British Open: Shane Lowry Takes the Lead, Big Names Miss Cut

The British Open has reached its halfway mark, and Shane Lowry has taken the lead after a strong performance on Friday. The Irish golfer jumped ahead early in the day and despite a double bogey on his back nine, he grabbed a two-shot lead over the field heading into Saturday.

Daniel Brown, who held the overnight lead after the opening round, held strong in second at 5-under for the week. Justin Rose joined him there, too, after his 3-under 68, which matched the low round of the day. This is the first time since 1951 that three golfers from the United Kingdom and Ireland have led the British Open at the midway point.

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will enter Saturday at 2-under alongside Dean Burmester and Billy Horschel. Only four other golfers are in the red.

However, several big names didn’t make it into the weekend, including Tiger Woods, who dropped to 14-over after yet another rough performance. His year is almost certainly done now, with the earliest he’ll see Woods compete again likely being the Genesis Invitational in February.

Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau also missed the cut, with McIlroy dropping to 11-over on the week and DeChambeau slightly better at 9-over.

Here are the tee times for Saturday’s round:

• 3:55 a.m. – Darren Fichardt, Tommy Morrison (a)
• 4:05 a.m. – Guido Migliozzi, Max Homa
• 4:15 a.m. – Shubhanakar Sharma, Sungjae Im
• 4:25 a.m. – Abraham Ancer, Luis Masaveu (a)
• 4:35 a.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Darren Clarke
• 4:45 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Jorge Campillo
• 4:55 a.m. – Harris English, Robert MacIntyre
• 5:05 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Matt Wallace
• 5:20 a.m. – Adam Scott, Daniel Hillier
• 5:30 a.m. – Younghan Song, Andy Ogletree
• 5:40 a.m. – Si Woo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama
• 5:50 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Phil Mickelson
• 6:00 a.m. – Alex Cejka, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
• 6:10 a.m. – Ewen Ferguson, John Catlin
• 6:20 a.m. – Sean Crocker, Brian Harman
• 6:30 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Austin Eckroat
• 6:45 a.m. – Matteo Manassero, Justin Thomas
• 6:55 a.m. – Calum Scott (a), Joe Dean
• 7:05 a.m. – Cameron Young, Kurt Kitayama
• 7:15 a.m. – Ben An, Brendon Todd
• 7:25 a.m. – Rasmus Hojgaard, Ryan Fox
• 7:35 a.m. – Richard Mansell, Thriston Lawrence
• 7:45 a.m. – Thorbjorn Olesen, Laurie Canter
• 7:55 a.m. – Tom McKibbin, Emiliano Grillo
• 8:10 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns
• 8:20 a.m. – Padraig Harrington, Eric Cole
• 8:30 a.m. – Adrian Meronk, MK Kim
• 8:40 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Russell Henley
• 8:50 a.m. – Nicolai Hojgaard, Alex Noren
• 9:00 a.m. – Jeung-Hun Wang, Tom Hoge
• 9:10 a.m. – Sepp Straka, Gary Woodland
• 9:20 a.m. – Marcel Siem, Jon Rahm
• 9:35 a.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Collin Morikawa
• 9:45 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson
• 9:55 a.m. – Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Jordan
• 10:05 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele
• 10:15 a.m. – Jason Day, Corey Conners
• 10:25 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Dean Burmester
• 10:35 a.m. – Billy Horschel, Justin Rose
• 10:45 a.m. – Daniel Brown, Shane Lowry