The top of the U.S. Open leaderboard was a crowded place for much of Thursday, but Martin Kaymer changed that with a late-afternoon run into the lead. Kaymer turned in the round of the day and leads by three strokes after carding a 5-under, 65.
U.S. Open 2014 leaderboard: Martin Kaymer shoots lowest Open round ever at Pinehurst
A very strong back nine has Martin Kaymer in the lead at Pinehurst.
Kaymer, the Players Championship winner, made the turn at 1-under before going on a very strong run on his second nine. He birdied No. 10 to move into a share of the lead. He took sole possession of the lead with a birdie on No. 14 and extended his lead with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 16 and 17. The late run was impressive when you consider he was doing it while playing on some of the hardest holes on the course. No. 16 is playing as the sixth-hardest hole, with Kaymer’s birdie just one of 17 made all day. Kaymer dropped just a single shot all day, a bogey on No. 7. He capped the round by rolling in a lengthy putt to save par on No. 18. The 65 was the lowest round ever carded during a U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
Keegan Bradley -- who played in the same group as Kaymer -- didn’t go quite as low, but did finish the day in the red. Bradley shot a 1-under 69 and is tied for sixth place. Bradley is one of several notable names under par, including Harris English, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker and Henrik Stenson at 1-under. Bubba Watson was never able to find much success in his round, finishing with a 6-over 76. He’ll open Friday with work to do to make the cut which is currently 3-over.
Here is a full look at the leaderboard. You can find a live leaderboard at USOpen.com.
Place | Player | Score | Thru |
1 | Martin Kaymer | -5 | F |
T2 | Kevin Na | -2 | F |
T2 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | F |
T2 | Brendon de Jonge | -2 | F |
T2 | Fran Quinn | -2 | 14 |
T6 | Brandt Snedeker | -1 | F |
T6 | Matt Kuchar | -1 | F |
T6 | Henrik Stenson | -1 | F |
T6 | Brendon Todd | -1 | F |
T6 | Jordan Spieth | -1 | F |
T6 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 | F |
T6 | Dustin Johnson | -1 | F |
T6 | Harris English | -1 | F |
T6 | Keegan Bradley | -1 | F |
T6 | Francesco Molinari | -1 | 17 |
T16 | Henrik Norlander | E | F |
T16 | Lucas Bjerregaard | E | F |
T16 | Marcel Siem | E | F |
T16 | Phil Mickelson | E | F |
T16 | Ian Poulter | E | F |
T16 | Russell Henley | E | F |
T16 | Joost Luiten | E | F |
T16 | Rickie Fowler | E | F |
T16 | Aaron Baddeley | E | F |
T16 | Mark Wilson | E | F |
T16 | Brooks Koepka | E | F |
T16 | Victor Dubuisson | E | F |
T16 | Steve Stricker | E | F |
T16 | Jimmy Walker | E | F |
T16 | Charl Schwartzel | E | F |
T16 | Paul Casey | E | F |
T16 | J.B. Holmes | E | 17 |
T16 | Jamie Donaldson | E | 17 |
T16 | Seung-yul Noh | E | 16 |
T16 | Danny Willett | E | 15 |
T16 | Kevin Tway | E | 14 |
T16 | Zac Blair | E | 14 |
T38 | Pablo Larrazabal | 1 | F |
T38 | Patrick Reed | 1 | F |
T38 | Boo Weekley | 1 | F |
T38 | Webb Simpson | 1 | F |
T38 | Zach Johnson | 1 | F |
T38 | Rory McIlroy | 1 | F |
T38 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 1 | F |
T38 | Chris Kirk | 1 | F |
T38 | Billy Hurley III | 1 | F |
T38 | Oliver Goss | 1 | F |
T38 | Garth Mulroy | 1 | F |
T38 | John Senden | 1 | F |
T38 | Louis Oosthuizen | 1 | F |
