DROITWICH golfer John Bickerton starts his second round of the Open at Muirfield today (Friday) five shots behind the leaders at two over par.

Bickerton shot a round of 73 and is just three shots adrift of world number one Tiger Woods.

The 32-year-old, due off at 10.45am, has yet to make the halfway cut at the famous event, has qualified automatically as one of the eight highest non-exempted finishers after finishing joint eleventh at the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond last Sunday.