Day 2 at the 2014 Open Championship

Today's round of the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool has finished, thus concluding the weekday rounds. The leader going into weekend is still Rory McIlroy, who again shot a 6-under 66 to put him at 12-under (-12) overall, good enough for a four shot lead over American Dustin Johnson. Johnson shot a 65 today (which was the low round of the day) to put him in that spot. The cut has been set at 3-over (+3).

Over the past few months, Rory McIlroy has been having trouble during his Friday rounds. During the Scottish Open, he went from shooting the course record on Thursday, to shooting a 78 the next day. However, this was not the case today for him.

Tiger Woods, however, faltered during his round today, having shot a 77 with most over-par scores coming on the first few holes. He barely made the cut as well, having a combined score of just 2-over (+2).

Factory worker and local resident John Singleton improved on his opening round of 78, having shot a 70 on the day, putting him at 4-over (+4) but just barely missing the cut. I don't think missing the cut matters to him too much however, as the experience was no doubt priceless regardless.

Weatherwise, the wind was blowing at times during today's round, but it looks like some players still managed to score low despite this, perhaps having taken advantage of it on certain holes. This is links golf that is being played however, so who knows what the next rounds will be like.

Finally, here is how our picks fared out:

1) Graeme McDowell: T24 at 1-under (-1)
2) Henrik Stenson: T43 at 1-over (+1)
3) Luke Donald: T56 at 2-over (+2)
4) Miguel Angel Jimenez: CUT

That's too bad for Jimenez; he hasn't missed a cut at the Open Championship since 2008.

Stay tuned for our coverage of tomorrow's round,

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Rory McIlroy overcomes his "Friday jitters" to hold onto the lead at the 2014 Open Championship (Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)