Wes Short Jr. takes 1-shot lead at Senior British Open

July 26, 2019 Updated Fri., July 26, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

Associated Press

Senior Open Championship

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Friday’s Scores

At Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Lytham St. Annes, England

Yardage: 6,948; Par: 70; Purse: $2 million

Second Round

a-amateur

Wes Short Jr	67-67—134
Scott Dunlap	67-68—135
Darren Clarke	68-68—136
Ken Duke	68-69—137
Bart Bryant	69-68—137
Retief Goosen	70-67—137
Roger Chapman	70-68—138
Bernhard Langer	71-67—138
Paul Broadhurst	67-71—138
Scott Parel	67-71—138
Doug Barron	69-69—138
Phillip Price	71-67—138
Colin Montgomerie	68-70—138
Woody Austin	68-70—138
Paul Lawrie	70-69—139
Dicky Pride	71-68—139
David Frost	72-67—139
Jerry Kelly	73-66—139
Miguel Angel Jimenez	71-68—139
Stephen Dodd	71-68—139
Stephen Leaney	73-66—139
Andre Bossert	72-67—139
Tom Lehman	70-70—140
Paul Archbold	70-70—140
Fred Couples	73-67—140
Mark McNulty	73-67—140
David McKenzie	70-70—140
Tom Gillis	68-73—141
Bob Estes	70-71—141
Clark Dennis	72-69—141
Esteban Toledo	71-70—141
Fred Funk	69-72—141
Magnus P Atlevi	68-73—141
Glen Day	72-69—141
Simon P Brown	71-70—141
Mauricio Molina	72-69—141
David Morland IV	71-70—141
Jean-Francois Remesy	74-68—142
Peter Baker	69-73—142
Paul McGinley	73-69—142
Barry Lane	73-69—142
Tim Petrovic	74-68—142
Thomas Levet	74-68—142
Billy Mayfair	73-69—142
Chris DiMarco	76-66—142
Peter Fowler	72-70—142
Dan Olsen	70-72—142
Peter O’Malley	72-70—142
a-Gene Elliott	75-68—143
Gary Wolstenholme	74-69—143
Paul Eales	74-69—143
Jeff Sluman	73-70—143
Shaun Micheel	71-72—143
Paul Streeter	72-71—143
Gibby Gilbert	72-71—143
Dennis Edlund	73-70—143
Dudley Hart	74-69—143
Stephen Ames	74-69—143
Michael Clark II	74-69—143
Joe Durant	73-71—144
Jamie Spence	71-73—144
Ian Woosnam	72-72—144
Gary Orr	74-70—144
Seiki Okuda	72-72—144
Bob May	72-72—144
Billy Andrade	73-71—144
Tom Watson	74-70—144
Tom Pernice	73-71—144
James Kingston	75-70—145
Ken Tanigawa	74-71—145
Jarmo Sandelin	70-75—145
Peter Scott	70-75—145
a-Steven Kelbrick	76-69—145
Dennis Hendershott	71-74—145
Thaworn Wiratchant	74-71—145
Andrew Oldcorn	74-71—145
Prayad Marksaeng	72-73—145
Miguel Angel Martin	70-75—145
David Gilford	73-72—145
Mike Goodes	74-71—145

Missed Cut

Greg Turner	73-73—146
Richard Fish	74-72—146
Ian Taylor	76-70—146
a-Trevor A Foster	74-72—146
Chris Williams	73-73—146
Sandy Lyle	73-73—146
Michael Campbell	71-75—146
David Shacklady	72-74—146
Andrew Crerar	73-74—147
Gary Evans	76-71—147
Jose Maria Olazabal	73-74—147
Jerry Pate	73-74—147
Guy Boros	74-73—147
Nicholas Robb	75-72—147
John Wade	77-70—147
Santiago Luna	74-73—147
Gary Nicklaus	76-72—148
Mark James M	77-71—148
Tim Fleming	77-71—148
Des Smyth	75-73—148
Kent Jones	78-70—148
Akira Teranishi	72-77—149
Larry Mize	73-76—149
Mark Stevenson	73-76—149
Craig Bowden	77-72—149
Lance Tenbroeck	78-71—149
Paul Wesselingh	74-75—149
Toru Suzuki	78-71—149
Kumar Kami	71-79—150
Yngve Nilsson	76-74—150
Bob Cameron	74-76—150
Brandel Chamblee	76-74—150
Roger Sabarros	75-76—151
Cesar Monasterio	77-74—151
David Mills	77-74—151
a-Robby McWilliams	74-77—151
Rafael Gomez	75-76—151
Markus Brier	76-75—151
Jose Coceres	75-76—151
Philip Golding	74-77—151
Victor Casado	75-77—152
Russ Cochran	76-76—152
Marc Farry	77-75—152
Bret James B	72-81—153
Brian Cooper	78-76—154
a-Steve Sansome	79-75—154
Tim Thelen	77-78—155
Steven Richardson	74-81—155
Costantino Rocca	77-78—155
a-Ian Crowther	78-77—155
Jose Manuel Carriles	77-78—155
Scott Simpson	78-77—155
a-Garry Lacy	79-77—156
Paul Affleck	78-78—156
David Leet	77-80—157
Peter Mitchell	78-79—157
Graham Farr	80-78—158
Robert Wiederkehr	79-80—159
a-Andrew Francis	80-80—160
Nigel Sweet	83-78—161
Andrew George	83-78—161
Pete Oakley	79-82—161
Darren Charlton	84-79—163
Geoffrey Nicholas	88-86—174

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Wes Short Jr. shot his second straight 3-under 67 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Senior British Open.

After an up-and-down second round at Royal Lytham & St. Annes that included a double bogey on the par-4 sixth, Short closed with three straight birdies to post 6-under 134 and take the solo lead at a senior major for the first time.

“I like it. It makes you think,” Short said of the English links that has hosted the British Open 11 times. “I played a lot of different shots off the tee and tried to avoid the bunkers and had a really nice (run) birdieing the last three.”

Fellow American Scott Dunlap shot 68 and was one shot back. He bounced back from an early double bogey on the par-3 fourth.

“I never played any of the regular Opens here, but I’ve played the golf course probably a half a dozen times and loved it,” Dunlap said. “I really wanted to be here and see what it was like in tournament competition, and so far, so good.”

Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland, who won the 2011 British Open at Royal St. George’s, was third at 4 under after his second consecutive 68 in his Senior Open debut.

“I missed everything today. Kept giving myself opportunities and just not making anything,” Clarke said. “Particularly frustrating, whenever I give myself those chances and not take them, and hopefully that doesn’t cost me at the end of the week. Tee-to-green has all been pretty good. I got off to a bit of a dodgy start today, but after that I played nicely.”

Retief Goosen, the two-time U.S. Open champion who won the Senior Players Championship earlier this month for his first over-50 title, shot 67 and was 3 under alongside Ken Duke (69) and Bart Bryant (68).

Three-time Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer was four shots back after a 67, and defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez shot 68 to post 1 under.

In his 18th appearance in the event, three-time champion Tom Watson shot 70 to make the cut with a shot to spare at 4 over. Watson has never missed the cut in the Senior Open.

Geoffrey Nicholas of Australia, who qualified for the Senior Open to become the first amputee to compete in a senior major, shot rounds of 88-86. Nicholas’ right leg was amputated at age 11 because of a birth defect.

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