No player had ever shot a round of 65 in a U.S. Open at Pinehurst before Thursday. Now, Martin Kaymer has done it twice. He followed an opening round 65 with another 65 on Friday to drop to 10-under and open an eight-shot lead.
U.S. Open leaderboard: Martin Kaymer shoots 65 again, leads at 10-under
For a second straight day Martin Kaymer made some U.S. Open history. He’s running away from the field at Pinehurst.
While many have struggled to avoid the trouble Pinehurst No. 2 presents, Kaymer has had no such issues. He’s dropped only a single shot through 36 holes to go along with 11 birdies. He turned in a clean card in the second round with five birdies and 13 pars. That isn’t to say Kaymer played perfectly, he ran into some issues around the green but continually responded with an up-and-down. Kaymer was steady on the greens once again, calmly rolling in several par putts. Kaymer’s back-to-back 65s allowed him to make a little U.S. Open history. His 130 score through 36 holes is the lowest 36-hole total in U.S. Open history, breaking Rory McIlroy’s record of 131 from 2011.
Kaymer has distanced himself from the field, which remains relatively tightly bunched. Seven players are currently tied for second at 2-under with six others at 1-under. The group at 2-under includes Keegan Bradley who carded a 1-under 69 for the second straight day. Adam Scott rebounded nicely on Friday with a 3-under round of 67. He’s even par for the tournament heading into the weekend.
Jason Dufner ran into trouble on his closing nine, with three bogeys on his final six holes. He finished with a 4-over round of 74 and at 6-over will likely be on the wrong side of the cut line. Bubba Watson and Carl Schwartzel also at 6-over and likely on the wrong side of the cut.
Here is a full look at the leaderboard. You can find a live leaderboard at USOpen.com.
Place | Player | Score | Thru/Tee time |
1 | Martin Kaymer | -10 | F |
T2 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | 1:25 PM |
T2 | Brooks Koepka | -2 | F |
T2 | Dustin Johnson | -2 | F |
T2 | Brendon de Jonge | -2 | F |
T2 | Keegan Bradley | -2 | F |
T2 | Kevin Na | -2 | 1 |
T2 | Brandt Snedeker | -2 | 1 |
T9 | Matt Kuchar | -1 | 1:14 PM |
T9 | Henrik Stenson | -1 | 1:14 PM |
T9 | Brendon Todd | -1 | 1:47 PM |
T9 | Jordan Spieth | -1 | 1:58 PM |
T9 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 | 1:58 PM |
T9 | Marcel Siem | -1 | 2 |
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 | F |
T15 | Francesco Molinari | E | 17 |
T15 | Danny Willett | E | 16 |
T15 | Henrik Norlander | E | 3 |
T15 | Patrick Reed | E | 1 |
T26 | Boo Weekley | 1 | 1:14 PM |
T26 | Rory McIlroy | 1 | 1:25 PM |
T26 | Webb Simpson | 1 | 1:25 PM |
T26 | Zach Johnson | 1 | 1:25 PM |
T26 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 1 | 1:36 PM |
T26 | Chris Kirk | 1 | 1:47 PM |
T26 | Billy Hurley III | 1 | 1:58 PM |
T26 | Oliver Goss | 1 | 2:09 PM |
T26 | Steve Stricker | 1 | F |
T26 | J.B. Holmes | 1 | F |
T26 | Kevin Tway | 1 | 15 |
T26 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 1 | 3 |
T26 | Pablo Larrazabal | 1 | 2 |
T26 | Erik Compton | 1 | 2 |
T40 | Miguel Jimenez | 2 | 1:36 PM |
T40 | Justin Rose | 2 | 1:36 PM |
T40 | Nicholas Lindheim | 2 | 2:42 PM |
T40 | Jimmy Walker | 2 | F |
T40 | Victor Dubuisson | 2 | F |
T40 | Seung-yul Noh | 2 | 17 |
T40 | Fran Quinn | 2 | 16 |
T40 | Daniel Berger | 2 | 3 |
T40 | Scott Langley | 2 | 2 |
T40 | Sergio Garcia | 2 | 1 |
T50 | Stephen Gallacher | 3 | 1:14 PM |
T50 | David Toms | 3 | 1:25 PM |
