So four weeks after Phil Mickelson became the oldest man to win a major championship, Richard Bland becomes the oldest player to lead, or co-lead, after 36 holes at the US Open. The English veteran, at 48 years and four months, shot 67 today, and shares the lead with Russell Henley, who missed a tiddler on the last that would have given him sole ownership of it. Here’s how the upper echelons of the leader board look. Thanks for reading this blog, and hope to see you tomorrow. Nighty night!
-5: Bland, Henley
-4: Oosthuizen, Wolff
-3: Watson, Rahm
-2: Streelman, Hughes, Schauffele
Mickelson very nearly drains his eagle putt. He taps in for birdie, and that’s a marvellous 69 by the old boy. At +2, his US Open dream isn’t over yet, but he’ll need one of those old-time birdie blitzes tomorrow if he’s going to land that elusive prize. Schauffele can’t get up and down from the sand, though, and it’s a disappointing par. Fitting for a disappointing 71, but he’s not done any damage, and at -2 he’s in good nick going into the weekend.
Mickelson’s second only just gets over the drink, the old crowd-teaser. He’s got a 60-footer left for eagle. Schauffele lands his second pin high, but the ball takes a huge bounce off the ever-firmer green and into the trap at the back. Some big short-game stuff coming up!
Phil Mickelson - who has been chugging along at +3 for some time now - splits 18 with a booming drive. His playing partner Xander Schauffele follows him down. Meanwhile a closing birdie for Daniel Berger at 9, and he’s nicely placed at level par.
Schauffele very nearly drains his monster putt at 17 for an absurd birdie. Par will do. He remains at -2 with the par-five 18th, the easiest hole on the course, to come. It’s not the worst situation to be in.
Schauffele’s tee shot at 17 finds sand down the right, but he’s able to whip his second into the heart of the green. He’ll have a long two putts for par, though.
Koepka finds the heart of 18 with two big blows. He’s left with a long 50-foot rake across the dancefloor for eagle. He leaves his effort a tricky four feet short, and grimaces accordingly. Before he can clean up, it’s a birdie for Justin Thomas, who, having bogeyed 17, ends with a 69. He’s level par. Collin Morikawa has to settle for par, but that’s a fine 67 that brings him right back into this; he’s level par too. And finally Brooks ... who prods with great uncertainty at his short birdie effort. It breaks right and he signs for a ragged 73. He’s level par, and will be going out in a pairing before Bryson DeChambeau tomorrow. You wouldn’t have got great odds on that outcome this morning.
Schauffele executes another fine chip out of greenside muck, this time at 16. He makes no mistake with the par saver this time, and stays at -2.
Wolff can’t quite make his eagle putt at 18, but he’s more than happy with his tap-in birdie. He signs for a superb 68, and ends the day a shot off Bland and Henley’s lead. Mackenzie Hughes finished with a 67, meanwhile, and the 31-year-old Canadian is -2 after 36 holes.
-5: Bland (F), Henley (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (F), Wolff (F)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F)
-2: Streelman (F), Hughes (F), Schauffele (15)
-1: Scheffler (F), Migliozzi (F), Rodgers (F), Cabrera Bello (13)
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Matthew Wolff bashes a big drive down 18, then swishes a long iron into the heart of the par-five green! He’ll have a good look at eagle from 15 feet! On the par-three 16th, Xander Schauffele sends his 4-iron into cabbage to the left of the green. And on 13, Rafa Cabrera Bello nearly spins his approach into the cup from 85 yards. He taps in for a birdie that brings him back into red figures at -1.
A dropped shot for Xander Schauffele at 15. A shame, because he looked to have scrambled par with a delightful chip from thick greenside rough to five feet. But he shoved his par putt wide right. Meanwhile up on 18, the young man who lost the British Masters play-off last month to our co-leader Richard Bland, Guido Migliozzi, nearly chips in from the back of the green for eagle. He settles for a birdie, and a round of 70 to go alongside yesterday’s 71. The 24-year-old Italian already has two European Tour wins to his name, but this is a different level. His breakthrough tournament, on debut? He’s -1 going into the weekend.
Wolff’s birdie effort at 17 dies apologetically to the right, one turn shy. He remains at -3. Back on 9, Henley can’t make his birdie putt, which is always missing high on the left. He should make his par to finish, for a fine blemish-free round of 69 ... but he pushes his two-footer wide right, and he’ll have to settle for an excellent, if ultimately frustrating, 70. His only bogey of the day. It means Richard Bland becomes the oldest 36-hole leader of a US Open in history!
-5: Bland (F), Henley (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (F)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F), Wolff (17), Schauffele (14)
The 2017 PGA champ Justin Thomas isn’t out of this, you know! He pulls his tee shot at 16 into the bunker to the left of the green, but holes out for a birdie that brings him back to level par for the tournament. That could be one hell of a momentum shifter! Meanwhile on 9, Henley had in fact found sand with his tee shot. He took his medicine to wedge out, and now sends his third to ten feet, from where he’ll have a putt for a two-shot lead at the halfway mark ... unless Xander Schauffele embarks on a late birdie blitz, that is.
The new sole leader Russell Henley bashes a long drive down the par-five 9th. It nestles in the first cut. Meanwhile up on 17, last year’s runner-up Matthew Wolff wedges pin high, albeit a good 20 feet left of the flag.
On the one hand, it’s a shame that Bland is unlikely now to be leading after 36 holes. Had he done so - or been in a share - he’d have become the oldest player in US Open history to lead at halfway, at 48 years and four months. But on the other, it might take a little heat off him, now expectations have risen. Not that much heat, admittedly, but given this is uncharted territory, every little helps.
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Koepka can’t make his right-to-left slider for par. He slips back to level par for the tournament ... and he’s suddenly six off the pace, because Henley tidies up on 8 for his birdie, and knocks Richard Bland off his perch!
-6: Henley (17*)
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (F)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F), Wolff (16), Schauffele (13)
Brooks lashes his third at 15 straight at the flag, and will have a ten-foot look to get out of Dodge without dropping a shot. Meanwhile on the par-three 8th, Henley nearly hits the flagstick with his tee shot, and will have a six-foot look at a birdie that’ll give him sole ownership of the lead at the 121st US Open.
