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

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Summary

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

Bogey for Hattonpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time
Hatton -5 (14)

More muttering and chuntering from Tyrrell Hatton as he stalks off the 14th green with a bogey.
He was a little aggressive with his third up the hill from short of the green and that left him too much to do with the par putt. It's only his second dropped shot of the day though.
Hatton back two off the lead.
'DeChambeau giving himself a run to make this cut'published at 13:41 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +3 (13)
Catriona Matthew
Captain of Team Europe at the 2019 & 2021 Solheim Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live

Bryson DeChambeau is giving himself a real run to make this cut. He’s going to be determined, he’s going to want to make it.
He’s never done well in this championship yet so he’s going to want to do two more rounds and you just never know.
Westwood opens with parpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time
Detry +1, Gotterup +1, Westwood -2 (1)

Lee Westwood's second round is up and running with par on the first.
Westwood gets to the green in two strokes but an opening birdie proves just beyond him.
Last holepublished at 13:40 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -2, R. Hojgaard -4 (17)

Not the round Christiaan Bezuidenhout would've wanted as he's two over for the day as he tees off down 18, but Rasmus Hojgaard is two under, four under for the championship, and has been knocking about at the top of the leaderboard so will be keen to try and pinch another shot at the last.
As Darren Clarke told us though, it's not that easy...
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2011 Open Champion Darren Clarke talks us through Hole 18 at Royal Portrush
Birdies all roundpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +3, MacIntyre -5, Rose -1 (13)

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These three get the birdies their trio of tee shots deserved. Great play.
Justin Rose back into red numbers. Bryson DeChambeau still in with a chance of making the cut. And Bob MacIntyre now just two shots off the lead...
Postpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (14)

"Oh you dirty dog..." screams Brian Harman as his approach to the 15th green lands just short and dribbles off the front of the green.
Pinpoint accuracypublished at 13:36 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +4, MacIntyre -4, Rose E (12)

These three are having a "closest to the pin" competition on the par-three 13th, it seems.
Bryson DeChambeau is about six feet away and he's the furthest away of the trio! Ridiculous golf.
Justin Rose and Bob MacIntyre are both within four feet.
Must be three birdies incoming, surely?
Postpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (11)
Jonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI senior journalist

For those watching out for pace of play after yesterday's near six-hour rounds, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Thomas have reached the 12th tee in shy of three and a half hours.
They were four hours in at this point yesterday.
'McIlroy just taking it in'published at 13:35 British Summer Time
McIlroy -1 (11)
Andrew Murray
Former European Tour winner on 5 Live

McIlroy will be just taking it in, You can’t be on it all the time.
You’ve got to just switch off sometimes or have a chat with your caddy, or engage with the crowd or whatever is your thing.
Another parpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (11)

A par for Rory McIlroy on 11, which is a good score today as it's the hardest hole on the course again today playing a third of a stroke over par.
A missed fair to the left was more bad news though, and that driver's seriously holding him back here. There's a score to be had now as the sun pokes out around Portrush.
US Ryder Cup captain Bradley in contentionpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time
Bradley -3 (67)

US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley has put together a heck of a second round today - an eagle on the second, birdies on the 12th and 15th, pars for the rest.
He just missed a 15-footer for a birdie on the last, but he'll walk off to sign for a bogey-free round of 67.
Bradley failed to make the cut in each of the past five Opens but he'll being doing that and a whole lot more at Portrush this week.
And those calls for him to be playing for the US at Bethpage in September will be getting louder...
Hojgaard accepts parpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -2, R. Hojgaard -4, Langasque -2 (17)

Rasmus Hojgaard takes bold approach to 40ft putt on the 17th in search of a birdie, but ultimately comes up short. Rather glumly he settles for par.
Playing partner Romain Langasque has a mini fist pump after he rolls in a birdie putt to go back to two under.
Birdie for Bobpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +4, MacIntyre -4, Rose E (12)

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A lovely third shot from beside the green helps Bob MacIntyre to a birdie four on the par-five 12th. He's up to four under for the tournament now, three behind leader Brian Harman.
Bryson DeChambeau also makes birdie to keep his hopes of reaching the weekend alive.
Justin Rose has a 15-footer to repair a little bit of the damage from his triple bogey on the previous hole, but that one slides by the left edge.
'Pins moved to increase difficulty'published at 13:26 British Summer Time
Graeme Storm
Two-time European Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

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These guys eat the holes up, that's why they've moved the pins.
They don't want somebody to run away and shoot 18 or 19 under like we see on the DP Tour.
Postpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (14)

The 14th is playing as the hardest on the course today.
A two-putt par from 30-odd feet - Brian Harman will take that all day long.
Li birdies the secondpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time
Li -5 (2)

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The Chinese golfer Haotong Li continues to carry himself impressively and he has taken advantage of the par-five second.
On the green in two, lengthy eagle putt and potted successfully for birdie.
Up to five under par.
Postpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time
English -5 (10)

After a decidedly ropey tee shot into the rough down the 10th fairway, Harris English manages to escape with his card unscathed.
He'll stay at five under and on his own in third.
One off the leadpublished at 13:21 British Summer Time
Hatton -6 (13)

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There are four par threes at Royal Portrush and Tyrrell Hatton is playing them supremely well today. The 13th is 200 yards and he fires in a pin-seeker to six feet.
Putt holed. A third two of the round. Pressure on leader Brian Harman.
One more to come Tyrrell... Calamity Corner, the 16th...
Postpublished at 13:20 British Summer Time
Fleetwood -2, McIlroy -1, Thomas E (10)
Jonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI senior journalist

No sign of the crowds around this group abating any time soon as fans crane necks, climb slopes and even jump into the air to catch a glimpse of McIlroy on the way past.
Marshals really having to put in a shift with the ropes to keep things moving around the tunnel leading up to the 11th tee.
'Long way to go'published at 13:20 British Summer Time
Harman -7 (13)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live at Portrush

It's not normal to run away with a tournament - there's an element of doubt whether Harman will carry on, but with the way he won last time there'll be slight concern from players looking at the leaderboard.
That being said, there's still a long way to go.
Weather will change and links golf definitely lasts longer.
As we've seen with Justin Rose, things can change in a hole.

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

Live Reporting

Bogey for Hattonpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time

'DeChambeau giving himself a run to make this cut'published at 13:41 British Summer Time

Westwood opens with parpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time

Last holepublished at 13:40 British Summer Time

Birdies all roundpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time

Pinpoint accuracypublished at 13:36 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time

'McIlroy just taking it in'published at 13:35 British Summer Time

Another parpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time

US Ryder Cup captain Bradley in contentionpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time

Hojgaard accepts parpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time

Birdie for Bobpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time

'Pins moved to increase difficulty'published at 13:26 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time

Li birdies the secondpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time

One off the leadpublished at 13:21 British Summer Time

Postpublished at 13:20 British Summer Time

'Long way to go'published at 13:20 British Summer Time

Live. 153rd Open Championship

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