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Saturday, June 14, 2014

GERMAN IN CONTROL AT HALFWAY OF US OPEN AT PINEHURST 2

  • MARTIN KAYMER LEADS BY SIX 

    SHOTS AFTER A PAIR OF 65s

    FROM THE US PGA WEBSITE
    • By Sean Martin, PGATOUR.COM
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  • Martin Kaymer has only 54 putts yielding 11 birdies after two rounds at Pinehurst. 

PINEHURST, North Carolina – Martin Kaymer was aiming for the middle of the fourth green with his 212yd approach shot. There was no reason to be too aggressive from that distance, especially when hitting into the small targets on this Donald Ross design.
“I didn’t really want to get to the flag because the middle of the green there is fine,” Kaymer said. “But actually a high draw came and I hit it to 12 feet. … I was not expecting to leave myself such a good shot. And I said to (my caddie), ‘That’s quite nice that happened.’”
Kaymer has done a lot of things nicely over the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. His consecutive 65s set the record for lowest opening two rounds in tournament history. His 10-under 130 total puts him six shots ahead of Brendon Todd. Kevin Na and Brandt Snedeker trail by another shot.
Kaymer has missed just three fairways in the first two rounds at Pinehurst No. 2 while hitting 26 of 36 greens. He has 11 birdies and just a single bogey in two rounds.
“I don’t know what to say. It’s just very, very solid,” Kaymer said. “It gets boring, the words that I use, but I mean there’s not much to say. It’s just good right now, the way I play golf.”
One question remains: can he hold on?
Predicting how he’ll play is hard to do. Form is so fickle. Kaymer admitted that he’ll likely have to endure a rough patch at some point over the next two rounds, because stringing together four great rounds in a row is rare, to say the least.
 That only happens in those great performances that stay in our memories for years even though they were devoid of the drama associated with a close race. See the 1997 Masters or 2011 U.S. Open.
“I played Congressional and I thought, ‘How can you shoot that low?’ That’s probably what a lot of other people think about me right now,” Kaymer said. 
Congressional was where Rory McIlroy set the previous 36-hole U.S. Open record (131) in 2011. He led by six shots at the halfway point before winning by eight.
“If I was Martin, hopefully I would be thinking about how to get seven ahead and then how to get eight ahead and then how to get nine ahead,” McIlroy said.
Kaymer’s closest pursuers don’t think this tournament is over.
“No matter who you are, how you play, over the course of 72 holes, you're going to have a flat spot or a tough spell or a rough patch,” Justin Rose said.
“It's possible one of us could shoot 65, 65 on the weekend. So it's by no means over at this stage.” The 2013 U.S. Open champion is at 1-over 141 after shooting 72-69.
Phil Mickelson said, “You never know what will happen in a U.S. Open. We have always had crazy things happen. So you just never know. There's a lot of guys right there ready to pounce if he slips up.” Mickelson is at 3-over 143 (70-73).
The most important thing for Kaymer is to resist the urge to play defensive.
“If you think of defending anything, then you’re pulling back, and that’s never really a good thing,” he said. “You just want to keep going, you want to keep playing.”
Kaymer already has one major victory under his belt,  the 2010 US PGA Championship. Now he’s looking to add the U.S. Open to his trophy case. He’s one of four players – Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott are the others – with a major, PLAYERS and World Golf Championships title.
Kaymer can draw confidence from some recent memories. He held the 36-hole lead – by one shot over Jordan Spieth – at TPC Sawgrass en route to winning this year’s PLAYERS Championship.
“He just plays that high fade and doesn't make many mistakes,” Spieth said.
Click here for more players’ reactions to Kaymer’s performance.
MORE: Scores | Tee Times | TOUR Report | FedExCup

