JORDAN SPIETH
015 U.S. Open Championship Second Round Notes
Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed tied for second round lead with five-under scores
- The winner of the last six major championships has led after 36 holes:
- 2015 Masters: Jordan Spieth
- 2014 PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy
- 2014 British Open: Rory McIlroy
- 2014 U.S. Open: Martin Kaymer
- 2014 Masters: Bubba Watson
- 2013 PGA Championship: Jason Dufner
- Spieth’s second-round 67 is his sixth consecutive round under par in major championships.
- Spieth’s cumulative score (23 under) is the best through six major rounds in a season in the modern era. The previous best was Ben Hogan (19 under) in 1953.
- Both Spieth and Patrick Reed competed in the 2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay. Reed advanced to the Round of 32 and Spieth failed to qualify for match play.
- The last Masters champion to win the U.S. Open in the same year was Tiger Woods in 2002. It has been done six times by five players. The others are Jack Nicklaus, 1972; Arnold Palmer, 1960; Ben Hogan, 1951 and 1953; and Craig Wood, 1941.
- Spieth defeated Patrick Reed (and Sean O’Hair) in a playoff at this year’s Valspar Championship.
- This is the second time Spieth has had a lead through 36 holes in a major. The last time he held a 36-hole lead, he won the Masters in April.
- Spieth is aiming to become the youngest champion of the U.S. Open since Bob Jones in 1923.
- Spieth would be the youngest to win two career majors since Gene Sarazen in 1922.
- Reed is playing in just his sixth major championship. His best finish is a tie for 22nd in this year’s Masters.
- Reed had zero rounds in the 60s in his five previous majors (16 rounds). He has two rounds in the 60s this week.
Amateurs
- Six amateurs made the cut this year. That is the highest number of amateurs to make the cut in a U.S. Open since six also made the cut in 1966.
- Brian Campbell is tied for 12th through 36 holes. This is the best position by an amateur through 36 holes since Beau Hossler was tied for ninth in 2012.
Cut
- The U.S. Open field was cut at 145. There will be 75 players in the field for the final two rounds.
- Amateur Nick Hardy bogeyed his last hole to finish at 5-over 145, allowing 15 additional players to play the weekend.
Players
- Only one player within five strokes of the lead (top 16 players) has won a major championship (Spieth).
- Five players have posted two under-par rounds over the first two rounds – Spieth, Reed, Branden Grace, Joost Luiten and Tony Finau.
- Finau is playing in his first U.S. Open. The last player to win the U.S. Open on his first try was Francis Ouimet in 1913.
- Tiger Woods missed the cut for the second time in his 19 U.S. Open starts. The other time was in 2006 at Winged Foot.
- It is Woods’ fifth missed cut in a major championship as a professional. He also missed the cut in the 1996 Masters as an amateur.
- Four-under 66s by J.B. Holmes and Louis Oosthuizen in the second round were the low rounds of the day. It is Holmes’ lowest score in 18 career rounds in the U.S. Open and is just the third time he has shot in the 60s.
- Branden Grace has made two eagles over the first two rounds (Round 1, Hole 12; Round 2, Hole 8). The last time a player made two eagles in a U.S. Open was Ernie Els and Michael Allen in 2012.
Past Champions
- There are 13 past champions in the field this week. Seven made the cut.
- Geoff Ogilvy T21 1-over, 141
- Ernie Els T28 2-over, 142
- Justin Rose T28 2-over, 142
- Rory McIlroy T44 4-over, 144
- Jim Furyk T44 4-over, 144
- Angel Cabrera T60 5-over, 145
- Webb Simpson T60 5-over, 145
- Martin Kaymer T76 6-over, 146
- Retief Goosen T97 8-over, 148
- Graeme McDowell T97 8-over, 148
- Lee Janzen T107 9-over, 149
- Lucas Glover T150 16-over, 156
- Tiger Woods T150 16-over, 156
- Martin Kaymer missed the cut, making him the first defending champion to miss the cut since Rory McIlroy in 2012.
Course
- Chambers Bay played to 7,695 yards in the second round, making it the longest course in U.S. Open history. The previous longest was 7,643 yards at Torrey Pines in 2008.
- The outward nine at Chambers Bay played to 4,020 yards in the second round. It is the first time that a nine has measured more than 4,000 yards in the U.S. Open. The previous long was 3,905 (inward nine) at Torrey Pines in 2008.
- The 13th hole played at 551 yards and the 11th hole played at 544 yards in the second round, making them the two longest par 4s in U.S. Open history. The previous long was the 11th hole yesterday, which played at 541 yards.
- The first hole played at 593 yards in the second round, making it the longest opening hole in U.S. Open history. The first hole at Olympia Fields was the previous longest, measuring 576 yards.
- The first hole played as a par 4 in the first round and was the second-most difficult at 4.35 strokes. In the second round it played as a par 5 and was fourth-easiest hole at 5.04 strokes.
- The 18th hole played as a par 5 in the first round and was the third-easiest at 4.96 strokes. In the second round it played as a par 4 and was fifth-most difficult at 4.33 strokes.
- Sixteen players are under par through 36 holes. That is the most in a U.S. Open since 2011 at Congressional.
- Three holes played under par in the second round (Nos. 8, 12 and 16).
