US Open: Patrick Reed one ahead of Bryson DeChambeau as Winged Foot bites | Golf news

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A look back at the best of the action from the second round of the 120th US Open at Winged Foot in New York.

Patrick Reed will enter the 120th US Open weekend with a one-shot advantage, as Winged Foot showed his teeth on a second high-scoring day in New York.

After 21 players broke the pair of 70s in the first round, only Bryson DeChambeau, Bubba Watson and Hideki Matsuyama went under the card on a brutally tough Friday that saw Rory McIlroy slip seven shots off the beat after a 76. , while Tiger Woods missed the remote cut for the second time at this location.

Bryson DeChambeau’s 68 was the low round of matchday two

First round leader Justin Thomas sank back into the pack with four bogeys over five holes early on, though he struggled again on the stage to get back to two under, with only the top six completing 36 holes in the red .

DeChambeau seemed to have done enough to claim half the lead as he mixed five birdies with the same number of bogeys before finishing on a high note at the ninth par five, hitting a 380-yard drive before hitting a wedge at six feet and hitting the putt for eagle.

Second round how it happened

How all the action unfolded when Winged Foot proved to be a more difficult prospect on day two

His 68 proved to be the lowest score of the day and set the clubhouse’s initial goal at three under, an advantage he held until Reed made his fifth birdie of the round on his final hole to return a level par 70.

Reed followed DeChambeau’s trend of responding to bogeys with immediate birdies, which he achieved three times to DeChambeau’s four, and two of golf’s most controversial characters will face off in Saturday’s final pair behind Rafa Cabrera Bello and Harris English. .

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Nick Dougherty and Paul McGinley discuss Patrick Reed’s second-round 70s ups and downs at the US Open

“I feel good,” Reed said. “I feel ready to go out there and put myself in a position to have a shot late on Sunday. But I think that’s the most important thing, I feel like the game is where it should be. I just need to adjust a few things here or there, but the Short game is crisp, and when I play in a place like this, that’s what you need.

“I love the routine, I love getting in there, and I love when it’s hard, when you have to be creative on all the different golf shots. And I always enjoy playing with Bryson. It’s one of those things that we hang out at, and I think It’s not so much about who you’re playing with because you’re attacking the golf course here. “

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Patrick Reed goes over the highlights from his second round of 70 at the US Open, leading him to a one-shot lead at Winged Foot.

Cabrera Bello produced the excellent end of the second day when he birdied three of his last four holes to obtain a commendable 70, a score also matched by English after he made up two first birdies with a pair of bogeys and then stopped his last 11 holes. .

Thomas felt the wrath of Winged Foot after having the audacity to shoot 65 in the first round, the world No. 3 managed to open his second effort with three pairs before dropping shots to four of the next five, and although he stopped the slip with a birdie. At 18, he double bogeyed the first to slide to par for the championship.

Justin Thomas fought back after a rough start

But he showed tremendous spirit to fight his way back into the mix with a birdie in the third and a 25-foot putt for another in the seventh before two pairs closed out a battle 73, while Jason Kokrak birdied three of the last five to complete the sextet of under par players at the midpoint.

Former Ryder Cup star Thomas Pieters enjoyed the outright lead at six under par after covering all nine outside in 33, but the Belgian stumbled on 41 with six bogeys and finished the day on par with Xander Schauffele ( 72), Matthew Wolff (74), Brendon Todd (72) and Matsuyama (69).

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World number two Jon Rahm is just five off the pace after following birdies in the seventh and eighth with a bogey-six in the ninth, his fifth spot of the round, while Lee Westwood crashed to three after dropping four shots over the last three holes on his 76.

Westwood is alongside world number one Dustin Johnson (70) and McIlroy, whose upbeat mood after Thursday’s 67th looked set to continue as he birdied the first before the 2011 champion went into free fall, bogeying. in the next two followed by a double bogey. six in the room.

Rory McIlroy made several mistakes on day two and slipped seven off the beat

McIlroy dropped more shots in the fifth and seventh before stopping the rot with a birdie at nine, only to start the inside half with his fifth and sixth bogeys from a steamy Friday.

He would eventually limp home at 76, leaving him seven shots adrift from Reed, but Woods will not be on the weekend after a 77 with two double bogeys on a damaging three-hole stage, and dropped four shots on five holes in the first nine before consolation birdies at seven-nine simply brought him back to 10 over par.

Tiger Woods missed the cut by a distance

With the cut falling to six more, PGA champion Collin Morikawa missed by one, while defending champion Gary Woodland will miss another 36 holes as he closed at eight, later admitting that he was playing with the pain of an injury in the hip.