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

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.
Here comes Rory...published at 10:09 British Summer Time
Fleetwood +2, McIlroy -1, Thomas +1

A few last putts then the short work over the bridge and down onto the first tee box, which again is packed out with home fans wanting to cheer on their hero.
Rory McIlroy shot 65 on Friday in 2019 in an emotional bid to try and make the cut after a shocking first round, but this time he's one under and just three off the lead instead of 13 last time here!
Hatton wayward but sets up birdie chancepublished at 10:09 British Summer Time
Hatton -3 (1)

Tyrrell Hatton is wild and left with his tee shot on the long second. Right into the crowds and among the dunes.
It at least takes out any notion of attacking the green in two. Instead, it's a sensible option. A 250-yard biff to get the ball back in play and 60 yards short of the green.
From there, he knocks in to 22 feet. Birdie putt coming up.
Fearsome firstpublished at 10:05 British Summer Time

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Hughie's: The first hole at Royal Portrush is a 420-yard par four.
A reminder that this first hole our competitors are facing is no joke.
It was the fifth hardest hole on the course yesterday with out of bounds both sides, with just 70 yards between the two sets of stakes - it's a fearsome prospect with those first tee nerves.
A day to forget for DeChambeaupublished at 10:05 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +7 (1)
Faith Harper
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

It's fair to say it was a pretty rough round for Bryson DeChambeau yesterday. His worst in a major to date!
He's spent the morning grafting on the range and now he's back out on the course, making a safe par at the first.
Surely it can't get worse than yesterday for the American?
Postpublished at 10:04 British Summer Time
Hatton -3, Henley +2, Lee +5 (1)
Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Royal Portrush

Taps aff for Tyrrell Hatton.
He's taken his jumper off after getting frustrated after his second tee shot.
He said it was too restrictive after pinging his ball left, along with a word we can't publish.
Rose and MacIntyre start with parspublished at 10:04 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +7, MacIntyre E, Rose -2 (1)

The trio of Justin Rose, Bob MacIntyre and Bryson DeChambeau give themselves half-chances for birdie on the first hole.
Pars for all three.
Postpublished at 10:03 British Summer Time
Aberg +2, Hovland +2, Spieth +2 (09:58 BST)

Another of the morning marquee groups head out.
It was a tough Thursday for Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland and Jordan Spieth - but all three did their best to limit the damage on day one.
Hovland eagled the second hole but fell away from there, while Spieth - who has never missed a cut at The Open - did well to recover after a slow start.
Solid tee shots from all three on the first.

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	Shane Lowry	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	70	70	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	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	16	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	Dylan Naidoo	5 over par	5 over par	15	74	no score	no score	74
112	Jesper Sandborg	5 over par	5 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
122	Davis Thompson	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	75	75	148
122	Louis Oosthuizen	6 over par	6 over par	finished	77	71	71	148
122	Curtis Knipes	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	75	75	148
122	Filip Jakubcik	6 over par	6 over par	finished	75	73	73	148
122	Stephan Jaeger	6 over par	6 over par	finished	72	76	76	148
122	Justin Hastings	6 over par	6 over par	finished	74	74	74	148
122	Darren Clarke	6 over par	6 over par	finished	75	73	73	148
122	Laurie Canter	6 over par	6 over par	finished	74	74	74	148
122	Darren Fichardt	6 over par	6 over par	15	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