A packed US Open leaderboard saw Paul Casey, Brian Harman, Tommy Fleetwood and Brooks Koepka on seven under after round two, with a further fourteen players within three of the leaders. And then he came up short of the 17th green and dropped one more shot that sent him home early to spend time with his newborn son. "So, it should be a fun weekend".
Dustin Johnson is 1 over, on the cut line with six holes left.
McIlroy won the US Open with a record 16-under-par total in 2011, but was a combined 50 over par for his seven other appearances before this week and missed the cut at Oakmont a year ago following rounds of 77 and 71.
He had no explanation or theory on why the top three players in the world would not be around for the weekend - the first time since the Official World Golf Ranking debuted in 1986 that the top three in the world missed the cut at a major.
Between them all you won't find one victor of a major and only Fowler with star power. "Everything was in good shape".
"I think the greens are getting U.S. Open-like, but not as firm as they're going to get if we don't get any rain", Garcia said about the course that allowed a record number of sub-par scores in the first round after rain soaked the layout earlier in the week. "But as we all know, this game's all about putting".
"Just to see their games and how they play, I've grown up watching them".
Day, at 10 over, said, "I mean, the scores were out there".
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Ultimately, nobody was expecting Fowler to repeat the heroics of Thursday.
However the 39-year-old world number 14 unfurled a sequence of five straight birdies to haul himself back up the leaderboard, carding a one-under-par 71 to finish the day at seven under.
"After yesterday's round, I received a couple of tips from different people, and it seemed to work well", he said. Matsuyama is part of the group at 5 under (that also includes Open rookies Si Woo Kim, Xander Schauffele and amateur Cameron Champ) and had a simple explanation why: "The biggest difference was I putted very well today". "I've never done this before". Paul Casey, of England, looks at his ball in the fescue on the 14th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Friday, June 16, 2017, at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. "You've got to make putts". I felt really comfortable and I was enjoying being out there. "But at least I'll get to sit in air con [conditioning] and watch the guys tear it up on the weekend". "And I was proud I hung in there". He still went out in even-par 36 and was one shot behind Rickie Fowler, who plays in the afternoon.
"I made two bad swings on the front nine".
"You won't get a better day for scoring", Johnson said wistfully during the long walk to sign his card. And if that's not enough of a traffic jam at the top, 18 players are separated by three shots to start the third round.
When asked why there is so little separation among the field, Holmes said: "It's so long".
Fowler won the Honda Classic in March, and the 2015 PLAYERS Championship. "It's a special weekend". But he missed his first cut at a major since the 2012 PGA Championship.
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