U.S. Open: impressive Friday round has Patrick Reed in lead
By Tim Letcher
While many of the world’s best players struggled on Friday at the U.S. Open, Patrick Reed played a strong round, giving him the lead through 36 holes.
Friday was a very tough day at Winged Foot as the best players in the world fought the course and the conditions. And when the round finished, Patrick Reed was the player who found himself at the top of the leaderboard.
Reed’s feat was even more impressive due to the fact that he played in the afternoon wave of players. As many accomplished players were struggling to find their way around the course, Reed was able to navigate his way to a very solid round of golf.
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Playing the back nine first, Reed started with a par on the par-3 10th hole. He then birdied the 11th hole to get under par early in his round.
After a par on the 12th hole, Reed recorded his first bogey of the day on the 13th hole, slipping back to even par. Reed had another par on 14 before his second bogey of the day came at the 15th hole. He went over par for the first time in his round.
Reed bounced right back with a birdie on the 16th hole to get back to even par. But again, that didn’t last long, as a bogey on the 17th hole left Reed at 1-over par. That’s where he would finish his first nine holes.
On the first hole, Reed’s 10th of the day, he knocked in a birdie to climb back to even par. He followed that with three pars, playing steady even as the course got tougher.
Reed slipped up on the fifth hole with a bogey, but he bounced back again, this time with a birdie on the sixth hole, getting back to even once again.
A bogey on the seventh hole dropped Reed back to 1-over par. It looked as if that’s where he would finish, but a birdie on the ninth hole got him back to even on the day.
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The round of 70 left Reed a 4-under par and with a one-shot lead over Bryson DeChambeau. Reed is one of just six players who are under par through two rounds of play.
Reed, a polarizing figure on the PGA Tour, continues to play his game and do it his way. And it works for him. He will try, this weekend, to add a second major championship to his resume, joining his 2018 Masters title.