Rafa Cabrera Bello’s round continues to unravel. A third birdie in a row, this time the result of missing the green at the par-three 11th, and he slips back to level par. Also threatening to go a sour way out: Brooks Koepka, who sends his tee shot at 15 behind a tree down the right. He tries to fire low under its branches instead of taking his medicine and chipping back onto the fairway. He doesn’t hit the tree, but his ball squirts into the thick stuff on the other side of the fairway. That’s a poor decision.
Edoardo Molinari, having played the back nine in 40, traverses the front in 36. It’s a salvage job that means he ends the day at +4. Unless his younger brother collapses horribly over his last four holes - Francesco is level par for the tournament through 5 - the Molinaris will become the first brothers to both make the cut at a US Open since Joe and Jumbo Ozaki in 1993.
Cabrera Bello is beginning to get a little ragged with the flat stick. He follows his yip on 9 with a three-putt bogey at 10. He slips back to -1, trending very much in the wrong direction.
On 14, Koepka’s second bounds into the thick stuff lining the green. His chip is weak, and he’s quickly handing back the shot he’d picked up on 13. It’s just not happening for the 2017 and 2018 champion today.
Another birdie for Rodgers, who creams his second at 7 straight at the flag, then steers in the gentle left-to-right slider that remains from 12 feet. He’s -2. And then Henley steers in his right-to-left par saver from 15 feet on 6! That’s a huge bonus. He remains at -5, in a tie with Bland at the top.
Russell Henley gets out of position down the long par-four 6th. He sends his tee shot into sand, then dumps his second into the thick stuff down the left. He finds the green with his third, but unable to get spin, watches sadly as his ball skitters a good way past the flag. He’ll have a 15-footer coming back to save par and remain in a share of the lead.
A 70 for Patrick Rodgers yesterday. The 28-year-old from Indiana looked to be heading in the wrong direction with bogeys today at 16 and 17, but he’s responded well with birdie at 1, and now another at 6, sending a snaking 30-footer into the cup. He’s back to -1 for the week.
The projected cut has drifted out to +4. If it stays there, the extra stroke will save the likes of Jordan Spieth and Paul Casey, plus those still out there who are teetering on the edge: Edoardo Molinari, Marcus Armitage, Shane Lowry and Martin Kaymer.
Kopeka lags his long eagle putt to kick-in distance. A fuss-free birdie, and suddenly that up and down from 86 yards on 12 looks huge. Having nearly found himself back at level par - alongside Bryson, gossip fans - he’s moving in the right direction now at -2. This is how you win US Opens.
An extremely disappointing bogey for Rafa Cabrera Bello at the par-five 9th. He sends his second way left, somehow avoiding the really thick stuff. He finds the green, but doesn’t hit his 20-foot birdie putt, then yips the short one left for par. He’s back to -2. Meanwhile some awful luck for Schauffele on 12. He whisks a bunker shot straight at the flag. The ball’s rolling in, only to hit an opponent’s marker! It takes enough speed off the ball, which stops one dimple short. Par. He smiles nonetheless.
A sensational fairway wood on the par-five 13th by Koepka. He takes out all his frustration on the cover of the ball, an almighty swipe from 301 yards finding the edge of the green. He’s left with a long eagle effort, but that got the crowd going. Two putts for birdie from 40 feet would reignite his challenge, too.
A reminder of the leader board. It’s been a while. There are currently 13 players under par. Lucky for them. Here they are.
-5: Bland (F), Henley (13*)
-4: Oosthuizen (F)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F), Wolff (12), Schauffele (11), Cabrera Bello (8)
-2: Streelman (F)
-1: Scheffler (F), Hughes (13*), Koepka (12), F Molinari (12*)
An up and down from 86 yards on 12 by Brooks Koepka. He remains at -1 and perhaps that scramble will fuel a resurgence? He’s done nothing since those early birdies were quickly wiped out by a couple of bogeys. Back on 11, Mickelson sends a dismal tee shot wide left of the green, snookered, and is forced to execute a Kevin Na style mile-high flop. He gets it onto the green, but can’t make the long par putt he leaves himself. A bogey that drops him back to +3.
News of Viktor Hovland. He got some sand in his eye when practicing before the round, and hasn’t been able to get it out. It’s either been irritating him, or affecting his vision, or both. Either way, it would certainly go some way to explaining his poor showing today; he was six over for his round when he withdrew.
Rafa Cabrera Bello’s tee shot at the par-three 8th takes a hot bounce through the green and onto the fringe at the back. He dips into his Seve’s Book of Tricks, standard issue for Spanish golfers when toddlers, and bumps a lovely gentle chip, curving right-to-left, into the cup for birdie! He’s back up to -3.
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Phil Mickelson has been uncharacteristically quiet today. He played the front nine in 34, a birdie at 2, otherwise all pars. But he’s turned in style, knocking his second at 10 to 12 feet, then rolling in the birdie putt. He’s +2, just seven off the lead, and ... I mean, obviously, no ... no ... surely no ... but you never know!
Viktor Hovland wasn’t going well. He’d played the back nine in 40, then doubled the 1st. He was +9 for the tournament. Now he’s withdrawn. Not sure why; presumably an injury, though there’s no obvious sign of physical struggle. We’ll find out soon enough. Shame not to see the exciting Norwegian in contention this week. Godspeed young Viktor.
Two putts for Koepka on 11, and he remains at -1. He’s joined there by Mackenzie Hughes, who you may remember starting fast with three straight birdies. He subsequently dropped a stroke at 1, but has responded in fairly spectacular fashion, whistling a 40-foot tramliner straight into the cup with supreme confidence at 2.
Henley has a chance to grab the lead for himself after firing his approach to 2 over the flag. His birdie putt coming back from 15 feet stays low on the left. He remains at -5, then sends his tee shot at the tricky par-three 3rd safely into the heart of the green, albeit nowhere near the flag.
Koepka sends a 4-iron into the left of the par-three 11th. One yard further, and his ball was catching the camber and turning in towards the flag. It’d have been close. But it topples back down a ridge. He’ll still have an outside look at birdie from 40 feet, on the most difficult hole on the course, but he’ll reflect that it’s a thin line between success and failure in golf.
