Hovland dropping backpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time
Aberg +2, Hovland E, Spieth +2 (5)
That eagle on the second hole must seem a long time ago for Viktor Hovland, who has followed that with bogeys on four and five.
Summary
Full coverage of the 153rd Open from Royal Portrush
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England's Matt Fitzpatrick leads at -4
He's joined by Jacob Skov Olesen of Denmark and China's Haotong Li
World number one Scottie Scheffler and England's Matthew Jordan are one shot back
Lee Westwood, 52, shoots fine two-under 69
Rory McIlroy (NI) plays with Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) and Justin Thomas (US)
Two-time major winner Bryson DeChambeau out with Scotland's Bob MacIntyre and England's Justin Rose
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Hovland dropping backpublished at 16:36 British Summer Time
'Rory enjoying Portrush atmosphere'published at 16:34 British Summer Time
Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live at Royal PortrushHis every move is being cheered. Every time he arrives near the greens the crowds are waiting for him, and he's welcoming the applause and enjoying the atmosphere.
Heard from the galleriespublished at 16:32 British Summer Time
Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland at Royal Portrush“Dude, Bryson is the size of a linebacker. If there was a fight on the PGA Tour, who do you think would win?
"Aside from that guy who went to prison…”
A trio of parspublished at 16:31 British Summer Time
MacIntyre -1, DeChambeau +2, Rose -1 (6)
Bryson DeChambeau finds the green on the par-three sixth but fails to hole the 20-footer across the putting surface. He's not sure how and looks on with shock. But it's a tap-in par.
Justin Rose, from a similar distance is also close with his birdie try and ticks off a par.
As for Bob Mac... a great up and down from the rough. As you were then.
Postpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time
McIlroy E, Fleetwood +1, Thomas E (4)
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal PortrushA steady par for McIlroy after that drive is no bad thing.
Before he addressed his lengthy birdie putt on the fourth, he took the opportunity to peruse the electronic leaderboard that overlooks the green.
He will have clocked Scottie Scheffler's impressive 68. Matching that would be a heroic effort under the circumstances.
McIlroy saves parpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time
McIlroy E, Fleetwood +1, Thomas E (4)
Rory McIlroy two putts the fourth hole to save par but Tommy Fleetwood bogeys the hole.
Postpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time
Bezuidenhout -3 (7)
Image source, Getty ImagesWhile most of the attention is with Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and others, Christiaan Bezuidenhout has quietly moved to -3 with a run of three birdies on holes five, six and seven.
Looks to be a very competitive front nine from the South African.
Glover eagles secondpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time
Glover -3, Vegas +1, Tom Kim +1 (3)
Eagles have been rarer than hen's teeth today but Lucas Glover has one in the bag at the second hole. The American made a birdie on he first as well.
He's off to an absolute flyer.
Some Scheffler statistics...published at 16:25 British Summer Time
In the mood for some ominous Scottie Scheffler stats?
Today, he hit just three fairways - his worst performance off the tee at any major as a pro, other than the first round of the 2021 US Open – when he hit just two fairways.
His driving accuracy was a mere 21.4%, ranked him almost at the bottom of the field.
And yet, he is just one shot off the lead.
No wonder these pre-Open predictions from Opta had him as such a clear favourite.
Into the red Rosepublished at 16:19 British Summer Time
DeChambeau +2, MacIntyre -1, Rose -1 (5)
Image source, Getty ImagesA first birdie of the day for Justin Rose arrives at the fifth with a slotted putt from five feet.
Into the red, alongside playing partner Bob MacIntyre.
Postpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time
Fitzpatrick -4 (67)
Media caption, 'Oh my word!' - Fitzpatrick slam dunks for a birdie
And this was our favourite shot of the day.
What a moment for Matt Fitzpatrick - from the middle of nowhere!
And look at his face.
'Not as easy as it looks'published at 16:18 British Summer Time
Fitzpatrick -4 (67)
Image source, Getty ImagesMatt Fitzpatrick has been reflecting on his opening round of 67, his best start to a major:
"The Open venues haven't necessarily been great to me. I've not necessarily been playing great when I've come here either.
"I like this golf course. I think it's a very fair test. It rewards good golf shots. I think sometimes links doesn't do that to you, and there's plenty of courses that we play or I've played at links golf that don't necessarily do that. But I think this is a fantastic golf course.
"I wouldn't say I particularly enjoy playing links golf. It's just a grind all the time and I like a grind, but sometimes it's a grind with low scoring, and that's what I find difficult
"I don't see links golf as super easy. I shot 4-under today, holed an eagle putt, chipped in, and I still feel like it was a grind out there.
"I don't know if it's just the way I see the game but I feel like I've got the shots to play well. I hit it as low as anyone out here, so it should stay out of the wind.
"But I just don't think it's necessarily as easy as some of these guys make it look."
Rai into share of fourthpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time
Rai -3 (7)
One hole further forward and Aaron Rai is on the march.
He's birdied the seventh and launched himself up to three under par, one off the lead.
Agonising par for Tyrrellpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time
Hatton -2 (6)
Tyrrell Hatton gives his golf ball one of those stares as it hangs up on the very edge of the sixth hole.
So close to another birdie.
McIlroy overcooks itpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time
McIlroy E, Fleetwood E, Thomas E (3)
Rory McIlroy is out of the rough at the fourth but what initially looked a good iron on to the green keeps on going, He's going to be some way from the hole and a bid to save par beckons.
Postpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time
Media caption, Ken on the rough
Ken, help us out with what Rory is up against!
McIlroy in the rough...againpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time
McIlroy E, Fleetwood E, Thomas E (3)
A 496-yard par four is next for Rory McIlroy but it's another poor tee shot from the US Masters champion as he once again finds the rough.
Postpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time
McIlroy E (3)
Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Royal PortrushMcIlroy may have been feeling the heat after his drive on the second, but he's shrugged it off admirably.
He's in chatty form, too, especially with Justin Thomas.
Just your everyday mid-afternoon stroll around the links.
'Rory will be disappointed'published at 16:04 British Summer Time
McIlroy E (3)
Greg Allen, RTE journalist, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "Rory will be disappointed. That's one of the flattest putts you'll get on this course."
McIlroy misses birdie chancepublished at 16:03 British Summer Time
McIlroy E, Fleetwood E, Thomas E (3)
Rory McIlroy had a light-hearted chinwag with Justin Thomas en route to the green at the third but they are soon down to business.
McIlroy is half an inch away from a birdie putt but ends up tapping in for par.
Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood also make par.
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 1 | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacob Skov Olesen  | 4 under par | 4 under par | Round 2 tee time 12:09 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
1 | Haotong Li  | 4 under par | 4 under par | Round 2 tee time 12:42 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
1 | Matthew Fitzpatrick  | 4 under par | 4 under par | Round 2 tee time 14:26 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
1 | Aaron Rai | 4 under par | 4 under par | 8 | no score | no score | no score |
5 | Matthew Jordan | 3 under par | 3 under par | Round 2 tee time 13:37 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
5 | Scottie Scheffler  | 3 under par | 3 under par | Round 2 tee time 15:10 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
5 | Sadom Kaewkanjana  | 3 under par | 3 under par | 16 | no score | no score | no score |
5 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout  | 3 under par | 3 under par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
5 | Harris English | 3 under par | 3 under par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
5 | Lucas Glover | 3 under par | 3 under par | 3 | no score | no score | no score |
11 | Nicolai Hoejgaard | 2 under par | 2 under par | Round 2 tee time 11:26 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
11 | Lee Westwood | 2 under par | 2 under par | Round 2 tee time 13:15 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
11 | Sergio Garcia  | 2 under par | 2 under par | 12 | no score | no score | no score |
11 | Angel Hidalgo | 2 under par | 2 under par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
11 | J. T. Poston | 2 under par | 2 under par | 7 | no score | no score | no score |
11 | Maverick McNealy | 2 under par | 2 under par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
11 | Tyrrell Hatton | 2 under par | 2 under par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Phil Mickelson | 1 under par | 1 under par | Round 2 tee time 12:20 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
18 | Sam Burns | 1 under par | 1 under par | Round 2 tee time 14:48 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
18 | Jon Rahm | 1 under par | 1 under par | Round 2 tee time 14:59 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
18 | Shane Lowry  | 1 under par | 1 under par | Round 2 tee time 15:10 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
18 | John Axelsen | 1 under par | 1 under par | 17 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Daniel Hillier  | 1 under par | 1 under par | 13 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | John Parry | 1 under par | 1 under par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Sung-Jae Im  | 1 under par | 1 under par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Antoine Rozner  | 1 under par | 1 under par | 7 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Carlos Ortiz  | 1 under par | 1 under par | 7 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Justin Leonard | 1 under par | 1 under par | 7 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Thriston Lawrence | 1 under par | 1 under par | 7 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Justin Rose | 1 under par | 1 under par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Robert MacIntyre  | 1 under par | 1 under par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Brian Harman | 1 under par | 1 under par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Viktor Hovland  | 1 under par | 1 under par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Cameron Adam | 1 under par | 1 under par | 2 | no score | no score | no score |
