The Open 2025 LIVE: Round 2 leaderboard, golf scores radio from Royal Portrush

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Full coverage of the 153rd Open from Royal Portrush
2023 Open Champ Brian Harman sets clubhouse lead at -8 (65)
On course: -7 Li (8), -6 Fitzpatrick (4), -5 English (17)
Selected others: -4 Jordan (6), Scheffler (2)
Bob MacIntyre (66) and Tyrrell Hatton (69) three off top
Rory McIlroy finishes at three under par (69)
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Paul Higham, Phil Cartwright, Joe Bradshaw, Henry Cowling, Ros Satar and Tim Abraham

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Get Involvedpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time
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Name that Snail... Goodness, you haven't disappointed have you (well... some of you might have!)
Scottie Schuffler
Brian in Lancashire
Chris Escargotterup
Lynn, Sussex
How about John Snaily
Jim, Thiplow
Masses on great form todaypublished at 11:57 British Summer Time
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Journalists are required to stay tight to the ropes. Media liaison officers are directing us at all times, ushering over here and pointing over there.
It means you're never too far away from all the punter chat and the masses seem on great form today.
The three-day weekend is officially here.
Fine par for Fleetwoodpublished at 11:57 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (6)

Tommy Fleetwood missed the sixth green on the short side where Justin Rose made bogey from earlier, but he makes a much better fist of things as he sticks it close with his chip up that steep bank and knocks it in for par.
A par too for Rory McIlroy who hit the middle of the green and gave himself an outside chance for 20 feet. He two putted to make what for him is the most steady par of the day.
MacIntyre two off the leadpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +5, MacIntyre -3, Rose -2 (7)

Justin Rose looks a little accusingly at his club head as a pitch from the front of the green whistles long and right of the hole. Obviously didn't catch that as he would have liked. He'll have 20 feet left for birdie on the par five - misses left and it's a par for Rose.
Bob MacIntyre is left of the green but pin-high in two and leaves it five feet away for birdie. The Scot makes no mistake. Two off Brian Harman's lead.
Bryson DeChambeau registers a birdie to move to two under for the day but, at five over for the tournament, he'll need a few more of those if he's going to be around for the weekend.
Par for Englishpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time
English -4 (5)

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Giant putt from Harris English at the par-four fifth as he tries to retrieve the shot he coughed up at the last hole.
Fifty feet is always unlikely to offer that up but he's judged it very well indeed to ensure a tap-in par.
He'll stay one back.
Hello darkness...published at 11:47 British Summer Time
Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland at Royal Portrush

Here's something you don't see too often on the Open rota. A tunnel in the middle of the links.
This is out at the far end of the course at the confluence of the sixth, eighth and 10th greens, and the ninth tee.
It was bedlam on Thursday afternoon as the marquee groups edged their way round and this little hollow created a haven away from the madness for the players.
A par for leader Harmanpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time
Harman -5 (8)

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Our leader Brian Harman makes a safe par on the eighth hole. A long birdie attempt was judged well by the American.
It was in the second round at Hoylake two years ago that Harman made his move with a six-under-par round of 65 and he eventually cantered to the finish line from there.
He's three under for his round today.
'Hatton emotion part of what makes him'published at 11:47 British Summer Time
Henley +2, Hatton -4, Lee +5 (7)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

He's perhaps not somebody who you'd say is a great role model when he loses his cool, but that's how he expresses himself and he admits he goes over the line and that's what you get.
If you want Tyrrell to be the player he is, you have to accept it.
Sometimes players can lose their identity or fire and it affects their game.
Postpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (5)

Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood have moved onto the sixth.
Here's our very own Ken checking out what they face.
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Ken on the 6th
Glover starts wellpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time
Glover -3 (4)

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Lucas Glover, the 2009 US Open champion, was briefly in a share of the lead on Thursday and he's started well today.
His birdie on the third hole goes alongside his three pars to leave him three under for the tournament.
Shot gonepublished at 11:44 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (5)

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A bad bogey in the end for Rory McIlroy and definitely a shot gone to the field as the fifth was the third easiest hole on the course yesterday and will yield plenty of birdies again today.
BUT you get punished for hitting bad shots at Portrush, and finding that bunker short left of the green (as you can see) is just a no-no if you want to take advantage.
'Hatton vents at missed chance'published at 11:43 British Summer Time
Henley +1, Hatton -4, Lee +5 (6)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

He's venting right now. He was gesticulating as if the grass had made a negative impact on the putt.
He's fuming he's let a birdie opportunity go there.
Frustration for Tyrrellpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time
Hatton -4 (7)