Schauffele is this close to gently clipping his third into the cup at the par-five 9th for eagle. Lovely hands. He’ll tap that in for a birdie that’ll take him up to -3. Up on 10, Justin Thomas drains a 20-footer to save his par and celebrates accordingly. He remains at +1. His playing partner Koepka can’t make his saver, though, and the two-time winner is under a cloud at the minute. He slips back to -1.
Trouble for Koepka on 10. His second takes a hot bounce on the green and flies into thick cabbage at the back. His whip out ends 15 feet past the hole. He’s struggling to get anything going after handing back those two early birdies with obscene haste. Big putt coming up in momentum terms.
Henley is very unfortunate not to hole out from sand for another birdie, this time at 1. It was a perfectly weighted pitch, rolling slowly towards the cup, dead centre. Somehow it hit the stick and instead of dropping, kept rolling and stopped on the far side of the cup. Still, guess he’d have taken par when he found his ball in the sand. He remains in a share with Bland at -5.
Cabrera Bello continues to make a meal of 5. He plays two weak wedges from the thick rough down the right, and does well to get up and down from the fringe to limit the damage to double bogey. That hole was a farce from beginning to end. He drops to -2. Meanwhile on 10, Matthew Wolff rattles in another long putt for a birdie that lifts him to -3.
A fourth birdie on the spin by Collin Morikawa! He makes it at the par-five 9th, and that’s a best-of-week front nine of 31 strokes. He’s level par, and the 2020 PGA champ is a serious contender again. This is some performance; he looked down and out after immediately slipping to +5 this afternoon. But now look.
An awful start to the round by the 2017 Players champion Kim Si-woo. Four bogeys in a row, between 11 and 14, and he’s clattered down the standings to +4, currently one shot outside the cutline. Better news for Ian Poulter, who has birdied 12 and 14 to move to +1. You’d imagine the US Open would be the perfect major for Poulter’s street-fighting smarts, but he’s never cracked the top ten in America’s tournament. He’s currently tied for 21st.
Russell Henley ends his run of eight pars with a birdie at the par-five 18th. He’s on the fringe in two. A gentle bump and run to five feet, and in goes the putt. He joins Richard Bland in a share of the lead. Meanwhile trouble for Rafa Cabrera Bello at 5. He finds a bunker with his tee shot, then gets a bit too greedy with his second, bashing the ball into the face. It balloons up and disappears into some thick cabbage.
-5: Bland (F), Henley (9*)
-4: Oosthuizen (F), Cabrera Bello (4)
Xander Schauffele hacks his way down the rough to the left of 7. Always out of position, he inevitably ends up with a bogey that drops him to -2. He responds with one of the shots of the day at the par-three 8th, caressing a gentle draw to four feet. A great chance to bounce back immediately.
Eagle for Brian Harman at 9! He sends his third rolling serenely into the cup after wedging from the thick rough down the left of the par-five, 60 yards out. He’s level par, and it’s time for your daily reminder that no left-handed player has ever won the US Open. It’s about time!
You’ll have noticed Cabrera Bello back up to -4. He made bounceback birdie with a 20-footer tickled down the green at 4. Birdie meanwhile for the 2019 champion Gary Woodland at 15; it brings him to +3, just inside the projected cut line.
The greens are firming up, and nobody’s making a serious move on Richard Bland. Good news for the likes of Collin Morikawa (+1) and Mackenzie Hughes (-1) who are both currently three under for their rounds, trying to make up ground from starting positions further back in the pack.
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (F), Henley (8*), Cabrera Bello (4)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F), Schauffele (6)
-2: Streelman (F), Wolff (8), Koepka (8)
Francesco Molinari continues to head in the wrong direction. Bogeys at 15 and 16, and he’s back to level par. Older brother Edoardo is faring no better, having played the back nine in 40 strokes. He’s four over for his round and +3 for the championship.
It’s three birdies in a row for Collin Morikawa at 8! His tee shot lands seven feet from the flag, avoiding the sort of drama served up by Koepka. In goes the putt, and he’s +1, right back in this. A two-putt par for the aforementioned Koepka from the fringe at the back, meanwhile, and he remains at -2.
In the group behind Wolff, Koepka pitches his tee shot four feet from the cup. The ball rears up and cannons off the flagstick, only just holding the fringe at the back. Meanwhile a three-putt bogey for Rafa Cabrera Bello at the par-three 3rd; the Spaniard drops back to -3.
Back-to-back birdies for Matthew Wolff. He rakes a 50-footer into the cup on 7 for the first, then knocks his tee shot at the par-three 8th to six feet for the second. Last year’s runner-up is -2 overall now. Yesterday’s 70 was a rollercoasting tour de force, featuring eight birdies, three bogeys, two double bogeys and just five pars. He’s nothing if not extremely entertaining.
Thanks David. So after that opening bogey, the 2020 PGA champ Collin Morikawa really needed something special if he’s to play this weekend, never mind compete for the title. Well, he’s putting it all together. Bounceback birdie at 2, followed by back-to-back birdies at 6 and 7. He’s now +2 and suddenly just seven off the lead. This field is bunched. Good luck confidently picking the winner at the moment.
The west coast US Open is always a tough challenge for UK viewers. Will you be staying up until close of play? One man who will is Scott Murray and here he is to guide you through the rest of day two. Happy golfing.
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Rory McIlroy is asked to sum up his feelings after 36 holes. After a pause, he goes with: “Umm, I mean pretty good. I mean one-over is still right in the tournament so I can’t be too disappointed about today. There’s too many bogeys on that scorecard but I least I made up for it, I made five birdies.”
It’s back-to-back bogeys for Koepka after his par putt at 6 stays above ground and he’s back to -2 and into a tie for eighth. Back at 5, Phil may be 51 but there’s nothing wrong with his knees and he snaps them sharply again as his birdie try catches the hole but stays out. He remains +3.
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Up at 15 (his sixth hole of the day), Russell Henley has a 25-foot breaking putt to tie for the lead but it’s a total misread. The ball shows no interest in turning back towards the hole and Bland stays out on his own at -5.
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Koepka wobbling a little here. He finds greenside sand at 6 and his bunker shot flops rather apologetically onto the green. It’ll be around 12-15 feet for par and he’s in danger of back-to-back bogeys.
