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Louis Oosthuizen sets 36-hole British Open record, stellar cast behind him
South Africa s Louis Oosthuizen acknowledges the crowd after putting an eagle on the 14th green during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George s golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Peter Morrison
South Africa s Louis Oosthuizen hits his tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George s golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Peter Morrison
United States Collin Morikawa hits his tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George s golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Peter Morrison
Louis Oosthuizen in handy spot but knows difficulty of seeing out The Open Even Princess Anne must have been slightly entertained. Her Royal Highness once suggested that “golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk, I prefer to take the dogs out.” As a guest at St George’s yesterday for the second round of The Open she at least got to glimpse a few top dogs conjure a Royal Variety performance that would have went down a storm at the Palladium. It started with Collin Morikawa, whose rousing charge could have featured a bugle call on the first tee as he barged into the early clubhouse lead with a 64 for a nine-under total. It ended in the lengthening shadows of a lovely Kent evening as Louis Oosthuizen’s 65 gave the 2010 champion a two stroke lead on 11-under 129, the lowest halfway total in Open history.
Louis Oosthuizen sets 36-hole British Open record, stellar cast behind him >South Africa s Louis Oosthuizen acknowledges the crowd after putting an eagle on the 14th green during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George s golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Peter Morrison >South Africa s Louis Oosthuizen hits his tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George s golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Peter Morrison >United States Collin Morikawa hits his tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George s golf course Sandwich, England, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Peter Morrison
Published on: Saturday, July 17, 2021
By: AFP
Oosthuizen watches his iron shot from the 16th tee.
SANDWICH: Louis Oosthuizen led after the first round at the British Open for two years as a six under par 66 from the South African put him one shot clear of American duo Jordan Spieth and Brian Harman.
The 149th Open Championship got underway under blue skies at Royal St. George’s in Kent on Thursday after the 2020 event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Up to 32,000 fans will take to the course in Sandwich each day as Covid-19 restrictions ease in England despite a spike in positive cases.