Svensson leads 9 Canadians this week 3M Open in Minnesota..18 hole results..

 PGA Tour: 3M Open Leaderboard Tee Times

For the big boys returning from the wilds of Royal Birkdale to the friendly confines of TPC Twin Cities was a welcome respite ("easier ") from the world reknown Open Championship links with all it's humps and hollow and waves of seaside fescue

Corey Conners T14 at the Open with a closing 67, he is the only one of the 9 Canadians in this field who have returned from England.

Canadians

T26 Adam Svensson  -3 68

T43 Adam Hadwin -2 69

T43 AJ Ewart -2 69

T43 Ben Silverman -2 69

T67 Taylor Pendrith -1 70

T67 Corey Conners -1 70

T86 Mac Hughes E 71

T86 Sudarshan Yellamaraju E 71

T86 Jeevan Sihota E 71  (22yr old, Victoria BC, turned pro 18, PGA Tour America's)

The leaders

1st  Ben Kohles -9 62

T2  Gary Woodland -7 64

T2  Emilio Grillo -7 64

T2  Jackson Koivun -7 64

T5  Jesper Svensson -6 65

T5  Kevin Roy -6 65

T5  Lucas Glover -6 65

T5  Michael Brennan -6 65

T5  Scott Scheffler -6 65

Kohles made a pretty eagle 3 at the last for his career best 62 for the two shot lead. He splits his schedule between the Korn Ferry and PGA Tour.

He T3 at the John Deere a week before the Open Championship and may have won if not for a double bogey at the 72nd hole.

Kurt Kitayama shot 68 as he defends his title.

TPC Twin Cities is one of the PGA Tour's easiest with the average winning score at -19.

Bryan Angus

Aussie Cameron Percy leads, Ames T37, windy ISPS Senior Open...18 hole results

   R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  

• Leaderboard
• Tee Times
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  
• 
  

Cameron Percy produced a brilliant birdie blitz around the turn to take a one-shot lead after day one of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

The Australian teed off in the favourable early conditions at The Gleneagles Hotel and made the most of the calm winds, recording four birdies in a row from the ninth in a 63 that got him to -7.

Frenchman Lionel Alexandre was his nearest rival after a bogey-free 64 -6, one shot ahead of four-time Major champion Ernie Els, 2018 winner of this event Miguel Ángel Jiménez and American duo Tom Penrice Jr and Pat Perez all at -5 65.

Percy has yet to claim a senior win since turning 50 in May 2024 but he has made all 81 of his cuts on the Champions Tour and in 2025 finished in the top ten at this event, the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open.

That suggests a win may not be far away and he was happy with his performance on the King's Course after enjoying some success with his preparations.

"Seemed to have really good numbers, and I stopped pretty close to the hole and made a couple of putts. The par fives, I drove on in two and the short par four I drove, and that helped.

"Sunningdale was incredible last year. Any time I can come over here and play golf, I'm very happy.

"I've never been here before. But I found something late yesterday. The last four holes I hit it really nicely, and did it again today. Hopefully I'll keep doing that and I'll be okay."

Alexandre made his first birdie of the day on the seventh and they came at regular intervals after that as he added gains on the ninth, tenth, 12th, 14th and 18th.

"Today it was really, really cool," he said. "My caddie is a really good friend. We joke a lot on the course.  I just take it as a regular tournament on the Tour. I see the same guys. Maybe some, a few more names that are playing in the States but no, it's a normal tournament.

"I'm going to try to manage for three more rounds and then we'll see at the end."

Perez was also bogey-free in his first Senior Open since turning 50 in March, while Jiménez and Els both dropped single shots in their rounds.

American duo Jerry Kelly and Taggart Ridings, Italian Emanuele Canonica, Swede Johan Edfors and Australian Michael Wright were at -4 66, one clear of a group containing two-time Major champion Zach Johnson and fellow Ryder Cuppers Boo Weekley and David Howell -3 67's.

WEATHER :  The cut is projected at +1, and the wind 27km/h W will be a factor on Friday.

edit>>>> Canadians Stephen Ames TEven 70, Gordon Burns T87 +3 73

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

Steven Alker aims to keep the Kiwi flag flying, The Senior Open..

Steven Alker is bidding to follow the lead of Ryan Fox and make it a New Zealand double when he tees it up this week at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

Fox became just the third Kiwi men's Major Champion on Sunday, birdieing the last at Royal Birkdale in sensational style to win the Claret Jug and follow in the footsteps of the great Sir Bob Charles.

