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The two-time winner Brooks Koepka has been struggling badly of late, and shot a troubled 75 yesterday.
But he’s never missed the cut at the PGA, and he clearly doesn’t intend doing so this week. Having played the back nine in one-under 34, he’s just sent a tramliner into the cup at 3 for another birdie. He rise to +3, which is coincidentally the current projected cut. He’ll be here for the weekend as is.Or cooled him down. You can look at it either way.
His ball stops just short. That’s nine pars in a row on the back nine, and he stays at +1. Playing partner Collin Morikawa, having sliced into the creek on the right, limits his damage to bogey and drops to +3. Meanwhile on 2, Shane Lowry can’t get close with his approach, having sent his tee shot into the rough. He races his long birdie putt miles past the cup, and can’t make the eight footer coming back. He slips to -1, and looks like a man about to descend into a full fume.
He nearly drains the 20-foot birdie putt, but it stubbornly stays high on the right, and he remains at -4. A great chance to grab back a share of the lead is gone. Thomas incidentally has come dressed today as a seat on the Piccadilly Line, either a homage to the design gurus of the London Underground, or Arsenal Football Club, who have been gadding around in similar gear this season.After a string of pars, he rolls in a 20-footer on 17 to move to +2.
He then takes to the 1st tee, and is about to pull the trigger with driver when a shadow cuts across him from above. A drone? A drone. Very strange. An over-enthusiastic camera operative, no doubt. It doesn’t put him off, though. Neither does the swirling wind, and he belts one down the track. Up on the green, Lowry makes a two-putt par to remain at -2.As a result, players are hanging on rather than making any serious tilts at the top.
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