Stenson, who started at the 10th, struggled at first with bogeys at 12 and 13 but he did not stay down for long, snapping back with an eagle-three at the par-five 18th. The feat has been achieved 30 times.
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“I hit the ball closer to the hole than yesterday which allowed a higher make percentage from there which is what I needed to get my putter somewhat going”. “Happy to be a part of that 63 club I guess”. Korea’s Younghan Song and current Merit leader Marcus Fraser of Australia returned with matching 71s while 2009 PGA Championship victor YE Yang and Thongchai Jaidee are a further shot back after carding identical 72s. Walker, the first-round leader with a 65, posted a 66. You’re at the PGA Championship. Even after the fifth hole today, when I three-putted it, they are like, “Don’t worry, Beef, come on, bounce back, you’ve got this one”.
The U.S. Open victor shot 77, including three straight bogey 5s, two double bogeys, and a bogey 6 on the 18th hole that almost everyone was birdieing.
Patrick Reed and Webb Simpson had moved into the group at three under, one behind Spieth, but Martin Kaymer and Open champion Henrik Stenson were heading in the wrong direction. He played some of his best golf ever only 11 days ago at the British Open. The Texan won the most recent of his five PGA titles at last year’s Texas Open.
Walker was the only one to miss the cut. I feel like I’ve done a lot in golf.
More than an inch of morning rain halted play for 41 minutes at Baltusrol due to standing water that had made greens and fairways unplayable.
The Australian roared back with seven birdies in his next eight holes on his way to a 65, while Grillo birdied four holes on his first nine in shooting 67.
“That was a big birdie”, Mickelson said. After what he called a “fairly pathetic effort” with his birdie putt on 8, he put himself in good position at 9 and finished the deal. “I enjoyed the last few holes”, he said. On TV replays, it looked like his left foot touched the water during his swing, which lit up social media with questions about a potential two-shot penalty.
Defending champion Jason Day had a 68, and Jordan Spieth shot 70.
One day after he salvaged a poor start with a 71, Mickelson began the second round by hitting his tee shot so far left that it went over the fence, onto Shunpike Road and actually caromed down another street called Baltusrol Way.
Spieth made three birdies in his opening four holes, along with a careless three-putt from just off the 12th green, to work his way up the leaderboard at Baltusrol.
“It’s going to be noisy”, the 27-year-old Londoner said. “It’s one of those things that just talking about it kind of gives me goosebumps, because going over there, wearing the stars and stripes, playing again, it’s going to be great”.
The No 1 Kiwi men’s golfer shot an even-par 70 in the second round on Friday (Saturday NZ time), mixing two birdies with two bogeys to be tied 34th in Springfield, New Jersey.
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“I watched Lionel Messi a couple times when Barcelona played against Bayern Munich and I went to the stadium, just to see the class”. “Once I birdied eight, the momentum started picking up and it picked up pretty quick”.