Michael Campbell's 2005 win at the U.S. Open represents the other Major victory for New Zealand men – Lydia Ko has three Majors in the women's game - with Charles and Alker having both tasted success in the senior ranks.

Alker finished third on his debut when the Senior Open was last held at The Gleneagles Hotel in 2022 and with wind in Kiwi sails, he would love to add to his Senior PGA Championship title which he won the same year.

"It would be fantastic," he said. "My wife is English. I'm kind of going after this one. This is one I'd really like to win.

"I love this place. Just the countryside and the golf course itself, the shape. It's in great shape. And you know, I was here, four years ago and it was my first Senior Open and I played well.

My boy goes to university up in Stirling, just up the road, so it feels like home a little bit."

While Fox is the flagbearer for New Zealanders in the under-50s game, there are also the likes of DP World Tour winner Daniel Hillier and rising star Kazuma Kobori making big strides, with Alker hopeful Fox's win can prompt more talent to emerge.

"In a way, not surprised," he said of Fox's win. "I mean, he's a very big player. He's won some big events. He's been playing well of late.

"But to see him finish that way and finish it off, the three shots down 18 was spectacular. In New Zealand, it was probably five in the morning back home or something. I think everybody was probably rooting for him.

"Just to see that, we've only had like three Major Champions, so to have another one is very special. I'm so proud of him. The way he finished was fantastic."

He added: "Obviously it's far New Zealand, so you have to travel and you're either playing US Tour or DP World Tour. We need a little more support to those guys out playing and competing more.

"I think the players are there. With what Ryan's done, I think the profile is just going to lift it, and we are going to get more guys coming through, and girls, too."

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

The Senior Open : Thursday TEE TIMES at Gleneagles, Scotland

  R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS.. 

• Leaderboard
• Tee Times

Pádraig Harrington will get the defence of his ISPS HANDA Senior Open title under way alongside fellow reigning Senior Major champion Stewart Cink at The Gleneagles Hotel on Thursday.

Cink lifted the trophy at the US Senior PGA Championship in April before finishing second at the U.S. Senior Open as Harrington won that title for a third time earlier this month.

Now the duo will be joined by 2023 Senior Open champion Alex Cejka as they go head to head once again, starting at 09.19 on Thursday, when all groups will tee off the first on the King's Course.

Darren Clarke was the winner the last time this event was held here in 2022 and he plays alongside another man with fond memories of Gleneagles in Jamie Donaldson.

The Welshman hit the winning shot for Europe at the 2014 Ryder Cup over on the PGA Centenary Course, and he and Clarke will play with two-time U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen at 09.08.

Another South African great in Ernie Els tees off at 09.30 in the company of two Major-winning debutants, with Henrik Stenson and Zach Johnson making their first appearances in this event since turning 50 earlier this year.

There will be plenty for the local fans to cheer in the afternoon with a trio of Scots getting their rounds started.

At 13.36 Colin Montgomerie tees off in the company of Dane Søren Kjeldsen  and American Jerry Kelly, 11 minutes before 2014 Ryder Cupper Stephen Gallacher gets started with Australia's Scott Hend and Kiwi Steven Alker.

Two former Senior Open champions in KJ Choi and Miguel Ángel Jiménez then play alongside last year's runner-up Justin Leonard at 13.58, with fellow Open champions Paul Lawrie and David Duval teeing up alongside Swede Robert Karlsson at 14.09.

Canadians:  Stephen Ames tees off at 8.46 with David Howell and Thongchai Jaidee. Gordon Burns then plays with American Todd Sapere and Dane Knud Storgaard.

To view a full list if tee times, click here.

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

The Senior Open returns to Gleneagles...all you need to know..

 R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..Entry List

Senior Major golf returns to Scotland this week as The Gleneagles Hotel plays host to the ISPS HANDA Senior Open. 

It has been a tremendous 3 weeks in the UK, with the Ryan Fox's thrilling win at the Open down in Southgate, England with record breaking crowds, framed by Tom Kim's Scottish Open win near North Berwick in Scotland, and now just up the east coast to Perth, Auchterarder to be precise, to the world class Gleneagles Resort for the Senior Open Championship.

Here is all you need to know.

Harrington defends

Pádraig Harrington became the fifth player in history to win both The Open Championship and the ISPS HANDA Senior Open as he cruised to a three-shot victory at Sunningdale 12 months ago.

