The 31-year-old
American pushed the lead to 10 under with another course-record-equalling round
for an Open at Lytham. Snedeker was four clear of first-round leader Scott, an
afternoon starter, and eight clear of the next group in the clubhouse at two
under par.

Snedeker had six
birdies and six straight pars to finish and has not leaked a single bogey after
carding a 66 on day one. "I'm sure everybody in this room is in about as
much of shock as I am right now," he told a news conference after his
second round.
"My mantra all
week has been to get the ball on the greens as fast as possible. Once I'm on
there I have a pretty good handle on the speed of the greens.
"I'm just going
to try and keep doing that over the weekend."
Donald kept himself in
contention by swapping three bogeys for five birdies, including three in a row
from the fourth.

"Still the only disappointing thing probably was I gave
myself a lot of opportunities from 100 to 150 yards with the greens being
pretty soft, not much wind. I wasn't quite sharp enough, hitting a lot of shots
from that distance to 25 feet, and I felt like I could have created some more
opportunities that way. "I'm certainly feeling more and more comfortable.
Obviously where I am in my career I need to be contending. "
McIlroy, who began the day three under, said the turning point
was the double bogey he made after taking two to get out of a greenside bunker
on the short ninth and running up a double bogey.
"It wasn't the best day out there," he said. "I
was doing pretty well just to hang in there around par on the front nine. And
making a double, I couldn't really recover from that. I wasn't committing to my
tee shots and I was in two minds a few times about what shots to hit off
tees." The 23-year-old revealed afterwards he had paid for a hotel night
for the man he hit on the head with a
wayward drive and his friend. The
pair, who were planning to camp, also received about £100 for dinner. "I thought it was the least I could
do," said McIlroy, who gave the youngster a signed glove at the time.
"I didn't want him sleeping the night in a tent when he's got a massive
gash in the side of his head."
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