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

Summary

Full coverage of the 153rd Open from Royal Portrush
On course: -10 Scheffler (17)
-1 Lowry (17)
Matt Fitzpatrick's fine round of 66 gives him clubhouse lead at -9
2023 Open Champ Brian Harman is one back alongside Haotong Li at eight under par
Bob MacIntyre (66) and Tyrrell Hatton (69) four off top
Rory McIlroy finishes at three under par (69)
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Live Reporting

Paul Higham, Phil Cartwright, Joe Bradshaw, Henry Cowling, Ros Satar and Tim Abraham

Who doesn't love a bit of merch?published at 12:31 British Summer Time

Unless you are fortunate enough to be playing with Phil Mickelson this week and able to snatch some goodies off him (a la Ryan Peake), you'll have to make your way to the shop in the spectator village.
And here's your warning... you'll have to queue to get in!
English creeps back to five underpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time
English -5 (7)

While Harris English has stood still at -4, three players have leapfrogged him on the leaderboard.
Good chance to respond at the par-five seventh and he duly obliges, tucking home a birdie putt.
He moves to five under, one back.
Birdies for Rose and DeChambeaupublished at 12:30 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +4, MacIntyre -3, Rose -3 (9)

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Birdie chances for all three of this group on the ninth...
Robert MacIntyre leaves his from 25 feet just short but it's a comfortable par. The Scot is out in 33 with no bogeys on the card.
Justin Rose, in a lovely pale pink polo shirt, tries from 20 feet up the hill - in it goes! He joins Bob at three under for the tournament, three behind the leaders.
Bryson DeChambeau drains his birdie putt too! He's three under for the front nine and four over par overall. He needed something magical today to make the weekend and, you know what, he might just do it...
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Name that Snail - still more!
Name for the snail 🐌 Shane Slowry
Anon.
For the snail, can’t believe you missed the open goal that is: Wee shell, me
Darren Aitcheson
Gastropodraig Harrington
Richard
Full kudos for deploying the full range of scientific terminology here.
Snowman for Olesenpublished at 12:26 British Summer Time
JS Olesen E (1)

I was given Jacob Skov Olesen to cover.
Think I can hang up my keyboard and go home.
Way left with his first shot, he took a drop and hit another, this time going way right.
Another drop later he finally got to the first green but it's a most untimely eight - a snowman - on the card for the overnight co-leader.
It plummets him from four under to level par.
And totally off our radar.
'Great opportunity for Hatton this weekend'published at 12:25 British Summer Time
Hatton -5 (9)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

We've had at least three or four minutes of calmness from Hatton now.
For him, he seems relatively happy with his round and he's in good shape right now.
He's very good at links golf - I think he's due to win a major and this is a great opportunity for him here.
Postpublished at 12:25 British Summer Time
Hatton -5 (9)

Will Tyrrell Hatton back it up on the par-four 10th... Himalaya... his drive is leaked a little out wide but with only 123 yards to the pin he should be able to nudge his second onto the green.
The Englishman is no stranger to success on links-style courses. He is the only player to win the DP World Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links three times, doing so in 2016, 2017 and again last year.
He ranked in the top-20 in the field on Thursday for strokes gained off the tee, approach and putting.
Hojgaard shares lead with Harmanpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -3, R. Hojgaard -6, Langasque -11 (13)

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Rasmus Hojgaard's short game looks to be on song so far today.
The Dane has just gently putted in a birdie at the 13th to move to six under and a share of the lead.
Fleetwood flying as McIlroy misses outpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (7)

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Tommy Fleetwood is playing some stunning golf today and despite just missing out an an eagle on seven he has a tap-in birdie to go to two under for the tournament.
He's four under today after starting with a hat-trick of birdies and then adding this one on seven and is yet to drop a shot. The 2019 runner-up is making a huge push forward today.
But Rory McIlroy misses his birdie attempt from just inside 10 feet on seven after an ordinary chip up from the dell below the green.
That was a tricky one but probably should've done a bit better than that really as he stays at one under which is level par for the day but has been far, far more eventful than that sounds.
Postpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time
Bradley -2 (13)

A bogey-free round so far for Keegan Bradley, who added a birdie at the 12th to his eagle on the par-five second.
The US Ryder Cup captain is keeping himself in touch with the leading group.
Harman back into outright leadpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time
Harman -6, Niemann E (10)

Brian Harman found himself with a bit of company at the top of the leaderboard and must have decided he'd like to lead on his own again.
So he flies an approach from 115 yards on the 10th to within four feet. An easy birdie to take him to six under - a score I can't recall anyone getting to at this year's Open before now?
Playing partner Joaquin Niemann almost holed his second shot, but he'll take a four-inch putt for birdie to move back to level par for the tournament.
Birdie for Tyrrellpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time
Hatton -5 (9)

