Scottish amateur Richie Ramsey is out early on another chilly morning at Carnoustie as day two of the Open gets underway Northern Ireland amateur Rory McIlroy enjoys a mixed morning with two birdies and seven dropped shots to end two over Jim Furyk is enjoying better luck with four birdies in seven holes, but a bogey on the last leaves him two under 2002 Open champion Ernie Els also picks up a couple of shots but drops one on the back nine to reach halfway at level par Luke Donald counters two doubles and a triple bogey with birdies at 11, 12 and 14, eventually finishing at four over Phil Mickelson also finds the going tough and cards a 77 to finish on six over, meaning he will miss the weekend England's Lee Westwood drops a shot on the last but remains right in contention at one under par after the second day Leader Sergio Garcia drops a shot on the fourth but gets it back on the sixth and finishes the day at a healthy six under Vijay Singh birdies three consecutive holes to put himself in contention, but double bogeys 18 to fall back to one over Sweden's Niclas Fasth is the first man under 70, although a double bogey on 12 stops a 67 and he ends two over par Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez comes within inches of a hole-in-one on the 16th as he posts a 70 for three under overall As Garcia finishes, Tiger Woods hooks his tee shot into the burn down the left side of the first hole and opens with a six Woods birdies the second, but scrambles on almost every other hole to turn in 39 - seven shots off the lead Korea's KJ Choi sinks three birdies on the back nine to flirt with the lead, but drops one at the last to finish two back Justin Rose steadies himself after his opening round and shoots one under for the day to finish at three over Woods keeps struggling and bogeys the last to finish with a 74, at one over for the tournament - seven shots off the lead Canada's Mike Weir puts himself very much in the running on Friday with a 68, which leaves him at three under overall Colin Montgomerie birdies the first but then runs into trouble and misses the cut - set at four over - by one shot Former champions Nick Faldo (left), John Daly (top) and Paul Lawrie (bottom) all missed the halfway cut
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Highlights: The Open play-off