I actually spent 10 minutes earlier trying to see if Rikuya Hoshino was an anagram of Isao Aoki or Ryo Ishikawa. I wanted some hot content in case the 25-year-old star from Japan continued his push for the lead. He didn’t (shooting 74 and finishing at +1) and my attempts at a Japanese golf version of the Countdown Conundrum also didn’t quite work out. Shame.
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So, Richard Bland, is holding the 36-hole lead in a US Open a good idea? You could argue for no. All that pressure. It’s a long run to home from there. And yet, hear this: five of the last seven winners had a piece of the halfway lead. TV folk may try and sell you the idea that anyone can win from the cut line. Nonsense. Looking at the last 19 winners, 17 of them were either in front or no worse than two off the pace with two rounds in the bag. The outliers: Brooks Koepka, who was five back at Shinnecock in 2018 and Webb Simpson, six adrift after 54 holes at Olympic Club in 2012. Even then, Koepka was in fourth place after 36. It leaves Simpson as the only player from outside the top six at halfway to have won this century. The window of opportunity shuts fast if you’re slow out of the blocks in a US Open.
Ouch! Schaffele’s birdie at 4 lips out. Just didn’t hit it firm enough on his chosen line and he remains at -3.
Schauffle doesn’t appear to like his approach to 4 and asks it to “kick left”. The ball listens, boy does it listen, and does a sharp tourner à gauche off a bank, ending about three or four feet away. Another golden birdie chance. At 5, Koepka can’t save par and drops back to -3.
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Justin Thomas floats a lovely wedge at 5 to five feet and will have a birdie putt to get back to +1 after four opening pars. But Koepka has made a mess of this same hole. He’s in thick greenside cabbage and short-sided. Not a time to be too cute and he makes sure he finds the green to take double out of play. He’ll have 20 feet for his par.
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Xander Schauffele is on the move! The San Diego native strokes his 20-footer in for birdie at 3 and is up to -3 and just two back. Looks like he knew exactly how that ball would break late. Here’s a hint why. “I played 64 holes last week starting on Wednesday. I played 18 Wednesday, 18 Thursday, 10 holes Friday, 18 Saturday,” the American revealed ahead of the tournament.
As well as the Hamburger Helper Helping Hand and Noseybonk, here’s another image that shall probably haunt me through the night. This came in a press release from the good people at the Solheim Cup today. It may look friendly but you’ll be hearing songs from The Wicker Man as you tuck yourself in.
Mickelson’s tee-shot has been caught in the thick stuff around the third green so it’s not too bad at all. The original camera angle suggested something much more sinister. He dinks it onto the green and.... ooh, almost into the cup for birdie. Worthy of a little knee flex from the veteran southpaw as it flirts with the hole. He’ll take that though.
Some whoops around the second green as local hero Schauffele taps in from two feet to balance the books and get back to -2. The third is a 168-yard downhill par 3 and he plonks his tee shot hole high and about 20 feet left of the flag. Before he hit, there’s an “oh no” from Phil as his tee-shot bounces off the back edge and into who knows what.
England on top here via Richard Bland but not in the football where it finished 0-0 at Wembley. Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson (an Open winner in Scotland), strokes in a birdie putt from seven feet at 2 to get back to +3 and inside the cut line.
So, not a great start for Xander Schauffele. But, hey, what’s the big deal about a bogey at the first hole. Tiger famously won here in 2008 and made double bogey at 1 on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks Scott. What on earth is that Hamburger thing?! It’s brought back suppressed childhood memories of this...
Right, I’m off to get me some Hamburger Helper. Your old pal and mine, David Tindall, will take you through the next hour. Enjoy, and see you soon!
A cold start by Xander Schauffele, who comes up short with his second at 1, then leaves a bang-average chip 15 feet from the hole. Bogey that drops the local hero to -1.
A little bit of a lull right now ... so why not reacquaint yourself with some classic US Open yarns?
A hell of a start to the afternoon for Mackenzie Hughes. The 30-year-old Canadian hasn’t got much of a CV, with just one win on the PGA Tour, and that at the low-key, early-season RSM Classic, back in 2016. A tie for 40th back in April at Augusta is by far his best showing in any major, but something could be cooking here: birdies at 10, 11 and 12 have catapulted him up the standings to -1 in double-quick time!
A quick start for Koepka, as he sends his second at 2 pin high, then rolls a ten-footer straight into the cup. He joins the group tied for fourth. Bogey for Francesco Molinari, though, at the difficult par-three 11th. He slips out of that group.
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (F), Henley (2*)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F), Koepka (2), Cabrera Bello
-2: Streelman (F), F Molinari (2*), Schauffele
Xander Schauffele makes his way out. He’s starting at 1, and pulls his drive into a big fairway bunker down the left. He should have no problem from there. He’ll be going round again with none other than Phil Mickelson. The record-breaking 51-year-old PGA champion splits the fairway. After yesterday’s 75, he needs something extremely special today if he’s to retain even outside hopes of completing that career slam this week.
Guido Migliozzi, the young Italian who lost to Richard Bland in the play-off for the British Masters last month, is also going along nicely here. A 71 yesterday, and now he’s clipped his tee shot at 3 to four feet, tidying up for an early birdie. He moves to -1.
Kevin Streelman finds the 18th in two. A couple of fuss-free putts later, and that’s a bogey to close. He’s signing for a 69 to go with yesterday’s 71, and goes into the weekend at -2. Meanwhile Francesco Molinari is out, and he pars his opening hole, the 10th, to remain at -3. Sadly his brother hasn’t started so well, dropping shots at 10 and 11 to slip down the standings to +1.
Koepka’s birdie putt has plenty of left-to-right swing, and he doesn’t set it out wide enough. He’ll make do with an opening par. He’s -2. He’s going round with 2017 PGA champion Justin Thomas, who also pars, and 2020 PGA winner Collin Morikawa, who can’t get up and down from the bunker to the left of the green. Thomas remains at +2; Morikawa, who needs something special after yesterday’s 75, immediately goes in the wrong direction. He’s +5.
Koepka sends his second at 1 straight at the flag. One more bounce, and it was heading very close, but the wind holds it up and he’ll need to sink an uphill 15-footer for an opening birdie.
Here’s Brooks! He sends a booming drive down the left of 1, his ball sitting up in the semi-rough. He skelped that one with feeling. Meanwhile over on 18, Louis Oosthuizen make a birdie that returns the South African to where he started the day. He’s -4, one shot off Richard Bland’s lead.
