Scottie Scheffler confident despite late stumble in second round at The Open

The Masters champion is well placed on the leaderboard on two under par at the halfway stage but the gloss was taken off a solid performance on Friday with a bogey at the last.

Scheffler, who carded three birdies and one other bogey, felt he was in particularly good touch on the greens.

The American said: "I feel like I holed a good amount of putts today, and I hit a lot of good ones, some up around the cup.

"Being able to hole a few, especially some important ones on the back nine for par, those always feel good, keeping the momentum.

"Sometimes it's a numbers game — just keep getting the ball up around the hole, and the more I can get it closer to the hole more often, the more putts I'm going to hole.

"I would have liked to be leading but I've played two solid rounds. I'll continue to try to execute and just continue to try to hit good shots and good putts out there."

The second round proved a battle against more than just the blustery conditions for Scheffler's caddie Ted Scott, who was feeling unwell.

Scott lay down during some breaks in play but was able to continue.

Scheffler said: "He had a bit of food poisoning or some sort of stomach bug. He did not sleep very much last night apparently.

"We didn't know if he was going to be able to go this morning but he fought it out.

"You saw him laying down probably quite a bit out there, which was pretty funny, but he's a fighter. He did a good job today and battled through it."