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
2023 Open Champ Brian Harman sets clubhouse lead at -8 (65)
On course: -7 Li (8), -6 Fitzpatrick (4), -5 English (17)
Selected others: -4 Jordan (6), Scheffler (2)
Bob MacIntyre (66) and Tyrrell Hatton (69) three off top
Rory McIlroy finishes at three under par (69)
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Postpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time
English -5 (14)

Pretty sure Harris English would have fancied himself to birdie the 14th from seven feet but he can't get it to drop.
He'll stay at five under par - now three shots off the lead.
Birdie start for Fitzpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time
Fitzpatrick -5 (1)

The best possible start for Matt Fitzpatrick as he finds a fairway and then hit a beautiful baby draw into the green to 10 feet and rolls it in for a three.
Genuinely, you can't play this first hole any better than that. Glorious.
Just shortpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -3, Thomas -1 (14)

Right idea, wrong execution from Rory McIlroy on 15, as he hit an iron off the tee to leave a full shot into the green, but with this tricky front pin you either go long and accept a long two-putt or get your numbers absolutely spot on for an aggressive dart at the flag.
McIlroy takes the aggressive route but he's just short and the ball topples off the green and into a dell just in front. That's a tricky spot to get down in two from.
Harman closes round of 65 with birdiepublished at 14:39 British Summer Time
Harman -8 (65)

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Oh stop it, Brian Harman. What a way to finish.
A world-class approach to the 18th, about eight feet for birdie, and in it goes.
A six-under-par round of 65 for the American, who retakes the lead on his own.
That's exactly the same score that he posted in the second round at Hoylake two years ago - and he went on to win the tournament.
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Get Involvedpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time
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Lynn, Sussex
Ernie Shels
Anon
Justin Slows, Snory McIlroy
Anon.
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Anon.
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Don't be - own them and send us your name!
Li joins Harman at the toppublished at 14:34 British Summer Time
Li -7 (6)

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Woah, how about that from Haotong Li?
He's has destroyed the sixth with that tee shot, leaving it within two feet of the cup!
What a way to join the lead.
Westwood settles for parpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time
Detry +1, Gotterup -1, Westwood -1 (4)

Lee Westwood gives himself a chance of a birdie putt on the fourth but comes up a couple of feet short with a 25ft effort and has to settle for par.
Postpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time
Jordan -4 (3)

After coming up a bit short of the green off the tee, Matthew Jordan has to settle with a par on the par-three third.
He stays at four under.
That birdie Rorpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -3, Thomas E (14)

A huge roar rings around Royal Portrush and that can only mean one thing - a Rory McIlroy birdie!
I suppose it could mean there's free Guinness at the bar but the black stuff is in short supply in Portrush this week...
Anyway, that huge drive on 14 left McIlroy with just 87 yards. His approach wasn't the best actually as he only got it to 17 feet, but the putter did the business.
Rory's now three under and closing in on the leaders...
Bogey for Bobpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +2, MacIntyre -4, Rose -2 (16)

A first dropped shot of the day for Robert MacIntyre, who gets into trouble off the tee and can't save par from the rough.
He's back to four under.
Another Aberg birdiepublished at 14:27 British Summer Time
Aberg -3, Hovland E, Spieth -1 (15)

Ludvig Aberg sends his approach to the 15th to within a couple of feet and it's a sixth birdie of the day for the Swede, who keep inching his way up the leaderboard.
Fitzpatrick was 'lowest' in his career four months agopublished at 14:26 British Summer Time
Fitzpatrick -4 (14:26)
Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport senior journalist at Royal Portrush

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'Oh my word!' - Fitzpatrick slam dunks for a birdie
A good few hours until Matt Fitzpatrick hits the links again, but the Englishman will do so after one of the better rounds of his year.
The 2022 US Open winner finished round one joint top of the leaderboard after a chip-in birdie on the 16th helped him post a four-under 67.
But between his victory at the 2023 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and his missed cut at the PGA Tour's flagship Players championship in March he recorded just four top-10s.
After his Thursday round at Royal Portrush, he said he was "the lowest I've been in my career" following the Players.
Since then though, he's been working with a new swing coach and has posted some better results, and came into The Open on the back of a joint fourth at last week's Scottish Open.
Postpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (17)

Brian Harman won on the Open at Hoylake two years ago and is top of the pile during round two at Royal Portrush.
Harman is clearly enjoying his links golf and Ken Brown tells us why he thinks it is so special...
380 yards!published at 14:25 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -2, Thomas -1 (13)