Harrington joined Bob Charles, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Darren Clarke as a winner of the Claret Jug and the Senior Open trophy. 

"There are some great names on the trophy," he said. "I was looking at the board inside with all the winners and it's a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that I've done both." The 54-year-old arrives full of confidence having recently won the U.S. Senior Open for the third time for a fourth Senior Major win.

Back at Gleneagles

The Senior Open returns to Gleneagles for just second time this week, with the world's best set to take on the King's Course. 

The Scottish venue will always be associated with what happened over on the PGA Centenary Course in 2014, when Paul McGinley's Europe beat the United States to win a third consecutive Ryder Cup but the hotel has also hosted the Solheim Cup, Scottish Open and Johnnie Walker Championship among other events. 

The Senior Open was first staged here in 2022, also over the King's Course, with former Open champion and Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke lifting the trophy.

Happy returns

While everybody in the field will be delighted to be taking on the King's Course in the spectacular setting of Gleneagles, two players will be particularly happy to be back in Perthshire. 

Darren Clarke returns to the scene of his first, and so far only, Senior Major victory, which was claimed in dramatic style four years ago. Clarke shared the lead heading into the final day and was still on top when a torrential downpour caused a near two-hour delay. 

Upon the resumption, Harrington birdied the 17th and 18th to set the clubhouse target but two putts from just off the green at the par-five last handed Clarke a birdie and a one-shot win.

Jamie Donaldson also returns to the venue where 12 years ago he hit the shot of his life to seal the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup. That was on the PGA Centenary Course but being back on the grounds of Gleneagles is sure to bring back happy memories.

Inside the field

We may have already mentioned a plethora of heavyweight names but there are plenty more in a field that contains 15 Major Champions, Ten Open Champions and 29 Ryder Cup players.

 Former World #1,  Ernie Els and David Duval are on display alongside winners of this event KJ Choi, Alex Cejka, Stephen Dodd, Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Mark Calcavecchia. Leading the home charge will be Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher, with Montgomerie's fellow former Europe captain Paul McGinley teeing up where he lifted the Ryder Cup as skipper. YE Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Stewart Cink and Justin Leonard complete the line up of Major Champions.

One of the unique things about senior events is that every year a fresh cohort of players tee it up who have turned 50 since the last edition. Alongside Donaldson, who has already claimed two wins since his birthday in October, is fellow 2014 Ryder Cupper and former Open champion Henrik Stenson. Two-time Major Champion, former US Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson is making his debut flying in from his recent win on the PGA Tour Champions.

edit >>>> Canada will be represented by Stephen Ames and qualifier Gordon Burns of Meadowbrook GC, Stouffville. Ontario

Add in six-time PGA TOUR winner Rory Sabbatini and three-time DP World Tour winner Hennie Otto and we could have youthful senior winner this week.

Stefano Mazzoli wins first DP World Tour Championship, Hughes/Ewart T20...Results

    DP World/PGA Tours : Corales Puntacana Championship    Leaderboard  

• Results

Stefano Mazzoli became the DP World Tour's newest first-time winner as he made a final-hole birdie to win the Corales Puntacana Championship and gain access to the PGA TOUR.

The Italian rookie, who earned promotion from the HotelPlanner Tour last year, trailed Todd Clements by four shots ahead of the final round but shot a -6 66 to finish one shot ahead of the Englishman and Gordon Sargent of the United States.

With the victory in the Dominican Republic, 29-year-old Mazzoli earns PGA TOUR playing privileges through to the end of 2028.

He mixed birdies at the third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth with a bogey at the fifth on his front nine to reach -17 at the turn, but at this stage he was still four shots back of Clements.

But after two birdies in the opening three holes of the back nine for Clements, the 54-hole leader gave them back with a double bogey at the 13th to drop back to 20 under.

Playing in the group ahead, Mazzoli closed the gap to one with a birdie at the 14th, something later matched by Sargent at the 16th.

Moments later, the trio were then level at -19 when Clements bogeyed the 16th, before Mazzoli produced his decisive birdie to claim an emotional victory.

“It’s been a rollercoaster, this past year,” said Mazzoli.

"You doubt yourself quite a lot, but I’ve always been really determined on working, sacrifice and everything since when I was a kid.

“I knew since 15, 16 that this is what I wanted to do so I was really happy to do it even if maybe other people outside from school and everybody else was looking at me like kind of weirdly, ‘Why is this guy not coming to the cinema with us?’

