After 18 holes at the 2025 British Open Championship, eyes tend to go to two places on the leaderboard: to the top, to see who the contenders are, and to the projected cutline, to see who is flirting with missing the weekend.
The R&A sets the cut at the Open to the low 70 golfers and ties after 36 holes. The cut should officially come at around 3:30 p.m. ET or so (8:30 p.m. local time) on Friday.
Who’s leading the 2025 British Open?
There’s a five-way tie for the lead after 18 holes and there’s a total of 31 golfers within three shots of the 4 under lead. There are 44 golfers at even par or better, all within striking distance.
What is the projected cut line at the 2025 British Open?
Disclaimer: There’s a lot of golf to be played, of course, so keep an eye on datagolf.com’s projections throughout the day Friday for the latest.
On Thursday night, datagolf gave 2 over a nearly 39 percent chance of being the cut number. Notable golfers at 3 over:
- Corey Conners, 3 over
- Si Woo Kim, 3 over
- Hideki Matsuyama, 3 over
- Cameron Young, 3 over
- Min Woo Lee, 3 over
Datagolf gives 3 over a nearly 35 percent chance of being the cut number. Notables higher than that:
- Brooks Koepka, 4 over
- Collin Morikawa, 4 over
- Ryan Fox, 4 over
- Wyndham Clark, 5 over
- Patrick Reed, 6 over
- Bryson DeChambeau, 7 over
Who made the cut at the first three majors of 2025?
There were 22 golfers who played the weekend at the Masters, the PGA and the U.S. Open. How many of them will make a fourth cut at the 2025 majors remains to be seen.
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