Look, Rory McIlroy has been nowhere near his best at The Open this week off the tee, but we've had glimpses of what he can do with the driver today - including this monster drive on 14.
Another low bullet that's only about half as high as he usually hits it, has carried miles, then hit the links turf and taken off like a scalded cat.
The result? 380 yards!
Li moves into secondpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time
Li -6 (5)

Anyone thinking Haotong Li's challenge might fizzle in round two is being proved wrong.
He's just rolled in his second birdie of the day, this time at the fifth and as things stand, he is the closest challenger.
Par for Harmanpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (17)

Brian Harman can't sink that 15-foot birdie putt on the 17th. A bend of the knees as it rolls by the cup.
Jordan lands a birdiepublished at 14:20 British Summer Time
Jordan -4 (2)

Matthew Jordan has put himself right in the mix with a birdie on the par-five second.
The 29-year-old sinks a 10-foot putt to move into a share of seventh.
Westwood drops a shotpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time
Detry +1, Gotterup -1, Westwood -1 (3)

Lee Westwood bogeys the par-three third hole. A 149-yard drive leaves Westwood short of the green and after chipping on he two putts. Can the experienced Englishman reignite this round?
Par for Englishpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time
English -5 (13)

Harris English lined up his birdie putt on the 13th expecting it to turn left - only for it go plumb straight.
He watches his ball kiss the side of the hole and trundle on.
He'll have to settle for a par.
Birdie for Rosepublished at 14:16 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +2, MacIntyre -5, Rose -2 (15)

All three in this group on the 15th green with birdie opportunities.
Justin Rose has the most likely of them from about 12 feet - and gets it! Two birdies in four holes for Rose since that triple-bogey on the 11th - he's almost clawed those three dropped shots back.
Bryson DeChambeau and Bob MacIntyre are a lot further away and will settle for pars.
MacIntyre and DeChambeau are both currently five under for the day. A couple of great rounds of golf.

