Choi still in the hunt after Rd2 at U.S Open
June 19, 2010 by
Filed under IIG News
They say you can’t win the U.S Open in one round but you can certainly lose it. On day 2 of the 2010 U.S Open Champion, South Korea’s K.J Choi made sure he avoided the latter by putting together a workmanlike round of 2 over par 73.
Choi enters the weekend at +1 tied for 10th place and just 4 shots behind leader Graeme McDowell from Northern Ireland. He mixed 2 birdies with 2 bogeys and a double bogey in his round, but all in all can’t be too displeased with his position going into Friday’s 3rd round. As many players have said this week, any score around par in a U.S Open is usually going to put you in contention come Sunday.
Meanwhile, Australia’s Stuart Appleby made the cut right on the number at +7. He was comfortably within the cut line at +5 through 15 holes of his second round before bogeying 16 and 17. Coming down the last needing a par to make the weekend, Appleby knocked his third shot into the bunker. His heart rate would have risen even higher after he left his bunker shot 5 meters from the hole. The Aussie managed to find the cup and avoid what would have been a pretty gut wrenching missed cut, especially considering his recent struggles. He goes into Saturday’s 3rd round tied for 73rd position.
It has been a tough tournament for the Bann Lynch Golf stable so far, with Choi and Appleby the only 2 to make the cut out of the 8 that started the tournament. Scores for the other 6 were:
Geoff Ogilvy +8, Arjun Atwal +8, Marc Leishman +9, Steve Allan +10, Paul Sheehan +11, Aaron Baddeley +15.
Thanks to Yarra Bend Golf for this article.
