SANDWICH, ENGLAND - JULY 16: Collin Morikawa of the United States chips to the 15th green during Day Two of The 149th Open at Royal St George’s Golf Club on July 16, 2021 in Sandwich, England. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)
Collin Morikawa shot nearly perfectly in the second round of the Open Championship. He was just a stroke away from matching the record at Royal St. George.
Morikawa now leads Louis Oosthuizen by two strokes. Oosthuizen is set to start later in the afternoon.
Morikawa nearly matched the course record for strokes at 63, but a putt on the 18th hole clipped the lip of the hole and ricocheted out, denying him the chance to tie the record. If he had sunk the putt, it would have tied him with Greg Norman who set the stroke record in 1993.
Funnily, Morikawa’s masterful performance was arguably not the most noteworthy happening on the course today. Tyrrell Hatton had a meltdown on the 11th hole after a double-bogey performance, using middle-finger gestures and expletives to describe his unhappiness with his play.
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