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British Open co-leader Matt Kuchar got his second round underway on Friday morning as contenders at Royal Birkdale prepared to face some potentially treacherous weather conditions. And unfortunately one bogey on 16, just a bad putt.

The Team Sky rider all but wrapped up a fourth title on Saturday after beating Rigoberto Uran and Romain Bardet comprehensively in the final solo effort against the clock, having already started with an advantage after the opening time trial in Dusseldorf.

The turning point came at the par-four 16th, which Spieth played perfectly for a par four.

In the weather version of rock, paper, scissors – wind beats rain, both beat sun.

But the Floridian has never played in the final group in a major.

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“It wasn’t I couldn’t look within myself”, McIlroy stated. I don’t know if we’d be in any better score if I was on the other side of the draw. With the way he’s played this summer, he could totally make a charge in the final 36 holes.

He’d known from the start in Germany that this Tour would be unusual and likely open, because it had few mountain-top finishes, not huge amounts of time-trial kilometers, and many tricky days over all five of France’s mountain ranges. Maciej Bodnar took the stage win...

But he’d rather have been swinging a club than holding a microphone. A third-straight round in the 60s will ensure qualifying next year won’t be as hard. Fortunately, one of the venues was his hometown course in Woburn. The biggest break came at No. 10, when the rain...

The home crowd are going to roar him on to beat the Americans and claim the Claret Jug on Sunday.

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The wind was so strong. For Poulter, it was a terrific effort.

I don’t see the likes of Matt Kuchar, Paul Casey, Charley Hoffman or Rafa Cabrera-Bello winning so there’s every chance I continue to sit on my hands tomorrow.

You can certainly make up ground in a round tomorrow, and we’ll see it happen.

Rose’s status: He has met with several teams in the past three weeks, including the Clippers and Bucks. The two sides are expected to meet face to face in the coming days.