Finally Tyrrell Hatton gets a putt to drop. It's a third birdie in his opening nine and it propels him back into a share of the lead.
A 15-footer on the ninth hole and he's in decent shape.
Postpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time
JS Olesen -4 (12:09 BST)

Jacob Skov Olesen has been leading the Open for almost 24 hours having finished round one early afternoon yesterday.
It means he's had a lot of time to ponder that grisly tee shot at the first.
Yikes, and that can't have been how he's pictured it, a sweeping hook that flies out right into the undergrowth.
Could be a brutal start for the Dane.
Postpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +5, MacIntyre -3, Rose -2 (8)

Bob MacIntyre is SO close to holing his birdie putt on the eighth. He remains three under.
Justin Rose is a shot further back, scrambling a par after finding a bit of trouble off the tee.
Bryson DeChambeau completes the hat-trick of pars.
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Name that Snail - continued (albeit slowly)
Name a snail? It can only be ...... wait for it. SNAILY MCSNAILFACE. someone had to say it!
Paul in Burgh Castle.
Maverick McSnaily..? Francesco Mollusc-inari..? Bryson D'Escargot..?
Joe, Elgin
Postpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time
Mickelson -1 (12:20 BST)

Several golfing veterans rolled back the years on Thursday and 2013 Open champion Phil Mickelson was among them.
This moment of magic was the highlight of his round, even though it was only to save par...
Media caption,
Mickelson saves par from the bunker
Mickelson heads out for his second round imminently.
Hojgaard hits the frontpublished at 12:11 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -3, R. Hojgaard -5 (12)

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Rasmus Hojgaard joins Brian Harman in a share of the lead at the Open Championship as he takes advantage of the par-five 12th hole to move to five under.
Postpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (6)

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Another fine drive by Rory McIlroy on seven but he just comes up a bit short of the green with his approach, well it hits the green and lands but then doesn't have enough juice to climb up the slope so rolls back into a big dip in front of the green - joining the ball of Justin Thomas down there.
Bogey for Bezuidenhoutpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -3, R. Hojgaard -4 (11)

The 11th hole strikes for Christiaan Bezuidenhout as he drops a shot on the hardest hole on the course and that just drops him back a shot to three under.
Aberg and Hovland under parpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time
Aberg -1, Hovland -1, Spieth E (7)

Ludvig Aberg dribbles in his 15-foot birdie putt to make four on the seventh, following in playing partner Viktor Hovland.
Jordan Spieth can't quite make it three for three, but the American is on course to keep up his streak of always making the cut at Open Championships. This is his 12th appearance.