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	Brian Harman	8 under par	8 under par	finished	69	65	65	134
1	Haotong Li	8 under par	8 under par	10	67	no score	no score	67
3	Matthew Fitzpatrick	6 under par	6 under par	4	67	no score	no score	67
4	Robert MacIntyre	5 under par	5 under par	finished	71	66	66	137
4	Rasmus Hoejgaard	5 under par	5 under par	finished	69	68	68	137
4	Tyrrell Hatton	5 under par	5 under par	finished	68	69	69	137
4	Harris English	5 under par	5 under par	finished	67	70	70	137
8	Tony Finau	4 under par	4 under par	finished	70	68	68	138
8	Nicolai Hoejgaard	4 under par	4 under par	14	69	no score	no score	69
8	Matthew Jordan	4 under par	4 under par	7	68	no score	no score	68
8	Scottie Scheffler	4 under par	4 under par	3	68	no score	no score	68
12	Rory McIlroy	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
12	Sadom Kaewkanjana	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 16:16	68	no score	no score	68
15	Justin Rose	2 under par	2 under par	finished	69	71	71	140
15	Harry Hall	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	67	67	140
15	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	73	73	140
15	Ludvig Aaberg	2 under par	2 under par	finished	73	67	67	140
15	Chris Gotterup	2 under par	2 under par	9	72	no score	no score	72
15	Jon Rahm	2 under par	2 under par	3	70	no score	no score	70
21	Justin Thomas	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	69	69	141
21	Aaron Rai	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
21	Marc Leishman	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
21	Rickie Fowler	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	72	72	141
21	Tommy Fleetwood	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	68	68	141
21	John Axelsen	1 under par	1 under par	Round 2 tee time 15:54	70	no score	no score	70
21	Lucas Glover	1 under par	1 under par	17	69	no score	no score	69
21	Jordan Smith	1 under par	1 under par	10	71	no score	no score	71
21	Lee Westwood	1 under par	1 under par	9	69	no score	no score	69
21	Akshay Bhatia	1 under par	1 under par	4	73	no score	no score	73
21	Sam Burns	1 under par	1 under par	3	70	no score	no score	70
21	Shane Lowry	1 under par	1 under par	2	70	no score	no score	70
33	Matt Wallace	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
33	Jordan Spieth	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
33	Antoine Rozner	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
33	Romain Langasque	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
33	Sung-Jae Im	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
33	Viktor Hovland	level par	level par	finished	73	69	69	142
33	Russell Henley	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
33	Dean Burmester	level par	level par	finished	71	71	71	142
33	Daniel Berger	level par	level par	finished	72	70	70	142
33	Jhonattan Vegas	level par	level par	17	72	no score	no score	72
33	Jason Kokrak	level par	level par	16	71	no score	no score	71
33	Nathan Kimsey	level par	level par	16	71	no score	no score	71
33	Phil Mickelson	level par	level par	11	70	no score	no score	70
33	Julien Guerrier	level par	level par	9	73	no score	no score	73
33	Adrien Saddier	level par	level par	6	72	no score	no score	72
33	Kristoffer Reitan	level par	level par	6	72	no score	no score	72
33	Sepp Straka	level par	level par	4	72	no score	no score	72
33	J. J. Spaun	level par	level par	3	73	no score	no score	73
33	Xander Schauffele	level par	level par	3	71	no score	no score	71
52	Jesper Svensson	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
52	John Parry	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
52	Andrew Novak	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	72	72	143
52	Francesco Molinari	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
52	Maverick McNealy	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	74	74	143
52	Justin Leonard	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
52	Thriston Lawrence	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
52	Sergio Garcia	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
52	Bryson DeChambeau	1 over par	1 over par	finished	78	65	65	143
52	Oliver Lindell	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:05	72	no score	no score	72
52	Jesper Sandborg	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:05	72	no score	no score	72
52	Riki Kawamoto	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:16	72	no score	no score	72
52	Joo-Hyung Kim	1 over par	1 over par	17	69	no score	no score	69
52	Cameron Adam	1 over par	1 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
52	Jacob Skov Olesen	1 over par	1 over par	12	67	no score	no score	67
52	Thomas Detry	1 over par	1 over par	8	72	no score	no score	72
52	Takumi Kanaya	1 over par	1 over par	5	71	no score	no score	71
52	Hideki Matsuyama	1 over par	1 over par	4	74	no score	no score	74
52	Nicolas Echavarria	1 over par	1 over par	1	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	Justin Suh	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:05	73	no score	no score	73
71	Young-Han Song	2 over par	2 over par	15	73	no score	no score	73
71	George Bloor	2 over par	2 over par	15	73	no score	no score	73
71	Marco Penge	2 over par	2 over par	13	74	no score	no score	74
71	Dustin Johnson	2 over par	2 over par	10	73	no score	no score	73
71	Thorbjoern Olesen	2 over par	2 over par	7	72	no score	no score	72
71	Sebastian Soederberg	2 over par	2 over par	6	73	no score	no score	73
71	Corey Conners	2 over par	2 over par	2	74	no score	no score	74
71	Matthias Schmid	2 over par	2 over par	1	73	no score	no score	73
71	Ryggs Johnston	2 over par	2 over par	1	74	no score	no score	74
85	Si-Woo Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	74	71	71	145
85	Nick Taylor	3 over par	3 over par	finished	77	68	68	145
85	Elvis Smylie	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
85	Carlos Ortiz	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
85	Matt McCarty	3 over par	3 over par	finished	71	74	74	145
85	Zach Johnson	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
85	Angel Hidalgo	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	75	75	145
