British Open 2015 Leaderboard: Twitter Reacts to Saturday Results and Standings

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Published: July 18, 2015

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Hours and hours of wind delays stretched 2015 British Open's second round across two days at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

What should have been moving day on Saturday was instead a continuation of cut day, and the inclement weather delayed the coronation of this year's champion until at least Monday, per USA Today's Steve DiMeglio. It's the first time the British Open has seen a Monday round since 1988.

DiMeglio noted that winds were in excess of 40 miles per hour, and some players, such as Brendon Todd, griped about a premature restart at 7 a.m. local time on Saturday: 

We shouldn't have been out there. I three-putted the 16th, three-putted the 17th and then they suspended play. You really couldn't putt when we were out there. You're standing over a putt wondering if the ball's going to roll into your putter. That's an unnerving thought.

Frustrating developments no doubt, but ESPN's Kevin Van Valkenburg had no problem finding the humor in the situation:



Eventually, the round came to a close, and it saw Dustin Johnson at the top of the leaderboard at 10 under, with a second-round score of 69. Here's a look at the leaderboard:



Johnson birdied the No. 18 hole Saturday to separate himself from Danny Willett and take sole possession of first place. ESPN Stats & Info noted Johnson and Jordan Spieth have dominated leaderboards at majors this year:



Johnson shot seven under in the first round, a brilliant start to this major considering the disastrous end to his last one, when he handed Spieth the 2015 U.S. Open title by one stroke after three-putting the 18th hole.

Every stroke counts at a major as close and as challenging as this one, but Johnson did well to put things in perspective when asked about a wind-affected bogey, per ESPN's Jason Sobel:



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