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

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.

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

Golf nourishes itself with low-hanging narratives, those saccharine, feel-good tales about lives redeemed or neighborhoods rejuvenated thanks to the royal and ancient game.

Almost 280,000 golf spectators are attending the event at Royal Portrush throughout the week. After practice days from Sunday onwards, Thursday was the first day of tournament action and it lived up to expectations for many traders in the County Londonderry town.

There was plenty of cut-line drama on Friday at the 2025 Open Championship. While much of the attention was on Scottie Scheffler's ascension to the lead in Round 2, there were a number of players sweating out the cut line that bounced around throughout the afternoon.

Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner share their big picture takeaways from the first two rounds of The Open, discussing how Royal Portrush has held up in its second time hosting the tournament and "refreshing" change of pace.

Fourteen years ago this week, as he calmly strutted up the 18th fairway at Royal St. George's Golf Club — his first and perhaps only major championship firmly in his back pocket — Darren Clarke admits there was a feeling of joy that swept over him like none he'd ever felt.