Zalatoris almost put the ball away! It winds up and over the false front and holds it right on the flag until the last turn, when it breaks to the left. He intervenes for a bastard who could be worse. Fitzpatrick can’t make his own bird, but he arranges it on a level and is closer. Meanwhile, that’s a face value for Scheffler with two strokes at 13 and money for Hideki Matsuyama at 18. He signed for the best of week 65, posting a new lead at the club that probably won’t be enough … but never know if your knees of the leading group begin to knock. After all, this is the US Open.
-5: Zalatoris (12) -4: Scheffler (13), Fitzpatrick (12) -3: Matsuyama (F)
Zalatoris is in a tall fescue to the right of 12. All he can do is get back on the fairway. He performs this task, but leaves the door slightly ajar for Fitzpatrick. He sends his second pin high, but 30 feet wide from the flag. However, he has the upper hand, with the third Zalatoris falling from the small fake front of the green. His ball doesn’t roll all the way to the edge, which is something, but he’s likely to get lost unless he manages to rake in the shot, coming back up.
This two-shot swing will hurt Matt Fitzpatrick. But the pendulum could swing in both directions, and after watching Will Zalatoris send a hysterical cut in anxiety to the right of 12, he split the fairway. Meanwhile, Scotty Scheffler reached the 13th green in the regulation, although he left a 30-foot shot with a lot of breakthrough. We’ve seen him do them, mind you. A lot of drama is yet to come.
Hideki Matsuyama does a hard job of 17. He keeps his approach short, and although he rises and falls from an awkward position on the side of the bunker, it’s just a draw of a hole that gives up birds. Meanwhile, a huge moment in the style of a game of play at 11! Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick face each other, facing almost identical 15-foot bird strikes. Zalatoris is first and he drains his own. This gives Fitzpatrick a cake. He sends his efforts three feet past, then pulls the one who returns to the right. Suddenly Zalatoris has a two-stroke lead!
-6: Zalatoris (11) -4: Scheffler (12), Fitzpatrick (11) -3: Matsuyama (17) -2: Morikawa (F), McCarthy (13)
Finally, a bird for John Ram! He made it to the short pair-three in 11th place, rewarded for hitting his pin for that shot high, ten feet to the right. Keegan Bradley also does, as he is very close. The crowd loved to watch their local boy approach. Both players return to the red numbers at -1 and although this is a long shot, they are still not quite a coat. Then the last group comes out on this one. Both Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick send their wedges to Ram Territory and they will both think of a birdie.
Will Zalatoris is on a revolution by draining his swinger from left to right for a birdie at 10. Only money, although since Matt Fitzpatrick can’t make his nominal savior, he now has a share of the lead. Meanwhile, at 18, that’s the equivalent of Open Collin champion Morikawa, who signed for the final round of 66. A total of 11 shots better than yesterday! He will be thinking about Saturday in Brooklyn for a while. However, he is the new leader of the club at -2.
-5: Fitzpatrick (10), Zalatoris (10) -4: Scheffler (11) -3: Matsuyama (16) -2: Morikawa (W), McCarthy (13)
Will Zalatoris controlled his game yesterday and is starting to look like he has rediscovered this mod. Three birds in the last four holes and now he has stuck his ball in the heart of two, from where he will look up at another bird. Meanwhile, Matt Fitzpatrick pulls his second into sand trouble. He cuts well to six feet, although he will be left tickling from left to right to save his money. At the moment, all the momentum is with Zalatoris (and Hideki Matsuyama, of course).
Things started to go wrong for Scotty Scheffler yesterday afternoon at 11. He made the hole twice, then made three more consecutive plugs. These things can get into your head and today he launches his second boogie on the rebound three times. The old ticker will be used now. Meanwhile, Hideki Matsuyama makes another long-range shot, this time at 16, and he is about to publish something that will give leaders a pause to think!
-6: Fitzpatrick (9) -5: Zalatoris (9) -4: Scheffler (11) -3: Matsuyama (16)
Welcome to the beginning of the US Open 2022! Yes, the last group came to the turn on Sunday. It’s included!
Will Zalaris sends his shot at 9 in a rough shot on the right. But he shot with his second in the green, leaving himself swinger up from left to right by 20 feet. In it goes his third bird in four holes! Matt Fitzpatrick, meanwhile, has to settle for a face value, although he has reduced his second from 170 yards to eight feet. His shot remains stubbornly high to the right and the chance to put some daylight between him and his pursuers passes. Meanwhile at 17, Collin Morikawa wedged his second to the top distance and he will really curse yesterday’s 77 now.
