Nicolai Hojgaard said he was hoping to fight for the British open title against his brother Rasmus after the Danish twins both moved to Royal to Royal on Friday.

Rasmus Hojgaard Carded a second round with three under 68 years of age to reach five-nine tournament, three blows behind club leaders Brian Harman AND oak.

Nicolai Hojgaard He threatened to match him, but he had to choose for a 69 and a total of four under half when a bird blow stopped at the edge of the 18th hole.

“I saw it early on the manager’s table, and I wanted to follow it,” Nicolai said.

“A little frustrated I failed to reach five (under) where he is.”

The 24-year-olds have enjoyed both excellent beginnings in their professional careers, but they still should not fight it in the final stages of a major.

“I’m going to root for it until we’re in the back of Sunday nine,” said Rasmus.

Nicolai added: “I enjoy it and happy to see it play well. But I also want to beat it.

“But it’s a good relationship, and hopefully we’ll have a good weekend and maybe we will fight it on Sunday.”

Rasmus has won five European tourist titles for three of Nicolai, although the latter was part of European winning team Ryder Cup in 2023.

Nicolai said that in the past, they tried to support each other.

“We played some amateur events where we were on a play off, and was very tense,” accepted the world number 93.

“But now our relationship is better, and then we can’t handle those situations. We can do that now. Let’s see what happens this weekend.

“Hopefully we will get a chance to play with each other.”

Gemini is also fighting it for places in the Ryder Cup in September.

Rasmus is currently seven in the European ranking, a place outside the automatic points, while Nicolai, down to 30th place, needs a great conclusion in northern Ireland.