Scheffler seizes halfway lead at British Open with career-best major round

On the windswept coast of Northern Ireland, the world's best golfer reminded a skeptical links landscape that true mastery is not bound by terrain. Scottie Scheffler, with limited experience on seaside courses where wind and bounce rewrite the rules of the game, posted a career-low major round at Royal Portrush to seize the halfway lead at the British Open. It is a familiar position for a man who has made leaderboard dominance something close to a philosophical stance — patient, precise, and unmoved by circumstance.