Keegan Bradley’s decision about whether to be a playing captain at the 2025 Ryder Cup keeps getting easier or harder, depending on one’s perspective.

He certainly proved it on Friday, with just two bogeys, one of them coming after an uncharacteristic missed lob wedge on 14. The five birdies more than made up for the miscues, and as things stood in the late afternoon, he's just three shots behind clubhouse co-leader Brian Harman.

Tyrrell Hatton is a combustible English golfer who can divide opinion with his on-course conduct. He curses out loud, he slams his clubs, he castigates himself and his ball.

Rasmus Hojgaard shot up the leaderboard on Friday at Royal Portrush as announcers joked that it's hard to tell him and twin brother Nicolai, also moving up the leaderboard, apart. But it wasn't hard to see that Rasmus looked a lot different than he did earlier in the week.

After 18 holes at the 2025 British Open, eyes tend to go to to the top of the leaderboard but also the projected cut line.

Jacob Skov Olesen began Friday’s second round in his least favorite wind, and he promptly hit two tee balls out of bounds at Portrush’s par-4 first hole.

Nothing spooks pros more than white stakes, and the very first tee shot at Royal Portrush features two sets of them. Out of bounds down the left and right sides meant players see the lifespan of their 2025 Open Championship dreams flash before their eyes.

It wasn't quite one year ago but it was the second round of the British Open in 2024 that we last saw Tiger Woods play a competitive round of golf.