US Open 2019: second round – live!

Get all the latest updates from day two at Pebble Beach Official leaderboard for the 119th US OpenSpieth’s caddie criticism shows teamwork gets turbulentAnd feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.53am BST Woodland doesn’t have too tricky a lie. But there’s not a lot of green to play with, and his ball trundles past the cup and onto the fringe at the back. It rolls back a little … and then he guides in the left-to-right 15-foot curler for an exceptional scramble! A little fortunate that his second didn’t fly over the cliff edge, of course, but he’s earned that bit of luck, and his card remains clean. He remains one in the lead at -8. 2.50am BST A huge break for Woodland on 8. He slices his second off to the right, and toys with the hazard. Any more juice on the shot, and that was away down the cliff. But it snags in the rough to the right of the bunker. That’s still going to be quite a test. Zach Johnson signs for a 69; the erstwhile Masters and Open champ is -3, and is the sort of guy who could easily grind out a US Open. Meanwhile it’s yet another birdie for Matt Wallace, who sends his tee shot at 7 to ten feet and converts. He moves to -4 and is encouraged by some lairy frat boys either to throw his ball to them, or try to hit something. It’s not clear which. He flings it towards them. There’s a thud, at which point he laughs and shouts “fucking hell!” We only see Wallace. There’s nothing else to go on. It would make for a fine test on a creative writing course. Continue reading…
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