USPGA: DeChambeau and Scheffler among those to find right answers to Oak Hill’s tough questions via IrishTimesSport
The frost, though anticipated, provided a disruptive morning which lost one hour and 50 minutes of play before a shot could be struck in anger. When the championship got under way, it tested many a player’s sanity with the crosswinds making it difficult for players to find fairways and consequently made approach shots from thick rough hard to find the greens.
For the three Irish players in the first half of the draw, however, there proved little cheer. Rory McIlroy’s swing was out-of-sorts but he battled to a 71, while Pádraig Harrington signed for a 72 and Shane Lowry for a 73. For Lowry, the frustration was evident as he held his head in his hands and rested them on his golf bag after exiting the recorder’s tent. “It was relentless out there. Every time I hit an average shot, I made a bogey. I hit a lot of good shots, played a lot of good golf, but three over is not great, is it? Two over would have been fine but a bad bogey on nine leaves a bit of a sour taste,” said Lowry.
Rahm’s uphill trek is even stiffer, after that 76 which came – like so many – from failing to find fairways. “There’s many ways to do this, you don’t need to play perfect ... if I can somehow manage to put a low one tomorrow and find myself close to even par going into Sunday, I think I’ll have a decent chance,” he insisted.
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