Something of a strange leaderboard after the first round. No great surprise to see Rickie Fowler up there, along with Lee Westwood probably now the best current player without a major. But a lot of the fancied runners - D Johnson, Speith, Mcilroy, Day, Rahm - are over par and struggling to make the cut.
I think Rory may be wishing they had cut the rough back even further
I quite agree with what he said at his press conference before the tournament started. The fairways are around 80 yards wide & if you can't hit them & you land in the rough you deserve to be penalised. In his case it is understandable (to a point) as he's been out of match practice for a few months & so not fully up to speed, but for the others....no excuses. I have played quite a number of golf courses in my time, inc some Open Venues & I don't think I've seen many wider fairways. Good job there aren't any OOB or tree lined fairways........
Matsuyama come right back into it after a bad day yesterday. Five birdies in seven holes so far today.
When he's putting well he's pretty much untouchable.
I moaned yesterday about all the birdies, I don't expect the course to be unfair but so far Erin Hills has seemed a bit unexciting. I've not seen the final few holes, mind.
Very bunched up field after 2 rounds. With only 8 shots covering the whole field, in theory anybody still in can win. I thought the 10 shot rule still applied in the US Open, but obviously not. I'm pretty sure however that there will be a full 18 hole play-off on Monday if required.
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I bet on Oosthuizen, Leishman, Schwartzel and Pieters. Dustin was my actual pick to win, I'm really surprised by his score so far.
Casey having a weird second round so far. Was +3 through first five holes but now within one shot of the lead after four straight birdies.
Fowler yet to start his second round I believe.
I moaned yesterday about all the birdies, I don't expect the course to be unfair but so far Erin Hills has seemed a bit unexciting. I've not seen the final few holes, mind.