Strong start again. -2 after 4. Up to -7 with a 1 shot lead.
putting a bit off today though.
If he stays at -6 that should be ok because the wind has picked up a bit.
lovely tee shot on the par3 8th.
Around 10ft left
and rolls it in the centre of the cup to bring him to -7!
Maybe he can improve on -6!
Disappointing miss on the 10th after an amazing second shot. Hopefully it won’t affect his confidence over the remaining holes.
On 10 you mean...11 is turning into hopefully only a hiccup
Serious trouble here some knobhead found the ball after he hit provisional ball
that’s bizarre
He’s been penalised because someone found his ball?
He clearly wouldn’t have hit that approach as a provisional
What am i missing?
I'm very confused to whats happening here.
Still sharing the lead. But what a head wrecker!
What exactly happened?
https://x.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1814267784760610873?t=lhUuFCKq89iXDd7L1D7-2w&s=19
He hit second into gorse as he was in high grass that wrapped club. He named a provisionel but some clown found ball in gorse so oriv was counted too my head is mashed
He hit his drive into the rough. His second shot hooked into some bushes. He played a provisional, which he hit to around 12 feet. Then someone managed to find his ball in the bush.
So he had to declare it unplayable and go back in a direct line away from the hole. He would have had to go to 170 yards from the hole if he wanted to drop the ball on the fairway. So he dropped it in the rough around 120 yards from the hole with a blind shot to the green.
He managed to hit his approach shot just short of the green. He got down in two more for a double bogey. Without the helpful intervention from the gentleman who found his ball, he would have had a 12 footer for bogey.
He also had a rant at a fan blaming him or her for the wayward shot. Had a few expletives in there
He's getting a bit of a reputation.
Main thing here is for Shane to move on, he's still in the lead, that's the main thing. He will be annoyed but there's bound to be a few of those moments at some stage, everyone is getting it at some time in their round.
Where? Reputation for what?
Fantastic! Great birdie to finish.
Being grumpy, especially when things aren't going his way
Great putt to finish with a birdie there.
great response to the double bogey. He will lead going into the weekend
Excellent, got his knock where things could have gone very wrong but responded well. Overall a super round. Can approach the weekend with confidence
Nice to see him settle after that wobble and pull it back together. A bit of maturity and resolve that hasn't always been the case. Great to see him putting so well. That TM spider has been transformational alongside his work with Sweeney and Rotella
They could run out of Guinness in the midlands if he keeps this up.
I don't think it was a fan, think it was a photographer or one of the tv camera people?
In all likelihood he’ll lead by at least a couple of shots. But you never know with golf.
Very impressed by his reaction to the double on the 11th. It's been a big weakness for him this season getting steamed up after a mistake and ending up making a mess of the next hole. Today he kept the head down and ploughed on and got his just rewards at the end of the round.
It wasn't with a fan. It was with the camera man, I'd be piss*d off too if I could see someone move and encroach on me at the last second in that incident. There's an Open championship and over 4m dollars on the line FFS!
He's 2 fairly boring rounds score-wise from winning I think. If he got to -11, that'd be good enough. Amazing position to be in considering the likely tough conditions that'll limit low scores in the chasers
Great recovery by Shane after the double bogey on 11.
To be honest he should have got an additional 1 shot penalty for slow play. I read that he was timed at 20 minutes between his 2nd and 4th shots (with a provisional in between). There is no excuse for that delay for such a basic ruling.
Everyone seems to be struggling today, but the wind doesn't look as bad over the weekend. But I agree to an extent, I don't see anyone going super low over the weekend.
massive advantage to late/early starters,Rose will probably be the only late starter today in top 20 at end of the day.
Thems the breaks
