Brandt sure this time he can hold on

He may be the world No 29 and three-time PGA Tour winner but the last time the public outside of the golfing bubble got a good look at Brandt Snedeker they will have seen an American kid getting all choked up about losing the Masters.

Four years on and the 31-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, was able to reintroduce himself to the wider world yesterday with a fresher face and a big smile as he took a grip on the British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes by equalling the lowest 36-hole score in the 152-year history of the oldest Major.

Snedeker will resume play today in the final group out at 10 under par, a shot ahead of Australian Adam Scott, after rounds of 66 and 64 matched Nick Faldo’s aggregate of 130 at Muirfield in 1992.