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US OPEN: REED HITS THE FRONT AS WINGED FOOT SHOWS IT TEETH

Patrick Reed holds a one-shot lead heading into the weekend at the US Open after Winged Foot bared its teeth as the wind picked up at the New York venue. The course played remarkably tougher on Friday, yielding a scoring average of 75.25, up 2.69 strokes from Thursday – the widest difference between rounds 1 and 2 in US Open history. The latter half of the draw had it especially difficult, as the afternoon played 1.29 strokes more difficult than […] The post US OPEN: REED HITS THE FRONT AS WINGED FOOT SHOWS IT TEETH appeared first on Golf News.

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US OPEN: Westwood and McIlroy in the hunt as Thomas takes early lead

Justin Thomas tops the leaderboard following the first round of the 120th US Open after the world no.3 fired a five-under-par 65 at Winged Foot in New York. The 27-year-old former PGA champion leads fellow Americans Patrick Reed and Matthew Wolff, and Belgium’s Thomas Pieters by a shot. The UK’s challenge is headed by Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood who both fired opening 67s to sit two shots off the pace. That score was matched by 2010 Open champion Louis Oosthuizen. […] The post US OPEN: Westwood and McIlroy in the hunt as Thomas takes early lead appeared first on Golf News.

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