85	Ethan Fang	3 over par	3 over par	finished	75	70	70	145
85	Richard Teder	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:43	74	no score	no score	74
85	Dylan Naidoo	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:54	74	no score	no score	74
85	John Catlin	3 over par	3 over par	16	78	no score	no score	78
85	Brian Campbell	3 over par	3 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
85	Taylor Pendrith	3 over par	3 over par	12	75	no score	no score	75
85	Jason Day	3 over par	3 over par	12	73	no score	no score	73
85	Patrick Cantlay	3 over par	3 over par	8	73	no score	no score	73
85	Ryan Fox	3 over par	3 over par	4	75	no score	no score	75
85	Denny McCarthy	3 over par	3 over par	1	74	no score	no score	74
102	Michael Kim	4 over par	4 over par	finished	74	72	72	146
102	Stewart Cink	4 over par	4 over par	finished	75	71	71	146
102	Daniel Young	4 over par	4 over par	16	75	no score	no score	75
102	OJ Farrell	4 over par	4 over par	15	74	no score	no score	74
102	Tom McKibbin	4 over par	4 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
102	Niklas Noergaard	4 over par	4 over par	11	77	no score	no score	77
102	Max Greyserman	4 over par	4 over par	11	78	no score	no score	78
102	Lucas Herbert	4 over par	4 over par	10	74	no score	no score	74
102	Darren Clarke	4 over par	4 over par	10	75	no score	no score	75
102	Cameron Young	4 over par	4 over par	8	74	no score	no score	74
102	Henrik Stenson	4 over par	4 over par	6	75	no score	no score	75
102	Justin Walters	4 over par	4 over par	5	73	no score	no score	73
102	Ben Griffin	4 over par	4 over par	4	74	no score	no score	74
115	Matthieu Pavon	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	71	71	147
115	Shaun Norris	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
115	Min-Woo Lee	5 over par	5 over par	finished	74	73	73	147
115	Chris Kirk	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	74	74	147
115	Bud Cauley	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	75	75	147
115	Byeong-Hun An	5 over par	5 over par	11	76	no score	no score	76
115	Filip Jakubcik	5 over par	5 over par	7	75	no score	no score	75
115	Stephan Jaeger	5 over par	5 over par	6	72	no score	no score	72
115	Collin Morikawa	5 over par	5 over par	3	75	no score	no score	75
115	Brooks Koepka	5 over par	5 over par	3	75	no score	no score	75
115	Wyndham Clark	5 over par	5 over par	2	76	no score	no score	76
126	Davis Thompson	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	75	75	148
126	Laurie Canter	6 over par	6 over par	finished	74	74	74	148
126	Sampson Zheng	6 over par	6 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:16	77	no score	no score	77
126	Curtis Knipes	6 over par	6 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
126	Justin Hastings	6 over par	6 over par	13	74	no score	no score	74
126	Chun-An Yu	6 over par	6 over par	9	79	no score	no score	79
126	Aldrich Potgieter	6 over par	6 over par	3	77	no score	no score	77
126	Patrick Reed	6 over par	6 over par	1	77	no score	no score	77
134	Sahith Theegala	7 over par	7 over par	finished	75	74	74	149
134	J. T. Poston	7 over par	7 over par	finished	72	77	77	149
134	Daniel Brown	7 over par	7 over par	finished	76	73	73	149
134	Darren Fichardt	7 over par	7 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:54	78	no score	no score	78
134	Frazer Jones	7 over par	7 over par	16	77	no score	no score	77
134	Louis Oosthuizen	7 over par	7 over par	14	77	no score	no score	77
134	Mikiya Akutsu	7 over par	7 over par	9	78	no score	no score	78
141	Curtis Luck	8 over par	8 over par	16	80	no score	no score	80
141	Cameron Smith	8 over par	8 over par	13	72	no score	no score	72
141	Davis Riley	8 over par	8 over par	10	77	no score	no score	77
141	Mackenzie Hughes	8 over par	8 over par	8	79	no score	no score	79
141	Martin Couvra	8 over par	8 over par	6	78	no score	no score	78
146	Adam Scott	9 over par	9 over par	finished	72	79	79	151
146	Shugo Imahira	9 over par	9 over par	finished	76	75	75	151
146	Padraig Harrington	9 over par	9 over par	14	75	no score	no score	75
146	Ryan Peake	9 over par	9 over par	11	77	no score	no score	77
146	Tom Hoge	9 over par	9 over par	2	81	no score	no score	81
151	Connor Graham	10 over par	10 over par	finished	73	79	79	152
152	Sebastian Cave	11 over par	11 over par	finished	76	77	77	153
153	Guido Migliozzi	12 over par	12 over par	14	77	no score	no score	77
153	K. J. Choi	12 over par	12 over par	13	81	no score	no score	81
153	Bryan Newman	12 over par	12 over par	5	82	no score	no score	82
156	Daniel van Tonder	14 over par	14 over par	11	79	no score	no score	79

Last updated 18th July 2025 at 15:58

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The Open round two: Li joins Harman at top as Fitzpatrick chases at soggy Portrush

Summary

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Postpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time

Birdie start for Fitzpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time

Just shortpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time

Harman closes round of 65 with birdiepublished at 14:39 British Summer Time

Get Involvedpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time

Li joins Harman at the toppublished at 14:34 British Summer Time

Westwood settles for parpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time

That birdie Rorpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time

Bogey for Bobpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time

Another Aberg birdiepublished at 14:27 British Summer Time

Fitzpatrick was 'lowest' in his career four months agopublished at 14:26 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time

380 yards!published at 14:25 British Summer Time

Li moves into secondpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time

Par for Harmanpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time

Jordan lands a birdiepublished at 14:20 British Summer Time

Westwood drops a shotpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time

Par for Englishpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time

Birdie for Rosepublished at 14:16 British Summer Time

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