We’ve reached the midway point of the British Open, and Shane Lowry is in full control of the leaderboard.
Lowry dropped to 7-under after his second-round 69 on Friday, which gave him a two-shot lead over the field heading into Moving Day at Royal Troon in Scotland. He had a bit of a leg up in the second round, too, as heavy winds absolutely battered the afternoon wave and sent several big names home early.
Daniel Brown, who led after the first round, fired a 1-over 72 on Friday. He’ll start Saturday at 5-under on the week with Justin Rose, who matched the low round of the day with his 3-under 68 on Friday. They are the first trio from the United Kingdom and Ireland to lead the British Open at the midway point since 1951.
Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will start the day five shots back of Lowry at 2-under. Scheffler, who has won six times already this season on the PGA Tour, is coming off a playoff win at the Travelers Championship.
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Scottie Scheffler tees off in Round 3
The two-time Masters champion is in the mix at the Open and his round is underway. He enters the third round at -2, and 5 shots back of Shane Lowry. Scheffler, who’s playing with LIV Golf’s Dean Burmester today, has 6 wins in his 15 starts this season.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States watches his approach shot into the 11th hole during a practice round ahead of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf club in Troon, Scotland, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) -
Justin Thomas slowing down after hot start
After going out in 31, Justin Thomas has come back down to earth some. 7 birdies in his first 12 holes had Thomas knocking on the door of the leaders, who are set to get their rounds started over the next half hour or so, but bogeys on 13 and 15 and an errant second shot on 16 have Thomas scrambling to stay connected to the leaders as his third round begins to draw to a close.
Justin Thomas of the United States reacts to his putt on the 14th green during his third round of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf club in Troon, Scotland, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) -
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Sam Burns is into red numbers for the tournament
The LSU Tiger birdied No. 8 to get to -4 for the day and 1-under for the championship. The scoring conditions have been so much more favorable for the first part of the day, but rain is starting to move into the area at Royal Troon.
Sam Burns of the United States plays from the bunker on the eighth hole during his second round of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf club in Troon, Scotland, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Super) -
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DP World Tour star Thriston Lawrence is charging up the leaderboard as well
Among the low scorers in the early part of the day are names we’ve seen on Sundays at majors before…Adam Scott, Justin Thomas, but also some less heralded names like Thriston Lawrence. The South African 4-time winner on the DP World Tour is 6-under through his first 8 holes and up 24 spots on the leaderboard into 4th place.
TROON, SCOTLAND – JULY 19: Thriston Lawrence of South Africa plays his second shot on the second hole during day two of The 152nd Open championship at Royal Troon on July 19, 2024 in Troon, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) -
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Tiger Woods misses the weekend
Tiger Woods missed the cut this week in Scotland, again, and calls for him to hang it up for good are growing rapidly.
Woods, Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee wrote, “should still keep playing all of these tournaments as long as he damn well pleases.” He’s earned that.
Click the photo to read more about Tiger Woods’ week in Scotland. (Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images) -
