Although there is still a lot of golf to play, the 2014 U.S. Open is shaping up to be Martin Kaymer and the field. The 29-year-old has followed up a strong first round with an equally strong second round and currently leads by eight strokes.
U.S. Open 2014 leaderboard: Martin Kaymer pulling away
While most players are having a difficult time making their way around Pinehurst No. 2, Martin Kaymer continues to go low.
Kaymer shot a 5-under 65 on Thursday, the best round ever shot in a U.S. Open at Pinehurst. He may break his own record less than 24 hours later as he is 5-under through 14 holes. If he picks up another stroke or two along the way, he could come in at 64 or better. Kaymer is once again putting himself in good position to excel. He’s avoiding issue and taming the challenging greens. He’s yet to drop a shot in the second round and has carded just one bogey through 32 holes.
While Kaymer is well on his way to another round in the mid-60s, the rest of the field is struggling to even manage a round under par. Of the morning wave, Adam Scott at 3-under is currently the only other player 3-under or better on his round. Scott recorded back-to-back birdies early on and made the turn in 33. He added two more birdies on his second nine and is currently even-par for the tournament. While that is good for a tie for 16th place, he’s still a whopping 10 strokes behind Kaymer. If Scott is able to come in under par, it would be just his third under-par round in a U.S. Open.
With the cut line currently sitting at 3-over, a few notable players are in danger of missing the weekend. That includes Bubba Watson who is currently 7-over with just two more holes to play in the second round. Watson has been better on Friday, playing the round at 1-over, but still not good enough.
Here is a look at current state of the leaderboard. A live leaderboard can be found at USOpen.com.
Place | Player | Score | Thru/Tee time |
1 | Martin Kaymer | -10 | 14 |
T2 | Brendon de Jonge | -2 | 17 |
T2 | Dustin Johnson | -2 | 17 |
T2 | Kevin Na | -2 | 1:03 PM |
T2 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | 1:25 PM |
T2 | Brooks Koepka | -2 | F |
T7 | Brandt Snedeker | -1 | 1:03 PM |
T7 | Matt Kuchar | -1 | 1:14 PM |
T7 | Henrik Stenson | -1 | 1:14 PM |
T7 | Brendon Todd | -1 | 1:47 PM |
T7 | Jordan Spieth | -1 | 1:58 PM |
T7 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 | 1:58 PM |
T7 | Francesco Molinari | -1 | 13 |
T7 | Keegan Bradley | -1 | 14 |
T15 | Danny Willett | E | 13 |
T15 | J.B. Holmes | E | 16 |
T15 | Henrik Norlander | E | 12:30 PM |
T15 | Lucas Bjerregaard | E | 12:30 PM |
T15 | Marcel Siem | E | 12:41 PM |
T15 | Phil Mickelson | E | 1:36 PM |
T15 | Ian Poulter | E | 1:36 PM |
T15 | Russell Henley | E | 1:47 PM |
T15 | Joost Luiten | E | 1:47 PM |
T15 | Rickie Fowler | E | 1:58 PM |
T15 | Aaron Baddeley | E | 2:09 PM |
T15 | Adam Scott | E | 15 |
T27 | Fran Quinn | 1 | 12 |
T27 | Pablo Larrazabal | 1 | 12:52 PM |
T27 | Boo Weekley | 1 | 1:14 PM |
T27 | Rory McIlroy | 1 | 1:25 PM |
T27 | Webb Simpson | 1 | 1:25 PM |
T27 | Zach Johnson | 1 | 1:25 PM |
T27 | Chris Kirk | 1 | 1:47 PM |
T27 | Billy Hurley III | 1 | 1:58 PM |
T27 | Steve Stricker | 1 | F |
T27 | Patrick Reed | 1 | 1:03 PM |
T27 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 1 | 1:36 PM |
T27 | Oliver Goss | 1 | 2:09 PM |
T39 | Gary Woodland | 2 | 16 |
T39 | Kevin Tway | 2 | 12 |
T39 | Daniel Berger | 2 | 12:30 PM |
T39 | Scott Langley | 2 | 12:52 PM |
T39 | Erik Compton | 2 | 12:52 PM |
T39 | Miguel Jimenez | 2 | 1:36 PM |
T39 | Justin Rose | 2 | 1:36 PM |
T39 | Nicholas Lindheim | 2 | 2:42 PM |
T39 | Seung-yul Noh | 2 | 13 |
T48 | Cody Gribble | 3 | 11 |
T48 | Paul Casey | 3 | 16 |
