Entering this week, Viktor Hovland had never been inside the top-15 on the leaderboard through 36 holes of a major championship. Coverage will be broadcast on NBC and USA Network each day, with USA Network carrying most of the coverage on Thursday and Friday and NBC taking on key parts of Saturday and Sunday coverage. 3:24 pm ET, at Before today, only four players have been -16 or better through 54 holes at #TheOpen. "You're going to have to play some good golf over the weekend regardless. Rory. I hit a good shot. That's one of three bogeys in his last four, though. 17, Dustin Johnson heads to the accessible 18th hoping to add a birdie to get to 4 under. T6. 3:29 pm ET, at I've been knocking on the door for a while now, and this is the best chance I've had in a long time. Making some head-scratching decisions such as keeping driver in the bag on accessible birdie holes, the young Norwegian should put this experience to good use. I let a few strokes slide today, but for the most part, I actually feel pretty good with, like, the parts, but I've just got to bring them together to make the whole. Yet here he is with a chance over the next three days in what would be a shocking victory despite knowing what his ceiling can be. You suddenly take a moment and realise, Scheffler confirmed Rory is the heavy crowd favorite: How can you not root for Rory?, Scheffler said AJ came off 18 and said he forgot to get the carry number for DJ. Follow & listen to The First Cut onApple PodcastsandSpotify. Only four players have previously sat at 16 under through 54 holes at Open Championships. Scott charges up British Open leaderboard with seven-under second round. But he just had a HUGE par save at No. Cameron Young (-11): The Open debutant began his second round with a bit of nerves as he made bogey on his second hole of the day. A birdie on the par-5 14th puts Scottie Scheffler at 4 under and the low man on the golf course. 1:45 pm ET, at Smith has been unbelievable through the first two rounds, and his touch both on and around the green is proving to be a serious difference maker. T1. I think this morning I did a good job of kind of managing my swing," Scheffler said. Kevin Kisner, Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton and two others (-7): He needed a birdie on the 18th hole on Friday just to make the cut, but now, Kisner finds himself inside the top 20. 17. He gained nearly 10 strokes putting through the first two days and rode his hot putting stroke again Sunday. That will change tomorrow. Views from St. Andrews. 2:46 pm ET, at A member of the Challenge Tour, Robert Dinwiddie has gotten to 5 under in the afternoon (evening) wave. 14 he landed on the other side and into the bunker, but still managed bogey. I feel like I've done a really good job with that the first couple days. 14 of the last 15 Open Champions at St Andrews were at or within 3 shots of the lead through 36 holes.Each of the last 7 Open winners here have been T-4 or better after 2 rounds. 2022 Open Championship leaderboard 1. They're desperate for him to close out the Old this weekend.Completely loaded board. SC247048, Beach House, Golf Place, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JA. Taking an unplayable in one instance and pitching out sideways in the other, Hovland being able to come home and sign for a 4-under 68 is wildly impressive. He's made 48 feet so far today through 16 holes. The Open Championship. Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry and 18 others (E):It has been a rather quiet week from the Mickelson camp as the 2013 Open champion chose to forgo the champions dinner and was left out of the spotlight leading into the tournament. Carding two double bogeys in his opening seven holes, the three-time Open champion was never able to recover and subsequently signed for a round of 6-over 78. You can't ever really control it. For how consistent he has been, he ought to be disappointed with his play as he only factored in one major championship this season with that being his T3 finish at the Masters. "I think just the total score," said Woods when asked what disappointed him most from Thursday. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. And looking forward to the next few days.". Links golf is like that, and this golf course is like that. Connecting from distance on the greens, the touch which has escaped Hovland for the majority of 2022 appeared to have returned. Dustin Johnson, Scottie Scheffler and Talor Gooch all signed for rounds of 4-under 68 and sit in a tie for fourth ahead of a logjam of players at 3 under including Bryson DeChambeau. Letting those opportunities run by, Spieth played his final six holes in 1 over and possibly out of this championship. He carried this prowess into the opening round, and it is now time to see if he can replicate it over the next 54 holes. Raising a trophy alongside Xander Schauffele at the Zurich Classic, Cantlay also boasts six top-five finishes in 2022, including last week at the Scottish Open. With Tiger Woods missing the cut, it's official: All four past champions at St. Andrews who were in this year's field will not make the cut. He came into this week as one of two men who had finished inside the top 10 in each major and will leave having come up a few shots short of collecting all four. 18). CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | 4:38 pm ET, at Rory McIlroy has played 7 rounds at the Old Course in an Open Championship. The first round has not been the issue for the Northern Irishman at majors this season; rather, it's what he has done after the opening 18. Rory McIlroy (-18): If the Masters runner-up was pure jubilation, this has to feel like an ultimate defeat. McIlroy.