Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Day two digest

Everything you need to know from day two in Scotland.

Scotland's returning Ryder Cup hero grabbed a share of the lead before the weather-affected second round of the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was suspended following an afternoon of brutal conditions.

Here is everything you need to know from day two in Scotland.

Tough conditions test world's best

The early starters saw a repeat of Thursday's favourable conditions but things got tougher and tougher as the day wore on. Strong winds and heavy rain made life extremely difficult for the world-class field across the afternoon, with scoring suffering as a result. Play was eventually suspended due to unplayable courses at 16.14 local time and no further action was possible on Friday evening. There may be a few people in need of a new umbrella after day two!

MacIntyre and Sterne take over at the top

Playing at The Old Course, St Andrews, early starter Richard Sterne managed to post a bogey-free 67 to set the target at 12 under par. With conditions rapidly worsening, it looked like no-one would be able to catch the South African, but up stepped Scottish Ryder Cup star Robert MacIntyre. Playing at Kingsbarns, he signed for a second straight 66 after making seven birdies and a solitary bogey in the worst of the weather. He finished his round with a tap-in birdie on the ninth to join Sterne at the summit.

The Hattons put on a show at the eighth

Tyrrell Hatton and his father Jeff will remember their visit to the par-three eighth hole at Kingsbarns on Friday but for very different reasons. Ryder Cup star Tyrrell produced this delightful flop shot to get up and down for a par...

While Jeff did this from a tricky spot in the bunker...

Kimsey equals DP World Tour record with birdie blitz

Nathan Kimsey reeled off nine successive birdies from the second hole at The Old Course on Friday to write his name into the DP World Tour record books. He joins Matt Wallace and James Nitties on the list of players to manage nine in a row in a single round on the DP World Tour. Here's how he reached the magic number...

Spin king Moscatel lands eagle

Joel Moscatel made an extraordinary eagle at the ninth at St Andrews as he sent his second shot past the flag and span it back into the hole. What a shot!