Won first major at the 2025 U.S. Open, his second win on TOUR in his 236th start (2022 Valero Texas Open)
  • Last to win consecutive majors: Jordan Spieth (2015 Masters Tournament, 2015 U.S. Open)
  • Last to win the U.S. Open and Open Championship in the same season: Tiger Woods (2000)
  • Has four top-three finishes in 19 starts this season (T3/Sony Open in Hawaii, T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, P2/THE PLAYERS Championship, Won/U.S. Open)
  • Making his Open Championship debut
  • No. 7 in the FedExCup standings

Open Championship notes:

  • The Open Championship is the 33rd event of the FedExCup Regular Season, with only three weeks remaining until the start of the FedExCup Playoff
  • Final major championship of the season (Rory McIlroy/Masters Tournament, Scottie Scheffler/PGA Championship, J.J. Spaun/U.S. Open
  • The Open returns to Royal Portrush for the third time: 1951 (won by Max Faulkner), 2019 (Shane Lowry)
  • Adam Scott is scheduled to make his 97th consecutive major championship appearance, dating to the 2001 Open Championship; only Jack Nicklaus (146) has played in more than 100 straight majors
  • Chris Gotterup, winner of last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, qualified for The Open Championship via The Open Qualifying Series as one of the top three finishers, not otherwise qualified (others: Nicolai Højgaard, Matti Schmid). The last player to win on TOUR and win a major the following week: Rory McIlroy (2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, 2014 PGA Championship)
  • Additional field features:
    • 29 of the top 30 in the FedExCup standings (Jacob Bridgeman/30th)
    • 49 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (missing: Billy Horschel), headlined by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Rory McIlroy, No. 3 Xander Schauffele, No. 4 Justin Thomas, No. 5 Russell Henley
    • Nine past FedExCup champions (11 wins): Henrik Stenson (2013), Jordan Spieth (2015), Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022), Justin Thomas (2017), Justin Rose (2018), Dustin Johnson (2020), Patrick Cantlay (2021), Viktor Hovland (2023), Scottie Scheffler (2024)
    • 16 past Open champions in the field (17 wins): Justin Leonard (1997), Padraig Harrington (2007, 2008), Stewart Cink (2009), Louis Oosthuizen (2010), Darren Clarke (2011), Phil Mickelson (2013), Rory McIlroy (2014), Zach Johnson (2015), Henrik Stenson (2016), Jordan Spieth (2017), Francesco Molinari (2018), Shane Lowry (2019), Collin Morikawa (2021), Cameron Smith (2022), Brian Harman (2023), Xander Schauffele (2024)
    • The last 11 winners of The Open Championship won the event for the first time, starting with Phil Mickelson in 2013, tying the longest streak of first-time winners at The Open (1994-2004)
    • 54 players in the field competed in the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, including nine of the top 10 (missing: Danny Willett/T6): Shane Lowry (1st), Tommy Fleetwood (2nd), Tony Finau (3rd), Brooks Koepka (T4), Lee Westwood (T4), Rickie Fowler (T6), Tyrrell Hatton (T6), Robert MacIntyre (T6), Patrick Reed (10th)

PGA TOUR season notes

  • With three weeks remaining until the start of the FedExCup Playoffs, notable players in the field outside the top 70 in the FedExCup standings entering The Open Championship include: Rickie Fowler (No. 71), Nicolai Højgaard (No. 73), Wyndham Clark (No. 78), Adam Scott (No. 83), Rasmus Højgaard (No. 84), Tom Kim (No. 87)
  • 28 of the top 50 players in the 2024 FedExCup standings are in the top 50 of the current season’s standings through the Genesis Scottish Open. At No. 6, Ben Griffin is the highest in the FedExCup standings among players that were outside the top 50 in 2024
    • For reference, 31 of the top 50 players in the 2023 FedExCup standings finished the 2024 season in the top 50 of the FedExCup standings.
  • 10 first-time winners in 2025: Thomas Detry (WM Phoenix Open), Brian Campbell (Mexico Open at VidantaWorld), Joe Highsmith (Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches), Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open), Min Woo Lee (Texas Children’s Houston Open), Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak (Zurich Classic of New Orleans), Ryan Fox (ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic), Aldrich Potgieter (Rocket Classic), William Mouw (ISCO Championship)
  • Three PGA TOUR rookies have won this season: Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open), Aldrich Potgieter (Rocket Classic), William Mouw (ISCO Championship)
  • International players have won 16 of 32 events this season: Hideki Matsuyama/Japan, Nick Taylor/Canada, Sepp Straka/Austria/2, Rory McIlroy/Northern Ireland/3, Thomas Detry/Belgium, Ludvig Åberg/Sweden, Karl Vilips/Australia, Viktor Hovland/Norway, Min Woo Lee/Australia, Garrick Higgo/South Africa, Ryan Fox/New Zealand/2, Aldrich Potgieter/South Africa


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