"Like I knew this is what I wanted to do and I was really happy to do it and wake up early or go to bed early at night.”

The victory sees Mazzoli rise to 39th in the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and to the top of the Closing Swing Rankings, while he is set to make a big leap up the Official World Golf Ranking from 424th

EDIT >>>> Canadians : Mac Hughes 66 72 69 68 -13, AJ Ewart 69 69 68 69 -13, (Hadwin, Pendrith, Svensson, Silverman missed cut)

DP World Tour now takes a 3 week break, returning for the Danish Open August 13th.

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

Ryan Fox with a final putt, 2026 Champion Golfer of the Year...Final results

    DP World/PGA Tours : 154th Open Championship   Leaderboard Results

Ryan Fox birdied the 72nd hole to win his first Major Championship in a thrilling climax to The 154th Open at Royal Birkdale.

The New Zealander entered the final day two shots off the lead and at -7 through 11 holes of his round was struggling to ignite in the toughening conditions over the sun-baked Southport links.

But he produced a brilliant, gutsy performance down the stretch to claim the Claret Jug and be crowned Champion Golfer of the Year.

In his typical fast on-course manner, he seized the moment with four birdies in his final six holes, producing two of his career-best shots at the 18th, before holding his nerve to hole an 11 foot birdie putt to claim a one-shot triumph over American Cameron Young, who had earlier set the clubhouse target at -9 with a 64.

With victory, Fox becomes just the second Kiwi golfer to win The Open after Bob Charles in 1963 at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

The win is Fox's fifth on the DP World Tour and first since he became a Rolex Series winner at the BMW PGA Championship in September 2023.

Having produced a Major record-equalling 62 in the third round to vault into contention, Fox realised a career goal in a finish that will live long in the memory.

Sam Burns, who held the 54-hole lead, finished 3rd at -8 after a 70, with defending champion Scott Scheffler and home hero Tommy Fleetwood then T4 place at -7 after rounds of 67 and 68 respectively.

Speaking at the trophy presentation, 39-year-old father-of-two Fox said: "I spoke to my kids last night, and they said, 'Bring back a trophy.' I think this is a pretty cool one to bring back for them."

He later said: "It's unbelievable, to be honest. I still don't know what to think. My nerves are all over the place. I'm not quite sure how I hit that putt on 18. Look, it is a dream come true.

"Looking at that trophy now, it's the first time I've seen it up close. So it's pretty amazing."

"To play that last hole how I did, I stood on the tee and said to my caddie Dean [Smith], we're going to try to win this.

"I hit two perfect shots. I'm not sure how I hit the putt. As I said, my hands were all over the place. I was just trying to get it towards the hole somewhere. It's surreal that it went in.

"Champion Golfer of the Year has got a pretty good ring to it."

What it Means

• His first Major Championship win in his 29th appearance at one of the four men's marquee events

• His first Open Championship title comes in his tenth appearance

• Moves to fifth on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World on 2,042.30 points, up from 84th

• Set to rise from 56th to a career-high 22nd on the Official World Golf Ranking

• Earns eligibility to play The Open until the age of 55

• He is into the next five editions of the Masters, US PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open

• Receives a lifetime invitation to both the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior Open Championship once he turns 50, along with a one-year invitation to the US Senior Open

• Earns $3.2 million as the winner

• The second New Zealander to win The Open and first since Bob Charles at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1963

EDIT >> Canadian scores  Corey Conners T14 -4  71 67 71 67  ....Nick Taylor T59 +2  68 71 72 71

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

Meanwhile, in Puntacana..England's Todd Clemens leads...Live leaderboard...Canadian scores..

   DP World/PGA Tours : Corales Puntacana Championship Leaderboard

Todd Clements will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Corales Puntacana Championship as he bids for a career-changing victory in the Dominican Republic.

The Englishman was one of 50 DP World Tour members in the field at the start of the week in an event that forms part of the Closing Swing and is played opposite to the Open Championship.

Halfway leader Clements continued his turnaround in form after a tough season so far as he made six birdies and one bogey in a-5 67 that saw him get to -18 and retained his two-shot cushion at the top of the leaderboard.

Already a DP World Tour winner, victory on Sunday at Puntacana Resort and Club would see the 29-year-old claim a PGA TOUR card and vault up the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World.