#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/ZgVKfXf8ie. T12. But 400-yard drives on certain holes havent been uncommon, and missed putts from within a club length are happening with relative frequency as well. 4:17 pm ET, at N. All Rights Reserved. 2:36 pm ET, at T3. 3:15 pm ET, at Currently T-3. Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Adam Scott (-9): Fleetwood is no stranger to going low over the weekend at major championships as he fired a sizzling 63 in the final round of the 2018 U.S. Open. Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Francesco Molinari and three others (-10): A three-time winner this season, Schauffele never playing himself into the mix came as a surprise. 2:33 pm ET, at Jordan Spieth, Louis Oosthizen, Hideki Matsuyama and 16 others (-1):Spieth looked to be playing smart, risk-free golf in his opening round, going bogey-free on the front with two birdies for a respectable 34; however, his card got far busier on the back nine with three bogeys that pushed him out of contention and into a spot from which he will be forced to climb Friday to contend on the weekend. Cameron Smith, Robert Dinwiddie (-5): The Australian has contended with some regularity at the Masters, but outside of Augusta National, Smith has actually struggled in major championships. 18, which played as the second-easiest hole on the day, but he's still going to be in contention as we head to Moving Day. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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"I was not swinging well at all my first six or seven holes, but I stayed out of trouble and made some good pars. It snaps a streak of eight consecutive years with at least one top-10 finish in a major. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | Please play responsibly. Buy one from The Open Shop and a percentage goes towards #Priceless Planet Coalition.Just 1.50 plants a tree. It was a middling start to his final round as he turned in 2 under before catching fire on the front part of his inward nine. #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/Y5fPmwtFdK, Sahith Theegala goes into the back nine on -3 and is now currently the joint lowest out on the course Follow live scores https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/r6zwsoxfcD. Smith won the $2,500,000 winner's share of the $14,000,000 purse. Want to do a little bit more of it over the weekend.". 10 and 12. Gambling Problem? Fife SCO. 5. Scottie Scheffler, Si Woo Kim (-11), Cam Smith with some brilliance #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/ZpkLt6VIht. Cameron Smith made more than 250 feet of putts in round two. He was hoping the leaders wouldn't get too far away from him but making up seven strokes may be too much to ask. 3:11 pm ET, at Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland will run it back on the Final Day of #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/blz3BFBHq3, COMING UP! 1:32 pm ET, at T28. Follow & listen to The First Cut onApple PodcastsandSpotify. And then you have Rory McIlroy, who while still looking for his first major championship since 2014, put himself in exceptionally strong position at this Open. DraftKings operates pursuant to an Operating Agreement with iGaming Ontario. He has often thrived at the Old Course, and this week appears no different. In true links style the ball is rolling plenty on both the fairways and greens, and players that are able to control the ball with the wind kicking up will be those in the hunt on Sunday for the Claret Jug. The Sporting News is on hand to provide live updates from round four. 3:14 pm ET, at Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License . Open Championship 2022 live updates, highlights from Saturday's Round 3 All times BST 8.26pm: That's it from us today but we'll be back tomorrow for a thrilling final day as McIlroy bids to end . Schauffele made birdie on two of his first five holes on Friday and looked as if he could put his stamp on this championship. 1:34 pm ET. Xander Schauffele and five others (-5):The hottest man in golf came to St. Andrews having won his last two starts and was well-positioned after opening with a 3-under 69. At the start of play on Saturday, 83 players made the cut to play the weekend. Viktor Hovland in a greenside bunker at 16. Keep up to date with the latest scores here on The Open website! Here is the breakdown of the leaderboard after the first round of the 150th Open. All 4 went on to win. section: | slug: 2022-british-open-leaderboard-breakdown-cameron-young-rory-mcilroy-soar-as-tiger-woods-sinks-at-st-andrews | sport: golf | route: live_blog_single | Making amends for the disappointment of his third round, Smith was simply brilliant as he rediscovered the putting magic that first led him to the 36-hole lead. T8. All Rights Reserved. We've got ourselves an Open Champion #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/Ue09GBXrdr, The Champ.#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/7kSRyiAuTG, Won The Players and The Open in same season, all-time1978 - Jack NicklausOpen at St AndrewsT-3 through 54 holes2022 - Cameron SmithOpen at St AndrewsT-3 through 54 holes, One of THE great Final Round displays at The Open Congratulations, Cameron Smith, the Champion Golfer of the Year#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/vkuPua9Iqv, Unreal crowds.Unreal golf.#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/Fui5w66PtM. The second round of the 150th Open Championship featured a little bit of everything on Friday. 2:24 pm ET. 1:17 pm ET, at #The150thOpen #EQS #MercedesEQ #MercedesBenz #ProgressiveLuxury pic.twitter.com/7U4srD4pKr. "And I made a great par, for example, on that hole today. Next two days should rock. 2:28 pm ET, at Bogey-free 2-under 34 front nine was a great start for the World No. Incredible stuff. Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler and four others (-9): The 2019 Champion Golfer of the Year made some noise on Saturday with back-to-back eagles, thrusting himself onto the fringe of contention. He likely won't add major No. Coverage will pick back up on NBC from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Will Zalatoris and eight others (-4):Nine strokes over the course of 36 holes may be too much to overcome, but we have seen crazier things happen in majors -- just look back to the PGA Championship. Final leaderboard for 2022 British Open from St Andrews, Full schedule, bracket for 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. Smith earned 100 Official World Golf Ranking points with the win in the 72-hole stroke-play championship, which will help his world ranking. You can't really ever really conquer it. Adam Scott is never anything but well prepared when it comes to the major championships and though his start to day one may . 1:34 pm ET, at "I can compete, and I can win. We also occasionally include links to products and services from merchants of our choice. Signing for an 8-under 64, Young will hope to follow in the footsteps of Collin Morikawa, who raised the Claret Jug in his first appearance in The Open last season at Royal St. George's. Instead, dropped shots on the easy par-4 ninth and par-4 12th squandered any momentum as he finished with a round of 2-under 70. Four holes to go in the Woods/Fitzpatrick/Homa group and they've just crossed the five hour mark. Chatting Rory & Viktor Sunday Final Pairing w/ @RickRunGood & @therealGFD https://t.co/czJxuN78GU, @ngschuNLU print a pic of Vince and put it in the Yeti cooler, 'Pretty tasty'Viktor Hovland caresses his 3 wood onto the 18th green#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/Veb93AVbdE. 5:20 pm ET, at Void in ONT. Spieth has the creativity and skill to succeed at St. Andrews, and he will have every opportunity to prove that across his second round. Walking down the 18th fairway to a standing ovation, tears rolled from Woods' eyes as he thought back on his crowning achievements at the Home of Golf and of the previous legends of the game to receive a similarly warm goodbye from the people of St. Andrews. In total, it was a disappointing day, but the 46-year-old may take some solace in how he competed on the homeward nine as he gained strokes on the field in each tee to green metric. With both Hovland and McIlroy sitting at 16 under and four clear of the lead (pending Cam Smith and Cam Young's finish on No. If you told Kisner he would sign for a 7-under 65 -- the round of the day -- beforehand, he would have been happy, but the composition of his round may actually lead to some disappointment as he let numerous scoring chances run astray. Six under on the round and one clear of playing partner Viktor Hovland at 16 under on the tourney. Rory misses a big opportunity to finish birdie-birdie with a par at No. Cameron Young (-19): Good for his fourth runner-up finish of his rookie campaign, Young looks like anything but a neophyte when stepping onto a major championship venue. I've got to show myself a bit more. Meanwhile, each of the last seven Open winners at St. Andrews have been T4 or better after two rounds with 14 of the last 15 sitting within three shots of the lead after 36 holes. section: | slug: british-open | sport: golf | route: major_tournament | It's just different. Gambling problem? Zalatoris withdrew from his Open debut last year due to a wrist injury and looked to be up to the challenge of links golf in his first go around 72 holes. Sitting at 13 under for the championship, the long-haired Australian looks to be in complete control of his game as he has racked up 12 birdies and an eagle against just a single bogey through his first two rounds. KPMG Women's PGA Championship Leaderboard This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 08:46 (UTC). 3:47 pm ET, at Everyone with a score of even par or better survived to play the weekend. 2:32 pm ET, at Five of the last six 36-hole leaders at The Open have gone on to win, and Smith should give a fine effort over the weekend in continuing this trend. 'Just wonderful'How good is this from Scottie Scheffler#The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/ZImxb3DbVm. 2:04 pm ET, at Scottie Scheffler and Si Woo Kim (-11): The world No. T18. Follow & listen to The First Cut onApple PodcastsandSpotify. I don't know how to also explain it. SC247046 R&A Group Services Limited, Company No. Obviously when I came back, I wasn't really sharp," said Mickelson. 3:04 pm ET, at For a player who has done a bulk of his major championship damage solely at Augusta National, Smith has taken exactly what works at the Masters and implemented it in this year's Open. Instead of letting it bother me too much, and then I try to go for a stupid shot to gain back what I lost.". 2022 British Open leaderboard, winner: Cameron Smith ties major scoring record in victory at St. Andrews Smith matched the lowest score to par in major championship history (-20) thanks to. 6-keys: media/spln/golf/britishopen/free/home. 1:50 pm ET, at The Open Championship Leaderboard. Crowd going absolutely bananas, chanting "Rory! Taking the wind out of the sails of McIlroy, Smith became the first major champion in modern history to sign for two rounds of 64 or lower. The final pairing could be the two Camerons which would put McIlroy with Dustin Johnson in a heavy-hitting penultimate group. 16 put a halt to any significant movement towards the top of the leaderboard.