-6: Fitzpatrick (9) -5: Scheffler (10), Zalatoris (9) -2: Morikawa (17), Matsuyama (15), McCarthy (12), Damen (11)
Scotty Scheffler really delicately came out of the bunker at the back of 10. The ball threatened to hit the pins, but rolled to the left and eight feet ahead. He can’t make the one who comes back and this is his first missed shot of the day. He is -5, and Matt Fitzpatrick is the sole owner of the lead. Meanwhile, three shots for Rory McIlroy at 11 and at the nominal level of his race is taking place. And Danny McCarthy tied for fourth place, leading with a curling iron from left to right from ten feet to 12. He is -2.
Scotty Scheffler may be worried at 10. His shot with a tee finds the first cut off on the right. He hits his second in the green, but gets no spin and the ball goes through and into the hopper from behind. It has a little green to play with, but it’s all down, so it will be a delicate spray. And yet we’ve seen him get out of narrower scratches before.
Eagle kick of Matt Fitzpatrick, a 25-foot slider from right to left at 8, briefly considered falling, but didn’t turn enough. He touches confidently for a few feet for his bird. Only the money for Will Zalatoris. Meanwhile, another bird’s effort passes through the hole for Rory McIlroy, this time at 10, after which his shot at 11 barely finds the edge. It wasn’t his weekend. Next month in St. Andrews, where he once shot 63, maybe.
-6: Scheffler (9), Fitzpatrick (8) -4: Zalatoris (8) -2: Matsuyama (14), Damen (11) -1: Morikawa (16), McIlroy (10), Hadwin (9), Bradley (8), Ram (8)
Scotty Scheffler is six inches from the bird at 9 and the front nine from 30. No matter, 31 will suffice on Sunday’s big championship! In contrast, defending champion Jon Rahm simply can’t go, and another blow goes to par-5 8th, where he has never been in position. After releasing the green, Matt Fitzpatrick filled it with his ball, knocking a beautiful second pin high. Today he will take a second look at the eagle.
It comes to the point where the contenders have to make their move or remain silent forever. Rory McIlroy almost made a 20-foot bird strike at 9, but it was just a draw and he turned 35. However, Will Zalatoris almost broke from 160 yards to 7 for Eagle. However, he is lucky enough to get involved and has repaired all this early damage with back-to-back birds. This heats up nicely!
-6: Scheffler (8) -5: Fitzpatrick (7) -4: Zalatoris (7) -2: Matsuyama (13), Damen (9), Ram (7) -1: Morikawa (14), McCarthy (10) , McIlroy (9), Hadwin (8)
Scotty Scheffler retired for Eagle 8 out of 100 yards yesterday. Today, from 60 yards, he turned a wedge from the false front and back to his feet. Golf, ladies and gentlemen, right there! He performed much better in the second round, wedging himself up to six feet and then rolling into the nominal defense. It’s a hell of a rise and fall after making a dramatic mistake. Jon Rahm saves a draw at 7 with two long shots. And at 13, Hideki Matsuyama knocked in another long bird strike to equalize for fourth! When Matsuyama’s wand heats up, it melts, so be careful with the field.
Matt Fitzpatrick almost sent a tram to the bowl at 6. That would be a scandalous 70-foot bird. But the ball rolls six feet past it and he comes out with the one who comes back. It drops to -5. Coming from the other side, his partner Will Zalatoris, who received his reward for this good shot with Tay and returned to -3. Meanwhile, at 7 John Ram sent a wedge in the green, albeit miles from the flag. It boils. He considers snapping his staff across his knee, EFFS and JEFFS with great feeling, then shoots a dagger at someone in the gallery. A long, long look. Whoever gets this will not feel very secure right now.
Only a face value of 8 for Rory McIlroy, who again doesn’t look much at the top of his game. However, the wind dies down, which can help him; he is known as poor when he blows. Coming from behind, Scotty Scheffler, whose second hits the fake front and rolls 50 yards back down the fairway. Here’s where the eagle rose yesterday, keep in mind, so it’s okay.
Scotty Scheffler divides the fairway into 8. Further up the hole, Roy McIlroy zigzags from rough left to restless right, but he digs his third time in the center of the green and will have an inexplicable view of the 15-foot bird. Meanwhile, back on the third parameter 6, Matt Fitzpatrick finds the green, but with an adrenaline rush that leaves him the best part of 70 feet of the flag, while Will Zalatoris gives himself the chance to be the first bird of the day with a fine clip up to four feet.
Matt Fitzpatrick really likes the strong blow with an eagle down. So much so that when she shaves her lip, she rolls five feet past it. He gets together and makes sure of the birdie putt. Parr would feel like a defeat, but now he …
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