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
On course: -9 Fitzpatrick (12), -7 Scheffler (9)
-4 Jordan (13), -2 Lowry (9)
2023 Open Champ Brian Harman sets clubhouse lead
Li Haotong alongside him at eight under par
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

Postpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (13)

Two years ago, Brian Harman came from nowhere on the Friday at Royal Hoylake.
He carded a six-under-par round on the second day to seize control of the tournament and that's how he stayed, eventually winning by six shots.
The Georgian looks rock solid today and oh look, he's five under for his round.
Harman extends lead to twopublished at 13:08 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (13)

Another Brian Harman birdie! His fifth of the day comes on the par-three 13th from about 15 feet.
The American left-hander moves two shots clear of the rest.
Postpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (9)

Tommy Fleetwood stares at the ground in frustration after he finds the rough on the edge of the 10th with an errant approach shot. The Englishman started well today but a few errors have crept in over the past few holes.
Rory McIlroy is on the money as he finds the green and gives himself a reasonable birdie chance
Par for Englishpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time
English -5 (9)

Another big birdie opportunity for Harris English at to close out his front nine.
It's almost 40 feet and he does drag it six past the hole. Nerveless coming back though to save par.
He'll make the turn one off the lead.
Postpublished at 13:03 British Summer Time

"Small margins" is quite the cliche in professional sport now.
Couldn't get much smaller here for Justin Thomas' putt earlier on.
Surely it's going to drop. Surely...
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'Rory, sneeze!' - McIlroy, Thomas & Fleetwood can't believe this putt didn't fall
Postpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time
Rose -3 (10)

Justin Rose will have to play that provisional ball from the fairway - and this one goes right too, into the rough beside the green.
The Englishman staring at least a double bogey in the face here and he needs to make sure it's not any more than that.
Postpublished at 12:59 British Summer Time
Rose -3 (10)

Trouble for Justin Rose off the 11th tee. He's gone right and into a very dense section of bushes. You'll struggle to find that in three days, let alone three minutes - even though the whole of Northern Ireland appears to be looking for it!
He knocked a provisional onto the fairway before joining the search for his original ball.
'McIlroy plays golf how we all want to'published at 12:57 British Summer Time
McIlroy -1 (9)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

At the turn, Oli Wilson offered some insight into whether Rory McIlroy's swing is down to mechanics or brute strength:
It’s speed. You have to have good mechanics for it to operate as efficiently as it does. He hits the middle of the club face so much that when you have that you are able to switch it on a little bit.
But he’s been fast since he was a kid. When he first came out on tour, I remember he had the speed then but he was having some back issues so he developed the strength to cope with the speed and it’s just been a gentle progression throughout his career to the point where he plays golf how we all want to.
It just looks so effortless and fluid. He takes on every shot that the golf course asks and executes it most of the time and that’s what makes it so much fun to watch.
You can’t dial Rory back. You have to accept there’s going to be mistakes because he has all the power, all the shots to take on, and he wants to take it on and show how good he is.
McIlroy & Fleetwood settle for parpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (9)

Rory McIlroy is left with a huge putt for a birdie on the ninth but his radar for the hole is slightly off and the ball curls away. The crowd surrounding the tee raise the noise when Tommy Fleetwood gets even closer to sinking a monster putt.
Both men have easy tap-ins for par.
Postpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time
Harman -6 (12)

Brian Harman slides his birdie putt left and, on the easiest hole on the golf course, the leader of the Open has to make do with par.
Li makes solid startpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time
Li -4 (1)

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The least heralded of the five overnight leaders was probably China's Haotong Li.
He's just got under way and fared rather better than Jacob Skov Olesen down the first.
On the green safely in two and then comfortably home for par.
Postpublished at 12:55 British Summer Time

So many snails emerged onto the pavements in my neighbourhood when the storms rolled in this week.
At least I've now got some good options to name them.
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Postpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time
Harman -6 (11)