Ben James of the United States, who is making his fifth professional start, is his nearest challenger at -16 after he shot a 67 of his own.

Italy's Stefano Mazzoli, a graduate from the HotelPlanner Tour last season, shot a 66 and sits at -14 under alongside American pair Max McGreevy and Gordon Sargent.

EDIT >>>> Canadians:  AJ Ewart T16  6 69 68 -10,   Mac Hughes T27  66 72 69 -9.  (Hadwin, Pendrith, Svensson, Silverman all MC.)

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

The Sam Burns story as he leads 154th Open...

   DP World/PGA Tours : 154th Open Championship   Leaderboard Tee Times

Sam Burns is in pole position to win his first Major Championship after emerging from the chasing pack to take a two-shot lead into the final round at The 154th Open.

Sam Burns has two top tens in majors in 2026

The American entered the third round three shots adrift of 36-hole leader Lucas Herbert but produced an assured 65 to reach -10 at Royal Birkdale.

After a fast start helped him to turn in 31, the World #18 made birdies at each of the par fives on the back nine to put him on track to become the fourth consecutive player from the United States, and fifth in the last six years, to win the Claret Jug.

Ryan Fox earlier surged into contention with the third 62 in two days - a feat achieved by Herbert and Burns on Friday - to get to -8 where he was joined by Si Woo Kim after a 67 by the South Korean.

American Ryan Gerard, who is competing in his Open debut, is at -7 alongside Herbert of Australia, with Ludvig Åberg, Tommy Fleetwood, Bryson DeChambeau and defending champion Scottie Scheffler among 18 players within six shots of the lead.

Burns has knocked on the door before at golf's marquee championships, most recently at the U.S. Open last month when he finished one shot shy of countryman Wyndham Clark at Shinnecock Hills.

The 29-year-old was unsure he'd be able to compete at the final Major of the year but made the trip to England following the birth of his second child, Belle, earlier this month.

His 36-hole score of 127 across days two and three over the Southport links is the lowest total across any two rounds in men's Major Championship history.

Carrying across the momentum from his back-nine 30 on day two, he mixed accurate approach play with a hot putter to birdie the second and fourth.

A sublime tee shot at the seventh set up another birdie and he added another at the eighth, before an errant tee shot at the ninth resulted in his sole bogey of the day.

After a run of four consecutive pars to start the back nine, Burns holed from 30 feet to complete an up and down before a shot-of-the-day contender set up a sixth birdie of the round at the 17th.

"I think coming into the day, I was just trying to focus on executing and give myself as many looks as possible, and we did a good job of that," said Burns, whose last worldwide win came at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in March 2023.

"After finishing bogey, bogey, bogey on Thursday, I was pretty upset. That's an understatement.

"Came out Friday and had nothing to lose. I honestly feel like I played a pretty good round of golf for 15 holes on Thursday, and then just a really sloppy finish the last three. I feel like my game was in a good place.

"The game plan for Sunday will be just try to go out there and give myself as many looks as possible on the greens and see what happens."

For Fox and Kim, who could be Presidents Cup teammates later this year, a win would also mark a huge career breakthrough.

With the course still playing firm and fast, albeit with strengthening winds for the later starters, Gerard shot a 69 while overnight leader Herbert made back-to-back bogeys at the 15th and 16th in a 71.

Åberg recovered from bogeying the opening hole to card a 67 to get to -6, with home hero Fleetwood also dreaming of a first Major triumph despite the disappointment of bogeying two of his final four holes in a 69 to head into the final round at -5.

DeChambeau, who was assessed a two-shot penalty on Friday, is the only player in the top ten on the leaderboard to have won a Major and the two-time U.S. Open champion is four back -6 after a 69, with Scheffler at -4 after a 70.

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

Sunday play underway. Live leaderboard.. Fox/Burns lead, hometown Tommy Fleetwood close

   DP World/PGA Tours : 154th Open Championship   Leaderboard Tee Times

It's another beautiful day in Southport for this final chapter in the 154th Open Championship, Mother Nature has been kind, Royal Birkdale left on her own has stood up to the world's best.

Only American Sam Burns, with some brilliant play has reached double digits -10, and he and Aussie Ryan Fox -8 have both had to shoot 62's to replicate the final pairing they shared at the 2025 RBC Canadian Open which took the Aussie with the "3 wood of his career" to decide the title after 4 playoff holes.

