There is already a serious contender for the Claret Jug at golf’s 152nd British Open: 37-year-old Irishman Shane Lowry, currently 33rd in the world rankings, has turned his attention to the man who will finish second. Chief Of his professional career.
Lowry, an Irish golfer with a robust figure, 1.85 m and 102 kg, winner of The Open Championship 2019, was provisionally ahead on the second day at Royal Troon in Ayrshire (Scotland) this Friday with -7 (69 strokes) after a day of intense and changing wind, which he overcame to -2 after scoring five birdies.
Great start from the Irish
Lowry took the lead with a birdie on the first hole of the day, to which he added four more, ending the day with -2 and -7 overall.
Sean Lowry, who finished second on the first day only one stroke behind the leader (66, -5), Daniel Brown, after leading the standings all day, took command from the first hole with his first birdie of five. Signed. He repeated it at the fourth, punctuated with a bogey at the fifth and bounced back with another birdie at the eighth.
However, the Irishman, a loyal Manchester United fan, experienced a nightmare with a double bogey on the 11th hole, in which he missed the par 4 with 6 strokes. This setback did not deprive him of the lead, which he maintained with two last birdies (holes 16 and 18), and finished the day with a card of 69 strokes (total -7). The black and white socks of his Gaelic football club Clara GAA brought him luck.
Scheffler’s caddie forced to lie down after falling ‘very sick’ during OpenHe was closely followed by Daniel Brown, the British Open leader since the start of the day (the first player in history to score 65 shots in the first round). Chief). The Englishman lost momentum after making two bogeys (holes 4 and 9) so he fell two strokes behind Lowry; he was able to recover one with two birdies in the second part of the course (holes 10 and 16), but he made a bogey on 17 and ended the day two strokes behind the leader.
Bad start for Basque
Jon Rahm needed to close the gap on the first hole to catch up, but he made a bogey on the third hole and moved 10 strokes off the leader
Jon Rahm, the great Spanish hope, world number 10, needed to recover after a very prudent performance on the first day (+2). However, the Barrica player started the day poorly, in his afternoon shift (3:37 p.m.), with a bogey on the third hole that left him at +3, 10 shots behind the Irish leader.
The Basque golfer, who has not won an individual tournament since the 2023 Augusta Masters, will have to make birdies on the remaining holes of the day (starting at +6) if he does not want to be cut.
Goodbye Tiger
Woods bids farewell to the British Open with another disappointing day, +6, +14 total
The second day of the British Open saw the departure of the legendary Tiger Woods, who had another disappointing performance that did not help him make the cut. The American carded 77 strokes (+6) with a total of +14.
The charismatic golfer, who made six bogeys for one birdie on his last day, was bid farewell by the Scottish public with a mixture of applause and whistles. Of the 19 champions who have competed on the Royal Troon green, Tiger Woods was the player who won the most titles (3; in 2000, 2005, 2006).
Jon Rahm reacts half-heartedly to day two of British Open
