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Of the 54 players from the 72-strong field who have already played some golf today, there are only five currently under par for their rounds. Emiliano Grillo is the main mover: he’s three under after 15 holes, moving up the leaderboard to level par overall. Meanwhile Tommy Fleetwood started slowly with bogey at 3, but he’s cancelled that out, and then some, with eagle at the par-five 5th, and consolidated that gain with a sandy par at 6. He’s level par for the week as well, and as we’ve just seen, knows his way around this golf course all right.
Shinnecock weekends are usually brutal. Just ask Phil Mickelson. As just mentioned, only one player was under par after 26 holes eight years ago; there were none by the end of the week. (To be fair, eventual winner Brooks Koepka shot 68 on the final day to finish at +1, while runner-up Tommy Fleetwood broke the course record with a 63, but let’s not muddy the waters.) It’s perhaps more relevant to note that 11 players were under par at the halfway stage in 2004, but only two remained so by the time Retief Goosen won his second US Open on the Sunday. That latter tournament could well be what the USGA are going for here. Either way, it could be a long, hard grind this afternoon for some of the biggest names in golf.