T38 | Gary Woodland | 1 | 17 |
T38 | Bernd Wiesberger | 1 | 16 |
T38 | Rod Pampling | 1 | 16 |
T54 | Jason Dufner | 2 | F |
T54 | Daniel Berger | 2 | F |
T54 | Scott Langley | 2 | F |
T54 | Erik Compton | 2 | F |
T54 | Miguel Jimenez | 2 | F |
T54 | Justin Rose | 2 | F |
T54 | Nicholas Lindheim | 2 | F |
T54 | Graeme Storm | 2 | F |
T54 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 2 | F |
T54 | Bill Haas | 2 | F |
T54 | Stewart Cink | 2 | F |
T54 | Toru Taniguchi | 2 | 16 |
T54 | Bo Van Pelt | 2 | 16 |
T54 | Azuma Yano | 2 | 15 |
T54 | Simon Griffiths | 2 | 14 |
T54 | Cody Gribble | 2 | 13 |
T70 | Retief Goosen | 3 | 17 |
T70 | Jason Day | 3 | F |
T70 | Sergio Garcia | 3 | F |
T70 | Stephen Gallacher | 3 | F |
T70 | David Toms | 3 | F |
T70 | Thongchai Jaidee | 3 | F |
T70 | Jeff Maggert | 3 | F |
T70 | Shiv Kapur | 3 | F |
T70 | Smylie Kaufman | 3 | F |
T70 | Clayton Rask | 3 | F |
T70 | Alex Cejka | 3 | F |
T70 | Joe Ogilvie | 3 | F |
T70 | Jim Furyk | 3 | F |
T70 | Shane Lowry | 3 | F |
T70 | Adam Scott | 3 | F |
T70 | Hyung-Sung Kim | 3 | 16 |
T70 | Ryan Blaum | 3 | 15 |
T70 | Jim Renner | 3 | 15 |
T70 | Christopher Doak | 3 | 15 |
T89 | Chad Collins | 4 | F |
T89 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 4 | F |
T89 | Roberto Castro | 4 | F |
T89 | Matt Jones | 4 | F |
T89 | Angel Cabrera | 4 | F |
T89 | Kenny Perry | 4 | F |
T89 | Craig Barlow | 4 | F |
T89 | WC Liang | 4 | F |
T89 | Matt Dobyns | 4 | F |
T89 | Maverick McNealy | 4 | F |
T89 | Casey Wittenberg | 4 | F |
T89 | Andres Echavarria | 4 | F |
T89 | Oliver Fisher | 4 | F |
T89 | Graham Delaet | 4 | 17 |
T89 | Ernie Els | 4 | F |
T89 | Geoff Ogilvy | 4 | 17 |
T89 | Hunter Mahan | 4 | 17 |
T89 | Sam Love | 4 | 14 |
T89 | Hunter Stewart | 4 | 14 |
T108 | Rob Oppenheim | 5 | F |
T108 | Brian Stuard | 5 | F |
T108 | Kevin Kisner | 5 | F |
T108 | Andrea Pavan | 5 | F |
T108 | Lee Westwood | 5 | F |
T108 | Billy Horschel | 5 | F |
T108 | Kevin Sutherland | 5 | F |
T108 | Justin Thomas | 5 | F |
T108 | David Oh | 5 | F |
T108 | Ken Duke | 5 | F |
T108 | Y.E. Yang | 5 | F |
T108 | Justin Leonard | 5 | F |
T108 | Darren Clarke | 5 | F |
T108 | Ryan Palmer | 5 | 15 |
T108 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | 5 | 16 |
T108 | Luke Guthrie | 5 | 15 |
T108 | Kevin Streelman | 5 | 16 |
T125 | David Gossett | 6 | 15 |
T125 | Matt Every | 6 | F |
T125 | Ryan Moore | 6 | F |
T125 | Nick Watney | 6 | F |
T125 | Maximilian Kieffer | 6 | F |
T125 | Brian Campbell | 6 | F |
T125 | Steven Alker | 6 | F |
T125 | Hudson Swafford | 6 | F |
T125 | Niclas Fasth | 6 | F |
T125 | Bubba Watson | 6 | F |
T125 | Chris Thompson | 6 | 13 |
T136 | Brett Stegmaier | 7 | F |
T136 | D.A. Points | 7 | F |
T136 | Jonas Blixt | 7 | F |
T136 | Brady Watt | 7 | F |
T136 | Will Grimmer | 7 | F |
T136 | Kevin Stadler | 7 | F |
T136 | Luke Donald | 7 | F |
T136 | Cory Whitsett | 7 | 15 |
T144 | Cameron Wilson | 8 | F |
T144 | Aron Price | 8 | F |
T144 | Robby Shelton | 8 | F |
T144 | Nick Mason | 8 | F |
T144 | Anthony Broussard | 8 | F |
T144 | Lucas Glover | 8 | 17 |
T144 | Donald Constable | 8 | 14 |
T144 | Andrew Dorn | 8 | 13 |
T152 | Robert Allenby | 9 | F |
T152 | Tom Lewis | 9 | F |
T152 | Bobby Gates | 9 | F |
155 | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 11 | F |
156 | Brandon McIver | 12 | F |
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