There are 7 players within 4 shots of Burns at -10, and there are 7 players within 3 of Fox /Kim at -8

However in the mix at -4 are 9 players including Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry and Scott Scheffler who will go out earlier and surely one or more of these elite will post another 62 or 63 to set the table.

Scheffler 68 68 70 has not had his A game, his putting has not been trustworthy at all, his vaunted iron play has been the same as many others in this pack, not exceptional. 

Rory has been worse, T29 -2 72, 67, 69. A big run by either would be a delight to all, especially the bean counters at Sky Sports or NBC/USA 

However the clear cut crowd favourite, and cinderella story at T9 69 67 69 -5 is hometown Tommy Fleetwood playing with fellow DP World Tour member from Denmark, Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 72 66 67 -5

Canadians are not in contention, both have had their moments. Corey Conners T42 71 67 71 -1 and Nick Taylor T66 68 71 72 +2

**** The two fastest players in this field, Ryan Fox by far and Ludvig Aberg are refreshing to watch and proof that the agonizingly slow set ups of so many are unnecessary.. (Matt Fitzpatrick MC gets honourable mention)

For all today's pairing click on my Tee Times link above.

Bryan Angus

Saturday TEE TIMES 154th Open Championship...

     DP World/PGA Tours : 154th Open Championship   Leaderboard Tee Times

Saturday morning has dawned over Royal Birkdale in Southport, the cut fell at +1, the pairings have been re grouped and are available above, the weather is the same, sunny. no rain, light morning breeze, getting up to 16km/h NW.

After all the Golf Channel over the top DeChambeau I won't play coverage, the petulant, self centered brat of course sent out a bedtime retraction and is in the field.

After the amazing 62's by Lucas Herbert, and quiet Sam Burns, the leaderboard (above) is set on Moving Day with lots of storylines. 

Lucas 1st at -8, with Jackson Suber standing tall T2 at -6 along with Cam Young and Ryan Gerard.

The -5s are DeChambeau, Burns and Kim, a whack of -4's include Tommy, Rahmbo and Scheffler.

Tommy set everyone in the UK, particularly Southport into ecstasy with his birdie barrage to finish with it all to play for, Scheffler will get all the US attention, Rory disappointing at -1 will have to make his run, Scotland's Bob MacIntyre -4 has his legions.

With little wind, sparse rough we all know what to expect but I will say Royal Birkdale with no howling wind to protect her has only given up 8 shot to par, a tribute all things considered.

The weather and therefore the course, has let everyone who made the cut a chance to go low. The worse the weather usually separates the men from the boys, but to my point who expected Lucas Herbert to set a record score of 28, from out of nowhere.

Canadians : Corey Conners T25 71 67 -2  Nick Taylor 38, 68 71 -1

Past winners on Royal Birkdale, I thought you'd like this list:

1954 Peter Thomson, 1961 Arnie Palmer, 1965 Peter Thomson, 1971 Lee Trevino, 1976 Johnny Miller, 

1983 Tom Watson, 1991 Ian Baker Finch, 1998 Mark O'Meara, 2008 Paddy Harrington, 2017 Jordan Spieth.

Notables missing the cut..

Justin Rose 75 68, Wyndham Clark 73 70, Viktor Hovland 70 74, Jason Day 71 73, Matt Fitzpatrick 72 72, Tom Kim 70 73, Aaron Rai 71 71, Jordan Spieth 73 77.....

Play got underway at 910am local, 410am est

Bryan Angus

DeChambeau penalty overshadowing stunning Friday at 154th Open Championship..

 Bryson DeChambeau was assessed a two-stroke penalty for inadvertently improving his lie during the second round of The 154th Open.

The American originally made a bogey at the par four fifth. He drove his ball right off the tee into the penalty area but deemed it to be playable and was seen taking practice swings and walking back and forth near his ball before hitting it out long of the green. 

He failed to get up and down and believed he had made a five. He subsequently made birdies at the ninth, 11, 17th and 18th, before being informed of the penalty after the round.

As a result of the penalty, DeChambeau will begin the third round at Royal Birkdale at -5, three shots adrift of 36-hole leader Lucas Herbert.

In a statement, Grant Moir, R&A Executive Director, Governance, said: "Bryson has been penalised two strokes for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing, so intended backswing on the fifth hole when he was playing his second shot.