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Oosthuizen (F), Henley (1*)
-3: Watson (F), Rahm (F), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Koepka, Schauffele
The overnight co-leader Russell Henley is out and about. He sends his opening tee shot into a bunker to the left of 10, then whistles his second into the heart of the green. He should be taking two comfortable putts for an opening par.
This could be a costly rush of blood for Patrick Reed on 18. Chipping from the back, like Rahm before him, he leaves himself with a two-footer for birdie. He shoves it twice as far past, then misses the one coming back. Bogey, and all of a sudden, instead of +1, he’s +3. He momentarily considers breaking his putter in two, then thinks better of it. He should still be here this weekend, but now he’s got a nervous few hours to wait for confirmation.
Jon Rahm is over the back of 18 in two big blows. He sends his chip scampering six feet past the hole. A bit clumsy. He makes the one coming back, though, and it’s a birdie that’ll make him feel a whole lot better after missing a couple of good opportunities earlier in the round. It’s a 70 to go with yesterday’s 69, and the pre-tournament favourite is sitting comfortably at -3 going into Moving Day.
A 69 for Scottie Scheffler, who is coming off the back of a second top-ten finish at the PGA in a row. The 24-year-old - one of just 12 players to break 60 in PGA Tour history - goes into the weekend nicely placed at -1. Birdies at 15 and 18 turned a decent round into a very good one.
Spieth can’t make the eagle putt, but he finishes with birdie, and signs for a 69. A vast improvement on yesterday’s 77, and at +3 there’s a good chance he’ll escape the 36-hole axe. The cut is currently projected at +3, so all’s well for the popular Texan at the moment.
The cut is projected at +4. If the 2015 champion Jordan Spieth wants to stay for the weekend, he’ll have to do something at 18. Well, he’s on the green in two, having sent his second to 12 feet from 240 yards.
Dustin Johnson signs for a 73 as well. He’s +2 overall, and will be pleased to have surely swerved the cut, having missed out at both the Masters and the PGA. Baby steps for the big man, who has been lacking in confidence of late.
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McIlroy gets up and down from a greenside bunker at 9. It’s a final birdie that, along with the shot he’d picked up at 6, semi-salvages a round that was threatening to head south. It’s still a disappointing 73, although at +1 he’s reasonably placed for the weekend. But he’ll need something special tomorrow.
Oosthuizen’s smile was right to depart the scene quicksmart. Its owner misses the short birdie putt, such a shame after that lovely tee shot. He remains two behind the leader Bland at -3. Meanwhile Kevin Streelman, coming off the back of an excellent top-ten showing at the PGA, birdies 12, 13 and 15 to whisk himself up the leader board to -2.
A 74 for Sergio Garcia. The same old story: it promised more. He’s +3, as is Adam Scott who shot 75 today. They went round with Bubba, who gets up and down from a greenside bunker at 9 for a final birdie. That’s a 67, matching the best-of-week efforts so far made by Russell Henley, Louis Oosthuizen and Richard Bland.
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Henley
-3: Watson (F), Oosthuizen (15), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
Oosthuizen sends a high, gentle draw into the par-three 16th. His ball rests six feet from the cup. A lovely smooth shot. He allows himself a little smile, before it quickly disappears, perhaps thinking about the one of similar length he missed early this morning at 1.
Bryson finishes with a birdie at 9. The defending champion signs for an excellent 69, and goes into the weekend at level par. Birdie meanwhile for Dustin at 8, and he pumps the air with his fist. At +2, and with a par-five coming up, his weekend participation looks more likely than not now.
DJ’s late attempt to bodyswerve the cut continues as he sends his tee shot over the flag at the par-three 8th. That’s a lovely shot, setting up a very makeable five-foot birdie chance. Meanwhile Chez Reavie, who tied for third at Pebble Beach a couple of years ago when Gary Woodland won, signs for a blemish-free 68 today. It was bookended by brilliance: in for eagle from 180 yards at 10, then 16 pars later, birdie at 9. He’s +2 for the week.
Rahm wedges to three feet at 15, then watches in horror as his birdie putt horseshoes out. He remains at -2. Meanwhile Scotland’s great hope Robert MacIntyre follows up yesterday’s level-par 71 with a solid 73. He’ll most likely not be bothering the leaders this weekend, but he’s almost certain to have made it through.
McIlroy blows out his cheeks in frustration as a 40-foot rake across 7 stops one dimple shy of dropping. That would have put a different complexion on things. The 2011 champion remains at +2. Meanwhile birdie for his playing partner Dustin Johnson, who moves to +3 in his battle to avoid missing the cut for a third major championship in a row.
US Open vicissitudes pt.II. Louis Oosthuizen has done absolutely nothing today. His round so far has been a total non-event. So here he is on 14, sending a tramliner into the cup from 40 feet. It’s his first birdie of the day, and he returns to -3 and a tie for third. Meanwhile Dylan Wu chips in from a bunker at 12, and leaps up into a tie for sixth.
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Henley
-3: Oosthuizen (14), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Rahm (14), Wu (12), Koepka, Schauffele
The vicissitudes of US Open golf, right here. Hayden Buckley shot 69 yesterday, ending the first round two off the lead. Today the wheels came off the 25-year-old from Chattanooga’s choo-choo: an 82 that featured three doubles, six bogeys and a solitary birdie on 17. All part of the learning process.
Nothing’s gone right for Rory since the turn, so the 30-footer he rattles in at 6 is most welcome news. Especially as he was hovering around the projected cut line. He rises to +2 and gives the air a little pump with his fist. A strong finish, and, well, you just never know how these things pan out. He’ll surely need a couple more birdies if he’s to retain hopes of doing anything significant come Moving Day.
Richard Bland’s wedge into 9 isn’t great, landing short and spinning back to 30 feet. But at least he’s left himself an uphill putt. He rolls to kick-in distance, and signs for a quite magnificent 67. He’s currently ranked 115th in the world. Just for the record, when Phil Mickleson won the PGA last month, he went into the tournament ranked ... yep ... 115th in the world.