The 602-yard par-five seventh is playing second easiest so far today so Tyrrell Hatton has some justification for having a chunter to himself as he trudges off the green with a par.
Two big swipes had got him within 20 yards of the holes but he took three more from there, missing a 15-foot birdie putt.
Still just one off the lead though.
'Box office from McIlroy'published at 11:41 British Summer Time
McIlroy -2 (4)
Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

McIlroy decided to take some of the slope out of play and pitch it onto the putting surface over the ridge and ten feet must have been the best he can do.
Nerve and confidence. Box office.
Two parspublished at 11:41 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -4, R. Hojgaard -4 (10)

Just outside chances for birdies for both as the pair hit the green in regulation but it's two pars here for both Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Rasmus Hojgaard who are both preety serenly making their way around the course.
They're both only one shot off the lead and if they do no better than four under they won't be too far off come the end of the day.
Postpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time
Aberg E, Hovland E, Spieth E (6)

Viktor Hovland three-putted on the fifth green to make bogey, but he gives himself a lengthy look at birdie on the par-three sixth to get that shot straight back.
Not this time for the Norwegian. He stays at level par for the tournament and two under for today - an identical record to his two playing partners.
English slips off leadpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time
English -4 (4)

We're going to see plenty of leader swings today and Harris English has dropped off the top with a clumsy bogey at the fourth.
2023 champion Brian Harman out in front on his own now.
Postpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time

It looks tremendous out there as well at the moment.
Short sleeves and not an umbrella in sight.
Maybe that's what Jason is getting at?
Blame it on the Weathermanpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time

We love a good bit of weather chat don't we?
Surprise, surprise the golfers have been loving it too - the chat that is - and none more so than Australian Jason Day.
To quote everyone's* favourite Irish 90's band B*Witched: "Blame it on the Weatherman...."
*Note - B*Witched, Boyzone, Westlife. In that order.
Has anyone asked Day about his favourite Irish bands?
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The Open 2025: Jason Day on the Portrush weather
Bunker troublepublished at 11:38 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -2, Thomas E (4)

Rory McIlroy found the bunker off the fifth tee going for the green on this stunning hole. Players are being called up today as they should as it's basically a long par three for the field.
It's not to be trifled with though, as McIlroy can only dig it out of the deep sand trap and then his chip up the green leaves him with plenty of work to do to save par.
You see, just making holes longer doesn't make them better - course design is key - and this design is just incredible.
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2011 Open Champion Darren Clarke talks us through Hole 5 at Royal Portrush

Live. 153rd Open Championship

Date:: 17 - 20 July 2025
Course:: Royal Portrush GC
Par:: 71
Yards:: 7,346
Prize Money:: $16,500,000

