Birdies in the airpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 20 July 2024
It's been a rather different experience for the golfers out so far at Royal Troon.
Players have been raining birdies rather than spitting feathers.
Plenty have gone low as well.
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It's been a rather different experience for the golfers out so far at Royal Troon.
Players have been raining birdies rather than spitting feathers.
Plenty have gone low as well.
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Tiger Woods trudged away from Royal Troon after missing the cut yesterday, but it won't be the last we see of him in the majors according to the great man himself.
Fans still love to get a glimpse of him in action, and he pulls out the occasional piece of Tiger magic, but unless he can improve physically it may be the same story next year.
So should Tiger carry on? Let us know with your thumbs and your comments.
As well as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, there were some other big names who failed to make the cut including three recent former winners.
Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who won the Claret Jug at Royal Troon in 2016, missed out after rounds of 77 and 73.
Also falling short were Italian Francesco Molinari and Australian Cameron Smith, who won the tournament in 2018 and 2022.
US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau of the USA and England's Tommy Fleetwood also crashed out.
Along with Tiger Woods, the other big name to miss the cut at the Open Championship was Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.
The 35-year-old blamed his failure to master the blustery conditions over the opening two rounds at Royal Troon for his early exit.
"I didn’t adapt well at all on Thursday to the left-right wind on the back nine, and this afternoon [Friday] going out in that gusty wind on the front, it got the better of me and I felt pretty uncomfortable over a few shots," said McIlroy.
"That four-hole stretch to start off was what cost me. I got off to the worst possible start being six over through six, but then played the last 12 holes pretty well, bogey-free."
Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer at Royal Troon
Tiger Woods wasted no time.
From the 18th hole at Royal Troon, to the media mixed zone for a handful of questions, and then into the back of a car, with the engine running, and away.
Airport bound at 2.34pm. Private jet to Florida. Back home for dinner. Coming up 18, there was respectful applause for Woods and there was a different feel to it.
Slightly low-key. Sympathetic. There was a cry of, ‘Thanks for coming, Tiger’ which was well-meaning, but sounded a little cringe-making.
Everybody, you sensed, was sad to see this version of him, but there’s no other version these days, alas. For the unsurpassable genius of yesteryear, this is as good as it gets now.
It was a lot of fun for Shane Lowry yesterday - but not for everyone.
Get the story of the round from yesterday as Shane Lowry overcame a visit to the gorse bushes to take control of the 152nd Open Championship.
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Players have been out on the course since this morning.
Those near the top of the leaderboard are set to head out over the next hour or so.
Here's the key tee times, all of which are BST.
14:45 Brooks Koepka (US), Dustin Johnson (US)
14:55 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Matthew Jordan (Eng)
15:05 Patrick Cantlay (US), Xander Schauffele (US)
15:15 Jason Day (Aus), Corey Conners (Can)
15:25 Scottie Scheffler (US), Dean Burmester (SA)
15:35 Billy Horschel (US), Justin Rose (Eng)
15:45 Dan Brown (Eng), Shane Lowry (Ire)
The wheat has been sorted from the chaff. The contenders from the also rans. After yesterday's cut we are down from 157 players to the top 80 at the 152nd Open Championship.
A moving day is in prospect at Royal Troon as the leading pack jostle for position, while the some of those further down the leaderboard attempt to get themselves into contention.
We'll have every key drive, bunker shot and putt from the South Ayrshire course over the next few hours.
Strap yourselves in for the third round.