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

Summary

Full coverage of the 153rd Open from Royal Portrush
World number one Scottie Scheffler shoots stunning 64 to lead at -10
Matt Fitzpatrick's fine round of 66 had given him clubhouse lead at -9
2023 Open Champ Brian Harman is one further back alongside Haotong Li at eight under par
Bob MacIntyre (66) and Tyrrell Hatton (69) finish at -5
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

Rickie going wellpublished at 08:47 British Summer Time
Fowler -2 (6)

Rickie Fowler is back to where he started the day. The American teed off on two under and has just cancelled out a bogey on the third with a birdie on the par-four fifth.
He drove the green and two-putted from 75 feet. A par on the sixth has followed.
All this while apparently auditioning for a job as a catalogue model as well judging by this pose, what a guy!
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T-shirts bring McIl-joy to Holywoodpublished at 08:46 British Summer Time

Bob Sweeney from Washington DC is here for Rory McIlroy.
He went to Holywood Golf club yesterday and 500 McIlroy fans were given these T-shirts to wear here at The Open.
Bob is wearing about seven layers in preparation for today’s ever-changing weather.
In case you're wondering about the dog image, this is the club head for McIlroy's trusty driver.
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Rolling back the yearspublished at 08:43 British Summer Time
Westwood -2 (13:15 BST)

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Lee Westwood smiled his way around Royal Portrush on his return to the Open, and he's showing that age is just a number as he's chellenging the younger mob here.
And he'll no doubt smile when he learns that in the first round he was the best driver in the field - as he topped the strokes gained stats off the tee - at 52!
It's more about accuracy than power and distance though, and Westwood has been a wonderfully straight driver throughout his long career.
On Thursday the former world number one hit 11 fairways with even his three misses being just into the intermediate rough according to Data Golf.
Westy rolling back the years!
'It all just snowballs and comes to a halt'published at 08:41 British Summer Time
Graeme Storm
Two-time European Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast

Graeme Storm joined Rick Edwards on 5 Live Breakfast this morning and had his say on the big talking points from Thursday.
On slow play: “It’s a really difficult one, especially when you’re on a golf course there’s a spaghetti junction of tee boxes and greens all around one place and the fans are all around.
“You lose a ball and it all just snowballs and comes to a halt unfortunately."
On Rory McIlroy: “The crowd were great, they stuck by him, he was out the blocks quick.
"He was three under through eight. All of a sudden the wheels came off and it started to fall apart a bit but he dug in, he got it under par and he’s only three off the lead.
“It’s a marathon not a sprint."
First of the leaders tees offpublished at 08:40 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -4

One of our leaders Christiaan Bezuidenhout tees off for his second round.
It's not a great shot, he's tried to squeeze a low fairway wood up there but sliced it wide right, almost toying with those out of bounds stakes down there, but it looks in play.
Nervy start.
Selected tee-times this morningpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time

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- 08:36 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA)
- 09:36 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Russell Henley (US), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)
- 09:47 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Justin Rose (Eng)
- 09:58 Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (US)
- 10:09 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NI), Justin Thomas (US)
- 10:25 Harris English (US)
- 11:26 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin (NI)
Friday's full tee-times
'I feel the support of an entire country'published at 08:33 British Summer Time
McIlroy -1 (10:09 BST)

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Rory McIlroy described the support he received at Royal Portrush as "absolutely incredible" in his first round.
"I feel the support of an entire country out there, which is a wonderful position to be in. At the same time, you don't want to let them down, so there is that added bit of pressure.
"But I think I dealt with it well today, certainly dealt with it better than I did six years ago."
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Player-captain America?published at 08:32 British Summer Time
Bradley +1

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Keegan Bradley tees off on the first looking to make a rare cut at the Open Championship - having missed the last five in a row!
A winner on the PGA Tour this season and up to a career-best seventh in the world rankings, he's playing some of his best golf as he looks to qualify for his own Ryder Cup team.
He recently said that he can handle it if he's a player-captain at Bethpage, but will it work? Let us know with those thumbs...
Bradley out with the putterpublished at 08:28 British Summer Time
Bradley +1 (08:25)

It's filling up nicely again around Royal Portrush this morning where we spotted US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley going through a very methodical putting practice routine a bit earlier.
He's next to head out.
Out on the course right now...published at 08:14 British Summer Time

