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\u201cYesterday afternoon the bunkers dried out more than we have seen in recent weeks and that led to more balls running straight up against the face than we would normally expect,\u201d the R&A said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have therefore raked all of the bunkers slightly differently to take the sand up one revet on the face of the bunkers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe routinely rake bunkers flat at most Open venues but decided this adjustment was appropriate in light of the drier conditions which arose yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to monitor this closely for the remainder of the Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even those players who managed to successfully escape from the bunkers on day one had expressed their concerns, with former champion Stewart Cink speaking out following a bogey-free 68.<\/p>\n \u201cEventually it\u2019ll catch up with you,\u201d the 2009 winner said. \u201cThe bottoms of them are so flat that if a ball comes in with any momentum, it\u2019s just going right up to the lip and stop.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s not a little upslope that helps you at all. They are very penal.\u201d<\/p>\n American Brian Harman was having no issues with any bunkers as he carded four birdies in succession to surge clear at the top of the leaderboard.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harman holed from 20 feet on the second and similar distances on the third and fourth before hitting the pin with his chip to the par-five fifth to set up a simple tap-in.<\/p>\n At eight under par the left-hander led by three shots from Tommy Fleetwood and South African amateur Christo Lamprecht, with Argentina\u2019s Emiliano Grillo falling out of an overnight share of the lead following a double bogey on the second.<\/p>\n McIlroy began his second round in ideal fashion with a birdie on the first to improve to one under.<\/p>\n (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Open officials alter bunkers after complaints as Brian Harman surges into lead'});<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The R&A instructed greenkeeping staff to build up the edges of the bunkers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1246300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,24,51],"tags":[1013,2202,98,65,88,89,9051,84,90,91,4432,92,73,94],"class_list":["post-1246299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-pga","category-majors","category-the-open","tag-brian-harman","tag-bunker","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-golf-major","tag-golf-news","tag-news","tag-pa-news","tag-pga-tour","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-royal-liverpool-hoylake","tag-scores","tag-the-open-championship","tag-tournament"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Rory](\"\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/c818c6802b7ac33b2736a5674f6e5660Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjkwMDE4MTc0\/2.73064865.jpg?w=640\")
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