The Open round two LIVE: Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Tommy Fleetwood among afternoon starters

Summary

Fox wins Open after birdieing final hole to post -10
New Zealander edges Young who had earlier shot -9
Home favourite Fleetwood finishes three back at -7
Selected others: -8 Burns (72); -7 Scheffler (67); -6 Kim (72), Herbert (71), Jarvis (66);
-4 DeChambeau (72); -2 Lowry (72), MacIntyre (71); -1 McIlroy (71)

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Tim Abraham, Matt Gault, Phil Cartwright and George Booth

Marquee trio aim to build on fine startspublished at 15:00 BST 17 July
Scheffler -2, Hatton -1, DeChambeau -3 (15:04 BST)

World number one and defending champion Scottie Scheffler gets his second round under way shortly. He shot 68 yesterday and resumes on two under.
Bryson DeChambeau starts one shot better off and England's Tyrrell Hatton is hot on their heels too on one under.
This group will be well worth following today.
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I'm sorry, but with so many players under par, this does not look like a major leaderboard. It is simply not enough of a challenge.
David, Bradford

'McIlroy playing solid golf'published at 14:57 BST 17 July
McIlroy -1 (16)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Rory McIlroy's pace has been better. He is playing solid golf at the moment. The morning conditions have long gone. Much of the same as yesterday, calm and then picking up.
'Fitzpatrick is fuming'published at 14:57 BST 17 July
McIlroy -1, Schauffele E, Fitzpatrick +4 (16)
Katherine Downes
BBC Sport commentator at Royal Birkdale

Matt Fitzpatrick is fuming. He just flung his club back at his Sheffield United red and white striped golf bag.

Schauffele in troublepublished at 14:57 BST 17 July
McIlroy -1, Schauffele E, Fitzpatrick +4 (16)

Rory McIlroy's drive at the par-five 17th drifts in the wind and plonks straight down in the bunker, meaning a splash out to the fairway.
He still has 183 yards for his third but he plays a beauty to around 12 feet.
In worse shape is Xander Schauffele, who found the bushes with his drive. After taking a penalty drop, he whacks his third out of a clean lie in the rough and will have about 100 yards for his fourth.
On the cut mark, the American can't afford a dropped shot here. Schauffele hasn't missed a major cut since the 2022 Masters, a run of 18 events.
Matt Fitzpatrick, not a happy camper, misses the green left with his second. He's limping towards a weekend off.
Big-hitting birdiespublished at 14:57 BST 17 July
Young -5, Clark +3, Aberg -2 (13)

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Cameron Young makes his birdie on the 17th - it'd be criminal not to, having absolutely nutted his drive 372 yards down the fairway. There's almost a chip-in for eagle but a tap-in par is just fine.
Ludvig Aberg follows Young in with a four despite 'only' hitting his drive 341 yards...
And Wyndham Clark is producing a flying finish to his round as he's gone birdie-birdie-eagle but at three over he's still three shots outside the cut line.

MacIntyre misses birdie chancepublished at 14:57 BST 17 July
MacIntyre -2, A Fitzpatrick -3, Fowler E (10)

Big opportunity for Robert MacIntyre to get his first birdie of the day at the 10th.
Pulled it. He's up out of that straight away and will knock in for par.
Stays a shot behind playing partner Alex Fitzpatrick.
Record rounds help the fieldpublished at 14:54 BST 17 July
Herbert -8 (62), Burns -5 (62)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's incredible, especially given the conditions and the direction of the wind. It is not playing easy.
The pins are perhaps a little easier than yesterday but it is very hard to get it close enough to make that many birdies. To keep the bogeys off the card too is two incredible rounds.
It has been fantastic golf, but this does allow the field to think there is an opportunity out there to go low.

