2025 Open Championship Weather Forecast: Rain Showers Likely | Weather.com
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Rain showers can be expected at times for the 153rd Open Championship, which is being hosted on the coast of Northern Ireland.

Chris Dolce
ByChris Dolce
July 20, 2025Updated: July 20, 2025, 6:26 am EDTPublished: July 20, 2025, 6:26 am EDT
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Spectators take cover under an umbrellas as play is suspended due to a thunderstorm waring during a practice round for the 2025 British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Monday, July 14, 2025.

(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Players and spectators will want to keep an umbrella or poncho handy as golf's final major continues through Sunday in Northern Ireland.

Fast Facts

  • The 153rd edition of The Open Championship is being hosted at Royal Portrush Golf Club on the Northern Ireland coast, which is about a 60-mile drive northwest of Belfast.
  • Royal Portrush has hosted the tournament twice before in 2019 and 1951. Shane Lowry won the 2019 Open Championship.
  • A combined 156 professional and amateur golfers will take part in the tournament. The winner will hoist the famed Claret Jug after Sunday's final round.

Forecast

Weather conditions are shaping up to what you might think of experiencing in Northern Ireland: showers and breezy conditions, at times.

  • Sunday: Another low-pressure system will swirl south of the island Sunday, bringing an increased chance for steadier rain. Northerly breezes can also be expected with temperatures once again in the 60s.

Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.

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