We have reached the halfway level of the British Open, and Shane Lowry is in full management of the leaderboard.
Lowry dropped to 7-under after his second-round 69 on Friday, which gave him a two-shot lead over the sphere heading into Shifting Day at Royal Troon in Scotland. He had a little bit of a leg up within the second spherical, too, as heavy winds completely battered the afternoon wave and despatched a number of huge names residence early.
Daniel Brown, who led after the primary spherical, fired a 1-over 72 on Friday. He’ll begin Saturday at 5-under on the week with Justin Rose, who matched the low spherical of the day together with his 3-under 68 on Friday. They’re the primary trio from the UK and Eire to guide the British Open on the halfway level since 1951.
High-ranked Scottie Scheffler will begin the day 5 pictures again of Lowry at 2-under. Scheffler, who has received six occasions already this season on the PGA Tour, is coming off a playoff win on the Vacationers Championship.
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Sat, July 20, 2024 at 11:29 AM EDT
Brown steadies the ship after early bogey
Daniel Brown made a bogey on No. 1 after an errant tee shot, however has been in a position to battle again, with a birdie on 3 to get again to 5-under for the event and into sole possession of second place. He is appeared completely unbothered by the second 2+ rounds into his main championship debut.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 11:24 AM EDT
Russell Henley’s high quality third spherical continues
6-under via 12 on the day, Henley has charged up into second place, and his strategy play has been glorious. Not everybody can hit an iron like this from the primary minimize … the putt nonetheless? A gimmie in your common weekend fourball
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 11:02 AM EDT
Justin Thomas heads to Sunday even for the event
Thomas is in with 4-under, 67 for Saturday’s third spherical. He bought off to a blistering begin with six birdies on his first 12 holes. After bogeys on 13 and 15, he was in a position to regular the ship and are available with three straight pars. He is seven pictures behind chief Shane Lowry heading into the ultimate spherical.
Justin Thomas bought again to even par for the event after Shifting Day. (Warren Little/Getty Pictures)
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 10:54 AM EDT
Xander Schauffele on the transfer early on Saturday
Extra purple numbers on the boar because the rain comes down … 2-under for the day and 3-under for the championship for Xander Schauffele.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 10:50 AM EDT
Shane Lowry finds the bunker off the tee on No. 1
With rain now falling as onerous because it has all day, the leaders are off the primary tee and at 7-under, Shane Lowry is on the prime of the leaderboard, and in addition in a lefthand fairway bunker off the primary tee. Lowry is trying to raise the Claret Jug for a second time.
Shane Lowry is trying to raise the Claret Jug for a second time this week. (AP/Jon Tremendous)
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM EDT
Russell Henley with the SAUCE
Skip, skip, cease, zip. That is precisely how Russell Henley drew it up on on the Postage Stamp. He’d go on to make par and exit in 32. Henley is 2-under for the event and 4-under for the day on the flip. You will additionally notice that the rain has absolutely moved in and altering the circumstances for the gamers at Royal Troon.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 10:31 AM EDT
Scottie Scheffler tees off in Spherical 3
The 2-time Masters champion is within the combine on the British Open and his spherical is underway. He enters the third spherical at 2-under, and 5 pictures again of Shane Lowry. Scheffler, who’s enjoying with LIV Golf’s Dean Burmester right this moment, has six wins in his 15 begins this season.
Scottie Scheffler is looking for his seventh win of the yr this week. (AP/Peter Morrison)
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 10:18 AM EDT
Justin Thomas slowing down after sizzling begin
After going out in 31, Justin Thomas has come again all the way down to earth some. 7 birdies in his first 12 holes had Thomas knocking on the door of the leaders, who’re set to get their rounds began over the subsequent half hour or so, however bogeys on 13 and 15 and an errant second shot on 16 have Thomas scrambling to remain linked to the leaders as his third spherical begins to attract to a detailed.
Justin Thomas of america reacts to his putt on the 14th inexperienced throughout his third spherical of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Troon golf membership in Troon, Scotland, Saturday, July 20, 2024. (AP Picture/Peter Morrison)
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM EDTSat, July 20, 2024 at 10:06 AM EDT
Thriston Lawrence star flip persevering with on the inward 9
Lawrence has it to 7-under for the day and 4-under for the event, simply three pictures again of Shane Lowry. Rain is beginning to fall and umbrellas are out among the many followers at Royal Troon which may begin to have an effect on the gamers are the ultimate teams start to tee off.
That is distinctive golf from Thriston Lawrence. He’s 7 deep by 11 at Royal Troon and rapidly changing into an actual contender at The Open! 
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— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) July 20, 2024
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:55 AM EDT
Sam Burns is into purple numbers for the event
The LSU Tiger birdied No. 8 to get to 4-under for the day and 1-under for the championship. The scoring circumstances have been a lot extra favorable for the primary a part of the day, however rain is beginning to transfer into the world at Royal Troon.
Sam Burns made just a few early birdies to get into the purple on Saturday at Royal Troon. (AP/Jon Tremendous)
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM EDTSat, July 20, 2024 at 9:47 AM EDT
Generally you have to flip the membership and make one thing up
Robert MacIntyre performs left handed, however to keep away from an almost unattainable stance out of a bunker late in his third spherical, he selected to flip his membership round and provides it a go proper handed. He wound up lacking wildly to the best…however making par from this place.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:39 AM EDT
One other birdie for JT
The 2-time PGA Championship winner has bought it to 2-under for the championship after one other birdie on 12, and is 6-under for the day. That 2022 PGA Championship is his final win on tour, and his greatest end at an Open is T11 again in 2019.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:26 AM EDT
Si Woo Kim makes a hole-in-one on No. 17
That is the tenth British Open performed at Royal Troon, and till right this moment, no participant had made an ace on the par-3 seventeenth. Effectively, that quantity has gone from zero to 1 with Si Woo Kim’s hole-in-one within the third spherical. He is at 5 for the event and even par for the day after the shot he’ll bear in mind for a lifetime. Have a look:
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:22 AM EDT
DP World Tour star Thriston Lawrence is charging up the leaderboard as nicely
Among the many low scorers within the early a part of the day are names we have seen on Sundays at majors earlier than … Adam Scott, Justin Thomas, but additionally some much less heralded names like Thriston Lawrence. The South African 4-time winner on the DP World Tour is 6-under by his first eight holes and up 24 spots on the leaderboard into 4th place.
Thriston Lawrence is taking full benefit of Shifting Day at Royal Troon. (Warren Little/Getty Pictures)
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:04 AM EDT
Adam Scott pushing his means up the leaderboard
Adam Scott is through 16 and up 41 spots on the leaderboard right this moment to T13 at even par with a wonderful spherical of 5-under going up to now.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 9:01 AM EDT
How’s this for staying on stability, Cam Younger
Do not fall. Do not fall. Do not fall. Do not fall. Do not fall. Do not fall. Do not fall. Do not fall.
Oh, good, a par
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 8:49 AM EDT
Justin Thomas’ rollercoaster of a weekend summed up in a single picture
Have you ever ever had back-to-back rounds like this at your private home course? Some days nothing works, and a few days every thing is cooking.
Sat, July 20, 2024 at 8:41 AM EDT
SungJae Im making huge strikes on Saturday
Have a day SungJae Im! A 5-under 65 has Im at 1-over for the championship and searching like he may very well be among the many late tee occasions on Sunday if the circumstances deteriorate on Saturday afternoon.
