The U.S. Open tried to fight back against record low scores with a North course at Los Angeles Country Club stretched to full length. Wyndham Clark and Rory McIlroy were among those who managed just fine Friday.
And then it was up to Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele to tackle the biggest defense on another otherwise vulnerable course - sunshine and a freshening breeze in the afternoon.
“I think there was maybe five or six tees that were put back, and then not only that, a lot of times they had a back tee, they had a back pin,” Clark said. “So it was playing pretty long.” Clark was at 9-under 131, one shot short of the U.S. Open record set by Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst No. 2 in soft, still conditions.
McIlroy didn’t envision such low scoring, including his 65, which he attributed to cloud cover, condensation and receptive greens.
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