Bryson DeChambeau might have cost himself a chance at winning another major on the first day of the 153rd Open Championship. DeChambeau was the most prominent golfer in danger of missing the projected cut line as the second round of the 2025 British Open continued Friday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.

Rory McIlroy’s walk up the 18th hole at Royal Portrush six years ago was the cruelest of sneak previews. A chance to see what it might look like, what it might feel like. The crowd surrounding the final green during the second round of the 2019 Open Championship welcomed the then 30-year-old with an applause that only your own can produce.