Matt Fitzpatrick Maintained the lead as Andrew Johnston Justin Rose along with Graeme McDowell at the Open all Proceeded on two into contention.

While Johnston, Rose and McDowell head into the weekend three behind fitzpatrick fired a seven-birdie 65 to the leaderboard on 10 beating the clubhouse lead away from long distance pacesetter Joachim B Hansen.
The likes of Matt Wallace and Tyrrell Hatton are also well placed after 36 holes, but there was disappointment for the home fans as winner Francesco Molinari bowed out together with Open winner Shane Lowry and Paul Casey.
Fitzpatrick birdied two of their first three holes either side of a bogey at the second, which was his only error of a superb day at Ogliata, together with birdies at the ninth and sixth carrying the Englishman.
The 25-year-old drew level with Hansen after he picked up shots at 14 and 15, and he shortly found himself since the outright leader using a well-judged two-putt from extended range for his seventh advantage of the afternoon at the penultimate hole.
It was a really, really solid day, Fitzpatrick said, without a win since landing his fifth European Tour title with a powerful defence of his Omega European Masters crown in Switzerland 11 months ago.
I figured something out with my irons following the second hole, and I just had to get a little bit more guts on it moving back, something I have been working on because Wentworth, really. I simply felt a great deal more comfortable with my skates, and I just missed one green then.
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Hansen had earlier put a testing goal from the clubhouse after returning an entertaining 66, highlighted by a superb hole out from the fairway for an eagle-two in the 481-yard fifth, while Rose seemed set to earn at least a share of the lead before he gasped finished his final two holes.
Back-to-back birdies at four and five lifted the entire world No 5 to nine under with four holes to play, but he halted his approach into the eighth into water and ran up a double-bogey six, and Rose had to scramble hard to avoid dropping another shot nine as he settled for a 69.
Shubhankar Sharma (69) and Rory Sabbatini (70) were alongside Rose around seven under after the morning session, using Johnston and McDowell which makes it a four-way tie for third late in the day.
Steak added a steady four-birdie 68 to his opening 67, while McDowell atoned for dropped shots at 11 and 13 with a birdie in the next before holing a fantastic putt for eagle at 17, though he was a fraction off line that has a fantastic birdie chance on the last green because he carded a 66.
How I played 17 was very gratifying, the former US Open champion said. The 17th is also an ideal case of this golf program. If you get out of position, its a hole, but if you hit a great drive, its 240 to the flag with a five-wood and youll be able to create birdies and eagles.
I am just enjoying myself out there. Its a fun golf course to playwith, and I think that it plays into sort of my type of game. You have to grind it around a little bit, and Im looking forward to being in contention this weekend.
Till he revived his challenge with a series of three consecutive birdies followed by an eagle at the 15th, wallace was one over for his second round with seven to play, and three closing pars capped also a rating of six plus a battling 67 beneath.
Hatton, who appreciated a light-hearted second about the fourth when his fiancee diverted him mid-swing when leaving a bathroom, fired a 69 to reach five under, while Eduardo guaranteed the Molinari family would be used at the weekend as a out-of-sorts Francesco stumbled into a 76 and missed the cut by five shots.