{"id":1252710,"date":"2024-07-19T07:03:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1252710"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:06:21","slug":"easier-conditions-lead-to-good-start-for-marcel-siem-on-day-two-of-152nd-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/easier-conditions-lead-to-good-start-for-marcel-siem-on-day-two-of-152nd-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Easier conditions lead to good start for Marcel Siem on day two of 152nd Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
Easier conditions greeted the early starters on day two of the 152nd Open at Royal Troon, with Germany’s Marcel Siem taking advantage.<\/p>\n
The 44-year-old, playing in his seventh championship, holed a 13-foot putt for birdie at the first and then added a second from inside that distance at the third.<\/p>\n
Troon was proving less of a test than Thursday due to gentler winds and Siem added his third birdie of the day at the 599-yard fourth.<\/p>\n
That got Siem back to one under par, which was only five behind surprise first-round leader Daniel Brown, who was hoping for a bigger following than he got in the penultimate group out on the first day, with few spectators present at 9.33pm to see him sink a birdie on the last for a bogey-free 65.<\/p>\n
Brown was out at 11.04am, although that meant his lead was likely to come under pressure from 2019 champion Shane Lowry, who was teeing off more than an hour before him just a shot behind after his 66.<\/p>\n