The Shamrock challenge is now being led by  Ireland’s latest member of the Major Club Graeme McDowell on -5 after a truly horrible day for our latest superstar Rory McIlroy who saw a 13 shot swing between his first & second rounds after his record breaking opener. It’s ironic that G-Mac is the only man to have beaten that score of 63 at the home of golf St Andrews.

Surprise package Louis Oosthuizen is  sitting top  of the leaderboard .The South African won his first European tour event this year in Spain but he is playing for much bigger stakes now. A second-round 67 compiled in the early morning rain, before the winds came in and the scoring headed north, gave him a three-shot advantage over the field that seemed unlikely to diminish as the day went on.

Rory McIlroy, the overnight leader, was among the late starters, one of those who endured a fitful, fretful day – a victim of the links lottery. Two windblown bogies in the first six holes and all of a sudden the first-round champ was looking a bit of a chump. At least he was in exalted company. Tiger Woods was another who dropped two shots early in his round.

Play was halted for 65 minutes mid-afternoon when balls started moving on some greens & that changed everything. Darren Clarke is also moving into contention & will complete his second round early in the morning – he has moved to -4.

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