English golfer Daniel Brown, 29, made a stunning run to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Club, leading Irishman Shane Lowry by a single stroke heading into Round 2.

After a third-round implosion, the Irishman tried to regain his calm and the lead on Sunday, but it never materialized. TROON, Scotland — Shane Lowry thought that Sunday evening, he would hold ...