Ireland’s Shane Lowry takes a two-stroke lead over England’s Justin Rose and Dan Brown after two rounds of the British Open as wind wreaks havoc on the field.
Shane Lowry shot a 2-under-par 69 on Friday to take a two-shot lead at the midpoint of the British Open. TROON, Scotland — The way this British Open said cheerio to Rory McIlroy on Friday night felt either barbaric or puckish. It ushered him off with a dozen closing holes that verged on pristine, as if he should have brought along a dog and a leash and a small plastic bag of treats. It even found a place for his work of art from the bunker beside the No.
He won’t have to contend with any of the people who couldn’t contend with Troon’s earnest wind off the Firth of Clyde, which reached mid-afternoon levels ideal — for sailing. It kept pummeling people right off the bat or at least before the turn, sending them into vegetation and agitation. It often sent people looking through wilderness for golf balls as if on treasure hunts.
“I suppose the thing you’ve got here, you’ve got three different sixes,” the great Padraig Harrington said of the course sequences. “You’ve got six downward going out or, as we played them, into the wind. Then you have six in the middle that are really awkward. They’re really tricky. There’s blind shots. There’s gorse.”
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