That familiar waggle of the club and the several looks at the target area before Brian Harman strikes his third shot at the par-five 12th...
He leaves his pitch from just off the green about 12 feet short. Although he'll have a putt for a birdie and a two-shot lead, he perhaps should have been a tad closer than that.
Hats offpublished at 12:52 British Summer Time
Faith Harper
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

I've seen a few questionable fashion choices out on the course this week but I have to hand it to these guys, the hats are pretty cool!
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Hatton -5 (11)

Tyrrell Hatton drops a four-footer for par on the 11th, given that hole played nearly half a shot over par on average in round one, he's making up ground on the field.
He then pounds a drive down the par-five 12th, which was statistically the easiest hole yesterday.
Hojgaard bogeys 14thpublished at 12:49 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -3, R. Hojgaard -5, Langasque -1 (14)

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After consecutive birdies Denmark's Rasmus Hojgaard surrenders his place at the top of the leaderboard with a bogey at the 14th. The 24-year-old fluffs a fairly straightforward putt for par
Playing partners Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Romain Langasque both save par.
Postpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time
English -5 (8)

Over to Harris English who is putting for birdie at the eighth.
It's not threatening the hole but it's a tidy enough par as he heads to the final hole of the front nine.
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DeChambeau +4, MacIntyre -3, Rose -3 (10)

Birdie attempts of between 30-40 feet for Bob MacIntyre and Justin Rose on the 10th.
Safe two-putt pars for the European Ryder Cup duo.
Scott heading homepublished at 12:47 British Summer Time
Scott +9 (79)

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Five weeks ago, we watched the 2013 Masters champ Adam Scott make a real move to win the US Open in miserable conditions at Oakmont.
The popular Australian will not be sticking around this weekend though.
An ugly +8 round Portrush today means he has dropped from one over par after the first day to nine over right now.

