Shane Lowry leads the Open by two from Daniel Brown and Justin Rose to ensure for the first time since 1951, that the top three at the halfway stage of The Open are all from Ireland or the United Kingdom.
Irish pro and former Open winner Lowry continued to excel in the wind on the Ayrshire coast with a birdie at the last for a -2 second round to get to -7 in total. That is two ahead of Brown and Rose who built on their fine play on day one with rounds of +1 and -3 respectively.