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	Scottie Scheffler	10 under par	10 under par	17	68	no score	no score	68
2	Matthew Fitzpatrick	9 under par	9 under par	finished	67	66	66	133
3	Haotong Li	8 under par	8 under par	finished	67	67	67	134
3	Brian Harman	8 under par	8 under par	finished	69	65	65	134
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	Chris Gotterup	5 under par	5 under par	finished	72	65	65	137
5	Harris English	5 under par	5 under par	finished	67	70	70	137
10	Nicolai Hoejgaard	4 under par	4 under par	finished	69	69	69	138
10	Tony Finau	4 under par	4 under par	finished	70	68	68	138
12	Lee Westwood	3 under par	3 under par	finished	69	70	70	139
12	Jordan Smith	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	68	68	139
12	Rory McIlroy	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	69	69	139
12	Sam Burns	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
17	Xander Schauffele	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	69	69	140
17	Justin Rose	2 under par	2 under par	finished	69	71	71	140
17	Kristoffer Reitan	2 under par	2 under par	finished	72	68	68	140
17	Matthew Jordan	2 under par	2 under par	finished	68	72	72	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	Shane Lowry	2 under par	2 under par	17	70	no score	no score	70
17	Oliver Lindell	2 under par	2 under par	14	72	no score	no score	72
26	Justin Thomas	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	69	69	141
26	Aaron Rai	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
26	Marc Leishman	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
26	Jason Kokrak	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	70	70	141
26	Lucas Glover	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
26	Rickie Fowler	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
26	Tommy Fleetwood	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
26	Akshay Bhatia	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
26	Ryggs Johnston	1 under par	1 under par	15	74	no score	no score	74
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	J. J. Spaun	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
35	Antoine Rozner	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
35	Jon Rahm	level par	level par	finished	70	72	72	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	Wyndham Clark	level par	level par	17	76	no score	no score	76
35	Matthias Schmid	level par	level par	15	73	no score	no score	73
51	Jesper Svensson	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
51	Sepp Straka	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
51	Henrik Stenson	1 over par	1 over par	finished	75	68	68	143
51	Sebastian Soederberg	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
51	Adrien Saddier	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
51	John Parry	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
51	Jacob Skov Olesen	1 over par	1 over par	finished	67	76	76	143
51	Andrew Novak	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
51	Francesco Molinari	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
51	Maverick McNealy	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	74	74	143
51	Hideki Matsuyama	1 over par	1 over par	finished	74	69	69	143
51	Justin Leonard	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
51	Thriston Lawrence	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
51	Nathan Kimsey	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
51	Takumi Kanaya	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
51	Sergio Garcia	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
51	Thomas Detry	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
51	Bryson DeChambeau	1 over par	1 over par	finished	78	65	65	143
51	Corey Conners	1 over par	1 over par	17	74	no score	no score	74
51	Riki Kawamoto	1 over par	1 over par	13	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	Ben Griffin	2 over par	2 over par	finished	74	70	70	144
71	Ryan Fox	2 over par	2 over par	finished	75	69	69	144
71	Jason Day	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	71	71	144
71	John Axelsen	2 over par	2 over par	15	70	no score	no score	70
79	Si-Woo Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	74	71	71	145
79	Chun-An Yu	3 over par	3 over par	finished	79	66	66	145
79	Nick Taylor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	77	68	68	145
79	Elvis Smylie	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
79	Taylor Pendrith	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
79	Carlos Ortiz	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
79	Tom McKibbin	3 over par	3 over par	finished	72	73	73	145
79	Matt McCarty	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	74	74	145
79	Joo-Hyung Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	69	76	76	145
79	Zach Johnson	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
79	Angel Hidalgo	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
79	Julien Guerrier	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
79	Max Greyserman	3 over par	3 over par	finished	78	67	67	145
79	Ethan Fang	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
79	Patrick Cantlay	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
79	Brian Campbell	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
79	George Bloor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
79	Cameron Adam	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
79	Denny McCarthy	3 over par	3 over par	16	74	no score	no score	74
79	Justin Suh	3 over par	3 over par	14	73	no score	no score	73
79	Sadom Kaewkanjana	3 over par	3 over par	13	68	no score	no score	68
100	Daniel Young	4 over par	4 over par	finished	75	71	71	146
100	Cameron Young	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	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	Thorbjoern Olesen	4 over par	4 over par	finished	72	74	74	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	Nicolas Echavarria	4 over par	4 over par	16	72	no score	no score	72
112	Aldrich Potgieter	5 over par	5 over par	finished	77	70	70	147
112	Matthieu Pavon	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	71	71	147
112	Shaun Norris	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
112	Min-Woo Lee	5 over par	5 over par	finished	74	73	73	147
112	Chris Kirk	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	74	74	147
112	Bud Cauley	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
112	Byeong-Hun An	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	71	71	147
112	Patrick Reed	5 over par	5 over par	16	77	no score	no score	77
112	Jesper Sandborg	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	Filip Jakubcik	6 over par	6 over par	finished	75	73	73	148
121	Stephan Jaeger	6 over par	6 over par	finished	72	76	76	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	Dylan Naidoo	6 over par	6 over par	14	74	no score	no score	74
121	Darren Fichardt	6 over par	6 over par	14	78	no score	no score	78
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	Brooks Koepka	7 over par	7 over par	finished	75	74	74	149
131	Mackenzie Hughes	7 over par	7 over par	finished	79	70	70	149
131	Daniel Brown	7 over par	7 over par	finished	76	73	73	149
131	Collin Morikawa	7 over par	7 over par	17	75	no score	no score	75
137	Justin Walters	8 over par	8 over par	finished	73	77	77	150
137	Cameron Smith	8 over par	8 over par	finished	72	78	78	150
137	Ryan Peake	8 over par	8 over par	finished	77	73	73	150
137	Curtis Luck	8 over par	8 over par	finished	80	70	70	150
137	Frazer Jones	8 over par	8 over par	finished	77	73	73	150
137	Richard Teder	8 over par	8 over par	15	74	no score	no score	74
143	Davis Riley	9 over par	9 over par	finished	77	74	74	151
143	Adam Scott	9 over par	9 over par	finished	72	79	79	151
143	Shugo Imahira	9 over par	9 over par	finished	76	75	75	151
143	Padraig Harrington	9 over par	9 over par	finished	75	76	76	151
143	Martin Couvra	9 over par	9 over par	finished	78	73	73	151
143	Mikiya Akutsu	9 over par	9 over par	finished	78	73	73	151
143	Sampson Zheng	9 over par	9 over par	13	77	no score	no score	77
150	Connor Graham	10 over par	10 over par	finished	73	79	79	152
151	Sebastian Cave	11 over par	11 over par	finished	76	77	77	153
152	Guido Migliozzi	12 over par	12 over par	finished	77	77	77	154
153	K. J. Choi	13 over par	13 over par	finished	81	74	74	155
153	Tom Hoge	13 over par	13 over par	17	81	no score	no score	81
155	Daniel van Tonder	14 over par	14 over par	finished	79	77	77	156
156	Bryan Newman	15 over par	15 over par	finished	82	75	75	157