Adding to the many cool sights at Royal Portrush’s historic links this week was the British Open leaderboard showing Danish twins Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the top 10.

There is a five-way tie for the lead after the first round of the 153rd Open Championship with Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li, Matt Fitzpatrick, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harris English shooting 4-under 67 Thursday at Royal Portrush. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (68) is one back with home favorite Rory McIlroy (70) three off the pace.

The second round of the 2025 Open Championship is complete at Royal Portrush. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has the lead with Matt Fitzpatrick one shot back. Scheffler is at 10-under after rounds of 68-64, while Fitzpatrick shot scores of 67-66.

Through two days of the British Open, some of the world's best players have climbed the leaderboard at Royal Portrush, setting up an exciting weekend in Northern Ireland. But as is the case at any major,

Jon Rahm had another meltdown on the 11th hole at Royal Portrush, but is still hanging around on the Open Championship leaderboard.

The top two golfers in the world are firmly in contention at The Open with Scheffler out in front entering another major championship weekend

Smylie Kaufman wasn't the only one cursing at Royal Portrush on Friday, but he still drew an apology from Mike Tirico.