ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Cameron Smith’s total of (131) tied the fourth-lowest opening 36-hole score in Open Championship history and is the lowest in The Open at St. Andrews. With a two-stroke lead over first-round leader Cameron Young, Smith holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the second time in a major championship (2020 Masters/shared 36-hole lead with four others before finishing T-2) and the fourth time in an individual stroke-play event on Tour. He is 1-for-3 in converting.
Making his 90th major championship start, three-time Open Championship winner Tiger Woods missed the cut for the fourth time in 22 starts at The Open. Woods shot (153) which is his highest 36-hole score at The Open and third-highest in a major championship.
Rory McIlroy trails by three strokes in bid for fifth major championship win and first since winning the 2014 PGA Championship.
At T-3, Viktor Hovland holds his best 36-hole position in a major championship. His previous best was T-17.
World No. 1 and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler sits T-6, the 16th time in last 19 major championship rounds inside the Top 10.
Four of six amateurs in the field made the cut: Barclay Brown, Filippo Celli, Sam Bairstow and Aaron Jarvis.
Collin Morikawa becomes the first defending champion to miss the cut at The Open since Darren Clarke in 2012 and all four past champions at St. Andrews missed the cut: Zach Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, Tiger Woods and John Daly.
The Open Leaderboard | After 36 Holes
Cameron Smith 67-64—131 (-13)
Cameron Young 64-69—133 (-11)
Rory McIlroy 66-68—134 (-10)
Viktor Hovland 68-66—134 (-10)
Dustin Johnson 68-67—135 (-9)
Full Leaderboard: (The Open)