The Open · Day 2 of 9
Thin air, a logjam, and Dave Chops with a morning to remember
Four players land on ten under, and the Bugle could not be happier about any of it.
Thin air, a logjam, and Dave Chops with a morning to remember
Mountain served up thin air and a proper test on day two, and the field answered by simply refusing to blink. Four names finished on ten under — Dave Chops, Golfer #20254830, and The bandit all firing 26 shots alongside each other, while Rambidextrous nudged one clear at eleven under to claim the day. That is a four-way scrap for the daily honours, and the Bugle’s heart is full.
The tournament board tells a richer story still. Rambidextrous leads at twenty-three under, but The bandit is one back, Brendo two, and Barnyard and Dave Chops are tied on nineteen — seven rounds still to play in the Open, and the whole thing feels gloriously alive.
Down the Field
- ●Dave Chops went out and shot a 26 that was the best round outside the very tip of the leaderboard — a quiet gem on a day full of them.
- ▲Son climbed two places to tenth, the kind of steady, unshowy move that makes the middle of a tournament hum.
- ☀FudgePutter turned in a 31 and still turned up — five under on the Mountain is nobody's disaster, and the Bugle tips its cap to a player who simply got on with it.