Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat held his nerves in the closing stages to qualify for the weekend rounds of the 147th British Open at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

Reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit champion Gavin Green of Malaysia and Thai star Kiradech Aphibarnrat carded respective rounds of 73 and 71 to merely make the cut set at three-over-par 145 at The 147th Open at Carnoustie.

 

 

 

Kisner, Johnson lead the pack on Day 2

 

 

 

 

On a rainy Scottish day that saw Carnoustie play much softer than it did on Thursday, Zach Johnson and Kevin Kisner finished at six under par to share the 36-hole lead in the British Open.  

 

Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele and Pat Perez are one shot back, while Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau, Matt Kuchar, Erik van Rooyen and Zander Lombard are sitting on four under.

 

 

 

Tiger Woods set for 1st Open weekend since 2014

 

 

 

 

Although Woods appeared relatively content -- a second straight 71 gave him consecutive scores of par or better to open a major championship for the first time in five years -- surely there was some angst over a missed birdie putt at the last hole or the two early bogeys that put him in catch-up mode for most of a rainy day at The Open.

 

"I could have cleaned up the round a little bit," he said. "And I did not get off to exactly the best start, being 2-over through three."

 

 

 

Major stars miss the Open Cut

 

 

The No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings is up for grabs after both No. 1 Dustin Johnson and No. 2 Justin Thomas missed the cut at the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie. 

 

Johnson became the first world No. 1 to miss the cut at The Open since Luke Donald in 2011. It's DJ's first missed cut at The Open since his first appearance in 2009, but it follows at T54 in 2017 and T49 in 2015 with a T9 in between at Royal Troon in 2016. For Thomas, The Open has not been kind. In three appearances, he has two missed cuts and posted a T53 finish.