SANDWICH, England (AP) — LEADING: Louis Oosthuizen (65) set the British Open record for 36 holes at 129 and leads by two shots.
TRAILING: Collin Morikawa (64) is at 131
LURKING: Jordan Spieth (67) was three shots behind, followed by a group that includes Dustin Johnson (65).
THE CUT: The cut was at 141, the lowest by two shots in British Open history. Among those who failed to make it were Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay.
THE RECORD: Oosthuizen’s score of 129 broke by one shot the Open record previously held by Nick Faldo (1992 at Muirfield) and Brandt Snedeker (2012 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes).
LOW SCORES: The 63 players who shot sub-70 rounds on Friday was the most in British Open, beating the previous mark of 50 players in the first round at Turnberry in 2009.
LONGHORN SIGHTINGS: Three of the top six players on the leaderboard played golf at the University of Texas — Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler and Dylan Frittelli.
KEY STATISTIC: Louis Oosthuizen has been no worse than third place in his last nine rounds at the majors.
NOTABLE: The threesome of Louis Oosthuizen, Jon Rahm and Shane Lowery combined to shoot 16-under par and had a better-ball score of 58.
TELEVISION: Saturday, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. (Golf Channel), 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (NBC).
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