The Open 2019: Rory McIlroy set to miss cut by one shot as Lowry and Holmes share clubhouse lead

Ireland's Shane Lowry proved master of the Dunluce links for the second successive day to move into a share of the halfway lead with American J.B. Holmes at the British Open on Friday.

But there was a bitter-sweet exit for Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut despite bouncing back from his nightmare first round 79 with an excellent 65.​ McIlroy will miss out on the weekend along with Tiger Woods, who shot a one-under 70 but still ended six-over for his two rounds.

A flurry of birdies early in a sizzling outward nine of 31 looked like giving the 32-year-old Lowry from across the border the outright lead but a bogey at the 18th left him on eight under after successive rounds of 67. Holmes, the overnight leader, had the better of the weather earlier in the day and consolidated his challenge with a 68.

What time does it start?

Day two at The Open gets underway at 6:35am, with the final group due to tee off at 4:16pm.

Where can I watch it?

The Open will be shown live in its entirety on Sky Sports Golf, with highlights on BBC Two from 8pm.

Predictions

Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm have both lived up to their pre-tournament expectations as they sit just two shots off the overnight lead, and both should be able to maintain their challenges through Friday.

Tee times

All times BST (ET + 5 hours), (a) denotes amateur

0635 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Tom Lehman (USA), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)

0646 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Chris Wood

0657 Joel Dahmen (USA), Adri Arnaus (Spa), Dimitrios Papadatos (Aus)

0708 Rory Sabbatini (Svk), Stewart Cink (USA), Inn-choon Hwang (Kor)

0719 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa), Kurt Kitayama (USA), Jake McLeod (Aus)

0730 Shaun Norris (Rsa), Ryan Fox (Nzl), Dong-kyu Jang (Kor)

0741 Keith Mitchell (USA), Tyrrell Hatton, Thomas Pieters (Bel)

0752 Justin Thomas (USA), Tommy Fleetwood, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

0803 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Brooks Koepka (USA), Shubhankar Sharma (Ind)

0814 Billy Horschel (USA), Jazz Janewattananond (Tha), Aaron Wise (USA)

0825 Jordan Spieth (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Danny Willett

0836 Cameron Smith (Aus), Adam Hadwin (Can), David Lipsky (USA)

0847 Paul Lawrie, Chez Reavie (USA), Justin Harding (Rsa)

0903 Tom Lewis, Takumi Kanaya (a) (Jpn), Brandon Stone (Rsa)

0914 Lucas Glover (USA), Joost Luiten (Ned), Nino Bertasio (Ita)

0925 Ernie Els (Rsa), J.B. Holmes (USA), Abraham Ancer (Mex)

0936 Lee Westwood, Brandt Snedeker (USA), Brian Harman (USA)

0947 Justin Rose, Tony Finau (USA), Lucas Bjerregaard (Den)

0958 Jason Day (Aus), Dustin Johnson (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA)

1009 Matt Wallace, Tiger Woods (USA), Patrick Reed (USA)

1020 Jon Rahm (Spa), Patrick Cantlay (USA), Matt Kuchar (USA)

1031 Doc Redman (USA), Kevin Streelman (USA), Robert Rock

1042 Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Isidro Benitez (Mex)

1053 Patton Kizzire (USA), Sang Hyun Park (Kor), Yuki Inamori (Jpn)

1104 Yoshinori Fujimoto (Jpn), Doyeob Mun (Kor), Andrew Wilson

1115 Yosuke Asaji (Jpn), Gunn Charoenkul (Tha), Ashton Turner

1136 (a) James Sugrue, Darren Clarke, Charley Hoffman (USA)

1147 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Sung Kang (Kor), (a) Thomas Thurloway

1158 Andy Sullivan, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Alexander Levy (Fra)

1209 Zander Lombard (Rsa), Chan Kim (USA), Brandon Wu (a) (USA)

1220 Richard Sterne (Rsa), Romain Langasque (Fra), (a) Matthias Schmid (Ger)

1231 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Padraig Harrington, Andrew Putnam (USA)

1242 Eddie Pepperell, Bubba Watson (USA), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)

1253 Phil Mickelson (USA), Shane Lowry, Branden Grace (Rsa)

1304 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Alex Noren (Swe), Sam Locke

1315 Webb Simpson (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Cheng-Tsung Pan (Tai)

1326 Ryan Palmer (USA), Andrea Pavan (Ita), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)

1337 Kyle Stanley (USA), Robert Macintyre, Andrew Johnston

1348 Oliver Wilson, Mikko Korhonen (Fin), (a) Curtis Knipes

1404 Sungjae Im (Kor), Ian Poulter, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)

1415 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Xander Schauffele (USA), Graeme McDowell

1426 Russell Knox, Haotong Li (Chn), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)

1437 Jason Kokrak (USA), Connor Syme, Austin Connelly (Can)

1448 Zach Johnson (USA), David Duval (USA), Corey Conners (Can)

1459 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Adam Scott (Aus)

1510 Rory McIlroy, Gary Woodland (USA), Paul Casey

1521 Kevin Kisner (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1532 Jim Furyk (USA), Si Woo Kim (Kor), Jimmy Walker (USA)

1543 Alexander Bjork (Swe), Luke List (USA), Paul Waring

1554 Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Nate Lashley (USA), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)

1605 Mikumu Horikawa (Jpn), Callum Shinkwin, Garrick Porteous

1616 Prom Meesawat (Tha), Matthew Baldwin, Jack Senior