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Rory McIlroy says he’s ‘getting closer’ to ending his golf drought
Rory McIlroy talks to the media ahead of the start of the British Open and says he’s getting closer to another title.
What can Brown do for you?
For those looking for a big story at the 2024 British Open, 29-year-old English golfer Dan Brown delivered on Thursday. Light on success at recent tournaments, Brown snatched the lead from Shane Lowry with a birdie putt on No. 18 to head into Round 2 as the outright leader.
Brown was decisive and methodical throughout the afternoon, and perhaps even surgical on his later holes: He wasted no time dropping in the birdie putt, maybe signaling to the rest of the field that he’s in the right state of mind leading into the rest of the tournament.
Heading into Round 2, Brown will have to hold off Lowry and keep the good juju flowing – and, according to him, maybe keep his family and friends from getting a bit too jazzed up, as well.
USA TODAY Sports will provide live updates, highlights and more from the 2024 Open Championship below.
Shane Lowry birdies No. 8 − the Postage Stamp hole − to take the outright lead of The Open. The Irishman is 3 under par for the day to lead by one over Daniel Brown.
Shane Lowry, the 2019 Open champion, picks up two early birdies on No. 1 and No. 4 to take the outright lead of The Open and becomes the first player to reach 7 under in this championship. However, that was met by a bogey on No. 5 to move into a tie with Daniel Brown for the lead. Brown is even through the first two holes.
Tiger Woods, who recorded six bogeys and two double bogeys in an opening 79, got off to a rough start to begin the second round. Woods double bogeyed the second hole and bogeyed the fifth hole to sit a +11 and tied for 151st. He then recorded his first birdie on No. 6 but is in danger of missing the cut.
How to watch 2024 British Open on TV
The Open will be broadcast live on NBC and on USA Network, with coverage also on NBC’s Peacock streaming service. The tentative broadcast schedule is as follows (all times Eastern):
Round 2: Friday, July 19
- 1:30 a.m.- 4 a.m.: Peacock
- 4 a.m.-3 p.m.: USA Network
- 3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Peacock
British Open 2024 live stream
Live coverage and featured groups can be followed on the live stream on Peacock.
British Open tee times: Second round
All times Eastern
1:35 a.m. — Ewen Ferguson, Marcel Siem
1:46 a.m. — CT Pan, Romain Langasque, Yuto Katsuragawa
1:57 a.m. — Rikuya Hoshino, Angel Hidalgo, Richard Mansell
2:08 a.m. — Corey Conners, Ryan Fox, Jorge Campillo
2:19 a.m. — Ernie Els, Gary Woodland, Altin van der Merwe (a)
2:30 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Rasmus Hojgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
2:41 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Billy Horschel, Victor Perez
2:52 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Brendon Todd, Jordan Smith
3:03 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Taylor Moore, Adrian Meronk
3:14 a.m. — Jason Day, Byeong Hun An, Rickie Fowler
3:25 a.m. — Alex Cejka, Eric Cole, Kurt Kitayama
3:36 a.m. — Darren Clarke, JT Poston, Dean Burmester
3:47 a.m. — Phil Mickelson, Joost Luiten, Dustin Johnson
4:03 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Davis Thompson, Matthew Jordan
4:14 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka
4:25 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
4:36 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim
4:47 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith, Matt Fitzpatrick
4:58 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young
5:09 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge, Sami Valimaki
5:20 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes
5:31 a.m. — Yannik Paul, Joe Dean, Andy Ogletree
5:42 a.m. — Ryan van Velzen, Charlie Lindh, Luis Masaveu (a)
5:53 a.m. — Kazuma Kobori, Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a), Liam Nolan (a)
6:04 a.m. — Daniel Brown, Denwit David Boriboonsub, Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
6:15 a.m. — Jeunghun Wang, Aguri Iwasaki, Sam Horsfield
6:26 a.m. — Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton, Jack McDonald
6:47 a.m. — Tom McKibbin, Alex Noren, Calum Scott (a)
6:58 a.m. — Jesper Svensson, Vincent Norrman, Michael Hendry
7:09 a.m. — Younghan Song, Daniel Hillier, Ryosuke Kinoshita
7:20 a.m. — Min Woo Lee, Ryo Hisatsune, Abraham Ancer
7:31 a.m. — Nicolai Hojgaard, Adam Scott, Keita Nakajima
7:42 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Jasper Stubbs (a)
7:53 a.m. — Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im, Matthew Southgate
8:04 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Matt Wallace, Laurie Canter
8:15 a.m. — Sebastian Soderberg, Matteo Manassero, Shubhankar Sharma
8:26 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Austin Eckroat, Thorbjorn Olesen
8:37 a.m. — John Daly, Santiago de la Fuente (a), Aaron Rai
8:48 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Chris Kirk, Dominic Clemons (a)
9:04 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Adam Schenk, Joaquin Niemann
9:15 a.m. — Adam Hadwin, Lucas Glover, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:26 a.m. — Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Matthieu Pavon
9:37 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre
9:48 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Bryson DeChambeau, Tom Kim
9:59 a.m. — Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Sahith Theegala
10:10 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Tyrrell Hatton
10:21 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Will Zalatoris, Gordon Sargent (a)
10:32 a.m. — Harris English, Maverick McNealy, Alexander Bjork
10:43 a.m. — Guido Migliozzi, Sean Crocker, Tommy Morrison (a)
10:54 a.m. — David Puig, John Catlin, Guntaek Koh
11:05 a.m. — Thriston Lawrence, Daniel Bradbury, Elvis Smylie
11:16 a.m. — Nacho Elvira, Minkyu Kim, Darren Fichardt
11:27 a.m. – Mason Andersen, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby
