U.S. Open round two has begun. Think I know Rory McIlroy’s plan now.

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, June 17th, 2011
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • U.S. OPEN
Tags: Phil Mickelson • Rory McIlroy • US OPEN

Thankfully I’m able to tune into DirecTv for the “U.S. Open Mix” where I can select one of several channels to view. I turned off the crappy ESPN feed with the awful Chris Berman announcing and tuned into channel 703 which is the featured group of Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. If you have DirecTv, tune to channel 701 for the mix.

McIlroy’s Plan?

Rory McIlroy this morning has made birdie on holes #4 and #6. But the big fireworks happened on #8 where he holed out from 113 yards for eagle. Through hole #8 Rory is -4 on the day and -10 for the Open, a SEVEN shot lead.

Apparently Rory’s plan is to run away and hide from the field, sort of like Tiger Woods years back at Pebble. If he builds up a big enough lead, he can insure that a nervous Sunday round won’t hurt him too much I suppose.

Front Nine Done

The featured group is now done with the Friday front nine. Phil Mickelson is playing much better today, shooting -3 on the front. Mcilroy ends up -4 on the front and sits at -10 with the tougher back nine to go.

Note: Rory’s ascension to double digits under par in 26 holes is the fastest in U.S. Open history.

4 responses to “U.S. Open round two has begun. Think I know Rory McIlroy’s plan now.”

23niner says:

June 17, 2011 at 7:40 am

He’s got the sweetest swing this week. I could see a repeat of the Masters though- tough to keep up this blistering pace
Chris says:

June 17, 2011 at 9:32 am

Rory is looking great. He is definitely a rare talent and likely to win a few majors in his career. Hopefully he can avoid any mental let downs and put this away in an impressive fashion.

Chris – CoolProducts
Geoff says:

June 17, 2011 at 8:43 pm

Rory has came out and got a good lead in hand and it will be up to the rest of teh field to run down the numbers to catch him. T.E.Yang is best placed the rest will need a bit of help from the Golfing Gods to get in the hunt
Ben says:

June 17, 2011 at 9:23 pm

I really like his chances but I’m not sure if he can maintain his confidence at such a young age. I guess everyone has to grow up in that area sometime, why not this week?