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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Live Reporting

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

'Deserved birdie for Rose'published at 10:36 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +6, MacIntyre -1, Rose -3 (3)
Catriona Matthew
Captain of Team Europe at the 2019 & 2021 Solheim Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live

Fantastic birdie there from Rose. He was due one after those great shots on the first two holes.
Birdie for Rosepublished at 10:36 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +6, MacIntyre -1, Rose -3 (3)

Three very good tee shots from this group on the par three, all safely on the green.
Justin Rose putts first from 30-odd feet - holes it! A tiny fist pump from the Englishman, who is three under par now and one shot off the lead.
Robert MacIntyre has 15 feet to go for his birdie two, but his attempt breaks a tad too much. Par.
Postpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time
McIlroy -2, Fleetwood +1, Thomas +1 (1)
Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

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It was a regular story yesterday and there's more waiting on the second tee for this group of McIlroy, Fleetwood and Thomas.
They all seem to be in good form though, with McIlroy chatting to his caddie, Harry Diamond, about watching a bit of Squid Game last night as they wait.
His drive from the tee was almost eliminated from the Games after going wild right, but it seems to have stayed in bounds.
Reload for Rasmuspublished at 10:35 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -4, R. Hojgaard -4 (6)

Rasmus Hojgaard is another player in trouble as he lost his ball after going wide right off the seventh tee, so had to reload for another crack at it.
As usual, the second attempt is always a straight one and he then gets on the green with his fourth so remarkably has a par putt since this is a par five.
English starts with a parpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time
English -4 (10:20 BST)

In case you're struggling to keep up, we've currently got an eight-way tie for the lead - with four out on the course.
The fifth has just made his way down the first fairway. Harris English finished in the gloom last night and starts off with a straightforward par.
No English winner of The Open since Nick Faldo in 1992.
It would be ironic if this American 'changed' that.
Postpublished at 10:34 British Summer Time

We're not convinced by Ror-acoaster...
'Back on the Ror-acoaster'published at 10:34 British Summer Time
McIlroy -2, Fleetwood +1, Thomas +1 (1)
Alistair Bruce-Ball
BBC Radio 5 Live correspondent at Portrush

We're back on board the 'Ror-acoaster' today.
Trouble!published at 10:32 British Summer Time
Fleetwood +1, McIlroy -2, Thomas +1 (1)

Oh dear. Rory McIlroy is in big trouble here with a wild slice right off the second tee that's perilously close to the out of bounds which is hardly ever in play on this hole.
Fans and spotters think they've found the ball but it'll be deep down in the hay out there. He may get a break but that's a wild one and a big worry after his driving woes yesterday.
Hatton makes it eight at the toppublished at 10:29 British Summer Time
Hatton -4 (3)

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Tyrrell Hatton took two putts from 22 feet on the second. On the third, he needs just one. And given he found the green in one and it's a par three, that's a first birdie of the day for the Englishman.
More importantly, it propels him into an eight-way share of the lead. Don't go anywhere folks, this is heating up nicely.
Postpublished at 10:29 British Summer Time
Harman -4, McNealy -2, Niemann E (4)

Brian Harman gives himself another birdie chance which would take him into the lead.
It's a big swinger from right to left - and it just stays out there, narrowly wide of the cup. A par for the American.
Joaquin Niemann makes no mistake with his birdie putt from seven feet and repairs some of the damage from that double bogey on the first.
Birdies for Bob and Brysonpublished at 10:27 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +6, MacIntyre -1, Rose -2 (2)

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A tremendous approach from Bob MacIntyre serves up an eagle chance for the Scot on the par-five second.
Bryson DeChambeau is about the same distance away.
Both narrowly miss their eagle putts but mop up from short range for birdie fours.
Justin Rose is in the rough to the left of the green in two. He's left with a tricky pitch which he gets to within eight feet, but he can't sink the birdie putt. Another par for the Englishman.
'Superb from McIlroy'published at 10:26 British Summer Time
McIlroy -2, Fleetwood +1, Thomas +1 (1)
Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

That was sensational. He took ages over the reading of the putt, but superb. What a start.
Birdie start!published at 10:23 British Summer Time
Fleetwood +1, McIlroy -2, Thomas +1 (1)

Perfect start for Rory McIlroy as he rolls in a birdie putt on the first following a superb approach shot. Who needs to find a fairway anyway!?
Tommy Fleetwood follows McIlroy in with a birdie of his own, which will be a welcome boost for the Englishman as he was a bit downtrodden yesterday as the links beat him up a bit.
'Spine-tingling noise at first tee'published at 10:22 British Summer Time
Fleetwood +2, McIlroy -1, Thomas +1
Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

Spine-tingling noise here, I'm so excited for today.
I was nervous for Rory myself there off the first tee.
Missed opportunitypublished at 10:22 British Summer Time
Hatton -3, Henley +1, Lee +4 (2)

