Oakmont, Pennsylvania – Sam Burns pulled a 5 under 65 under normal, the lowest of the week so far, and has taken the top of the US Open on Friday at Oakmont Country Club.
Burns had six birdies, a bogey and a handle -firing by the peer at his last hole to conclude the low round. When he went to the clubhouse at 3 years old, he was in the lead.
The head of the first round, JJ Spaun, followed the eighth round without Bogey in Oakmont in the history of the United States with six Bogeys on Friday, but he succeeded in a 2 against 72 and settled in second place at 2 under the championship.
At 7 p.m. HE, the Hovland of Viktor in Norway was the only other player in red figures at 1 sous. He posted a wave of 68 in the morning. Adam Scott of Australia carded his second consecutive 70 to stay in peer, tied with Ben Griffin (71) and Thomas Detry in Belgium, who had two holes to travel.
Burns, who pulled a last round 62 Sunday at the Canadian Open RBC before losing in the playoffs, began his second round on the nine rear and the work number n ° 11, 13, 17 and 18. He responded to his only Bogey at N ° 1 by stopping his approach drawn at n ° 2 to about 6 feet from the pin to install his next birdie.
After having the fourth by 5, the driving of Burns at No. 9 was buried in a rough plot and he chose to take a drop and a penalty. He struck his next shot 22 1/2 feet from the spindle – and led the long and left putt to save the par.
“I played very well (Thursday) apart from the ending holes,” said Burns. “So I think that today was just to prepare mentally to go out and try to prepare a good trick. I feel like I have played well last week and this week and my round (Thursday). Try really to put yourself in position here and give you as many looks as possible.”
Spaun was even even through 14 holes, having become Bogey-Birdie or Birdie-Bogey three times. Then he had three shots for Bogey at 15 and added another to the 16th par-3.
Spaun returned to 3 sous by draining a 23 -foot sneaktened putt at n ° 17, but he could not get up and descend for the peer to the last.
“A few years ago, I would probably expect to play badly today,” said Spaun about sleeping in the lead. “But I knew it would be difficult to safeguard a 4-ultander without Bogey in Oakmont in the United States. So I’m just happy to have kept it together.”
Hovland participated in Birdie at No. 10 and Eagle in the short par-4 n ° 17 to correspond to the hot start of Burns, but he struck turbulence with three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey the rest of the path.
The 60 best players and links will qualify for the weekend, and the cup line at 7 p.m. was to be 6 or 7 on the peer.
Rory McILroy made two double bogeys in his first three holes and seemed to go to a disaster. But it stabilized from there and played 2 under the rest of the round, including a crucial Birdie at No. 18 which probably assured that the Northern Irishman would make the Cup at 6.
Scottie Scheffler, world n ° 1, had an adventurous 71 – five bogeys, four birdies – and 4 years old with Collin Morikawa (74). Jordan Spieth fought against a 75 and is 5.
The defending champion Bryson Dechambeau (10 above), the 2016 Oakmont 2016 champion Dustin Johnson (10 on), Justin Thomas (12 over) and Irishman Shane Lowry (17 on) will miss the cup.
One day after Patrick Reed recorded the fourth albatross in the history of the American open, Victor Perez of France made a hole in one in the sixth hole per-3, the second Ace of the US Open in Oakmont. He pulled 70 and is 1.
–Adam Zielonka, media of land level
