The second round of the 2023 United States Open is now underway from the Los Angeles Country Club in southern California. Here are live updates.
10:53 AM ET–Wyndham Clark of Denver, Colorado birdies the first hole and moves to -7 and one stroke back of the leaders Xander Schauffele and Rickie Fowler at -8…Schauffele’s greatest achievement was winning the gold medal for the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, and Fowler’s most notable win was the 2015 Players Championship…
11:19 AM ET–both of the leaders are from the state of California…Schauffele is from San Diego and Fowler is from Murrieta
11:22 AM ET–interesting that Clark won earlier this year as he defeated Schauffele by four strokes at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina this past May…
11:27 AM ET–Harman bogeys the first hole…
11:30 AM ET–Three more golfers are in contention…Dustin Johnson of Columbia, South Carolina (-6), Brian Harman of Savannah, Georgia (-4), and Rory McIlroy of Holywood, Northern Ireland (-5)…Johnson is a two-time major champion and McIlroy is a four-time major champion….Johnson won the 2016 United States Open and 2020 Masters…McIlroy won the 2011 United States Open, 2012 and 2014 PGA Championship and 2014 British Open…
11:33 AM ET–Major issues for Johnson on the second round…third ball lands in the deep fescue…
11:43 AM ET–Johnson has quadruple bogey in second round to drop to -2…
11:51 AM ET–McIlroy bogeys the 11th hole to drop to -4…
11:57 AM ET–Johnson birdies the third after a disastrous second…
11:58 AM ET–Great approach shot by Harman on 12th…inches away from a birdie…
12:01 PM ET–Harman birdies the 12th hole…
12:08 PM ET–Great long birdie putt by McIlroy on the 12th gets to -5 and three back of Fowler and Schauffele…
12:12 PM ET–Clark in deep rough on 14th…
12:14 PM ET–Impressive shot by Clark to get out of trouble…
12:19 PM ET–Clark birdies the 14th and now tied with Fowler and Schauffele for the lead…
12:27 PM ET–Clark comes up short on birdie attempt on 15th hole…
12:27 PM ET–Harman bogeys the 13th and was not pleased whatsoever…drops to -4
12:35 PM ET–McIlroy bogeys the 13th…
12:44 PM ET–Clark makes a 44 foot birdie putt on the 16th hole…improves to -9…
12:46 PM ET–Defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick of Sheffield, England gets a hole in one on the 15th hole…third hole in one in the field at the 2023 US Open in two days…Fitzpatrick becomes first defending champion to get a hole in one at the US Open
1:33 PM ET–Long par putt by Sam Bennett on 17th hole to remain at -4….
1:50 PM ET–Tony Finau makes short birdie putt on the eighth hole to improve to -5…had an eagle chance but still four strokes back of the leader, Wyndham Clark…
1:51 PM ET–Currently 33 golfers under par…
1:52 PM ET–McIlroy bogeys and drops to -3 and in seventh…
2:34 PM ET–Clark bogeys the fourth hole…drops to -8…and puts Sam Bennett and Tony Finau into contention who are both now at -5…
2:37 PM ET–Tony Finau bogeys the 11th and drops to -4…
2:42 PM ET–Harris English of Valdosta, Georgia, makes a 79-foot birdie putt one the fifth hole to move to -5 and three strokes back of Fowler, Clark and Schauffele…English’s putt was seen feet further than the 72-yard putt by Canada’s Nick Taylor which rocked the world on Sunday…
2:52 PM ET–Clark makes long par putt to remain tied for the lead…
2:57 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the third and improves to -5…
3:01 PM ET–English birdies the sixth to go to -6 and two back of Fowler, Scheffler and Clark…
3:12 PM ET–Fourth hole playing very difficult today…only one birdie and that came from South Korea’s Joo-hyung Kim…
3:14 PM ET–Six players in contention…Fowler, Schauffele and Clark are at -8, English at -6 and McIlroy and Bennett are at -5…
3:24 PM ET–Johnson birdies the 15th to improve to -5…has birdies on the third, eighth, 12th and 15th holes since his eight on the second hole…
3:24 PM ET–McIlroy bogeys the fourth hole to drop to -4…
3:38 PM ET–Bennett birdies the sixth…low amateur at the Masters…now at -6…
3:43 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the fifth to improve to -5…
3:46 PM ET–English birdies the eighth to get to -7 with a tap-in…now has five birdies in eight holes…
3:47 PM ET–Harman birdies the sixth to get to -5…
3:56 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the sixth hole to improve to -6…
3:59 PM ET–Clark birdies the eighth to take the lead at the 2023 United States Open at -9…
4 PM ET–English goes into the clubhouse at -7…
4:02 PM ET–Bennett bogeys the seventh to drop to -5…
4:05 PM ET–Five players in contention at the moment…Clark -9, Fowler & Schauffele at -8, English at -7, McIlroy at -6…
