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

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?
Media caption,
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.
Media caption,
2011 Open Champion Darren Clarke talks us through Hole 5 at Royal Portrush
'Older players can thrive at The Open'published at 11:35 British Summer Time
Catriona Matthew
Captain of Team Europe at the 2019 & 2021 Solheim Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think especially for links golf, length isn't quite as important - it's more about making sure you're hitting on to the fairways.
I think that's why you see older players doing well at The Open.
What took so long?published at 11:34 British Summer Time

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Speaking of slow play, Marc Lesihman said yesterday: "It felt like we were on the golf course for about 12 hours".
Later starters such as Rory McIlroy took just under six hours to complete their rounds, which is extreme to say the least.
Tough, ever-changing weather, 156 players from a one-tee start and plenty of golf balls ending up in thick rough that took some finding. All factors, but six hours?
So why did it take so long?
Read our analysis on why play was so slow in round one.
First group back inpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time
Leishman -1 (68)

Marc Leishman wasn't happy with the pace of play yesterday but he was out in the first group today so had no issues at all.
It's still taken his group the best part of five hours to get round though (eyes emoji).
Anyway, the Australian was in great touch today with a 68 but he was at five under for his round at one point, and he knows what he's doing on the links after losing that Open play-off to Zach Johnson at St Andrews a decade ago.
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Yesterday, the players could hardly be accused of speeding along... so in honour of our new favourite member of the local wildlife - we want you to help us... name that snail!
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Snail's pacepublished at 11:32 British Summer Time
Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

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A lot has been said about the slow pace of play so far, but this little dude was down by the 18th fairway and has been loving it.
Postpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time
MacIntyre -2 (6)

Hands on hips from Robert MacIntyre, whose birdie putt on the sixth is on line but needs just half a roll more to drop... not to be.
Harman into share of leadpublished at 11:29 British Summer Time
Harman -5 (7)

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Brian Harman gets up and down from the front bunker to make a birdie four on the par-five seventh.
He's into a share of the lead alongside Harris English.
First bogey of tournament for Rosepublished at 11:28 British Summer Time
Rose -2 (6)

Justin Rose is in trouble on the par-three sixth. Short and right of the green, the ball way above his feet and lying in some gnarly rough.
He nudges it up the hill but it trickles back down again, almost back to where he was standing. At least he's got a better lie on the fairway this time.
A better chip second time around but it's a dropped shot for the Englishman.
That run of 23 holes to start The Open without a bogey is over.
'Element of luck but Hatton will be delighted'published at 11:20 British Summer Time
Hatton -4 (6)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

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There was an element of luck off the tee for Tyrrell Hatton, but he'll be delighted with a two there.
Birdie for Tyrrellpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time
Hatton -4 (6)

Tyrrell Hatton with a bounce-back birdie on the short sixth, holing an eight-footer to get back to four under. No longer a share of the lead, but just one back and a big birdie chance coming up on the long seventh.
More like McIlroypublished at 11:19 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -2, Thomas E (4)

Textbook Rory McIlroy hole this one after a monster drive he flicks one in from 150 yards to five feet and just strokes it home for a birdie.
It shows just how well McIlroy is playing, but also why he just has to find a way to hit more fairways, as the rest of his game is in such great shape that when he does he looks incredible.
Bob makes birdiepublished at 11:19 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +6, MacIntyre -2, Rose -3 (5)

An excellent lag putt from Bob MacIntyre from about 65 feet helps to secure a birdie for the Scot, who finished as runner-up to JJ Spaun at the US Open last month.
Justin Rose's birdie putt only just slides by the left edge so that'll be another par for the Englishman. That's 23 holes without a bogey at the start of this tournament - last year he got to 29 holes before dropping a shot.
Bombs away!published at 11:13 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -1, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (2)

It's a scary drive on the fourth with out of bounds down the right and a lot more bunkers here than on many of the holes at Portrush, especially with Rory McIlroy's big dog not behaving this week.
And so, naturally, McIlroy steps up and unleashes and 348-yard rocket right down the pipe - a lower trajectory laser down the middle of the fairway. Umph!
Media caption,
2011 Open Champion Darren Clarke talks us through Hole 4 at Royal Portrush
'Not many watching English again today'published at 11:13 British Summer Time
English -5 (3)
John Murray
BBC correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

We've not got much company here with leader Harris English, despite being the group immediately behind Rory.
Spectators are very much immediately moving on with the McIlroy group.
English stays in frontpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time
English -5 (3)

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Harris English is in the group behind Rory McIlroy and seems very content to be playing his own game.
He plonks his ball into the middle of the third green and two-putts for par.
That'll keep him one shot clear.

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