T48 | Victor Dubuisson | 3 | 17 |
T48 | Jimmy Walker | 3 | 17 |
T48 | Jim Furyk | 3 | F |
T48 | Sergio Garcia | 3 | 1:03 PM |
T48 | Jason Day | 3 | 1:03 PM |
T48 | Stephen Gallacher | 3 | 1:14 PM |
T48 | David Toms | 3 | 1:25 PM |
T48 | Thongchai Jaidee | 3 | 1:36 PM |
T48 | Jeff Maggert | 3 | 2:09 PM |
T48 | Shiv Kapur | 3 | 2:20 PM |
T48 | Clayton Rask | 3 | 2:42 PM |
T48 | Smylie Kaufman | 3 | 2:31 PM |
T48 | Garth Mulroy | 3 | F |
T48 | Ernie Els | 3 | 15 |
T64 | Bill Haas | 4 | F |
T64 | Hunter Mahan | 4 | 13 |
T64 | Ryan Blaum | 4 | 12 |
T64 | Alex Cejka | 4 | F |
T64 | Jason Dufner | 4 | 14 |
T64 | Chad Collins | 4 | 12:41 PM |
T64 | Roberto Castro | 4 | 12:52 PM |
T64 | Matt Jones | 4 | 12:52 PM |
T64 | Angel Cabrera | 4 | 1:25 PM |
T64 | Kenny Perry | 4 | 2:09 PM |
T64 | Craig Barlow | 4 | 2:20 PM |
T64 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 4 | 12:41 PM |
T64 | WC Liang | 4 | 2:20 PM |
T64 | Matt Dobyns | 4 | 2:31 PM |
T64 | Maverick McNealy | 4 | 2:31 PM |
T64 | Retief Goosen | 4 | 15 |
T64 | Hunter Stewart | 4 | 11 |
T81 | Harris English | 5 | 17 |
T81 | Zac Blair | 5 | 11 |
T81 | Shane Lowry | 5 | 17 |
T81 | Toru Taniguchi | 5 | 14 |
T81 | Rod Pampling | 5 | 13 |
T81 | Louis Oosthuizen | 5 | 15 |
T81 | Sam Love | 5 | 11 |
T81 | Rob Oppenheim | 5 | 12:30 PM |
T81 | Brian Stuard | 5 | 12:41 PM |
T81 | Andrea Pavan | 5 | 12:41 PM |
T81 | Kevin Kisner | 5 | 12:41 PM |
T81 | Lee Westwood | 5 | 1:14 PM |
T81 | Billy Horschel | 5 | 1:58 PM |
T81 | Kevin Sutherland | 5 | 2:09 PM |
T81 | Justin Thomas | 5 | 2:20 PM |
T81 | Luke Donald | 5 | 16 |
T81 | Kevin Stadler | 5 | 17 |
T81 | Luke Guthrie | 5 | 13 |
T81 | Justin Leonard | 5 | 16 |
T100 | Darren Clarke | 6 | 15 |
T100 | Mark Wilson | 6 | F |
T100 | Andres Echavarria | 6 | F |
T100 | Ryan Palmer | 6 | 13 |
T100 | Stewart Cink | 6 | 16 |
T100 | Matt Every | 6 | 12:52 PM |
T100 | Ryan Moore | 6 | 1:03 PM |
T100 | Nick Watney | 6 | 1:47 PM |
T100 | Maximilian Kieffer | 6 | 2:20 PM |
T100 | Brian Campbell | 6 | 2:42 PM |
T100 | Casey Wittenberg | 6 | F |
T100 | Bo Van Pelt | 6 | 13 |
T100 | Hudson Swafford | 6 | F |
T113 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 7 | F |
T113 | Bubba Watson | 7 | 16 |
T113 | Charl Schwartzel | 7 | 16 |
T113 | Geoff Ogilvy | 7 | 15 |
T113 | John Senden | 7 | F |
T113 | Ken Duke | 7 | F |
T113 | Jim Renner | 7 | 12 |
T113 | Brett Stegmaier | 7 | 12:30 PM |
T113 | D.A. Points | 7 | 1:14 PM |
T113 | Jonas Blixt | 7 | 1:47 PM |
T113 | Brady Watt | 7 | 2:31 PM |
T113 | Will Grimmer | 7 | 2:42 PM |
T113 | Cory Whitsett | 7 | 13 |
T113 | Lucas Glover | 7 | 15 |
T113 | Christopher Doak | 7 | 12 |
T128 | Hyung-Sung Kim | 8 | 14 |
T128 | Jamie Donaldson | 8 | 13 |
T128 | David Gossett | 8 | 12 |
T128 | Cameron Wilson | 8 | 12:30 PM |
T128 | Aron Price | 8 | 2:09 PM |
T128 | Robby Shelton | 8 | 2:31 PM |
T128 | Nick Mason | 8 | 2:42 PM |
T128 | Anthony Broussard | 8 | 2:42 PM |
T128 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | 8 | 13 |
T137 | Joe Ogilvie | 9 | F |
T137 | Simon Griffiths | 9 | 11 |
T137 | Y.E. Yang | 9 | 16 |
T137 | Oliver Fisher | 9 | F |
T137 | Bernd Wiesberger | 9 | 14 |
T137 | Robert Allenby | 9 | 1:58 PM |
T137 | Tom Lewis | 9 | 2:20 PM |
T144 | Niclas Fasth | 10 | F |
T144 | Graham Delaet | 10 | 16 |
T146 | David Oh | 11 | F |
T146 | Azuma Yano | 11 | 12 |
T146 | Graeme Storm | 11 | F |
T149 | Steven Alker | 12 | F |
T149 | Kevin Streelman | 12 | 13 |
T149 | Brandon McIver | 12 | 2:31 PM |
T152 | Andrew Dorn | 13 | 11 |
T152 | Chris Thompson | 13 | 11 |
154 | Donald Constable | 14 | 12 |
155 | Bobby Gates | 15 | F |
156 | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 22 | F |
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