Tyrrell Hatton, som hade gått nio hål utan en birdie sedan torsdag eftermiddag, chippade till sju fot på det andra hålet och 10 fot på det tredje hålet för att komma tillbaka till level par tidigt i sin runda. Han gjorde fyra birdies på de första nio hålen för att nå två under par, även om han misslyckades med att dra nytta av det par-femte åttonde hålet. Med det resultatet låg Hatton tre slag efter ledningen som hölls av Rory McIlroy och Sam Burns, och två slag efter Wyndham Clark, som var fyra under efter en andra runda på 68 slag.
Wyndham Clark började den andra dagen på level par och gjorde tre birdies i följd från det andra hålet, chippade sitt tredje slag till fyra fot på det par-femte andra hålet för att starta sin runda. Däremot avslutade Justin Rose sin första runda med på varandra följande bogeys och tappade ett slag på det första hålet den andra dagen. Rose hade också en oenighet med caddien Mark Fulcher om slagval från 142 yards på det nionde hålet, där Fulcher visade sig ha rätt.
Walking up 18 I was pretty confident that I couldn't mess it up enough that I wouldn't shoot my best score here – I mean, naturally I tried with a three-putt, so that was disappointing, to say the least. But I certainly would have taken six-under before I went out.
Andra noterbara spelare hade blandade resultat: Scottie Scheffler gjorde bogeys på det fjärde och femte hålet i rad och sjönk till två över par, medan Brooks Koepka hade fyra birdies och tre bogeys på de första nio hålen för en 35:a som lämnade honom en under par. Jon Rahm var sex över par, Jordan Spieth var level par och Scottie Scheffler var två under par, alla skulle ut före klockan 10:30 lokal tid den andra dagen. Justin Rose var på två under par och Bob MacIntyre försökte rädda sin turnering efter en första runda på 80 slag som inkluderade en quadruple-bogey nia på det par-femte 15:e hålet.
Rory McIlroy var i den näst sista gruppen som gick ut klockan 13:44 lokal tid den andra dagen. Eftermiddagsförhållandena den andra dagen förväntades vara svårare, med temperaturer som skulle nå 28 grader Celsius och hot om spridda skurar och potentiella åskväder.
I was absolutely headless on seven yesterday because I had gone from essentially having a very good birdie opportunity to not only has it gone back in the bunker at speed, it's gone onto the flat, and then it's semi-buried itself. I was like, sick, I've got no chance. Not good.
I think the greens are just going to get firmer and faster, which is quite a scary prospect, because I feel like the 15th green can't really get much firmer than what it is. It's going to be tough. There's always going to be someone who deals with it very well, and they'll be putting on a Green Jacket on Sunday. Yeah, I'll just try and do the best I can and see if I get a bit of luck for a change.
I was playing with Cam Young today, who is co-leading currently and I was just trying to keep up with him. Obviously he had it going early and I had a pretty average start. I bogeyed the first hole with a three-putt, so you're just trying to steady the ship and just be patient. You know that opportunities will come.
I was trying to hit this high draw and I mis-hit it, and it stayed out there. I just didn't think. It's difficult because of where the wind, it's swirling everywhere and it's enough to manoeuvre the ball around enough to either pull a shot up short or make it go long. You just got to hit on the right gust. Obviously it's light and variable, that's the caddie's worst nightmare. Very fortunate it stayed up.
I am, actually. Especially [because I went] to the toilet last night a lot of times. This morning when I got to the golf course [I was] still feeling really bad and kind of living in the toilet.
I didn't hit many balls on the driving range. I was feeling really, really bad. No energy, fuzzy, want to throw up something. I actually just planned to play a few holes, see how it goes. If really sick, then I probably just decide not to. I'm glad I survived today.
It was pretty special stuff.
I think that's what great players do. They rise to the occasion when you are at the biggest tournaments, and you'd be hard pressed to find another tournament that's bigger than this one, especially for me.
Terrible question. Next question. Awful.
But I did what I needed to.