"Ruling 8.1 restricts what a player may do to improve any of the protected conditions affecting the stroke, and this includes the area of the player's intended swing. So an improvement means to alter one or more of the conditions affecting the stroke so that the player gains a potential advantage for the stroke. Now, I'll stress that this applies even when the action is accidental, as it was in Bryson's case."

EDIT >>>>OPINION

The Golf Channel has had the 36 hole coverage. Their producers gave due coverage of the 5th hole DeChambeau incident and his childish quip, I'm not a cheat, I will boycott this event tomorrow but refused to leave it alone, staying with coverage of DeChambeau and his team hitting shots on the range in the dark, waiting for any statement  whether he would show up to play on Saturday.

His immature and petulant remark in anger, and despite practicing until dark was enough to keep the entire channel waiting for his retraction, which was an embarrassing mistake especially at the Open Championship.

The panel did not cover any of the day's action, interviewing officials, staff like Brandel Chamblee with their opinions, veteran and loyal host Rich Lerner insisting "this is incredible, a never before incident in Open Championship history".

Of course later he went on social media to announce he would be playing, after Todd Lewis and the panel had left and the lights turned off.

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

Aussie Lucas Hebert 62 stuns 154th Open Championship...36 hole results . Conners/ Taylor make cut

   DP World/PGA Tours : 154th Open Championship   Leaderboard Tee Times

Lucas Herbert holds a two-shot lead at The 154th Open after he and Sam Burns matched the lowest round in Major Championship history during an enthralling second round at Royal Birkdale.

The Australian appeared set to become the first man to card a 61 in one of golf’s four marquee events, but he missed a five-foot par putt on the last.

Remarkably, just twenty minutes or so later, American Burns holed out from a greenside bunker to also record an -8 round of 62.

Herbert and Burns joined South Africa's Branden Grace as the only player to shoot a 62 at the Open, which also came at Royal Birkdale in 2017.

American trio Jackson Suber, who held the lead after the first round, Cameron Young and Ryan Gerard are in a group two shots adrift of Herbert at -6

Bryson DeChambeau appeared to have played his way into the final group on Saturday but he was assessed a two-shot penalty for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing ahead of his second shot at the fifth hole.

As a result, it meant the American carded a second-round 68 which moved him to -5 in a share of fifth place alongside countryman Burns and South Korea's Si Woo Kim.

Earlier in the day, in relatively benign conditions, on a course playing firm and fast, Herbert covered the front nine in just 28 strokes, equalling Denis Durnian’s 1983 Open record, to get to -6 and came home in 33.

"I'm absolutely disappointed, and at the same time, so proud of today," said Herbert.

"Very, very proud to put my name on that list of guys that have shot 62 in a major championship.

"So it's kind of holding two emotions there at the same time. It's a tricky one, and I'm sure once the dust settles, I'll be able to sort of decompress it a little bit."

Burns, who began his day at +3, took the opposite route to his bogey-free 62.

Runner-up at last month’s U.S. Open, he birdied the second and fourth, before finding incredible form on the back nine as he made six birdies to come home in 30.

"I didn't know 62 was the record. I had no idea," said Burns.

He later admitted to just being happy to be in the field at Birkdale after making a late decision to make the trip to Merseyside after the birth of his second child, Belle, earlier this month.

"I thought there was zero per cent chance of playing," said Burns.

"My agent said 'I'm going to sign you up just in case', but I thought I was probably not going to be able to play.

"Then we ended up having her on July 3. Even then, I still wasn't expecting to play by any means. I had a bunch of conversations with my wife, and she encouraged me to come over and play, and here we are."

Links newcomer Suber, who is playing for the first time this week in Europe, followed up a 65 with a creditable 69.

World Number 3, Young, who won this year's Players Championship and finished second at The Open in 2022, is also chasing a first major triumph and birdied his final two holes in a 67.

That was the same score Gerard as he mixed five birdies with two bogeys to continue his impressive debut appearance at the final men's major of the year.

English trio Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Wallace and Alex Fitzpatrick are in a nine-strong group of players at -4 alongside Scottie Scheffler, 2018 Open champion Francesco Molinari, two-time major winner Jon Rahm, Scotland's Robert MacIntyre, Belgium's Thomas Detry and Bud Cauley of the United States.

The cut fell at +1, with major champions Aaron Rai, Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark and Cameron Smith among some of the notables to miss out on the weekend.

edit>>>Canadians : Corey Conners T25 72 67 -2,   Nick Taylor T38 68 71 -1 both made the cut.

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)