We are almost through two rounds at this year's Open Championship, and boy, is the wind a factor at the Old Course at St. Andrews. Louis Oosthuizen (-12) of South Africa holds a five stroke lead over second-place Mark Calcavecchia of the United States.
Oosthuizen had the good fortune of an early tee-time today and thus avoided the worst of the winds and finished the day with a five-under-par 67 to follow yesterday's 65.
Yesterday's leader, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, who tied the record for the lowest single-round score ever at a major, has suffered through blustering winds and dropped significantly down the leaderboard, following his opening-round 63 with an 80, the worst score ever in a major immediately after a round of 63.
Since a severe wind delay stopped play for 66 minutes, no one has scored a round below par.
After the players owned the course yesterday, with 73 of them golfing below par, it seemed as though anyone not below par was all but out of the running, but as always, St. Andrews has fought back with its horrific weather conditions and leveled the playing field. Only 23 golfers scored below par for the round and only 45 are below par for the tournament.
Veteran John Daly shot a strong opening round yesterday, but today the brightest thing about his game was his pants.
So, what will tomorrow bring at St. Andrews? Possibly summer? I mean, I don't know if I am the only one who finds this funny, but everyone on the course except the players is wearing a coat worthy of the North Pole at Christmastime. It is July right? Just checking. Apparently, Christmas in July isn't too far from the truth at St. Andrews.
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