BETHESDA, Md. -- Rory McIlroy backed up his surprising eagle with five straight pars and a birdie to move to 11 under at the U.S. Open, good for an eight-shot lead more than halfway through the second round Friday.
McIlroy holed out from the fairway on No. 8 for an eagle that put him at double digits under par. With four holes left to play, he had still not made a bogey in the tournament.
He led Zach Johnson, Kyung-tae Kim and Y.E. Yang by eight and was nearing record territory on a couple of fronts.
No player has been better than 9 under through two rounds of the U.S. Open and nobody has led by more than six at the halfway point.
McIlroy shot 6-under 65 to open the tournament Thursday. His three-shot lead after the first day was the biggest opening-round cushion at the U.S. Open in 35 years.
McIlroy had hit 29 of 32 greens and even when he missed, it wasn't a problem. He saved par from the bunker on 11 with a 10-foot putt. On No. 14, he increased his lead to eight by hitting his approach to four feet and making the birdie, his ninth of the tournament.
Welcome to the Post-Tiger era of golf. Rory McIlroy is absolutely slaying the field in the U.S. Open and I feel like just because Tiger isn't in the field, about one-tenth of as many people care as if he was in the Tournament. It's too bad because he is jsut in the zone and barely anyone who isn't plugged into sports talk radio all day is going to notice until they maybe catch the highlights on Sports Center.
But for real golf fans who will watch anyway, you have to be loving this. This kid is tearing the fucking course apart like a French hooker.
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And maybe he is the face of a younger, post-Tiger generation of Euro golfers who will kill it. But it just doesn't feel the same. Streaming of the tourney is going on all day here.
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