18 | Young-Han Song | 1 under par | 1 under par | 1 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Jordan Smith | level par | level par | Round 2 tee time 12:42 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
36 | Takumi Kanaya  | level par | level par | Round 2 tee time 14:15 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
36 | Xander Schauffele | level par | level par | Round 2 tee time 14:59 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
36 | Oliver Lindell  | level par | level par | 16 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Riki Kawamoto | level par | level par | 16 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Jesper Svensson  | level par | level par | 14 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Adam Scott  | level par | level par | 13 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Rickie Fowler | level par | level par | 13 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Daniel Brown | level par | level par | 13 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Andrew Novak | level par | level par | 12 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Davis Thompson | level par | level par | 11 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Si-Woo Kim | level par | level par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Matt McCarty | level par | level par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Bud Cauley | level par | level par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Romain Langasque | level par | level par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Rasmus Hoejgaard | level par | level par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Keegan Bradley | level par | level par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Daniel Berger | level par | level par | 9 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Joaquin Niemann  | level par | level par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Justin Thomas | level par | level par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Rory McIlroy  | level par | level par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Tony Finau | level par | level par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Frazer Jones | level par | level par | 3 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | John Catlin | level par | level par | 3 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Brian Campbell | level par | level par | 3 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Nathan Kimsey | level par | level par | 2 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | Curtis Knipes | level par | level par | 1 | no score | no score | no score |
36 | OJ Farrell | level par | level par | 1 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Tom McKibbin | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:26 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Cameron Smith | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:58 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Thomas Detry  | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:15 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Chris Gotterup | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:15 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Thorbjoern Olesen | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:37 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Stephan Jaeger  | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:48 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Kristoffer Reitan | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:04 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Adrien Saddier | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:04 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Sepp Straka  | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:37 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Nicolas Echavarria  | 1 over par | 1 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:32 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
64 | Marc Leishman | 1 over par | 1 over par | 15 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Stewart Cink | 1 over par | 1 over par | 15 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Connor Graham | 1 over par | 1 over par | 14 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Zach Johnson | 1 over par | 1 over par | 13 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Laurie Canter | 1 over par | 1 over par | 12 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Dean Burmester | 1 over par | 1 over par | 11 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Shaun Norris | 1 over par | 1 over par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Michael Kim | 1 over par | 1 over par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Sebastian Cave | 1 over par | 1 over par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Sahith Theegala | 1 over par | 1 over par | 8 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Min-Woo Lee | 1 over par | 1 over par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Russell Henley | 1 over par | 1 over par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Tommy Fleetwood | 1 over par | 1 over par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Jhonattan Vegas  | 1 over par | 1 over par | 3 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Joo-Hyung Kim | 1 over par | 1 over par | 3 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Jason Kokrak | 1 over par | 1 over par | 2 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Daniel Young | 1 over par | 1 over par | 1 | no score | no score | no score |
64 | Curtis Luck | 1 over par | 1 over par | 1 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Jason Day | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:09 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Dustin Johnson | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:42 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Julien Guerrier | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:04 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Patrick Cantlay | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:26 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Sebastian Soederberg | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:48 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Justin Walters | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:15 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Akshay Bhatia | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:37 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | J. J. Spaun | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:59 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Matthias Schmid | 2 over par | 2 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:43 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
