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 |