Article 5M8W7 The Open 2021: second round – as it happened

The Open 2021: second round – as it happened

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Scott Murray
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8.24pm BST

That's as good a time as any to wrap things up. What a day's golf! Sensational 64s for Collin Morikawa, Emiliano Grillo and Jon Rahm, all three of whom came within inches of equalling Nick Faldo and Payne Stewart's course record. Fine 65s by the 36-hole leader Louis Oosthuizen, the defending champion Shane Lowry, redemption story in waiting Dustin Johnson, and the amateur Matthias Schmid. And a hole-in-one for the debutant Jonathan Thomson! Not bad, huh, and it's not even Moving Day yet. Hope to see you all tomorrow. Thanks for reading this blog. Sweet dreams everyone.

-11: Oosthuizen (his 129 a new 36-hole Open record)
-9: Morikawa
-8: Spieth
-7: Frittelli, Johnson, Scheffler
-6: van Tonder, Grillo, Siem, Sullivan, Harding
-5: Casey, Koepka, Hughes, Rahm, Tringale

8.18pm BST

Scottie Scheffler wedges his third to eight feet, then steers in a wonderful par saver. He signs for a 66 and holds onto a share of fourth at -7. That's a superb scramble. Yuxin Lin splashes out from sand to four feet, and punches the air as he makes the putt! His saved par means he'll make it through to the weekend! A 72 today, he's +1, and he'll battle for the silver medal over the next two days with Matthias Schmid, who shot a superb 65 today, at -1 the only other amateur to survive the cut. Three putts for Sergio, so it's not a trifecta of feelgood stories to end the day; he slips back to -3.

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