Baby Belle's early arrival to thank for Burns' recordpublished at 14:52 BST 17 July
Burns -5 (62)

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Sam Burns shouldn't really be here at Royal Birkdale this week, as he was planning on staying at home in Louisiana with his wife Caroline due to give birth to their second child.
However, baby Belle arrived 11 days early and the Burns family then decided that dad would make the late trip across the pond to go and play in The Open.
And what a decision that's turned out to be as Burns matched the men's major record with a stunning 62 to fire himself into contention on five under and in third place.
These things happen for a reason.
Double bogey finish for Morikawapublished at 14:51 BST 17 July
Morikawa -3 (70)

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A bit of a disappointing back nine from Collin Morikawa who takes his cap off and grimaces in frustration.
He follows up bogeys on the 15th and 16th holes with a double bogey on the 18th after he pays the price for a poor approach shot to the green.
Playing partners JJ Spaun and Nicolai Hojgaard finish are three under and two for the tournament after finishing with a birdie and par respectively.

'Got my name into the record books'published at 14:50 BST 17 July
Herbert -8 (62)
BBC Radio 5 Live

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Clubhouse leader Lucas Herbert, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after equalling the lowest-scoring round at a men's major:
"A lot of emotions. Whether it is relief, whether it is pride, whether it is disappointment.
"At the end of the day, we're in a great position going into the weekend. I got my name into the record books shooting 62. When the dust settles, that is what I will focus on the most.
"I don't think anyone was telling me, but I definitely knew. Early on, I felt like I was on. I hit it close on three. All of a sudden, those thoughts start coming in. I thought I did a great job of staying present throughout the day and not getting too far ahead of what score I could shoot.
"I needed to take in what I was doing, and I think I did a pretty good job of that today. I made par on the 15th and hit the worst putt I have hit in the last three years. I found the edge of the hole and it goes in. Plenty of good breaks through the early part of the round.
"You have got to balance some of that with some of the good fortune I had early on in the round. This is where you want to be. It's pretty nice to walk up 18th and see your name right at the top on that big bright yellow leaderboard. It is going to be fun."
Postpublished at 14:50 BST 17 July
Burns -5 (62)

A very cool place to level a major championship record.
This was the shot that earned Sam Burns his round of 62.
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Baldwin set to miss cutpublished at 14:49 BST 17 July
Baldwin +5 (12)

Matthew Baldwin had the honour of hitting the first tee shot of this year's Open, but his chances of sticking around for the weekend are disappearing.
The Englishman has carded bogeys at the sixth, eighth, 10th and 11th to slip to five over for the tournament.
Brown three-putts from eight feetpublished at 14:45 BST 17 July
Brown -3, Im -5 (7)

Ohh, Dan Brown has a bit of a nightmare on the par-three seventh.
His par putt from about eight feet goes three feet by the hole and the Englishman misses the bogey putt coming back.
That's two shots dropped in double-quick time.

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Masters 1996 final round. Faldo v Norman. Norman started with a 6 shot lead, Faldo won by 5 shots.
Danny, Halifax
I once played greensomes with my friend Jamie, I'm a 25 handicapper he is off plus 2. We proceeded to score 76, 4 over par despite me only being capable of hitting a chunk everytime I tried to hit the golf ball. It was a masterclass from him.
Benjamin, Edinburgh
Burns also ties major round recordpublished at 14:44 BST 17 July
Burns -5 (62)
Matthew Hobbs
BBC Sport journalist at Royal Birkdale

Apparently rounds of 62 at men's majors are now like buses.
Burns has also just tied the men's major round record, charging from three-over at the start of the day to five under by the end with another 62.
Heading into this week, he was a combined -12 in the first three majors of the season, second only to Scottie Scheffler.

