British Open 2011: Lucas Glover, Darren Clarke tied for lead after 2 rounds; Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy in contention

Mickelson is three back, McIlroy four. In all, 31 golfers are between par and 4-under midway through the tournament.

Associated PressLucas Glover (photo) and Darren Clarke are tied at the top of a crowded British Open leaderboard.

Darren Clarke carded his second straight 2-under par 68 to tie Lucas Glover for the second-round lead at the British Open in Sandwich, England.

Glover, too, is at 4-under for the tournament, following his first-round 66 with Friday's 70.

One stroke behind at 3-under are Miguel Jimenez (66-71), Thomas Bjorn (65-72), Chad Campbell (69-68) and Martin Kaymer (68-69).

Among the seven players at 2-under are Masters champion Charl Schwartzel (71-67). Phil Mickelson (70-69) is among the five players at 1-under, and the group of 13 players at even par includes U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy (71-69).

Five-time champion Tom Watson, 61, made a hole-in-one on the 178-yard sixth hole and is 2-over (72-70), as is defending champion Louis Oosthuizen (72-70).

Among those missing the cut by one stroke at 4-over were Lee Westwood (73-71) and two-time champion Padraig Harrington (73-71). Also not playing on the weekend will be Luke Donald (71-75) at 6-over. Donald is first in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/golf/index.ssf/2011/07/british_open_2011.html

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