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The management and escape for the victory of Brian Harman, the comebacks of Sepp Straka, Min Woo Lee and Jason Day. And once more: the great efficiency of Guido Migliozzi, the elimination of Francesco Molinari, the opening in one in every of Travis Smyth and the protests of the Simply Cease Oil activists.
Every part occurred, in England, within the second spherical of The Open, the fourth and final males’s Main of 2023 and watershed for the Ryder Cup in Rome. On the Royal Liverpool GC (par 71) in Hoylake, the American Brian Harman with a spherical bogey free (fruit of an eagle and 4 birdies, all arrived within the first holes performed) in 65 (-6) signed the very best partial of the day and, in the midst of the match, with a complete of 132 (67 65, -10) he recovered from 4th to 1st place.
Second in 2017 on the US Open, two titles on the PGA Tour, the 36-year-old from Savannah, quantity 26 on the earth rating, now has a 5 stroke lead over the Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, 2/o with 137 (-5) forward of the Austrian Straka, 3/o with 138 (-4).
Behind them are the Australians Lee and Day, 4th with 139 (-3) alongside the Indian Shubhankar Sharma. One other good efficiency for Guido Migliozzi, from 13/o to 11/o with 141 (69 72, -1) on a par, amongst others, with Rory McIlroy.
Two bogeys and a birdie (on the 18th gap, his final of the day) for the Vicenza participant. Whereas the Northern Irishman, world quantity 2 recent from his success on the Scottish Open and the final participant to win on this course (which hosts The Open for the thirteenth time, the primary since 2014) the oldest Main on the earth 9 years in the past, gained 21 positions by signing three birdies, with two bogeys.
The Open, outcomes
Jon Rahm, world quantity 3, additionally superior from 90/o to 39/o with 144 (+2).
The identical rating additionally for the Australian Cameron Smith, who defends the title conquered in 2022. With a magic within the remaining he as an alternative prevented the reduce exit Scottie Scheffler. The American, in problem, is 62/o with 145 (+3) just like the South African newbie Christo Lamprecht who, after ending the 18 opening holes within the lead, risked insult.
New disappointment for Francesco Molinari, eradicated with a rating of 148 (73 75, +6), whose highway to obtain a wild card for the Ryder Cup in Rome is changing into increasingly more uphill. Gap in a single, the primary of the match, for the Australian Travis Smyth, additionally out of the scene and since final 12 months moved to the Arab Tremendous League, who at 17 (par 3) signed the feat utilizing a 9 iron from 132 yards (120 meters).
The People Justin Thomas (153, +11) and Dustin Johnson (155, +13) fell wanting expectations, each out on a troublesome day by which solely 30 gamers recorded a second spherical below par. Not solely golf, but in addition protests. That includes 4 Simply Cease Oil activists lighting a smoke bomb and throwing orange powder paint onto the seventeenth inexperienced earlier than being stopped by police.
And now the “shifting day” earlier than the grand finale of a historic appointment, now in its 151st version, which provides 16,500,000 {dollars} up for grabs, a rise of two,500,000 in comparison with final 12 months, of which 3,000,000 will go to the winner.