5 SA golfers make Open Championship cut with Lawrence best-placed

Five of the 11 South Africans, who started the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, made the cut for the weekend at this year's final major on Friday.

Thriston Lawrence is the best-placed South African as he sits tied for 25th -  nine shots adrift from halfway leader Cameron Smith of Australia.

Lawrence made five birdies and four bogeys to card a one-under 71 to sit on four-under in Scotland.

Tied for 36th at three-under par is South Africa duo Dylan Frittelli and Garrick Higgo.

Olympian Higgo fired four consecutive birdies at the Old Course but made two bogeys on the final holes to post a 3-under 69. Meanwhile, Frittelli, who finished fifth-place finish at last year's Open Championship at Royal St George's, carded a one-under 71 in his second round.

With the cut set at even-par, South Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Dean Burmester made their way into the weekend as they sit tied for 66th.

Bezuidenhout fought for a one-under 71, while Burmester sank a birdie on the final hole to make the cut as they sit on even-par.

Two-time Open winner Ernie Els, 2010 Open Championship winner at St Andrews Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Harding and Zander Lombard missed the cut by one stroke as they ended their tournament on one-over-par.

SA tee times for Round 3 at the 150th Open:

10:15 SA time - Dean Burmester, Francesco Molinari

11:10 SA time - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, John Parry

13:00 SA time - Dylan Frittelli, Russell Henley

13:20 SA time - Garrick Higgo, Kurt Kitayama

14:25 SA time - Thriston Lawrence, Jordan Spieth

Meanwhile, Shaun Norris (3-over) and amateur Aldrich Potgieter (6-over) also failed the weekend cut.

South Africa's Erik van Rooyen withdrew from the Open before the opening round due to a neck injury.

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