-5: Bland (F)
-4: Henley
-3: F Molinari, Bello
-2: Watson (15*), Rahm (14), Oosthuizen (13), Koepka, Schauffele
Jon Rahm had been running hot since that bogey on 13. He ranted and raved upon sending his second at 14 into a deep bunker. But the funk will have eased off dramatically now, as he scoops his third gently onto the green, sending it unerringly into the cup for bounceback birdie! He’s -2.
DeChambeau sends his second at 7 into a bunker to the right of the green. He’s left with a downhill lie, but splashes out adroitly to 15 feet, leaving himself a chance of escaping with par. He can’t quite make the saver, which shaves the right-hand lip, and the champion moves out to +1.
McIlroy will do well to be here for the weekend this rate. His latest bogey comes at 5, the result of tugging his approach into lush greenside nonsense. He’s +3, which in terms of the cut will be there or thereabouts.
Bogey for Jon Rahm at the par-five 13th. He’s not the picture of happiness as he departs the scene. He drops to -1, as does Rikuya Hoshino, who follows bogey at 10 with another at 11. Apart from Bland, Bubba - who has just made three birdies in a row - and Bryson, none of the early wave has made a serious move this morning.
-5: Bland (17*)
-4: Henley
-3: F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Watson (15*), Oosthuizen (12), Koepka, Schauffele
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Bland can’t make his par putt at 8. He slips back to -5, still one clear of Russell Henley, who will be out in just over an hour. Meanwhile another birdie for Bubba, this time at 5, and the two-time Masters champion - who other than a tie for fifth in 2007, hasn’t done much at the US Open - moves into red figures at -1.
Bland’s ball is plugged in the bunker at 8. He grimaces accordingly. It’s one hell of a lie. He lobs out gracefully, but leaves his ball 20 feet short. He couldn’t have done much better, to be fair. Big putt coming up.
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Bland stays two clear after taking his two putts for par on 7. He’d left himself a tricky four footer, too, but no nerves were evident. But then on the par-three 8th, he sends his 8-iron into the bunker guarding the front. A tricky up and down from there, with not a lot of green to play with. Meanwhile back on 4, McIlroy drops yet another shot, unable to scramble par from 50 yards. He hammers the green with his putter in frustration. He’s +2 and a study in misery.
McIlroy continues to struggle. He sends his tee shot into a fairway bunker down the right of 4, then leaves his second 50 yards short of the green. His shoulders slump. The long major thirst looks increasingly unlikely to be slaked this week. Up on 7, Bland finds himself in a bit of bother down the left, but punches his second into the front of the green. He’ll have a long two putts to save his par.
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Birdie for Bubba at 4. He’s level par. Any old excuse to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Golf Boys. So young, so beautiful.
Richard Bland keeps on keepin’ on! His third birdie in five holes, as he sends his second at the monster par-four 6th pin high to 12 feet, then rattles in the putt! This is a sensation! It’s way too early to dream of a possible fairy tale ... but you try to keep your feet on the ground. Look at this! Meanwhile bogey for Hoshino at 10, and he slips out of a tie for third.
-6: Bland (15*)
-4: Henley
-3: F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Rahm (12), Oosthuizen (11), Hoshino (10), Koepka, Schauffele
Bogey for the 18-hole co-leader Louis Oosthuizen at the par-three 11th. Punishment for finding the bunker to the right. He’s -2. His playing partner Patrick Cantaly doubles, and topples back to +1. Nobody, barring the leader Richard Bland, who is four under for his round today, is tearing it up out there.
McIlroy continues his erratic journey around Torrey Pines. He takes 3-wood off the 2nd tee for safety, and hoicks it into deep rough. He finds the front of the green with his second, but an overly aggressive long uphill putt finishes four feet past, and he can’t guide in the dribbler to save his par. He drops back to +1 again.
DeChambeau once again avoids the penalty area at 3. His hack up to the fringe is decent. But he can’t make the par saver, and slips back to level par. Meanwhile some news of the 2015 champion Jordan Spieth, who shot a miserable 77 yesterday and is battling to avoid the cut. He birdied 4 and 5 earlier to turn in 33, and though he dropped a shot at 10, he’s just chipped in from the side of the difficult long par-four 12th for birdie. He’s +4, and the salvage job is on.
Bland’s birdie putt isn’t all that. It’s a tricky downhill slider, and he sets it off so it’s always missing to the left. But par will do. He remains a shot clear of the field at -5.
DeChambeau pulls his 9-iron into the par-three 3rd down the valley to the left of the green again. He couldn’t salvage his par from there yesterday, even though his ball didn’t make it all the way to the penalty area. He’ll be hoping for the best. Meanwhile up on 5, the leader Bland smoothly sends his second pin high to 15 feet, and he’ll have another look at birdie.
Richard Bland is the sole leader of the US Open! He sends his approach at 4 from 160 yards to three feet, and calmly rolls the rock into the cup for his second birdie in three holes. This is nothing short of astonishing! A reminder: Bland only won his first-ever European Tour title last month at the not-so-tender age of 48. It was his 478th attempt at winning, a quest that took him a quarter of a century. And now look! This, ladies and gentlemen, is the sweet taste of golf, distilled into its purest form.
-5: Bland (13*)
-4: Henley
-3: Oosthuizen (9), Hoshino (8), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Rahm (10), Koepka, Schauffele
Marc Leishman has had some close calls at the Masters and the Open. He’s never done much at the US Open, though. Perhaps it’s time for a change. He shot a bang-average 74 yesterday, and opened today with bogey at 1. But he wiped that out with birdie at 2, and has just turned in 32 after three birdies in a row between 7 and 9. All of a sudden, the genial 37-year-old Aussie is level par for the week.
Birdie for Rory on 18, the reward for a fine wedge from 100 yards to three feet. He’s only made two pars on the back nine holes, making three birdies and four bogeys along the way. Erratic, but he’s still hanging on despite having carelessly messed up a couple of times this morning. He’s level par for the tournament.
Oosthuizen misses a six-footer on 9 for birdie. He turns in 36, and wears the strained expression of a man who knows he’s been disappointingly flat all morning. He remains at -3. He’s joined there by Rikuya Hoshino, who makes his third birdie in six holes at 8, but Dylan Wu drops back to -2 after bogey at 6.