The 62s come in pairspublished at 14:43 BST 17 July
Burns -5 (62)

For years it was the ultimate record, trying to break 63 in a men's major, until Branden Grace shot 62 here at Royal Birkdale in 2017.
Since then there's been six more 62s and they've all come in pairs.
In 2023 Rickie Fowler shot 62 at the US Open at Los Angeles Country Club - and Xander Schauffele followed him just half an hour later.
Just a year later, Schauffele shot his second 62 in the first round of the 2024 US PGA Championship at Valhalla in Kentucky, with Shane Lowry then adding another in round three.
And now, Lucas Herbert picks up another Birkdale 62 and the Southport links yields another within the hour to Sam Burns.
Just incredible stuff.
Postpublished at 14:43 BST 17 July
MacIntyre -2 (9)
Catriona Matthew
Captain of Team Europe at the 2019 & 2021 Solheim Cup on BBC Radio 5 Live

Bob MacIntyre has probably had three or four holes with short irons in but not hit them how he wanted.
He's been on the edge of the rough a few times which just makes it a little more difficult to control his approaches.

Herbert's caddie uses rangefinder on the coursepublished at 14:41 BST 17 July
Herbert -8 (62)

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A lot of texts coming in regarding Lucas Herbert's caddie, Nick Pugh, using a rangefinder out on the course.
Although you can use a rangefinder at the PGA Championship, The Open does not permit the use of a rangefinder during competitive rounds.
However, the batteries have been removed from Herbert's rangefinder, which means Pugh has been using it as binoculars during the second round.
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Is Herbert going to be penalised for the illegal use of a range finder by his caddie earlier in the round?
Peter, Morpeth
What about his caddie using a range finder? Surely if he didn’t touch a button it’s against a local rule?
David, UK
Why hasn't Herbert been disqualified for his caddie using a distance finder. You can quite clearly see him push a button on it as he lifts it to his eye!
Trever, Stanley

154th Open Championship

Date:: 16 - 19 July 2026
Course:: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Par:: 70
Yards:: 7,223
Prize Money:: $17,750,000

