Rory McIlroy carded a 2-under 69 in the second round of The Open to give him back-to-back under-par rounds and, most importantly, a tee time on the weekend.

Fitzpatrick had a share of the lead after the first round and shot a brilliant 66 ending with a 23 foot putt on 18 to save par whil Scheffler recorded eight birdies on Friday to take the outright lea...

Given the context of everything McIlroy dealt with six years ago -- and his struggles since the Masters -- his performance the first two days of The Open has been a relative success.

Scheffler leads on 10 under after superb 64 England's Fitzpatrick one shot behind China's Li, American Harman two adrift of leader Erratic McIlroy still in contention at three under PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland,

World number one Scottie Scheffler made a fine start to the British Open with a three-under par round at a rain-swept Royal Portrush on Thursday before home favourite Rory McIlroy began his tournament...

Local boy Rory McIlroy is in contention with a 1-under 70 despite only hitting two fairways.