T50 | Thongchai Jaidee | 3 | 1:36 PM |
T50 | Jeff Maggert | 3 | 2:09 PM |
T50 | Shiv Kapur | 3 | 2:20 PM |
T50 | Smylie Kaufman | 3 | 2:31 PM |
T50 | Clayton Rask | 3 | 2:42 PM |
T50 | Garth Mulroy | 3 | F |
T50 | Jim Furyk | 3 | F |
T50 | Gary Woodland | 3 | F |
T50 | Roberto Castro | 3 | 2 |
T50 | Jason Day | 3 | 1 |
T62 | Angel Cabrera | 4 | 1:25 PM |
T62 | Kenny Perry | 4 | 2:09 PM |
T62 | Craig Barlow | 4 | 2:20 PM |
T62 | WC Liang | 4 | 2:20 PM |
T62 | Matt Dobyns | 4 | 2:31 PM |
T62 | Maverick McNealy | 4 | 2:31 PM |
T62 | Alex Cejka | 4 | F |
T62 | Bill Haas | 4 | F |
T62 | Stewart Cink | 4 | F |
T62 | Harris English | 4 | F |
T62 | Ernie Els | 4 | F |
T62 | Louis Oosthuizen | 4 | F |
T62 | Retief Goosen | 4 | F |
T62 | Zac Blair | 4 | 15 |
T62 | Cody Gribble | 4 | 14 |
T62 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 4 | 2 |
T62 | Brian Stuard | 4 | 2 |
T62 | Matt Jones | 4 | 2 |
T80 | Lee Westwood | 5 | 1:14 PM |
T80 | Billy Horschel | 5 | 1:58 PM |
T80 | Kevin Sutherland | 5 | 2:09 PM |
T80 | Justin Thomas | 5 | 2:20 PM |
T80 | Justin Leonard | 5 | F |
T80 | Kevin Stadler | 5 | F |
T80 | Paul Casey | 5 | F |
T80 | Toru Taniguchi | 5 | F |
T80 | Bo Van Pelt | 5 | 17 |
T80 | Kevin Kisner | 5 | 2 |
T80 | Chad Collins | 5 | 2 |
T80 | Andrea Pavan | 5 | 2 |
T92 | Nick Watney | 6 | 1:47 PM |
T92 | Maximilian Kieffer | 6 | 2:20 PM |
T92 | Brian Campbell | 6 | 2:42 PM |
T92 | Hudson Swafford | 6 | F |
T92 | Andres Echavarria | 6 | F |
T92 | Casey Wittenberg | 6 | F |
T92 | Mark Wilson | 6 | F |
T92 | Shane Lowry | 6 | F |
T92 | Luke Donald | 6 | F |
T92 | Charl Schwartzel | 6 | F |
T92 | Bubba Watson | 6 | F |
T92 | Jason Dufner | 6 | F |
T92 | Hunter Mahan | 6 | 17 |
T92 | Rod Pampling | 6 | F |
T92 | Ryan Blaum | 6 | 17 |
T92 | Cory Whitsett | 6 | 16 |
T92 | Luke Guthrie | 6 | 16 |
T92 | Jim Renner | 6 | 15 |
T92 | Christopher Doak | 6 | 15 |
T92 | Sam Love | 6 | 15 |
T92 | Matt Every | 6 | 2 |
T92 | Ryan Moore | 6 | 1 |
T114 | D.A. Points | 7 | 1:14 PM |
T114 | Jonas Blixt | 7 | 1:47 PM |
T114 | Brady Watt | 7 | 2:31 PM |
T114 | Will Grimmer | 7 | 2:42 PM |
T114 | John Senden | 7 | F |
T114 | Ken Duke | 7 | F |
T114 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 7 | F |
T114 | Darren Clarke | 7 | F |
T114 | Geoff Ogilvy | 7 | F |
T114 | David Gossett | 7 | 16 |
T114 | Hunter Stewart | 7 | 15 |
T114 | Rob Oppenheim | 7 | 3 |
T114 | Cameron Wilson | 7 | 3 |
T127 | Aron Price | 8 | 2:09 PM |
T127 | Robby Shelton | 8 | 2:31 PM |
T127 | Nick Mason | 8 | 2:42 PM |
T127 | Anthony Broussard | 8 | 2:42 PM |
T127 | Lucas Glover | 8 | F |
T127 | Ryan Palmer | 8 | F |
T127 | Brett Stegmaier | 8 | 3 |
T134 | Robert Allenby | 9 | 1:58 PM |
T134 | Tom Lewis | 9 | 2:20 PM |
T134 | Oliver Fisher | 9 | F |
T134 | Joe Ogilvie | 9 | F |
T138 | Niclas Fasth | 10 | F |
T138 | Graham Delaet | 10 | F |
T138 | Hyung-Sung Kim | 10 | F |
T138 | Bernd Wiesberger | 10 | F |
T142 | Graeme Storm | 11 | F |
T142 | David Oh | 11 | F |
T142 | Y.E. Yang | 11 | F |
T142 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | 11 | 17 |
T146 | Brandon McIver | 12 | 2:31 PM |
T146 | Steven Alker | 12 | F |
T146 | Jamie Donaldson | 12 | 17 |
T146 | Kevin Streelman | 12 | F |
T146 | Simon Griffiths | 12 | 16 |
151 | Chris Thompson | 13 | 14 |
152 | Donald Constable | 14 | 16 |
153 | Bobby Gates | 15 | F |
154 | Azuma Yano | 16 | 16 |
155 | Andrew Dorn | 17 | 14 |
156 | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 22 | F |
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