11:53am ET – Midway Through 2nd Round
The conditions this week so far at Royal Lytham & St. Annes are very easy for an “Open.” The course is soft and players are able to throw darts at pins. Not hard and links-like.
Brand Snedeker has just dropped a 64 on the field, jumping to first place at -10. That two round total ties the lowest in Open Championship history (Nick Faldo). I like Sneds and feel he should be the example players of all levels use for pace of play.
Phil Mickelson, despite a 2nd place finish in last year’s Open and a good showing in last week’s Scottish Open, flamed out. He was treading water yesterday (73, +3) and blew up today with a 78 (+8). Phil is heading home early after missing the cut, which should be somewhere around +2 or +3. Phil’s game is a high ball flight, high spin game. He should have fared well in the current conditions but it just didn’t happen.
Tiger Woods fired a first round 67 (-3). He is now through seven holes and sits at -5. His game looks solid. The question is whether or not he will have that “one bad round” which knocks him out of contention.
Adam Scott led after round one with a fine 64. He was close to tying the record for low round in a major. He’s at -8 on the tournament through 11 today, just two shots off Sned’s lead. His putting is solid and his ball striking is as good as I’ve seen in a long time.
Lee Westwood fired a 73 after day one. He hasn’t started yet today. He will be 13 shots off the lead when he does. Not sure he can make up that kind of ground.
Bubba Watson equaled Tiger after round one with a 67, but after making a snowman is +4 on his round today through nine holes.
After a first round 67, Rory McIlory shot 75 today. He looks to make the cut, barely.
If the projected cut stays at +3, Rickie Fowler, Keegan Bradley, K.J. Choi and Gary Woodland will miss the cut.
Zach Johnson sat alone in 2nd after a 65 yesterday, but is now +2 on today’s round. Zach sits T8 through 10 holes today at -2.
Graeme McDowell is quietly lurking. After yesterday’s 67 and going -1 through nine today, he sits T4 at -4.
Can’t wait to watch the rest unfold.
| POS |
Player |
To Par |
Total |
| 1 |
Adam Scott |
-6 |
64 |
| T2 |
Zach Johnson |
-5 |
65 |
| T2 |
Paul Lawrie |
-5 |
65 |
| T2 |
Nicholas Colsaerts |
-5 |
65 |
| 5 |
Brandt Snedeker |
-4 |
66 |
| T6 |
Tiger Woods |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Graeme McDowell |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Bubba Watson |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Ernie Els |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Peter Hanson |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Steve Stricker |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Rory McIlroy |
-3 |
67 |
| T6 |
Toshinori Muto |
-3 |
67 |
| T14 |
Thomas Aiken |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
James Morrison |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
Jamie Donaldson |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
Justin Hicks |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
Anirban Lahiri |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
Jbe Kruger |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
Anders Hansen |
-2 |
68 |
| T14 |
Scott Pinckney |
-2 |
68 |
| T22 |
Thorbjorn Olesen |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Charl Schwartzel |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Matt Kuchar |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Thongchai Jaidee |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Matthew Baldwin |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Adilson Da Silva |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Ted Potter Jr. |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Marc Leishman |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Fredrik Jacobson |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Francesco Molinari |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Richard Sterne |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Steven Alker |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Lee Slattery |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Bob Estes |
-1 |
69 |
| T22 |
Brendan Jones |
-1 |
69 |
| T37 |
Aaron Townsend |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Troy Matteson |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Jason Dufner |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Martin Laird |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Thomas Bjorn |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Vijay Singh |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Rafael Cabrera-Bello |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Kyle Stanley |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Simon Khan |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Jeev M. Singh |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Andres Romero |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Retief Goosen |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Luke Donald |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Padraig Harrington |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
Hunter Mahan |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
John Senden |
E |
70 |
| T37 |
K.J. Choi |
E |
70 |
| T54 |
