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The Open Championship Friday live updates, leaderboard: Bryson DeChambeau making a charge up the leaderboard - Yahoo Sports

The Open Championship Friday live updates, leaderboard: Bryson DeChambeau making a charge up the leaderboard - Yahoo Sports

WorldBy Ryan Young7/17/20261 min read

Jackson Suber is carrying a one-shot lead into the second round at Royal Birkdale.

✨ Key Highlights

  • The 154th Open Championship saw a dramatic second round, headlined by a controversial two-shot penalty imposed on Bryson DeChambeau after he had signed for a 4-under 66.
  • Officials determined DeChambeau improved his lie while walking through tall grass at the fifth hole hours earlier; after a 10-minute exchange revisiting the spot in a golf cart, he was docked two strokes, dropping him from 7-under to a tie for fifth at 5-under.
  • DeChambeau reportedly referred to the R&A as "crooks" and left the scoring tent after more than an hour, declining to speak beyond saying he was going to "hit some golf balls."
  • Australian Lucas Herbert made history with a 62, opening with a 6-under 28 that tied the lowest nine-hole score in Open history; he narrowly missed a 5-footer at 18 that would have delivered the first-ever 61 in a major, and holds the 36-hole lead at 8-under.
  • Sam Burns matched Herbert's 62, needing a chip-in at 18 to do it, leaving him three shots back at 5-under in a crowded group.
  • World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler ground out a 2-under 68 to reach 4-under, while Jackson Suber, Cam Young and Ryan Gerard sit tied for second at 6-under; Herbert will be paired with Suber for Saturday's third round after the penalty removed DeChambeau from the final grouping.
The 154th Open Championship just got wilder. Lucas Herbert made history in Round 2, as did Sam Burns, both carding 62s to tie for the lowest rounds ever in a major championship. But it's what happe
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