Rank	Player	Total	Total	Thru	Round 1	Round 2	Round 2	Strokes
1	Brian Harman	8 under par	8 under par	finished	69	65	65	134
1	Haotong Li	8 under par	8 under par	10	67	no score	no score	67
3	Matthew Fitzpatrick	6 under par	6 under par	4	67	no score	no score	67
4	Robert MacIntyre	5 under par	5 under par	finished	71	66	66	137
4	Rasmus Hoejgaard	5 under par	5 under par	finished	69	68	68	137
4	Tyrrell Hatton	5 under par	5 under par	finished	68	69	69	137
4	Harris English	5 under par	5 under par	finished	67	70	70	137
8	Tony Finau	4 under par	4 under par	finished	70	68	68	138
8	Nicolai Hoejgaard	4 under par	4 under par	14	69	no score	no score	69
8	Matthew Jordan	4 under par	4 under par	7	68	no score	no score	68
8	Scottie Scheffler	4 under par	4 under par	3	68	no score	no score	68
12	Rory McIlroy	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	69	69	139
12	Keegan Bradley	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	67	67	139
12	Sadom Kaewkanjana	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 16:16	68	no score	no score	68
15	Justin Rose	2 under par	2 under par	finished	69	71	71	140
15	Harry Hall	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	67	67	140
15	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	73	73	140
15	Ludvig Aaberg	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	67	67	140
15	Chris Gotterup	2 under par	2 under par	9	72	no score	no score	72
15	Jon Rahm	2 under par	2 under par	3	70	no score	no score	70
21	Justin Thomas	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	69	69	141
21	Aaron Rai	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
21	Marc Leishman	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
21	Rickie Fowler	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
21	Tommy Fleetwood	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
21	John Axelsen	1 under par	1 under par	Round 2 tee time 15:54	70	no score	no score	70
21	Lucas Glover	1 under par	1 under par	17	69	no score	no score	69
21	Jordan Smith	1 under par	1 under par	10	71	no score	no score	71
21	Lee Westwood	1 under par	1 under par	9	69	no score	no score	69
21	Akshay Bhatia	1 under par	1 under par	4	73	no score	no score	73
21	Sam Burns	1 under par	1 under par	3	70	no score	no score	70
21	Shane Lowry	1 under par	1 under par	2	70	no score	no score	70
33	Matt Wallace	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
33	Jordan Spieth	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
33	Antoine Rozner	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
33	Romain Langasque	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
33	Sung-Jae Im	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
33	Viktor Hovland	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
33	Russell Henley	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
33	Dean Burmester	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
33	Daniel Berger	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
33	Jhonattan Vegas	level par	level par	17	72	no score	no score	72
33	Jason Kokrak	level par	level par	16	71	no score	no score	71
33	Nathan Kimsey	level par	level par	16	71	no score	no score	71
33	Phil Mickelson	level par	level par	11	70	no score	no score	70
33	Julien Guerrier	level par	level par	9	73	no score	no score	73
33	Adrien Saddier	level par	level par	6	72	no score	no score	72
33	Kristoffer Reitan	level par	level par	6	72	no score	no score	72
33	Sepp Straka	level par	level par	4	72	no score	no score	72
33	J. J. Spaun	level par	level par	3	73	no score	no score	73
33	Xander Schauffele	level par	level par	3	71	no score	no score	71
52	Jesper Svensson	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
52	John Parry	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
52	Andrew Novak	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
52	Francesco Molinari	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
52	Maverick McNealy	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	74	74	143
52	Justin Leonard	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
52	Thriston Lawrence	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
52	Sergio Garcia	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
52	Bryson DeChambeau	1 over par	1 over par	finished	78	65	65	143
52	Oliver Lindell	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:05	72	no score	no score	72
52	Jesper Sandborg	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:05	72	no score	no score	72
52	Riki Kawamoto	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:16	72	no score	no score	72
52	Joo-Hyung Kim	1 over par	1 over par	17	69	no score	no score	69
52	Cameron Adam	1 over par	1 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
52	Jacob Skov Olesen	1 over par	1 over par	12	67	no score	no score	67
52	Thomas Detry	1 over par	1 over par	8	72	no score	no score	72
52	Takumi Kanaya	1 over par	1 over par	5	71	no score	no score	71
52	Hideki Matsuyama	1 over par	1 over par	4	74	no score	no score	74
52	Nicolas Echavarria	1 over par	1 over par	1	72	no score	no score	72
71	Joaquin Niemann	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	74	74	144
71	Matteo Manassero	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	71	71	144
71	Rikuya Hoshino	2 over par	2 over par	finished	74	70	70	144
71	Daniel Hillier	2 over par	2 over par	finished	71	73	73	144
71	Justin Suh	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:05	73	no score	no score	73
71	Young-Han Song	2 over par	2 over par	15	73	no score	no score	73
71	George Bloor	2 over par	2 over par	15	73	no score	no score	73
71	Marco Penge	2 over par	2 over par	13	74	no score	no score	74
71	Dustin Johnson	2 over par	2 over par	10	73	no score	no score	73
71	Thorbjoern Olesen	2 over par	2 over par	7	72	no score	no score	72
71	Sebastian Soederberg	2 over par	2 over par	6	73	no score	no score	73
71	Corey Conners	2 over par	2 over par	2	74	no score	no score	74
71	Matthias Schmid	2 over par	2 over par	1	73	no score	no score	73
71	Ryggs Johnston	2 over par	2 over par	1	74	no score	no score	74
85	Si-Woo Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	74	71	71	145
85	Nick Taylor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	77	68	68	145
85	Elvis Smylie	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
85	Carlos Ortiz	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