Two putts from 22 feet for Tyrrell Hatton and he can only walk off the second with a par five.
His playing partners Russell Henley and Min Woo Lee jot fours down on their scorecards.
A total of 17 groups have played the hole, so 51 players. There have been 20 birdies and one eagle so far, so I suspect Tyrrell might be giving himself a ticking off.
On the greenspublished at 10:19 British Summer Time
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

For all you fans of grass length on putting surfaces, my colleague Amy Scarisbrick has sent me the following:
Greens double cut at 3.25mm. Average green speed 11 ft 0 in (the same speed as yesterday). Average green firmness 0.380 inches (0.016 inch less firm than yesterday following 3.4mm of rainfall).
You can't beat that kind of insight.
Hojgaard makes it sevenpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -4, R. Hojgaard -4 (6)

Rasmus Hojgaard was about a foot away from going out of bounds off the back of the fifth green, and a few more feet from ending up on the beach - but one hole later he finds himself in this growing group of leaders.
Hojgaard made par on five, then followed up with a birdie two at the sixth after knocking his tee shot to five feet.
That's now a magnificent seven now tied for the Open Championship lead!
Postpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time
Harman -4, McNealy -2, Niemann +1 (3)

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Brian Harman almost goes three for three for birdies at the start of his second round, but a 30-footer for a two on the third doesn't drop.
Fellow American Maverick McNealy drops a shot to fall back to two under overall.
Postpublished at 10:13 British Summer Time
McIlroy -1, Fleetwood +2, Thomas +1
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal Portrush

Not nearly as much waiting around for this three-ball today.
Maybe not quite as emotionally charged as yesterday, but McIlroy's name is greeted with another hearty cheer.
Driving iron again. Left again. He needs to start finding the short stuff.
Postpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time
Fleetwood +2, McIlroy -1, Thomas +1

A similar opening tee shot to yesterday for Rory McIlroy, hitting a low squirty draw with a long iron, slightly overcooked as it trundles into the first cut of the rough.
Not a fairway, he only found two yesterday, but nothing disastrous off the first is always welcome here.

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	9 under par	9 under par	12	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	14	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	11	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	6	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	12	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	Ryan Fox	2 over par	2 over par	12	75	no score	no score	75
70	Corey Conners	2 over par	2 over par	9	74	no score	no score	74
70	Dylan Naidoo	2 over par	2 over par	6	74	no score	no score	74
70	Riki Kawamoto	2 over par	2 over par	6	72	no score	no score	72
80	Si-Woo Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	74	71	71	145
80	Nick Taylor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	77	68	68	145
80	Elvis Smylie	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
80	Taylor Pendrith	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
80	Carlos Ortiz	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
80	Tom McKibbin	3 over par	3 over par	finished	72	73	73	145
80	Matt McCarty	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	74	74	145
80	Joo-Hyung Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	69	76	76	145
80	Zach Johnson	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
80	Angel Hidalgo	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
80	Max Greyserman	3 over par	3 over par	finished	78	67	67	145
80	Ethan Fang	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
80	Brian Campbell	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
80	George Bloor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
80	Cameron Adam	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
80	Chun-An Yu	3 over par	3 over par	17	79	no score	no score	79
80	Julien Guerrier	3 over par	3 over par	17	73	no score	no score	73
80	Cameron Young	3 over par	3 over par	15	74	no score	no score	74
80	Thorbjoern Olesen	3 over par	3 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
80	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	Patrick Cantlay	4 over par	4 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
100	Ben Griffin	4 over par	4 over par	11	74	no score	no score	74
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	14	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	Mackenzie Hughes	7 over par	7 over par	15	79	no score	no score	79
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
139	Cameron Smith	8 over par	8 over par	finished	72	78	78	150
139	Ryan Peake	8 over par	8 over par	finished	77	73	73	150
139	Curtis Luck	8 over par	8 over par	finished	80	70	70	150
139	Frazer Jones	8 over par	8 over par	finished	77	73	73	150
139	Martin Couvra	8 over par	8 over par	13	78	no score	no score	78
139	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

Last updated 18th July 2025 at 18:11

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The Open round two: Fitzpatrick seizes outright lead at Portrush

Summary

Live Reporting

'Deserved birdie for Rose'published at 10:36 British Summer Time

Birdie for Rosepublished at 10:36 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time

Reload for Rasmuspublished at 10:35 British Summer Time

English starts with a parpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 10:34 British Summer Time

'Back on the Ror-acoaster'published at 10:34 British Summer Time

Trouble!published at 10:32 British Summer Time

Hatton makes it eight at the toppublished at 10:29 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 10:29 British Summer Time

Birdies for Bob and Brysonpublished at 10:27 British Summer Time

'Superb from McIlroy'published at 10:26 British Summer Time

Birdie start!published at 10:23 British Summer Time

'Spine-tingling noise at first tee'published at 10:22 British Summer Time

Missed opportunitypublished at 10:22 British Summer Time

On the greenspublished at 10:19 British Summer Time

Hojgaard makes it sevenpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 10:13 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time

Live. 153rd Open Championship

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