Martin Kaymer comments after Round 2 of the U.S. Open
PHIL'S PUTTING WOES: Poor putting has hurt Phil Mickelson in his pursuit of the career Grand Slam. Mickelson switched from the claw grip to a standard grip in the middle of Friday’s round. He switched to the claw during the final round of last week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Mickelson has 65 putts through two rounds. That's 11 more than Kaymer. “I’m not overly optimistic,” Phil said of his chances this weekrmf . His 143 total through two rounds (70-73) leaves him 13 shots behind Kaymer.
“After I've 3-putted three or four times, I kind of lose my focus on the other stuff,” Mickelson said. “It really affects my ability to concentrate and my momentum and energy. It's a frustrating time, because I feel like the other parts of my game are there.”
DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS: Pinehurst No. 2 has played softer than many players expected. It was firm and fast in the practice rounds, convincing many players that the winning score would be over par. The USGA was conservative in its setup over the first two rounds, while Thursday night’s rain also made the course play softer than anticipated. Thirteen players remain under par after two rounds.
“The greens were definitely softer, the course was definitely more receptive, but again, the pins were tougher,” Keegan Bradley said Friday. He opened with two consecutive 69s.
Kaymer predicted Wednesday that the winning score would’ve been closer to 8 over par. “I wouldn’t take it anymore, obviously, but the golf course played much more difficult on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,” he said. “Today and yesterday, it was very playable.
“But what the winning score is, I don’t know what the USGA is going to do. Sometimes they offer some surprises.”
TRENDING TODD: Kaymer will be joined in Saturday’s final group by a player who won his first US PGA TOUR title just weeks ago, but also is among the hottest players on TOUR.
Brendon Todd won last month’s HP Byron Nelson Championship, then followed up his maiden victory with a T5 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and T8 at the Memorial Tournament.
Now he’s in second at the U.S. Open.
Todd won three North Carolina 4A state titles at Green Hope High in nearby Cary, North Carolina. He shot a bogey-free 67 on Friday at Pinehurst No. 2, missing just one fairway and four greens.
“I've definitely made an effort the last two days to pay attention to the fact that I'm playing in my first major in a place that I hold close to my heart here in Pinehurst,” Todd said. “But at the same time, I feel like I've gone about my business just like always.”
A MIRACLE THREE: Ken Duke missed the cut, but he had a memorable par in the second round. His tee shot at the par-3 ninth came to rest against a clump of wire grass. His only option was to turn his putter sideways and bump the ball into a greenside bunker. He then holed the bunker shot for an unlikely 3.
“Sometimes you do the right thing and it pays off and it works out, which is good,” Duke said. He shot 75-72 to miss the cut.

STATS LEADERS:
Driving Distance J.B. Holmes 317 yards
Fairways hit Kaymer, Kirk, Fitzpatrick, Hurley III, Todd 25 of 28
Greens in Regulation Henrik Stenson 29 of 36
Total Putts Justin Leonard 52
Most birdies Martin Kaymer 11
ODDS AND ENDS:
Six players (7 times) have won the U.S. Open in wire-to-wire fashion (no ties): Walter Hagen (1914), James Barnes (1921), Ben Hogan (1953), Tony Jacklin (1970), Tiger Woods (2000, 2002) and Rory McIlroy (2011).
FITZPATRICK ONLY AMATEUR TO MAKE THE CUT Sixty-six professionals and one amateur at 5-over 145 from a field of 145 professionals and 11 amateurs made the cut. The cut at Pinehurst No. 2 came at 7-over in 1999 and 8-over in 2005. Matthew Fitzpatrick was the only amateur to make the cut, ensuring he will earn low-amateur honours. He also was low amateur at the 2013 Open Championship. He intends to turn pro next week.
Making his eighth U.S. Open start, Masters champion Bubba Watson posted rounds of 76-70 to miss the cut by one stroke. He is the only reigning Masters champion since 1995 to miss the cut at the U.S. Open, doing so in 2012 and 2014.
 SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

1 Martin Kaymer 65  65  3:25 pm - -5 F -10   130
2 Brendon Todd 69 67 3:25 pm - -3 F -4 136
T3 Kevin Na 68 69 3:14 pm - -1 F -3 137
T3 Brandt Snedeker 69 68 3:14 pm - -2 F -3 137
T5 Brooks Koepka 70 68 3:03 pm - -2 F -2 138
T5 Dustin Johnson 69 69 3:03 pm - -1 F -2 138
T5 Brendon de Jonge 68 70 2:52 pm - E F -2 138
T5 Keegan Bradley 69 69 2:52 pm - -1 F -2 138
T5 Henrik Stenson 69 69 2:41 pm - -1 F -2 138
T10 Matt Kuchar 69 70 2:41 pm - E F -1 139
T10 Rory McIlroy 71 68 2:30 pm - -2 F -1 139
T10  Chris Kirk 71 68 2:30 pm - -2 F -1 139
 
T20 Marcel Siem 70 71 1:24 pm - +1 F +1 141
T20 Jason Day 73 68 1:24 pm - -2 F +1 141
T20 Justin Rose 72 69 1:13 pm - -1 F +1 141
T20 Aaron Baddeley 70 71 1:13 pm - +1 F +1 141
T27 Victor Dubuisson 70 72 1:02 pm - +2 F +2 142
T27 Jimmy Walker 70 72 1:02 pm - +2 F +2 142
T27 Seung-yul Noh 70 72 12:51 pm - +2 F +2 142
T27 Fran Quinn 68 74 12:51 pm - +4 F +2 142
T27 Lucas Bjerregaard 70 72 12:40 pm - +2 F +2 142
T27 Graeme McDowell 68 74 12:40 pm - +4 F +2 142
T33 Garth Mulroy 71 72 12:29 pm - +2 F +3 143
T33 Jim Furyk 73 70 12:29 pm - E F +3 143
T33 Gary Woodland 72 71 12:18 pm - +1 F +3 143
T33 Daniel Berger 72 71 12:18 pm - +1 F +3 143
T33 Scott Langley 72 71 12:07 pm - +1 F +3 143
T33 Patrick Reed 71 72 12:07 pm - +2 F +3 143
T33 Webb Simpson 71 72 11:56 am - +2 F +3 143
T33 Phil Mickelson 70 73 11:56 am - +3 F +3 143
T33 Billy Horschel 75 68 11:45 am - -2 F +3 143
T33 Kenny Perry 74 69 11:45 am - -1 F +3 143
T33 Shiv Kapur 73 70 11:34 am - E F +3 143
T44 Alex Cejka 73 71 11:34 am - +1 F +4 144
T44 Bill Haas 72 72 11:23 am - +2 F +4 144
T44 Stewart Cink 72 72 11:23 am - +2 F +4 144
T44 Harris English 69 75 11:12 am - +5 F +4 144
T44 Ernie Els 74 70 11:12 am - E F +4 144
T44 Louis Oosthuizen 71 73 11:01 am - +3 F +4 144
T44 Retief Goosen 73 71 11:01 am - +1 F +4 144
T44 Bo Van Pelt 72 72 10:50 am - +2 F +4 144
T44 Kevin Tway 72 72 10:50 am - +2 F +4 144
T44 Cody Gribble 72 72 10:39 am - +2 F +4 144
T44 Sergio Garcia 73 71 10:28 am - +1 F +4 144
T44 Ryan Moore 76 68 10:39 am - -2 F +4 144
T44 Boo Weekley 71 73 10:28 am - +3 F +4 144
T44 Matthew Fitzpatrick 71 73 10:17 am - +3 F +4 144
T44 Russell Henley 70 74 10:17 am - +4 F +4 144
T44 Clayton Rask 73 71 10:06 am - +1 F +4 144
T60 Justin Leonard 75 70 9:55 am - E F +5 145
T60 Kevin Stadler 77 68 10:06 am - -2 F +5 145
T60 Paul Casey 70 75 9:55 am - +5 F +5 145
T60 Toru Taniguchi 72 73 9:44 am - +3 F +5 145
T60 Zac Blair 71 74 9:44 am - +4 F +5 145
T60 Zach Johnson 71 74 9:33 am - +4 F +5 145
T60 Billy Hurley III 71 74 9:33 am - +4 F +5 145
T60 Nicholas Lindheim 72 73 9:22 am - +3 F +5 145  
T68 Andres Echavarria 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Hudson Swafford 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Casey Wittenberg 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Mark Wilson 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Shane Lowry 73 73 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Luke Donald 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Charl Schwartzel 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Bubba Watson 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Jason Dufner 72 74 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Hunter Mahan 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Rod Pampling 73 73 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Cory Whitsett 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Hunter Stewart 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Matt Jones 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Angel Cabrera 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Thongchai Jaidee 73 73 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Miguel Angel Jimenez 72 74 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Joost Luiten 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Matt Dobyns 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T68 Brian Campbell 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T89 Nicolas Colsaerts 