We've got drama at the 153rd Open Championship - on and off the course. Earlier this week, Wyndham Clark made headlines for the wrong reasons. He was suspended from Oakmont Country Club because he destroyed a locker in the clubhouse during the 2025 U.

One of the best Open Championship traditions going—punishing drop zones—is back for the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. Golf.com's an Dethier captured two photos of some of the nastier drop zones the R&A implemented this year: That's the good stuff. RELATED: Wyndham Clark suspended from Oakmont after damaging locker room during U.S. Open

Tony Sartori breaks down his best British Open predictions for the final round of the 2025 Open Championship. Free golf picks for July 20.

On Friday at the 2025 British Open, eyes tend to go the top of the leaderboard but also to the projected cut line.

The early wave has the advantage. Rain has arrived at Royal Portrush, just as World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler hits the course. It's spotty around the course — it's pouring at 18, where Rory McIlroy is trying to finish — but clearly those already in the clubhouse — including leader Brian Harman — are the beneficiaries.

If the U.S. Open taught us anything, it is that the outsider still has a chance to win a major championship. Following a run of winners that read Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy,