Shane Lowry has been assessed a two-shot penalty for his golf ball moving in the rough on the 12th hole of the British Open.

The camera did show the ball move, but without the camera, the infraction might have gone unnoticed. And the question of fairness arises. There aren’t cameras on every golfer. So should Lowry be held to a different standard than amateur Ethan Fang, whose every shot wasn’t recorded?

Five of the last six Open Championship winners have had opening odds of +2000 or longer, including two of the past five victors having odds of +8000 or longer, in the major that has produced some of the most surprising winners in recent years.

It appears that Shane Lowry may have committed a rules infraction during Round 2 of the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portush.

Smylie Kaufman wasn't the only one cursing at Royal Portrush on Friday, but he still drew an apology from Mike Tirico.

The winner of the 2025 British Open will make the same as last year's champ but more than $1 million more than the last time it was at Royal Portrush.

Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the site of Shane Lowry's triumph in 2019. As has been the case all year, the strong favorites entering the tournament are Scottie Scheffler (9/2) and Rory McIlroy (7-1).