U.S. Open 2018

Johnson was at 4-under 136, four shots ahead of Hoffman and Scott Piercy.

Woods did play the next 10 holes in even par – with one birdie and one bogey. Five shots behind the leader Rose remains hopeful. Obviously people give me advice and what I should do, but I’m only going to do what I think I want to do.

Woods couldn’t even fake it for the first 34 holes in Southampton, and despite birdies on the last two holes, he needed a lot of help to avoid the cut for the fifth time in his last eight majors.

From the middle of the first fairway, Woods went long over the green.

“I’m not very happy the way I played and the way I putted”, Woods said. His putting remained to be a problem. It’s a remarkable place, where Woods seems to be able to erase an entire decade and convince himself that his return to major-championship prowess is imminent.

“I got the job done, so now it’s time to chill and have fun”, said Hill, who is WNMU’s all-time scoring leader and an ex-assistant coach.

“I thought it was always a club pro, someone who played at Shinnecock or an esteemed member”, Lumsden said.

Johnson finished Friday’s round with just a single bogey on his scorecard, doing some sensational work with his approaches and short game. The day saw several marquee players like Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth failing to make the cut while there was disappointment for India’s Shubhankar Sharma, whose six-over also led to him missing the cut in the USOpen. McIlroy was T109 in driving accuracy, T31 in greens hit in regulation and T19 in putts per green.

Phil Mickelson managed to get one, playing the final nine in 33 to keep his slim Open hopes alive. He is T67 for putts per green. If I can shoot that or anybody who just made the cut, I think there’s potential. However, he is 66 in scrambling. “I just finally did”.

Ian Poulter blew up on the 8 hole after blading one out of the greenside bunker and struggled out of the rough behind the green. “I felt like it could have gone the other way and we could have been in this thing, but we’re not”.

“I showed glimpses of it on the back nine today, but I just wish I had handled the conditions a bit better yesterday”. He came in Friday with an even-par 70, not almost enough.

Golf’s most grueling test is one that Woods has aced three times before, and it’s a challenge he relishes. Then at No. 4, his drive found a fairway bunker, but his second shot bounced twice and fell into the hole. After three more pars following the meltdown, he bogeyed 17, then parred 18. When his 12-footer for par missed, Spieth was done. Forged initially by mutual friendships and rounds played at Shinnecock in years past, the pair expressed respect and admiration for one another after Scott’s run in the championship ended on Friday afternoon.

High drama on a Friday, with nothing at stake but a Saturday tee time. Rickie sneaks into the Top 10 heading into the weekend.

“We’re not on the edge”, said the two-time major champion.

Overnight pacesetter Dustin Johnson squandered a four-stroke advantage as Brooks Koepka and Henrik Stenson took a share of the lead during the third round at the U.S. Open on Saturday.