Kaymer made the cut at the 121st US Open after a significant improvement.
The German golfer Martin Kaymer made the cut at the 121st Ryder Cup.
Kaymer made the cut at the 121st US Open after a significant improvement.
On the second day of the US Open, Kaymer improved significantly and made the cut on the Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla.
After a weak first round of 77 strokes, the 36-year-old from Mettmann showed a strong performance and played a round of 68, three under par. The two-time major winner finished 41st after two days in Southern California, three strokes above the course standard. In 2014, Kaymer won the US Open.
Henley and Bland are in the driver’s seat.
With 137 strokes each, the American Russell Henley and the English Richard Bland lead the event, which is endowed with $ 12.5 million. Kaymer has 145. Bland, 48, won the British Masters, his first European Tour win, on his 478th attempt at a tournament just over a month ago.
The best-placed of the top favorites, Jon Rahm from Spain, is in fifth place along with Bubba Watson from the United States, two strokes behind the top. USA defending champion Bryson DeChambeau is 14th with a round of 69 on Thursday. Tiger Woods is unable to compete in the US Open due to a car accident that occurred during the third major tournament of the year.
The German amateur Matthias Schmid missed the cut with a final round of 76. The 23-year-old from Regensburg (world rankings 1897) took part in a major tournament for the second time after the British Open 2019. The European champion from the University of Louisville had qualified for the US Open through a qualifying tournament in Dallas.
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