 shane lowry has taken a two-shot lead after 36 holes of the british open the 37 year old lowry the champion in 2019 used all his links golf experience to master the difficult windy conditions to move to seven under after a 69 the irishman leads by two from englishman justin rose and dan brown i'm pretty happy with today and to be leading this tournament after two days is i mean it's just why you come here it's why we're here it's