South Africa’s Jaco van Zyl had hit the opening tee shot of the day at 6:32am and had a three-foot putt for birdie before play was suspended.
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Willett returned to his hotel beside the 17th fairway and went back to bed for an hour.
“The weekend of the Open at St Andrews does not get much better”. Barring a miracle, he’ll miss the cut at a major tournament for the fifth time in his career. Dunne is expected to be a member of the British Walker Cup team later this summer, and said he will turn pro after that on the European Tour.
Willett’s dad, Stephen, is a vicar; his Swedish mum, Elisabeth, is a maths teacher.
The time lost will be made up tomorrow morning, before the cut is made and the third round is played in three balls. How an out-of-form Faldo managed to battle back to beat Curtis odd in the Singles I’ll never know.
“I watched the second hole flood in seven minutes”, Williams said.
Willett, a 27-year-old Englishman, was only a stroke off the lead after the cut. The Open Championship logo and clear link to The Open website (www.TheOpen.com) to be included on website publishing. The R&A hasn’t announced when play will resume. I’m in a good spot.
The under-par scoring average indicates most of the field was well under the Old Course par of 72, but the sheer volume of par-or-better rounds is staggering. He made two late bogeys but got up-and-down from just short of 18 green for a final birdie to post a 3-under 69 and reach 9-under 135. “I love the game over here and I love this tournament”. I played really well a year ago and was just too far behind. It was suggested to the 39-year-old that he’d come here “under the radar” despite finishing a shot behind Spieth in the John Deere Classic last Sunday.
He had five birdies, and three bogeys in a round that took him to the 15th green before play came to a halt. “I had 196 to the hole and about 176 to the front”.
To The Open Championship where round two was delayed due to rain. Johnson had finished 13 holes. Johnson led by two after getting to 11-under after ten holes.
Shortly afterward, the wind began gusting even more. Spieth is four back.
More used to that, Lawrie was hanging in there. Six-under heading out, the 1999 victor had picked up two shots in 12 holes before heading off for his supper.
Tiger Woods also looked set to say his goodbye – at least for this year – as the former world number one once again struggled against his own personal dimming of the light.
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Thirty-nine players have yet to complete the second round, which means the third round will surely carry into Sunday. With Watson leaving the stage, an Open era is over. If the weather doesn’t improve, there’s even the possibility of a Monday finish.
