Why You Should Expect Lower Scores at The Open This Weekend

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00:00Currently on the course, we've got six guys at four under or better on this round two Friday.

00:06Do you expect those low scores to continue into the afternoon hours and over the weekend in Northern Ireland?

00:13Ben, I expect the low scores to get lower.

00:16The wind is going to lay down this afternoon.

00:18Right now, this morning, these guys are playing just under a stroke over par.

00:22To give you an idea and some perspective, yesterday the golf course played in total about two strokes over par.

00:27So it's about half easier than it was yesterday.

00:30And this afternoon, the wind's going to lay down.

00:32The wind's been in the mid-teens this morning.

00:34They haven't really dealt with very much rain.

00:36There might be a band of rain coming in later.

00:38That just softens the surfaces, makes them more approachable.

00:41There's been a considerable amount of bounce there, right?

00:43But when the wind lays down into the single digits, these guys this afternoon,

00:48John Rahm hit more greens in regulation yesterday than anybody.

00:51He led the field, right?

00:52That guy is just waiting like a Spanish bull in the gate for Pamplona, right?

00:57This guy is ready to roll this afternoon.

00:59I think they are going to score.

01:00I love the fact that Fitz hasn't been out there yet, and he's sitting there at minus four.

01:05You know, if Harmon sits there right around seven where he's at,

01:08these guys that ended the day under par yesterday, five, six under par is well within reach.

01:14And I think we're going to have a really, really tight leaderboard and a fun one going into the weekend.