Patience key as MacIntyre stays in hunt for Open title

Patience key as MacIntyre stays in hunt for Open titleImage source, SNSImage caption, Robert MacIntyre finished the second round high on the leaderboardByBrian McLauchlinBBC Sport Scotland Senior ReporterPublished2 hours agoRobert MacIntyre says patience was the key to his second-round 69 at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.Scotland’s top golfer, playing in his seventh Open, mentioned the hot, windy conditions made for a stern test on the Lancashire links as he finished four strokes behind the clubhouse leader, New Zealand’s Lucas Herbert.”It was very much patience and discipline with the game plan,” he mentioned. “I was tested early on. “I was getting hot under a few of the mistakes I felt like I was making, but I hung in there and I knew that around the turn was going to be difficult with the wind being out the right for me.”It’s not the nicest wind to play in, so I was kind of fighting that.The Open round two: Scheffler, DeChambeau and Fleetwood climbing, Rose battling to make cut