Jon Rahm is alive and in the fight to defend the US Open title

Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and … Scottie Scheffler. Better impossible. No more asking for excitement. Eight Grand Slams endorse their careers. The Basque is still struggling to successfully defend the title US Open which is disputed in The Country Clubvery close to Boston, signed 67 hits on the second day, for 136 (-4) and climbed to second place.

Rahm was just one shot behind clubhouse leader Morikawa, who shot 66, and compatriot Dahmen on the field at -5. Rahm is tied with the Northern Irishman, winner of the US Open in 2011, and the American Buckley. There are -3, two from the head, the green jacket two months ago.

Basque’s brilliant second round, always patient, not exempt from great recovery, with a birdie, eagle and bogey in the first nine holes (he started at 10), and two birdies and a bogey in seconds. Barrika’s man showed great performance in the middle of the tournament (he ended up extremely satisfied) and all options were intact to re -prove the success achieved in 2021 in Torrey Pines (San Diego).

Rahm got the first eagle of his career at the US Open on Friday. It was on the 14th hole of his second day, the fifth of the day. The fact is that it is a manual eagle. He reached an extraordinary start of 300 meters and immediately afterwards he delivered a spectacular second shot, with 242 meters on the flag, which stopped the ball just three meters away. He puts on, of course. There is no better way to erase the bogey from the previous hole after losing the tee.

Major rivals began to join Jon in this beautiful fight for the 122nd US Open. More importantly, the winner of the two ‘majors’ (one PGA and one British) Collin Morikawa, is tied with Rory McIlroy from Biscay (one US Open, one British and two PGA) and is just behind the Spanish and British , world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler, 67 yesterday with the ‘lucky’ eagle. McIlroy, who came out on top after a painful double bogey -6 (he put a long putt so it wasn’t a triple bogey) at the start, repositioned himself with a total of -4 after a good end of the day (3 birdies ).

Scheffler has long been a co-leader at the clubhouse with 137 (-3). He was +2 after seven holes but birdies returned him in the 8th and 13th on par, and on the 14th par-5, his third shot from the rough flew into the green, rolling a a few yards and go straight to the pot. The 2022 Masters champion won a 3-meter birdie on the 16th and there he became provisional co-leader.

“Who knows how many shots I’ll be (away from the lead) by the end of the day, we’ll see. At the very least he should be in a position to win the tournament over the weekend, ”said Scheffler, who won 4 tournaments in 6 appearances earlier this season who graduated Masters in his first major.

Temporary standings (clubhouse players)

135 Collin Morikawa

136 Jon Rahm

Rory McIlroy

Hayden Buckley

137 Scottie Scheffler

Nick Hardy

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138 Matthew Fitzpatrick

139 Xander Schuffele

140 Brooks Koepka

Hideki Matsuyama

141 Justin Thomas

Dustin Johnson

and justin rose

142 Bryson DeChambeau

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144 Sergio Garcia

147 Adrian Arnaus

151 Phil Mickelson