When the U.S. Open began yesterday morning at the Congressional in Maryland, Rory McIlroy was not considered a favorite heading into the year's best golf tournament found in the states. After a six-under sixty-five and a bogie-free round yesterday, McIlroy continued to dominate the field, with two birdies and a eagle through today's first eight holes. He became the fastest player in U.S. Open history to get to ten-under in a U.S. Open (twenty-six holes). The Northern Irishman continued to amaze on the back nine, adding three more birdies on the next eight holes for a remarkable thirteen-under for the U.S. Open, the lowest score recorded in a U.S. Open. Although he finished with a double-bogey on eighteen today that snapped a record thirty-five consecutive holes in a U.S. Open without a bogey, he still leads the tournament by six strokes heading to the weekend and holds the best thirty-six hole score in U.S. Open history at eleven-under.
Y.E. Yang, currently in second at five-under for the tournament, is one of thirteen other players currently under par chasing McIlroy for the lead heading to the weekend. Five players are currently tied for third at two-under, including Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, and Sergio Garcia. With the cut line at four-over, only one member of the newly-hit musical group, Golf Boys, made the cut. Bubba Watson led the way at four-over, Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler barely missed the cut at five-over, and Ben Crane finished at six-over for the two days. The next two days should be entertaining as McIlroy will vie for his first career Major Championship and his second career PGA Tour win.
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