“Oh no!” Scrub that about Bryson’s improved approach play. Having banged the cover off his ball with another monster drive at 2, he duffs his wedge from the centre of the fairway into thick rough guarding the front of the green. He lobs a lovely third to three feet, and should escape with his par, but these second shots are going to be his undoing this week unless he irons out the wild inconsistencies.
Bryson’s got the wind behind now! His approach play, appalling for the most part this week, has suddenly locked back into the groove. He knocks his second at 1 to nine feet, then cleans up for birdie. All of a sudden, last September’s king of Winged Foot is -1!
The 2013 champion Justin Rose had a nightmare 78 yesterday, enlivened only by the comical drive on 18 that whistled past Sergio Garcia’s lugs, hit quickly so his group could finish their round before sunset. He’s not enjoying himself today, either: bogeys at 10, 12, 13, 15 and now 17 have him in a tie for 154th at +12, with only veteran Aussie journeyman Steve Allan (+15) below him on the leader board. There’s a lot of negative energy right now in Rose’s group: Dustin Johnson has just bogeyed four in a row, 14 through 17, to drop to +4, while Rory McIlroy (+1) pars 17, but only to break a run of three bogeys himself.
Rikuya Hoshino is making his second start at a US Open this week. The 25-year-old from Japan shot a pair of disappointing 79s to miss the cut back in 2018; this time he’s following a fine first round of 69, completed earlier this morning, with a resolute effort today. Having double-bogeyed 2, he’s birdied 3 and now 6 to join the group tying for seventh at -2.
Oosthuizen lets a very makeable birdie chance slip by on 7, and remains one off the lead. No such mistake by Bland on 2; he tidies up after wedging from 100 yards to six feet, and reclaims a share of first.
-4: Bland (11*), Henley
-3: Oosthuizen (8), Wu (5), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
While Bryson regroups, Rory continues to unravel. He flays his drive at 17 into deep oomska down the right. He’s not got the worst lie, though, so here’s a chance to take advantage of a (slightly) fortunate break. Meanwhile back on 5, Wu very nearly drains a birdie putt from the fringe. He taps in to remain one off Henley’s lead at -3.
The defending champion Bryson DeChambeau eagles 18! He crashes a 340-yard drive down the par five, then sends his second from 225 yards to 25 feet. He’s got an uphill right-to-left curler for his eagle, and judges it perfectly; you can always tell Bryson’s putts have a good chance of dropping when he suddenly stops to admire it. This is a sensational turnaround by Bryson, who at +4 was worrying about missing the cut after opening with two bogeys in the first three holes this morning. Now he’s back to level par, just four off the lead! You don’t win the US Open without having moxie; Bryson’s got moxie all right.
It’s three bogeys in a row for Rory McIlroy. He sends his tee shot at the long par-three 16th into greenside sand, and is a wee bit heavy handed with his splash out. He can’t make the 15-footer coming back, and he slips to +1. That’s his fourth bogey today. He’s in desperate need of a pivotal birdie. Holes 17 and 18 were good to him last night, so let’s see.
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Dylan Wu is playing the US Open for the first time this week. The 24-year-old from Oregon, a regular on the Korn Ferry Tour, shot 70 yesterday (and this morning), and he’s following things up nicely. Birdies at 1 and 4, and he joins the group in second place! He’ll be alongside Richard Bland, who salvages his par at 1 with a gorgeous 25-yard bunker shot to kick-in distance.
-4: Henley
-3: Bland (10*), Oosthuizen (6), Wu (4), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Rahm (8), Koepka, Schauffele
One of the pre-tournament favourites, Dustin Johnson, continues to struggle. Back-to-back bogeys at 14 and 15 send him back down to +2. His playing partner Rory McIlroy is heading the wrong way, too. Another bogey, this time the result of sending his tee shot behind a tree, then leaving himself short of the green, and he’s back to level par.
Bland has a good go at saving his par on 18. He wedges his approach to ten feet, leaving himself a straight uphill chance to escape with a five. But his putt is alwways missing on the right. Meanwhile over on 6, Oosthuizen carelessly sends his second, from the centre of the fairway, into greenside sand, and can’t get up and down. All of a sudden, Russell Henley has the lead all to himself once more.
-4: Henley
-3: Bland (9*), Oosthuizen (6), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Rahm (6), Wu (3), Koepka, Schauffele
DeChambeau glides his tee shot at the long par-three 16th to four feet. In goes the putt, and his second birdie of the day repairs all the damage done by those early bogeys. He’s back to where he started at +2, flatly refusing to crumble despite clearly not possessing his A-game right now.
Bounce-back birdie for Jon Rahm at 6. He’s -2 again. But there’s some trouble for the co-leader Richard Bland at 18. He sends his drive into sand down the left of the par five. He can only hack out into more sand, a few yards up the hole. He’s forced to lay up with his third, and will need to get up and down over water if he’s to save his par and retain a share of the lead.
McIlroy hands his birdie straight back at 14, having sent his approach clumsily into a bunker guarding the right of the green. He’s back to -1. He’s alongside Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who has birdied 3 and 6 this morning, and Jon Rahm, who bogeys 5. Meanwhile the 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed, who has won on this course this season at the Farmers, rakes in a long putt on 6 for his second birdie of the day, to file along the one he made at 4. He’s in that group at -1 too.
Richard Bland grabs a share of the lead at the US Open! The veteran Englishman birdies 17 to join Louis Oosthuizen and Russell Henley at -4! Bland has absolutely no record worth mentioning at the majors, other than a tie for 22nd at the Open in 2017. His only other appearances on the big stage came at the Open in 1998 and the US Open in 2009, and he missed the cut on both occasions. So this is very much uncharted territory. But he’s clearly decided to enjoy it. Having finally won on the European Tour last month after a quarter-century of waiting, he may have concluded that this is simply his time. This is life-affirming seize-the-day stuff. Keep it going, Richard!
-4: Bland (8*), Oosthuizen (5), Henley
-3: F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
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Hayden Buckley enjoyed his US Open debut yesterday. A fine opening round of 69 saw him tucked in just behind the leaders. The 25-year-old from Chattanooga’s choo-choo has been comprehensively derailed this morning, however. An opening salvo of 5-5-4-7-5 saw him crashing down the standings; he’s just completed the back nine in 42 strokes. He’s +4.