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We've got some familiar faces out there playing their second rounds right now.
Rickie Fowler is one under par after dropping a shot early on today, while Sergio Garcia and Zach Johnson are both at level par with both also one over for the day.
Former Open champion Francesco Molinari is one over while Adam Scott is struggling a bit at three over.
- Fowler -1 (4)
- Z. Johnson E (4)
- Garcia E (3)
- F. Molinari +1 (5)
- Scott +3 (4)
Portrush preppublished at 08:08 British Summer Time

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Groundstaff look after the greens at Royal Portrush
Get me one of those!
The greenstaff at Royal Portrush are totally in sync this morning.
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A wider shot of groundstaff taking care of the greens at Royal Portrush
One benefit of a late finishpublished at 08:06 British Summer Time

It was a late finish for most at Royal Portrush on Thursday - and a long day for many... not just the golfers [yawns, reaches for second coffee of the day].
But one benefit of a late finish on the north coast is getting a glimpse of a skyline like this.
Taken at 10pm on Thursday from behind the 18th grandstand.
A battle for Lowrypublished at 08:05 British Summer Time
Lowry -1 (15:10 BST)

Shane Lowry got a wonderful reception as the last Portrush Open champion, and started off absolutely striping it before having to battle hard to finish under par for the day.
It was fun to see the Irish hero taking a huge gallery around with him and there will be more of the same today no doubt.
Lowry's putter got him out of jail largely, ranking 32rd in the field as he struggled off the tee (102nd) and more alarmingly around the greens (106th) as he's got great hands and known as one of the best short game players in the business.
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'You little beauty' - Lowry holes a 20 footer to save par
Postpublished at 08:03 British Summer Time
Garcia E (2)

A bad start for Sergio Garcia as he finds the huge front bunker on the first hole and ends up making a double bogey there.
The Spaniard does pick up a birdie at the second to get back to level par for the championship though so that's a good instant response.
A global gamepublished at 07:56 British Summer Time

Stats guru Justin Ray says this is the first time at a men's major that five or more players representing different flags have co-led after a round.
And that diversity of nations tracks down the leaderboard.
Of all 32 players that begin the second day under par, 11 countries are represented from across the world, with America supplying 11 and the United Kingdom seven.
Truly an open championship.
Nightmare for DeChambeaupublished at 07:43 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +7 (09:47 BST)

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Bryson DeChambeau faces a huge battle to make the cut after his worst ever round in a major yesterday saw him sign for a 78.
DeChambeau just cannot seem to get to grips with links golf - he's got the talent but perhaps just attacks too much, and you simply can't just overpower Portrush with length off the tee.
Bryson even managed an air shot - that's how bad things were!
Shot of the day?published at 07:35 British Summer Time
Fitzpatrick -4 (67)

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'Oh my word!' - Fitzpatrick slam dunks for a birdie
Matt Fitzpatrick's slam dunk on the 16th was surely the shot of the day on Thursday?
Commentators' View pod - Open golf specialpublished at 07:31 British Summer Time

Need something a bit different to listen to today?
This week's Commentator's View episode of the Football Daily podcast is an Open golf special.
John Murray and Ali Bruce-Ball are joined by BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter to talk about what it’s like commentating at The Open, explain what ‘wearing the armband’ means while Ali reveals the worst moment of his broadcasting career.
Listen on BBC Sounds
More Open winner statspublished at 07:31 British Summer Time
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

According to the R&A, only nine players have won The Open after not being in the top 20 at the end of the first round (since 1892 over 72 holes).
That would mean everyone at two under or better overnight is in with a chance of winning the Claret Jug.
But then most stats can be tweaked to suit your purpose... and given the congested nature of the leaderboard and the stat below, five shots back is roughly the top 70
Open winner statspublished at 07:30 British Summer Time

On a packed leaderboard, 70 players ended day one within five shots of the leaders.

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	finished	68	64	64	132
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	Oliver Lindell	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	Ryggs Johnston	2 under par	2 under par	finished	74	66	66	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
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
34	Matt Wallace	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
34	Jhonattan Vegas	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
34	Jordan Spieth	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
34	J. J. Spaun	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
34	Antoine Rozner	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
34	Jon Rahm	level par	level par	finished	70	72	72	142
34	Phil Mickelson	level par	level par	finished	70	72	72	142
34	Shane Lowry	level par	level par	finished	70	72	72	142
34	Romain Langasque	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
34	Riki Kawamoto	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
34	Dustin Johnson	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
34	Sung-Jae Im	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
34	Viktor Hovland	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
34	Russell Henley	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
34	Wyndham Clark	level par	level par	finished	76	66	66	142
34	Dean Burmester	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
34	Daniel Berger	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
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	Matthias Schmid	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	finished	74	69	69	143