Rank	Player	Total	Total	Thru	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 4	Strokes
1	Ryan Fox	10 under par	10 under par	finished	72	68	62	68	68	270
2	Cameron Young	9 under par	9 under par	finished	67	67	73	64	64	271
3	Sam Burns	8 under par	8 under par	finished	73	62	65	72	72	272
4	Scottie Scheffler	7 under par	7 under par	finished	68	68	70	67	67	273
4	Tommy Fleetwood	7 under par	7 under par	finished	69	67	69	68	68	273
6	Si-Woo Kim	6 under par	6 under par	finished	68	67	67	72	72	274
6	Casey Jarvis	6 under par	6 under par	finished	73	67	68	66	66	274
6	Lucas Herbert	6 under par	6 under par	finished	70	62	71	71	71	274
9	Adam Scott	5 under par	5 under par	finished	72	66	71	66	66	275
9	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	5 under par	5 under par	finished	72	66	67	70	70	275
9	Russell Henley	5 under par	5 under par	finished	70	71	68	66	66	275
9	Ryan Gerard	5 under par	5 under par	finished	67	67	69	72	72	275
9	Ludvig Aaberg	5 under par	5 under par	finished	71	66	67	71	71	275
14	Hideki Matsuyama	4 under par	4 under par	finished	72	67	67	70	70	276
14	Sung-Jae Im	4 under par	4 under par	finished	66	72	69	69	69	276
14	Bryson DeChambeau	4 under par	4 under par	finished	67	68	69	72	72	276
14	Corey Conners	4 under par	4 under par	finished	71	67	71	67	67	276
18	Jordan Smith	3 under par	3 under par	finished	68	70	70	69	69	277
18	Xander Schauffele	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	69	66	71	71	277
18	Kristoffer Reitan	3 under par	3 under par	finished	69	71	68	69	69	277
18	Marco Penge	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	68	69	68	68	277
18	Alexander Noren	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	69	69	68	68	277
18	Collin Morikawa	3 under par	3 under par	finished	68	70	70	69	69	277
18	Chris Gotterup	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	68	72	67	67	277
18	Rickie Fowler	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	69	71	66	66	277
18	Bud Cauley	3 under par	3 under par	finished	68	68	73	68	68	277
18	Daniel Brown	3 under par	3 under par	finished	66	71	69	71	71	277
28	Victor Perez	2 under par	2 under par	finished	68	69	73	68	68	278
28	Jackson Suber	2 under par	2 under par	finished	65	69	70	74	74	278
28	John Parry	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	68	73	66	66	278
28	Robert MacIntyre	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	69	71	71	71	278
28	Shane Lowry	2 under par	2 under par	finished	69	68	69	72	72	278
28	Brooks Koepka	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	71	69	68	68	278
28	Kazuma Kobori	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	69	67	72	72	278
28	Cameron John	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	67	69	72	72	278
28	Max Homa	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	69	67	71	71	278
28	Pierceson Coody	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	70	72	69	69	278
28	Patrick Cantlay	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	68	71	68	68	278
28	Jacob Bridgeman	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	69	68	71	71	278
40	Michael Thorbjornsen	1 under par	1 under par	finished	70	68	71	70	70	279
40	Matt Wallace	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	67	72	71	71	279
40	J. J. Spaun	1 under par	1 under par	finished	70	67	73	69	69	279
40	Rory McIlroy	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	67	69	71	71	279
40	Kurt Kitayama	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	71	70	69	69	279
40	Thomas Detry	1 under par	1 under par	finished	67	69	74	69	69	279
46	Matthew Southgate	level par	level par	finished	69	69	76	66	66	280
46	Patrick Reed	level par	level par	finished	72	66	71	71	71	280
46	Jon Rahm	level par	level par	finished	69	67	70	74	74	280
46	Francesco Molinari	level par	level par	finished	67	69	72	72	72	280
46	Hennie Du Plessis	level par	level par	finished	70	69	69	72	72	280
46	Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	level par	level par	finished	70	70	71	69	69	280
46	Jose Luis Ballester	level par	level par	finished	71	70	66	73	73	280
53	Sahith Theegala	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	69	68	73	73	281
53	Alex Smalley	1 over par	1 over par	finished	67	73	67	74	74	281
53	Shaun Norris	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	70	70	72	72	281
53	Ryo Hisatsune	1 over par	1 over par	finished	68	73	71	69	69	281
53	Eric Cole	1 over par	1 over par	finished	76	64	66	75	75	281
53	Michael Brennan	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	68	70	71	71	281
59	Aldrich Potgieter	2 over par	2 over par	finished	69	72	71	70	70	282
59	Johnny Keefer	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	68	71	73	73	282
59	Nick Taylor	2 over par	2 over par	finished	68	71	72	71	71	282
59	Min-Woo Lee	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	71	71	70	70	282
59	Naoyuki Kataoka	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	68	70	71	71	282
59	Ben Griffin	2 over par	2 over par	finished	69	70	74	69	69	282
65	Peter Uihlein	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	68	72	70	70	283
65	Justin Thomas	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	69	68	76	76	283
67	Sepp Straka	4 over par	4 over par	finished	68	70	74	72	72	284
67	Nicolas Echavarria	4 over par	4 over par	finished	71	67	69	77	77	284
69	Andy Sullivan	5 over par	5 over par	finished	70	69	73	73	73	285
69	Tyrrell Hatton	5 over par	5 over par	finished	69	68	74	74	74	285
71	Alex Fitzpatrick	6 over par	6 over par	finished	69	67	73	77	77	286
71	M. J. Daffue	6 over par	6 over par	finished	67	72	72	75	75	286
71	Laurie Canter	6 over par	6 over par	finished	69	71	74	72	72	286
74	Marcus Plunkett	7 over par	7 over par	finished	70	71	71	75	75	287
74	Kazuki Higa	7 over par	7 over par	finished	73	68	72	74	74	287
74	Keegan Bradley	7 over par	7 over par	finished	69	72	74	72	72	287
77	Jack McDonald	8 over par	8 over par	finished	70	71	73	74	74	288
78	Jesper Svensson	9 over par	9 over par	finished	73	66	77	73	73	289