Dale Whitnell |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Warren Bennett |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Aaron Baddeley |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Tom Watson |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Yoshinori Fujimoto |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Ian Poulter |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Nick Watney |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Davis Love III |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Bill Haas |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Miguel A. Jimenez |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Greg Chalmers |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Mark Calcavecchia |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Garth Mulroy |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Ashley Hall |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Richie Ramsay |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Alexander Noren |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Rickie Fowler |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Keegan Bradley |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Bo Van Pelt |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Angel Cabrera |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Harris English |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Carl Pettersson |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Marcus Fraser |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Greg Owen |
+1 |
71 |
| T54 |
Juvic Pagunsan |
+1 |
71 |
| T80 |
Steven Tiley |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Sergio Garcia |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Stewart Cink |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Raphael Jacquelin |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
John Daly |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Todd Hamilton |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Troy Kelly |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Jim Furyk |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Koumei Oda |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Toru Taniguchi |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Geoff Ogilvy |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Louis Oosthuizen |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Sang-Moon Bae |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Ross Fisher |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Simon Dyson |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Mark Wilson |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Paul Casey |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Charles Howell III |
+2 |
72 |
| T80 |
Lucas Glover |
+2 |
72 |
| T99 |
Daniel Chopra |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Joost Luiten |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Kevin Na |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Dustin Johnson |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Lee Westwood |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Johnson Wagner |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Chad Campbell |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Rafa Echenique |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Barry Lane |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Phil Mickelson |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Branden Grace |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Gary Woodland |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Gregory Havret |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Pablo Larrazabal |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Tom Lehman |
+3 |
73 |
| T99 |
Nicholas Cullen |
+3 |
73 |
| T115 |
Ryo Ishikawa |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Justin Rose |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Y.E. Yang |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Stephen Ames |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
David Duval |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Alejandro Canizares |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Sandy Lyle |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Morten Orum Madsen |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Andrew Georgiou |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Manuel Trappel (a) |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Jonathan Byrd |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Alvaro Quiros |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Richard Finch |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Trevor Immelman |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
George Coetzee |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Chez Reavie |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Marcel Siem |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Michael Thompson |
+4 |
74 |
| T115 |
Steven O’Hara |
+4 |
74 |
| T134 |
Brad Kennedy |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Alan Dunbar (a) |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Justin Leonard |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
John Huh |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Prayad Marksaeng |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Robert Allenby |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Ben Curtis |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Kyung-Tae Kim |
+5 |
75 |
| T134 |
Paul Broadhurst |
+5 |
75 |
| T143 |
Elliot Saltman |
+6 |
76 |
| T143 |
Sam Walker |
+6 |
76 |
| T143 |
Hiroyuki Fujita |
+6 |
76 |
| T143 |
Darren Clarke |
+6 |
76 |
| T143 |
Tim Clark |
+6 |
76 |
| T143 |
James Driscoll |
+6 |
76 |
| T143 |
Ian Keenan |
+6 |
76 |
| T150 |
Grant Veenstra |
+7 |
77 |
| T150 |
Mardan Mamat |
+7 |
77 |
| T150 |
Martin Kaymer |
+7 |
77 |
| T150 |
Kodai Ichihara |
+7 |
77 |
| T150 |
Tadahiro Takayama |
+7 |
77 |
| 155 |
Robert Rock |
+8 |
78 |
| 156 |
Michael Hoey |
+9 |
79 |
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I had the opportunity to drop by Tuhaye Golf Club last week between my coverage of the USGA’s Amateur Publinks Championship. I drove a few miles from Midway, Utah to near another town called Kamas, to the club. I didn’t get to play (working on that) the course, but did manage to get some great shots as the sun was setting and the light was brilliant.
Tuhaye Golf Club – click for more images
I really dig snapping photos of golf courses. In fact, I thought of myself as a “golf course paparazzi” last week after visiting three very high end courses simply for photos and not golf… (more…)
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