Lowry leads Open, McIlroy and Woods miss cut
Shane Lowry led the 152nd British Open at 7 under after the second round at Royal Troon on Friday, but some stars, including Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, missed the cut.
Strong winds off the west coast of Scotland prevented five of the world’s top 10 players from taking part in the weekend, leaving only 10 of the 154 players remaining in the field below average. Lowry finished ahead of Justin Rose, who qualified for Troon, and England’s Daniel Brown, who was underappreciated on his major debut. The Irishman, who won his only major at the 2019 British Open, recovered from a dramatic double bogey on the 11th hole that threatened to derail his charge to card a two-under-par 69. “That’s why we come here, to make a run at this tournament in two days,” Lowry said.
“The challenge tomorrow is to put ourselves in position to win this tournament on Sunday.”
Lowry was in great form coming into the turn at 34 thanks to birdies on the first, fifth and eighth holes. But the world No. 33 was shaken after a poor tee shot on the 11th hole, which veered far left and landed in thick brush, and then Lowry’s ball was found but ruled unplayable, leading to a fall and a loss of two strokes. He recovered well to win by two strokes after winning the final three holes.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has Lowry in his sights, and although the American dropped off at 18, he is tied for fourth at two under par. Scheffler has already won six times this year, including his second Masters title in April.
A monster putt at the 14th and a birdie on the par-five 16th took the American within striking range before a costly bogey on the last left him still five adrift of Lowry. Xander Shaufele, the winner of the USPGA championship, is also working well.
Ten years have been expecting Mcilroy to continue until 2025 until at least two days of catastrophic day and 11. The world number two was forced into a poor round after shooting 78 on Thursday, with six bogeys in four holes in a row and a triple-bogey eight on the fourth.
“Those first sequence of four holes cost me dearly,” the Northern Irishman said. \ “22 holes in the event, and I think it’s about to go on vacation next week.”
Woods is one of the few players who are less than the 14th MCYLOI after two laps, two laps, which are not questionable to eliminate doubts about whether to keep being beated by stress to add to 15 main titles. did.
In the 48 -year -old youth, he responded to the proposal at the beginning of the former Week of the Rider Cup Colin Mongomery, a rider’s cup of Colin Mongomery, who should resign to maintain his status in all the time of sports. Woods continues to battle serious leg injuries sustained in a car accident in 2021 but stressed that he has been feeling better physically recently. “I just need to keep progressing and then start playing more competitively and get back into a competitive rhythm,” he said. The three-time British Open champion’s second-round score of 156 was his worst score of the tournament, tying his worst score at a Grand Slam tournament, three strokes shy of his worst score at the 2015 U.S. Open. Former U.S. Open champions Bryson DeChambeau, Ludwig Aberg, Wyndham Clark and Viktor Hovland were among the top 10 players who did not make the cut. They will be joined by 2022 champions Cam Smith, Tommy Fleetwood and Sahit Tigara.
Scottish Open winner Bob McIntyre rallied from eight strokes down after the first four holes to enter the weekend at five over par. （AFP）