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	Matthew Fitzpatrick	10 under par	10 under par	13	67	no score	no score	67
2	Haotong Li	8 under par	8 under par	finished	67	67	67	134
2	Brian Harman	8 under par	8 under par	finished	69	65	65	134
4	Scottie Scheffler	7 under par	7 under par	9	68	no score	no score	68
5	Robert MacIntyre	5 under par	5 under par	finished	71	66	66	137
5	Rasmus Hoejgaard	5 under par	5 under par	finished	69	68	68	137
5	Tyrrell Hatton	5 under par	5 under par	finished	68	69	69	137
5	Harris English	5 under par	5 under par	finished	67	70	70	137
9	Nicolai Hoejgaard	4 under par	4 under par	finished	69	69	69	138
9	Tony Finau	4 under par	4 under par	finished	70	68	68	138
9	Chris Gotterup	4 under par	4 under par	16	72	no score	no score	72
9	Kristoffer Reitan	4 under par	4 under par	13	72	no score	no score	72
13	Jordan Smith	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	68	68	139
13	Rory McIlroy	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	69	69	139
13	Keegan Bradley	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	67	67	139
13	Matthew Jordan	3 under par	3 under par	15	68	no score	no score	68
17	Justin Rose	2 under par	2 under par	finished	69	71	71	140
17	Harry Hall	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	67	67	140
17	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	73	73	140
17	Ludvig Aaberg	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	67	67	140
17	Lee Westwood	2 under par	2 under par	16	69	no score	no score	69
17	J. J. Spaun	2 under par	2 under par	10	73	no score	no score	73
17	Shane Lowry	2 under par	2 under par	9	70	no score	no score	70
17	Sadom Kaewkanjana	2 under par	2 under par	6	68	no score	no score	68
25	Justin Thomas	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	69	69	141
25	Aaron Rai	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
25	Marc Leishman	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
25	Jason Kokrak	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	70	70	141
25	Lucas Glover	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
25	Rickie Fowler	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
25	Tommy Fleetwood	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
25	Akshay Bhatia	1 under par	1 under par	12	73	no score	no score	73
25	Jon Rahm	1 under par	1 under par	10	70	no score	no score	70
25	Oliver Lindell	1 under par	1 under par	6	72	no score	no score	72
35	Matt Wallace	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
35	Jhonattan Vegas	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
35	Jordan Spieth	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
35	Antoine Rozner	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
35	Phil Mickelson	level par	level par	finished	70	72	72	142
35	Romain Langasque	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
35	Dustin Johnson	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
35	Sung-Jae Im	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
35	Viktor Hovland	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
35	Russell Henley	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
35	Dean Burmester	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
35	Daniel Berger	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
35	Adrien Saddier	level par	level par	13	72	no score	no score	72
35	Takumi Kanaya	level par	level par	13	71	no score	no score	71
35	Sepp Straka	level par	level par	12	72	no score	no score	72
35	Sam Burns	level par	level par	11	70	no score	no score	70
35	Ryggs Johnston	level par	level par	7	74	no score	no score	74
35	John Axelsen	level par	level par	7	70	no score	no score	70
53	Jesper Svensson	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
53	John Parry	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
53	Jacob Skov Olesen	1 over par	1 over par	finished	67	76	76	143
53	Andrew Novak	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
53	Francesco Molinari	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
53	Maverick McNealy	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	74	74	143
53	Justin Leonard	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
53	Thriston Lawrence	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
53	Nathan Kimsey	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
53	Sergio Garcia	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
53	Bryson DeChambeau	1 over par	1 over par	finished	78	65	65	143
53	Henrik Stenson	1 over par	1 over par	14	75	no score	no score	75
53	Sebastian Soederberg	1 over par	1 over par	14	73	no score	no score	73
53	Hideki Matsuyama	1 over par	1 over par	13	74	no score	no score	74
53	Xander Schauffele	1 over par	1 over par	10	71	no score	no score	71
53	Wyndham Clark	1 over par	1 over par	9	76	no score	no score	76
53	Matthias Schmid	1 over par	1 over par	7	73	no score	no score	73
70	Joaquin Niemann	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	74	74	144
70	Matteo Manassero	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	71	71	144
70	Rikuya Hoshino	2 over par	2 over par	finished	74	70	70	144
70	Daniel Hillier	2 over par	2 over par	finished	71	73	73	144
70	Jason Day	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	71	71	144
70	Thomas Detry	2 over par	2 over par	16	72	no score	no score	72
70	Corey Conners	2 over par	2 over par	9	74	no score	no score	74
70	Riki Kawamoto	2 over par	2 over par	6	72	no score	no score	72
78	Si-Woo Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	74	71	71	145
78	Nick Taylor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	77	68	68	145
78	Elvis Smylie	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
78	Taylor Pendrith	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
78	Carlos Ortiz	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
78	Tom McKibbin	3 over par	3 over par	finished	72	73	73	145
78	Matt McCarty	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	74	74	145
