Irelands Shane Lowry leads the way at the halfway mark of the 152nd Open Championship being played at Royal Troon in Scotland this week, with South Africas Dean Burmester right in the mix , just five shots behind.
Lowry, who won the Open at Royal Portrush in 2019, is on seven-under-par after a second round 69. In joint second are Englands Justin Rose and Dan Brown (five-under-par) with Burmester, Billy Horschel (USA) and Scottie Scheffler (USA) a further three shots back of Lowry at two-under-par.
Dean Burmester in the mixBurmester shot a second round 69 to go with his opening 71. On Friday he made four birdies and two bogeys, with pars on his other holes.
On Saturday, for the third round, he will tee it up alongside the worlds number one ranked golfer, Scheffler, at 4.25pm (SA time) in the third to last grouping .
Four players are one-under-par, including Major champions Xander Schauffele and Jason Day, while a further four Major winners sit at one-over-par, namely Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and Collin Morikawa.
