The information provided by American television about the number 1 in the world is revealing Scottie Scheffler after this second round of the US Open at Pinehurst No. 2 courses, in North Carolina: The man from Texas handed out his first card after 168 consecutive games in which he didn’t score a birdie. At the end of his erratic round, Scheffler shot 74 strokes, four over par, for 145 (+5), currently out of the cut but with signs that at least +5 will have option at the end of the day to play. end of the week. Two bogeys and a double bogey brought the great favorite to victory down to earth after a spectacular first half of the year.
Rory McIlroy He also suffered a bit and in returning 72 for 137 (-3) he nevertheless remained in the top positions, as he did. Bryson DeChambeau (69 to 136, -4) when the co-leader on Thursday, Patrick Cantlayhas afternoon hours, same as the man from Castellón Sergio García and Tiger Woods.
The PGA champion Xander Schauffele He overcame two initial bogeys with 5 birdies over the next 10 holes, seemed to be on pace, but a painful double bogey-7 on the easiest hole on the course, the 5th, par 5, completely stopped him and finally left him with 139 in total (-1) after showing a score of 69 (-1).
The day was again very beautiful, no wind, but with greens that were more difficult and causing real confusion for some players. Scheffler didn’t make a single putt, he missed the greens the entire round, and like Schauffele, he also scored a double bogey-7 on the 5th hole.
The champion of the Masters and four other tournaments this 2024 is in the clubhouse praying that the cut number will rise, now at +3, soon to be +4 and there are odds at the end of the day of settling at +5.
Even on the field, the Belgian is the provisional leader of the tournament with -6 Thomas Detryhaving a great year on the PGA Tour.
Another star in this morning’s session is the Austrian Sepp Strakaauthor of ‘hole in one’ in hole 3.
Those who definitely packed the bags were Eugenio López Chacarrawith a +8 overall after signing in the round of 73 this Friday.
[+] Enjoy Straka’s ‘hole in one’
Source: La Verdad
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