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By Tony Jimenez TROON, Scotland, July 16 (Reuters) - The British Open was fortified by the over-40s on Saturday as Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson produced a ding-dong tussle to turn golf's oldest major into a gripping two-man slugfest. It was a case of parry and thrust from the Swede and the American as Royal Troon showed its teeth for the second day running, the winds whipping up to 25mph on the west coast of Scotland and making good scoring extremely tough. Stenson, 40, bidding to become the first Scandinavian male to win a major championship, began the day one behind his playing partner and ended it one in front after a 68, the joint lowest round of the day, left him on 12-under-par 201.
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