92 | Jesper Sandborg | 2 over par | 2 over par | 16 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Matteo Manassero  | 2 over par | 2 over par | 15 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Francesco Molinari | 2 over par | 2 over par | 14 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Matt Wallace | 2 over par | 2 over par | 11 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Rikuya Hoshino | 2 over par | 2 over par | 11 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Shugo Imahira | 2 over par | 2 over par | 10 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Harry Hall | 2 over par | 2 over par | 8 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Chris Kirk | 2 over par | 2 over par | 7 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Bryson DeChambeau | 2 over par | 2 over par | 6 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Jordan Spieth | 2 over par | 2 over par | 5 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Ludvig Aaberg | 2 over par | 2 over par | 5 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | Nick Taylor  | 2 over par | 2 over par | 4 | no score | no score | no score |
92 | George Bloor | 2 over par | 2 over par | 1 | no score | no score | no score |
114 | Justin Hastings  | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:58 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Marco Penge | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:58 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Lucas Herbert | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:53 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Cameron Young | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:26 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Hideki Matsuyama | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:26 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Ben Griffin | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:37 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Corey Conners | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:21 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Denny McCarthy | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:32 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Ryggs Johnston | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:43 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Richard Teder  | 3 over par | 3 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:43 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
114 | Dylan Naidoo | 3 over par | 3 over par | 17 | no score | no score | no score |
114 | Justin Suh | 3 over par | 3 over par | 16 | no score | no score | no score |
114 | Ethan Fang | 3 over par | 3 over par | 13 | no score | no score | no score |
114 | Elvis Smylie | 3 over par | 3 over par | 12 | no score | no score | no score |
114 | Matthieu Pavon | 3 over par | 3 over par | 11 | no score | no score | no score |
129 | Padraig Harrington | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:26 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Taylor Pendrith | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:09 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Darren Clarke | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:53 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Filip Jakubcik  | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:37 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Henrik Stenson | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:48 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Ryan Fox | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:26 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Brooks Koepka | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:48 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
129 | Collin Morikawa | 4 over par | 4 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:10 | 75 | 75 | 75 |
137 | Byeong-Hun An | 5 over par | 5 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:31 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
137 | Wyndham Clark | 5 over par | 5 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:21 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
139 | Guido Migliozzi | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:47 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Louis Oosthuizen | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:47 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Ryan Peake | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:20 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Niklas Noergaard | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:31 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Davis Riley | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:53 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Aldrich Potgieter | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:48 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Patrick Reed | 6 over par | 6 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:32 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
139 | Darren Fichardt | 6 over par | 6 over par | 17 | no score | no score | no score |
139 | Sampson Zheng | 6 over par | 6 over par | 16 | no score | no score | no score |
148 | Max Greyserman | 7 over par | 7 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:31 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
148 | Mikiya Akutsu | 7 over par | 7 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:04 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
148 | Martin Couvra | 7 over par | 7 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:04 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
151 | Daniel van Tonder | 8 over par | 8 over par | Round 2 tee time 12:20 | 79 | 79 | 79 |
151 | Chun-An Yu  | 8 over par | 8 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:04 | 79 | 79 | 79 |
151 | Mackenzie Hughes | 8 over par | 8 over par | Round 2 tee time 13:26 | 79 | 79 | 79 |
154 | K. J. Choi | 10 over par | 10 over par | Round 2 tee time 11:47 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
154 | Tom Hoge | 10 over par | 10 over par | Round 2 tee time 15:21 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
156 | Bryan Newman | 11 over par | 11 over par | Round 2 tee time 14:15 | 82 | 82 | 82 |
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