The final twosome of Richard Bland and Russell Henley won’t hit their opening shots on the first hole until 4:35 p.m.
and if you’re tuning in early, there are plenty of cool storylines to follow among those who made the cut.
In the gloaming on Friday evening, in the second-to-last threesome to play the 18th hole, Bhatia needed to get up and down for birdie from behind the green to get to four over par and make it to the weekend in his first major championship start.
How big a deal was that birdie? As Alex Myers pointed out yesterday, one of the unknown perks that come with making the cut in a major championship is the fact that it allows you to be exempt into the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour qualifying school.
Freed up by just making it to the weekend, It would be no surprise to see Bhatia get super aggressive on Saturday and see if he can figure out a way to sneak his way into the championship.
The roar of the jets around Torrey Pines, taking off and landing at the nearby military bases stationed in the San Diego area, takes some getting used for those not familiar with the noise.
And with 30 friends, family and former Air Force golfers following him at Torrey, he’ll have a sizeable cheering section trying to help him on moving day.
“That contingent is far more impressive than I am,” Westmoreland told the Associated Press.
After opening with a disappointing 75 on Thursday at Torrey Pines, Mickelson’s chances at fairy-tale finish at a major championship like the one last month at the PGA Championship took a sizeable hit.
For the first time in recent memory, McIlroy didn’t seem to kick a major away in the opening round, posting a one-under 70 on Thursday.
McIlroy’s major victory drought is now nearly seven years long and we know you don’t want to continue to feel like Charlie Brown in this story, naively hoping this is the time Lucy doesn’t actually pull the football away.
With a leader board void of many major champions, DeChambeau has to be thinking to himself that a low round on Saturday could put a scare into those in front of him and establish himself as a potential player to beat.
There is the potential that the round will play out where DeChambeau and Koepka work their way into the same final round pairing on Sunday.
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