85	Matt McCarty	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	74	74	145
85	Zach Johnson	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
85	Angel Hidalgo	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
85	Ethan Fang	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
85	Richard Teder	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:43	74	no score	no score	74
85	Dylan Naidoo	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:54	74	no score	no score	74
85	John Catlin	3 over par	3 over par	16	78	no score	no score	78
85	Brian Campbell	3 over par	3 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
85	Taylor Pendrith	3 over par	3 over par	12	75	no score	no score	75
85	Jason Day	3 over par	3 over par	12	73	no score	no score	73
85	Patrick Cantlay	3 over par	3 over par	8	73	no score	no score	73
85	Ryan Fox	3 over par	3 over par	4	75	no score	no score	75
85	Denny McCarthy	3 over par	3 over par	1	74	no score	no score	74
102	Michael Kim	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	146
102	Stewart Cink	4 over par	4 over par	finished	75	71	71	146
102	Daniel Young	4 over par	4 over par	16	75	no score	no score	75
102	OJ Farrell	4 over par	4 over par	15	74	no score	no score	74
102	Tom McKibbin	4 over par	4 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
102	Niklas Noergaard	4 over par	4 over par	11	77	no score	no score	77
102	Max Greyserman	4 over par	4 over par	11	78	no score	no score	78
102	Lucas Herbert	4 over par	4 over par	10	74	no score	no score	74
102	Darren Clarke	4 over par	4 over par	10	75	no score	no score	75
102	Cameron Young	4 over par	4 over par	8	74	no score	no score	74
102	Henrik Stenson	4 over par	4 over par	6	75	no score	no score	75
102	Justin Walters	4 over par	4 over par	5	73	no score	no score	73
102	Ben Griffin	4 over par	4 over par	4	74	no score	no score	74
115	Matthieu Pavon	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	71	71	147
115	Shaun Norris	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
115	Min-Woo Lee	5 over par	5 over par	finished	74	73	73	147
115	Chris Kirk	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	74	74	147
115	Bud Cauley	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
115	Byeong-Hun An	5 over par	5 over par	11	76	no score	no score	76
115	Filip Jakubcik	5 over par	5 over par	7	75	no score	no score	75
115	Stephan Jaeger	5 over par	5 over par	6	72	no score	no score	72
115	Collin Morikawa	5 over par	5 over par	3	75	no score	no score	75
115	Brooks Koepka	5 over par	5 over par	3	75	no score	no score	75
115	Wyndham Clark	5 over par	5 over par	2	76	no score	no score	76
126	Davis Thompson	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	75	75	148
126	Laurie Canter	6 over par	6 over par	finished	74	74	74	148
126	Sampson Zheng	6 over par	6 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:16	77	no score	no score	77
126	Curtis Knipes	6 over par	6 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
126	Justin Hastings	6 over par	6 over par	13	74	no score	no score	74
126	Chun-An Yu	6 over par	6 over par	9	79	no score	no score	79
126	Aldrich Potgieter	6 over par	6 over par	3	77	no score	no score	77
126	Patrick Reed	6 over par	6 over par	1	77	no score	no score	77
134	Sahith Theegala	7 over par	7 over par	finished	75	74	74	149
134	J. T. Poston	7 over par	7 over par	finished	72	77	77	149
134	Daniel Brown	7 over par	7 over par	finished	76	73	73	149
134	Darren Fichardt	7 over par	7 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:54	78	no score	no score	78
134	Frazer Jones	7 over par	7 over par	16	77	no score	no score	77
134	Louis Oosthuizen	7 over par	7 over par	14	77	no score	no score	77
134	Mikiya Akutsu	7 over par	7 over par	9	78	no score	no score	78
141	Curtis Luck	8 over par	8 over par	16	80	no score	no score	80
141	Cameron Smith	8 over par	8 over par	13	72	no score	no score	72
141	Davis Riley	8 over par	8 over par	10	77	no score	no score	77
141	Mackenzie Hughes	8 over par	8 over par	8	79	no score	no score	79
141	Martin Couvra	8 over par	8 over par	6	78	no score	no score	78
146	Adam Scott	9 over par	9 over par	finished	72	79	79	151
146	Shugo Imahira	9 over par	9 over par	finished	76	75	75	151
146	Padraig Harrington	9 over par	9 over par	14	75	no score	no score	75
146	Ryan Peake	9 over par	9 over par	11	77	no score	no score	77
146	Tom Hoge	9 over par	9 over par	2	81	no score	no score	81
151	Connor Graham	10 over par	10 over par	finished	73	79	79	152
152	Sebastian Cave	11 over par	11 over par	finished	76	77	77	153
153	Guido Migliozzi	12 over par	12 over par	14	77	no score	no score	77
153	K. J. Choi	12 over par	12 over par	13	81	no score	no score	81
153	Bryan Newman	12 over par	12 over par	5	82	no score	no score	82
156	Daniel van Tonder	14 over par	14 over par	11	79	no score	no score	79

Last updated 18th July 2025 at 15:58

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The Open round two: Li joins Harman at top as Fitzpatrick chases at soggy Portrush

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Get Involvedpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time

Masses on great form todaypublished at 11:57 British Summer Time

Fine par for Fleetwoodpublished at 11:57 British Summer Time

MacIntyre two off the leadpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time

Par for Englishpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time

Hello darkness...published at 11:47 British Summer Time

A par for leader Harmanpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time

'Hatton emotion part of what makes him'published at 11:47 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time

Glover starts wellpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time

Shot gonepublished at 11:44 British Summer Time

'Hatton vents at missed chance'published at 11:43 British Summer Time

Frustration for Tyrrellpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time

'Box office from McIlroy'published at 11:41 British Summer Time

Two parspublished at 11:41 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time

English slips off leadpublished at 11:41 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time

Blame it on the Weathermanpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time

Bunker troublepublished at 11:38 British Summer Time

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