R&A : the 153rd Open Championship.. Leaderboard
*530am est WEATHER : A small chance of drizzly showers in the morning before heavier downpours arrive late in the afternoon. Wet weather should ease going into the evening leading to a brighter morning on Saturday.
Winds changeable with gusts up to 16mph. High 21*c (70*f)
* Canadians had a tough start to their week. Corey Conners T91 +3 74, Taylor Pendrith T108 +4 75, Nick Taylor T140 +6 77, Mac Hughes T149 +8 79.
* The top 70 and ties will make the cut on completion of the 2nd round, so all four will need a good Friday. Nick Taylor is out early, the others in the late wave which may well be mostly in the rain.
*6am est Rory McIlroy delighted the thousands who have arrived at dawn to cheer him on with a birdie 3 at the first, then save a par 5 at the 2nd after having to take an unplayable lie in the rough after his wide right drive. He is -2 early.
* Tommy Fleetwood has made 3 straight pars to move into red numbers at -1.
* Harris English was part of the pack who lead this Open at -4, until he made a birdie at the 2nd to take the lead at -5.
* 645am est Brian Harman the 2023 winner at Royal Liverpool, played badly at the Scottish Open last week, was a grumpy lefty when he left for Ireland. He has posted 3 birdies and 5 pars to take the Open lead at -5, likely feeling much better..
* 7.17 Rory's card birdie, par, bogey, birdie, bogey, par, par. Just missed a 9 footer for birdie par5 7th. Currently T20 -1
* 7.22 Leaders Brian Harman -4 thru 10 holes, -6 total. Rasmus Hojgaard -4 thru 13 holes, -6 total.
* Commentators saying weather is fine right now, much better than forecast so far just after lunch GMT, so early wave is catching a weather break so far today.
* 7.35 Another par4 Rory at the 8th, missed 16 footer for birdie, E today -1 total, stuck in neutral this morning so far.
* Cut projected at +2..
* Nick Taylor -1 today thru 7 holes, moves up 15 spots to +5
* 8.15 Brian Harman, lefty 5'7", leads at -7 he is -5 today thru 13. Harman plays links well because although not long, he is straight off the tee, in play.. a good iron player. an excellent putter he plots his way around.
*8.45 Rory par5 12th finally drove it in the fairway 335yd...6 iron to 30feet..eagle chance
*8.52 Rory's eagle ends 6" AWAY, tap in birdie moves to T13 -2, that may get him in gear.
* Robert "Bob" MacIntyre brilliant today -5 on his round, T3 thru 14..
*10.41 The skies finally opened as Rory was standing in 18th fairway. He parred out for -2 69, T12 -3.
* Leader Brian Harman -6 65 for -8 total and clubhouse lead, also in the clubhouse at -5 are Rasmus Hojgaard 68, Robert MacIntyre 66, Tyrrell Hatton 69 and Harris English 70.
* Scheffler is out in the late wave thru 2 holes he is -4. There is a lot of rain in the forecast as they move into the dinner time hours that may well effect the last 12 holes.
* 1051 Chinese veteran Haotong Li is the co-leader at -8 now thru 10 holes.
More to follow..
Bryan Angus
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