The defending champion Bryson DeChambeau continues to struggle. Bogeys at 10 and 12 to start. A birdie at the par-five 13th has repaired some damage, but he’s developed an unwelcome habit this week of following up fine drives with godawful approaches. He’s struggling to get any sort of momentum going, and sits off the pace at +3.
So the big news at the top of the leader board: an eventful morning for Richard Bland. The extremely late-blooming Englishman, who won his first European Tour event last month at the age of 48, has birdied 10, 13 and now 16 this morning. Just the one bogey at 15 to counter that. He’s a shot off the lead. Meanwhile there’s been equally entertaining fare served up by Rory McIlroy, who dropped a stroke at 11 after a weak bunker shot, but nearly spun his approach at 12 into the cup for eagle, then raked a 25-footer in from the fringe on 13. Back-to-back birdies, and the 2011 champion is right in the mix!
-4: Oosthuizen (4), Henley
-3: Bland (7*), F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: McIlroy (4*), Cantlay (4), Wu (1), Koepka, Schauffele
It’s another misty morning down San Diego way, though there’s been no need for a delay this time. News of one significant move near the top of the leader board in a minute, but having teased you with that, let’s contemplate the unknowable game that is golf. You can’t work it out. Consider. This morning, the 21-year-old amateur Joe Highsmith, making his US Open debut, few out of the blocks to birdie 1, 2, 4 and 6. He’s +1 overall, four under through six today. Compare and contrast to the new Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, who over his first four holes today has shot 6-4-6-6. That’s two double bogeys and two bogeys. Six over in four holes, and not only that, his belt buckle has snapped and as a result he’s in constant conflict with his trousers. Like the sky above the clouds just had to cry. Gene knows.
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The fog caused delays yesterday morning at Torrey Pines, so inevitably 36 late-starting stragglers were forced to come back and complete their first rounds early doors today. Overnight co-leader Louis Oosthuizen tidied up for par on 8, then made another at the 9th to sign for a bogey-free 67. As a result, after 18 holes, the very top of the leader board at the 121st US Open looked like this:
-4: Henley, Oosthuizen
-3: F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Koepka, Schauffele, Buckley, Matsuyama, Rahm, Hoshino
-1: E Molinari, Gomez, Rodgers, Wolff, Fitzpatrick, Hatton, Hadwin, Bland, Scott, McIlroy, Montgomery, Cantlay, Wu
It’s going to be another long day/night. So settle back and enjoy. Plenty of big names have started their second round already, and we’ll catch up with all of them in a hot minute. But for the record, here are all the scheduled second-round tee times (all UK, players USA unless stated).
Starting at 1
14.45 Taylor Pendrith (Can), Wade Ormsby (Aus), David Coupland (Eng)
14.56 Tom Hoge, Bo Hoag, Joe Highsmith
15.07 Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)
15.18 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Garrick Higgo (Rsa), Cole Hammer
15.29 Lee Westwood (Eng), Stewart Cink, Paul Casey (Eng)
15.40 Will Zalatoris, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler
15.51 Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm (Spa), Marc Leishman (Aus)
16.02 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Sung Jae Im (Kor), Patrick Cantlay
16.13 Kevin Streelman, Charley Hoffman, Branden Grace (Rsa)
16.24 Brendon Todd, Sebastian Munoz (Col), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn)
16.35 Matthew Southgate (Eng), Matthias Schmid (Ger), Wyndham Clark
16.46 Dylan Wu, Justin Suh, Spencer Ralston
16.57 Kyle Westmoreland, Luis Gagne (Crc), Christopher Crawford
20.30 Andy Pope, Brad Kennedy (Aus), Thomas Aiken (Rsa)
20.41 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Yosuke Asaji (Jpn), Marcus Armitage (Eng)
20.52 Cameron Young, Wilco Nienaber (Rsa), Guido Migliozzi (Ita)
21.03 Matthew Wolff, Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
21.14 Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka
21.25 Matt Kuchar, Kevin Kisner, Billy Horschel
21.36 Xander Schauffele, Phil Mickelson, Max Homa
21.47 Jason Kokrak, Corey Conners (Can), Cameron Champ
21.58 Sam Ryder, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Paul Barjon (Fra)
22.09 Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor), Martin Laird (Sco), Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)
22.20 Adrian Meronk (Pol), Sung-Hoon Kang (Kor), Rafael Cabrera (Spa)
22.31 Alvaro Ortiz (Mex), Andrew Kozan, Akshay Bhatia
22.42 Hayden Springer, Jimmy Hervol, Roy Cootes
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14.45 Zachary Zaback, Eric Cole, Steve Allan (Aus)
14.56 Jordan Smith (Eng), Taylor Montgomery, Hayden Buckley
15.07 Chez Reavie, Troy Merritt, Richard Bland (Eng)
15.18 Matt Wallace (Eng), Victor Perez (Fra), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
15.29 Tyler Strafaci, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Bryson DeChambeau
15.40 Bubba Watson, Adam Scott (Aus), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
15.51 Justin Rose (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Dustin Johnson
16.02 Brendan Steele, Cameron Smith (Aus), Matt Jones (Aus)
16.13 Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Zach Johnson, Lanto Griffin
16.24 Chan Kim, Thomas Detry (Bel), Sam Burns
16.35 Brian Stuard, Ollie Osborne, Peter Malnati
16.46 Johannes Veerman, Zack Sucher, John Huh
16.57 Carson Schaake, Rick Lamb, Michael Johnson
20.30 Sahith Theegala, Greyson Sigg, Edoardo Molinari (Ita)
20.41 J. J. Spaun, Fabian Gomez (Arg), Chris Baker
20.52 Robby Shelton, Patrick Rodgers, Pierceson Coody
21.03 Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Russell Henley, Harris English
21.14 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Shane Lowry (Irl)
21.25 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)
21.36 Gary Woodland, Webb Simpson, Martin Kaymer (Ger)
21.47 Tony Finau, Daniel Berger, Abraham Ancer (Mex)
21.58 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Kevin Na, Si Woo Kim (Kor)
22.09 Jimmy Walker, Ian Poulter (Eng), Ryan Palmer
22.20 J. T. Poston, Joe Long (Eng), Adam Hadwin (Can)
22.31 Matt Sharpstene, Dylan Meyer, Luis Fernando Barco (Per)
22.42 Davis Shore, Wilson Furr, Mario Carmona
