2022 British Open: Rory McIlroy and the Camerons roll into the weekend at St. Andrews

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Halfway home at the British Open, and a pair of Camerons are at the top of the leaderboard. Cameron Smith, the mulleted Aussie wonder, caught and passed first-round leader Cameron Young, posting a scorching eight-under round that left him at -13 for the week, the lowest score in relation to par after two rounds in Open history.

Smith, who challenged for the Masters and won the Players this year, started out smoking — three straight birdies to begin his round — and never slowed down on a day where rain-softened greens and still winds allowed him to challenge the rolling hills of St. Andrews.

Young played decent golf on Friday, carding five birdies against two bogeys for a -3 round that left him at -11 overall. But"decent golf" won't get it done on a day when conditions were perfect for low scores, and Young saw his two-stroke lead become a two-stroke deficit. Further down the leaderboard, storylines await. Viktor Hovland birdied the final hole to join McIlroy in the penultimate pairing of Saturday. Dustin Johnson, the highest-ranked player to jump from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf, posted a strong round earlier in the day to get to -9 and a brief clubhouse lead. A couple of Masters champions, world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler and ageless Adam Scott, are inside the top 10 at -8 and -7, respectively.

 

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