altogether 18 birdies in the first two rounds, or what is the same, one every two holes. This is how the charismatic North American player has carved his 130 strokes, which means tying the lowest record of the US Openthe 130 blows he hit Martin Kaymer in the first part of the 2014 edition in Pinehurst.
The USGA He timidly reacted to the widespread contempt of the first day and during the second day we experienced scenes more typical of this tournament and the harshness that it is supposed to have. If the average of shots on Thursday (71.38) was the lowest in the 122-year history of the tournament, the field hardened almost one shot yesterday, averaging 72.22 shots. If the first day there were 37 participants who managed to get below par, yesterday the number dropped to 33.
Spanish golf could not be added to this noticeable general improvement, which had a second day to forget and leaves this third major of the year with no chance of Spanish victory. Jon Rahm He seemed to come out determined to give himself a chance at everything, and his eagle on the first hole it was quite a declaration of intent, Barrika’s holed out from 15 meters outside green.
On hole two he missed a clear opportunity to birdie from two meters and in the three after another perfect hole played he also did not hole out a putt of four. Here the gunpowder of the Spaniard got wet who ended up literally asking for the time and entering the cut of the tournament right at the limit (+2) penalized by two bogeys finals on holes 17 and 18. The Spanish’s anger was evident. He is not used to seeing his chances of winning slip away so soon.
With an overall score of +1, Sergio Garcia He held up consistently on a day where the game wasn’t particularly brilliant. A round of 71 strokes that leaves him among the top 40 in the tournament. He will also play all four days David Puig (+2) in his debut in grand slam tournaments. The young golfer trained at Arizona State built a 73 fighting every shot and will have the prize of enjoying the four days, something they will not be able to do Alex Del Rey (+7) who finished with 79 hits, 11 more than his first card and Pablo Larrazabal (+8) who did not have his best start to the day, managed to accumulate five over par in his first four holes, a burden from which he could no longer recover.