Jul 20, 2012 03:51 PM EDT
British Open 2012 Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Finishes in Third Place, Brandt Snedeker in First Place

The second round of the 2012 British Open Championship finished with four Americans ranked in the Top 5 of the leaderboard on Friday afternoon.

Brandt Snedeker has the lead after the second day of action from Royal Lytham St. Anne.

He finished the day with -6 under par. He shot a 66 on Thursday and after a 64 on Friday he stands -10 good for first place.

Adam Scott played well but moved down to second place.

Tiger woods matched his performance from Thursday with another -3 and stands alone in third place after shooting a 67.

Jason Dufner and Matt Kuchar, both Americans, are -4 below par.

Dufner shot a 70 on Thursday and bounced back with a 66 in the second round. Kuchar bettered his 69 from yesterday and shot a 67.

As the action wraps up on Friday, 102 players find themselves qualifying for the third round of the action.

Phil Mickelson and Darren Clarke are both out of the competition as they could not make it to the better side of the leaderboard.

Mickelson finished +11 and Clarke had a +7.

Here is what the leaderboard looked like after the end of the second round. These are the names of the 103 players advancing to the third round.

Leaderboard (source ESPN.com)

POS

START

PLAYER

TO PAR

TODAY

THRU

R1

R2

TOT

1

5

Brandt Snedeker

-10

-6

F

66

64

130

2

1

Adam Scott

-9

-3

F

64

67

131

3

6

Tiger Woods

-6

-3

F

67

67

134

4

22

Thorbjorn Olesen

-5

-4

F

69

66

135

T5

2

Paul Lawrie 

-4

+1

F

65

71

136

T5

6

Graeme McDowell

-4

-1

F

67

69

136

T5

14

Thomas Aiken

-4

-2

F

68

68

136

T5

37

Jason Dufner

-4

-4

F

70

66

136

T5

22

Matt Kuchar

-4

-3

F

69

67

136

10

6

Ernie Els

-3

E

F

67

70

137

T11

14

James Morrison

-2

E

F

68

70

138

T11

37

Luke Donald

-2

-2

F

70

68

138

T11

22

Steven Alker

-2

-1

F

69

69

138

T11

6

Steve Stricker

-2

+1

F

67

71

138

T15

6

Toshinori Muto

-1

+2

F

67

72

139

T15

54

Greg Chalmers

-1

-2

F

71

68

139

T15

37

Simon Khan

-1

-1

F

70

69

139

T15

37

Andres Romero

-1

-1

F

70

69

139

T15

37

Kyle Stanley 

-1

-1

F

70

69

139

T15

37

Martin Laird

-1

-1

F

70

69

139

T15

6

Peter Hanson

-1

+2

F

67

72

139

T15

54

Mark Calcavecchia

-1

-2

F

71

68

139

T15

80

Simon Dyson

-1

-3

F

72

67

139

T15

54

Bill Haas

-1

-2

F

71

68

139

T15

37

Thomas Bjorn

-1

-1

F

70

69

139

T15

2

Zach Johnson

-1

+4

F

65

74

139

T15

54

Carl Pettersson

-1

-2

F

71

68

139

T28

6

Bubba Watson

E

+3

F

67

73

140

T28

54

Ian Poulter

E

-1

F

71

69

140

T28

80

Louis Oosthuizen

E

-2

F

72

68

140

T28

22

Thongchai Jaidee

E

+1

F

69

71

140

T28

54

Miguel Jimenez

E

-1

F

71

69

140

T28

80

Geoff Ogilvy

E

-2

F

72

68

140

T28

54

Garth Mulroy

E

-1

F

71

69

140

T28

22

Ted Potter Jr.

E

+1

F

69

71

140

T28

14

Anirban Lahiri

E

+2

F

68

72

140

T28

37

Retief Goosen

E

E

F

70

70

140

T28

14

Dale Whitnell

E

+2

F

71

69

140

T28

37

John Senden

+1

+1

F

70

71

141

T40

54

Nick Watney

+1

E

F

71

70

141

T40

37

Hunter Mahan

+1

+1

F

70

71

141

T40

99

Dustin Johnson

+1

-2

F

73

68

141

T28

54

Jamie Donaldson

-1

E

F

68

72

140

T40

22

Francesco Molinari

+1

+2

F

69

72

141

T40

22

Bob Estes

+1

+2

F

69

72

141

T40

22

Lee Slattery

+1

+2

F

69

72

141

T40

37

Jeey Milkha Singh

+1

+1

F

70

71

141

T40

54

Warren Bennett

+1

E

F

71

70

141

T40

37

Rafael Cabrera Bello

+1

+1

F

70

71

141

T40

54

Yoshinori Fujimoto

+1

E

F

71

70

141

T51

54

Alexander Noren

+2

+1

F

71

71

142

T51

2

Nicolas Colsaerts 

+2

+7

F

65

77

142

T51

37

Troy Matteson

+2

+2

F

70

72

142

T51

22

Richard Sterne

+2

+3

F

69

73

142

T51

14

Justin Hicks

+2

+4

F

68

74

142

T51

80

Jim Furyk

+2

E

F

72

70

142

T51

54

Harris English 

+2

+1

F

71

71

142

T51

6

Rory McIlroy 

+2

+5

F

67

75

142

T51

22

Matthew Baldwin 

+2

+3

F

69

73

142

T51

37

Padraig Harrington

+2

+2

F

70

72

142

T51

54

Aaron Baddeley

+2

+1

F

71

71

142

T51

22

Frederick Jacobson

+2

+3

F

69

73

142

T51

99

Branden Grace

+2

-1

F

73

69

142

T51

99

Rafael Echenique

+2

-1

F

73

69

142

T51

54

Greg Owen 

+2

+1

F

71

71

142

T51

54

Gonzalo Fdez-Castano

+2

+1

F

71

71

142

T51

37

Vijay Singh

+2

+2

F

70

72

142

T68

80

Charles Howell III

+3

+1

F

72

71

143

T68

80

John Daly

+3

+1

F

72

71

143

T68

37

K.J. Choi

+3

+3

F

70

73

143

T68

22

Brendan Jones

+3

+4

F

69

74

143

T68

54

Rickie Fowler

+3

+2

F

71

72

143

T68

80

Sang-Moon Bae

+3

+1

F

72

71

143

T68

54

Juvic Pagunsan

+3

+2

F

71

72

143

T68

99

Pablo Larrazabal

+3

E

F

73

70

143

T68

99

Chad Campbell

+3

E

F

73

70

143

T68

99

Joost Luiten

+3

E

F

73

70

143

T68

22

Adilson da Silva

+3

+4

F

69

74

143

T68

80

Ross Fisher

+3

+1

F

72

71

143

T68

54

Tom Watson 

+3

+2

F

71

72

143

T68

99

Lee Westwood

+3

E

F

73

70

143

T68

54

Keegan Bradley

+3

+2

F

71

72

143

T68

99

Gary Woodland

+3

E

F

73

70

143

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