WILD, WET AND WINDY WALES
Record-seeking Langer locked for lead in challenging British Open
LONDON
However conditions on Friday left just Santiago Luna as the lone man in the 144-player field with an under par round.
Langer carded a three over par round of 74 for a one over par total.
“It was much harder this morning than yesterday. It was blowing 25 (mph) with rain — it was just miserable,” Langer told europeantour.com.
“The first two hours or so, the wind was blowing strong and it was raining on top of it. It was just very difficult to do anything. The first hour or two was probably as brutal as I’ve seen it; and I’ve been many places and seen a lot of things. I’m still in a good position. There’s a lot of golf to be played yet.”
Fellow former Ryder Cup captain Lehman carded a round of 72 to finish one over par. AFP second and three consecutive birdies from the 16th to the 18th.
American Gary Woodland soared up the leaderboard with a 10-birdie round of 63, the day’s lowest, to vault into second alongside compatriots Matt Every (68) and Brandon Hagy (68).
Having started two strokes adrift, World No 1 Dustin Johnson shot a 69 to lie four off the pace.
Kuchar (68), who battled dizzy spells in the first round, did well to offset a back-nine double-bogey with an eagle at the par-five 13th but still needed some magic to stick around for the weekend.
The 39-year-old American caught fire with birdies at the final three holes to reach a fiveunder total of 139, one shot inside the cut-line.
After opening brightly with a 66, twice US Masters winner Bubba Watson shot a forgettable 73 to tumble down the leaderboard into T46, level with Kuchar. Reuters