78	Joo-Hyung Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	69	76	76	145
78	Zach Johnson	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
78	Angel Hidalgo	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
78	Max Greyserman	3 over par	3 over par	finished	78	67	67	145
78	Ethan Fang	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
78	Brian Campbell	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
78	George Bloor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
78	Cameron Adam	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
78	Chun-An Yu	3 over par	3 over par	17	79	no score	no score	79
78	Julien Guerrier	3 over par	3 over par	17	73	no score	no score	73
78	Thorbjoern Olesen	3 over par	3 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
78	Ryan Fox	3 over par	3 over par	13	75	no score	no score	75
78	Ben Griffin	3 over par	3 over par	12	74	no score	no score	74
78	Dylan Naidoo	3 over par	3 over par	7	74	no score	no score	74
78	Justin Suh	3 over par	3 over par	6	73	no score	no score	73
100	Daniel Young	4 over par	4 over par	finished	75	71	71	146
100	Young-Han Song	4 over par	4 over par	finished	73	73	73	146
100	Marco Penge	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	146
100	Niklas Noergaard	4 over par	4 over par	finished	77	69	69	146
100	Michael Kim	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	146
100	Lucas Herbert	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	146
100	OJ Farrell	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	146
100	Stewart Cink	4 over par	4 over par	finished	75	71	71	146
100	John Catlin	4 over par	4 over par	finished	78	68	68	146
100	Cameron Young	4 over par	4 over par	16	74	no score	no score	74
100	Patrick Cantlay	4 over par	4 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
100	Denny McCarthy	4 over par	4 over par	8	74	no score	no score	74
100	Nicolas Echavarria	4 over par	4 over par	8	72	no score	no score	72
100	Jesper Sandborg	4 over par	4 over par	6	72	no score	no score	72
114	Matthieu Pavon	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	71	71	147
114	Shaun Norris	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
114	Min-Woo Lee	5 over par	5 over par	finished	74	73	73	147
114	Chris Kirk	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	74	74	147
114	Bud Cauley	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
114	Byeong-Hun An	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	71	71	147
114	Stephan Jaeger	5 over par	5 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
121	Davis Thompson	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	75	75	148
121	Louis Oosthuizen	6 over par	6 over par	finished	77	71	71	148
121	Curtis Knipes	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	75	75	148
121	Justin Hastings	6 over par	6 over par	finished	74	74	74	148
121	Darren Clarke	6 over par	6 over par	finished	75	73	73	148
121	Laurie Canter	6 over par	6 over par	finished	74	74	74	148
121	Filip Jakubcik	6 over par	6 over par	15	75	no score	no score	75
121	Brooks Koepka	6 over par	6 over par	11	75	no score	no score	75
121	Collin Morikawa	6 over par	6 over par	9	75	no score	no score	75
121	Richard Teder	6 over par	6 over par	7	74	no score	no score	74
131	Sahith Theegala	7 over par	7 over par	finished	75	74	74	149
131	J. T. Poston	7 over par	7 over par	finished	72	77	77	149
131	Daniel Brown	7 over par	7 over par	finished	76	73	73	149
131	Justin Walters	7 over par	7 over par	13	73	no score	no score	73
131	Aldrich Potgieter	7 over par	7 over par	11	77	no score	no score	77
131	Darren Fichardt	7 over par	7 over par	7	78	no score	no score	78
131	Sampson Zheng	7 over par	7 over par	6	77	no score	no score	77
138	Cameron Smith	8 over par	8 over par	finished	72	78	78	150
138	Ryan Peake	8 over par	8 over par	finished	77	73	73	150
138	Curtis Luck	8 over par	8 over par	finished	80	70	70	150
138	Frazer Jones	8 over par	8 over par	finished	77	73	73	150
138	Mackenzie Hughes	8 over par	8 over par	16	79	no score	no score	79
138	Martin Couvra	8 over par	8 over par	13	78	no score	no score	78
138	Patrick Reed	8 over par	8 over par	8	77	no score	no score	77
145	Davis Riley	9 over par	9 over par	finished	77	74	74	151
145	Adam Scott	9 over par	9 over par	finished	72	79	79	151
145	Shugo Imahira	9 over par	9 over par	finished	76	75	75	151
145	Padraig Harrington	9 over par	9 over par	finished	75	76	76	151
145	Mikiya Akutsu	9 over par	9 over par	17	78	no score	no score	78
150	Connor Graham	10 over par	10 over par	finished	73	79	79	152
150	Tom Hoge	10 over par	10 over par	9	81	no score	no score	81
152	Sebastian Cave	11 over par	11 over par	finished	76	77	77	153
153	Guido Migliozzi	12 over par	12 over par	finished	77	77	77	154
154	K. J. Choi	13 over par	13 over par	finished	81	74	74	155
154	Bryan Newman	13 over par	13 over par	13	82	no score	no score	82
156	Daniel van Tonder	14 over par	14 over par	finished	79	77	77	156

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The Open round two: Sizzling Fitzpatrick stretches lead as Scheffler chases

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Harman extends lead to twopublished at 13:08 British Summer Time

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Par for Englishpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time

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McIlroy & Fleetwood settle for parpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time

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Li makes solid startpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time

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Hats offpublished at 12:52 British Summer Time

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Hojgaard bogeys 14thpublished at 12:49 British Summer Time

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Scott heading homepublished at 12:47 British Summer Time

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