4:13 PM ET–Clark finishes his second round at -9 and the leader by one stroke…
4:18 PM ET–Finau makes long par putt to remain at -3…
4:18 PM ET–Johnson birdies the 18th hole to improve to -6…
4:33 PM ET–Current Leaderboard: 1) Clark -9, 2) Fowler & Schauffele -8, 4) English -7, 5) McIlroy & Johnson -6
4:50 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the eighth to improve to -7…
4:51 PM ET—Fowler birdies the first to tie Clark for the lead at -9…
5:00 PM ET–Australia’s Min Woo Lee improves to -6 and three back of Fowler and Clark after a birdie on the 18th hole…
5:04 PM ET–McIlroy finishes his round at -8 after a birdie on the ninth hole…
5:06 PM ET–Fowler birdies the second to get to -10 and the one stroke lead on Clark…Fowler became the first player to reach double digits under par at Los Angeles this week…
5:21 PM ET–Current leaderboard of the contenders: 1) Fowler -10, 2) Clark -9 3) McIlroy & Schauffele -8 5) English -7
5:23 PM ET–Fowler starts with three straight birdies and is -11…
5:28 PM ET–Conners holes it out from the bunker on one bounce on the 12th to get to -1…
5:38 PM ET–Fowler has been waiting 13 minutes to tee off on the par four as players are playing slower around the course…
5:45 PM ET–At this time Fowler and Schauffele are really the only two golfers worth watching as they are the only two players on the course in contention…
5:50 PM ET–Fowler bogeys the fourth hole, which is significantly tougher today compared to yesterday…
5:55 PM ET–Bryson DeChambeau in all sorts of trouble on the sixth hole…currently tried with Johnson and Lee at -6 for sixth place…
5:59 PM ET–Adam Svensson of Canada makes a long par putt from the 17th hole to stay at -1…wonder if he got any tips from the putting genius Nick Taylor?
6:05 PM ET–Fowler pars the fifth to stay at -10…
6:11 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Fowler -10 2) Clark -9 3) McIlroy & Schauffele -8 5) English -7
6:17 PM ET–Fowler birdies the sixth to get to -11…
6:31 PM ET–Paul Azinger of NBC Sports projects the cut line will be about +2…
6:37 PM ET–Xander Schauffele pars his first five holes and remains at -8…
6:40 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the sixth…improves to -9…
6:42 PM ET–Fowler bogeys the seventh hole to drop to -10, and then shrugs off a critic from the crowd who bellowed, “What are you doing?”
6:50 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Fowler -10 2) Schauffele & Clark -9 4) McIroy -8 5) English -7
6:54 PM ET–Fowler misses the fairway on the eighth hole…
7:10 PM ET–Fowler birdies the eighth hole to improve to -11…
7:11 PM ET–Schauffele bogeys the seventh hole to drop to -8…first bogey of the 2023 United States Open so far…
7:32 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the eighth hole to improve to -9
7:33 PM ET–Leaderboard: 1) Fowler -11 2) Schauffele & Clark -9 4) McIlroy -8
7:38 PM ET–Fowler misses long par putt on the 10th to drop to -10…
7:43 PM ET–Schauffele makes a great shot on the ninth to get him out of trouble from the bunker…makes his par…
8:02 PM ET–Fowler bogeys the 11th and drops to -9…tied with Clark and Schauffele…At -8 is McIlroy, at -7 is English and at -6 is Johnson and Lee…
8:15 PM ET–Fowler makes 21 foot birdie putt to improve to -10 on the 12th…now in the lead by himself…
8:36 PM ET–Fowler bogeys the 13th hole and drops to -9…now tied with Clark and Schauffele…
9:01 PM ET–Schauffele bogeys the 13th hole to drop to -8…one back of Clark and Fowler…
9:06 PM ET–Fowler birdies the 15th hole…seventh birdie on the day…moves to -10…one stroke lead on Clark…two stroke lead on McIlroy and Schauffele and three stroke lead on English…
9:24 PM ET–Schauffele bogeys the 14th…drops down to -7…
9:29 PM ET–Fowler bogeys the 16th hole….now at -9 and tied with Clark for the lead…
9:39 PM ET–Schauffele bogeys the 15th hole to drop to -6 and in a three-way tie for fifth with Dustin Johnson and Min Woo Lee…Schauffele had a poor birdie attempt on the 15th as he thought the golf ball would go closer to the hole when judging a particular angle…
9:46 PM ET–Fowler birdies the 17th to return to -10…wild scorecard for Fowler in round two as he only has three pars…Fowler has eight birdies and six bogeys…
10:02 PM ET–Fowler finishes at -10…
10:14 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the 17th to return to -7…
10:30 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the 18th hole to move to -8…round two complete…Fowler leads at -10, Clark in second at -9, Schauffele and McIlroy tied for third at -8 and English in fifth at -7…
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