72 75 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Ken Duke 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T89 John Senden 71 76 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Darren Clarke 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Geoff Ogilvy 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Ryan Blaum 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Luke Guthrie 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Chris Doak 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Jim Renner 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Andrea Pavan 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T89 Stephen Gallacher 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T89 David Toms 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T101 Lucas Glover 79 69 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Ryan Palmer 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T101 David Gossett 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Sam Love 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Cameron Wilson 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Chad Collins 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T101  Brian Stuard 75 73 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Roberto Castro 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Matt Every 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Lee Westwood 75 73 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Nick Watney 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Wen-Chong Liang 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T101 Justin Thomas 75 73 MC MC - - - 148
T114 Oliver Fisher 74 75 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Joe Ogilvie 73 76 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Henrik Norlander 70 79 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Pablo Larrazabal 71 78 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Craig Barlow 74 75 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Tom Lewis 79 70 MC MC - - - 149
T114 Smylie Kaufman 73 76 MC MC - - - 149
T121 Niclas Fasth 76 74 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Graham DeLaet 75 75 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Hyung-Sung Kim 73 77 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Bernd Wiesberger 72 78 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Kevin Sutherland 75 75 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Maximilian Kieffer 76 74 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Maverick McNealy 74 76 MC MC - - - 150
T121 Anthony Broussard 78 72 MC MC - - - 150
T129 David Oh 75 76 MC MC - - - 151
T129 Graeme Storm 72 79 MC MC - - - 151
T129 Y.E. Yang 75 76 MC MC - - - 151
T129 Jamie Donaldson 70 81 MC MC - - - 151
T129 Brett Stegmaier 77 74 MC MC - - - 151
T129 D.A. Points 77 74 MC MC - - - 151
T129 Brady Watt 77 74 MC MC - - - 151
T136 Steve Alker 76 76 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Gonzalo Fernandez-Casta 76 76 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Kevin Streelman 75 77 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Simon Griffiths 72 80 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Rob Oppenheim 75 77 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Kevin Kisner 75 77 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Robert Allenby 79 73 MC MC - - - 152
T136 Aron Price 78 74 MC MC - - - 152
T144 Jonas Blixt 77 76 MC MC - - - 153
T144 Jeff Maggert 73 80 MC MC - - - 153
T144 Robby Shelton 78 75 MC MC - - - 153
T144 Nick Mason 78 75 MC MC - - - 153
T148 Chris Thompson 80 74 MC MC - - - 154
T148 Oliver Goss 71 83 MC MC - - - 154
T150 Bobby Gates 79 76 MC MC - - - 155
T150 Donald Constable 82 73 MC MC - - - 155
T150 Brandon McIver 82 73 MC MC - - - 155
153 Will Grimmer 77 80 MC MC - - - 157
154 Andrew Dorn 79 80 MC MC - - - 159
155 Azuma Yano 77 83 MC MC - - - 160
156 Kiyoshi Miyazato 81 81 MC MC - - - 162

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