During the four biggest weeks of the year, this man shows up time and again, to the point where not a single soul is surprised to see him back in one of the final two groups at a Major for the second time in the past five weeks.
The USGA announced that Hovland had pulled out due to an eye injury. However the NBC broadcast conveyed that the injury was due to sand in Hovland’s left eye.
It was Koepka’s sixth consecutive under-par round at the US Open – he missed last year’s event at Winged Foot with a knee injury – which ties Sam Snead’s all-time record.
While there’s been some concern that having the two men play together for rounds one and two at Torrey Pines would devolve into a fracas, allegedly the USGA actually considered the possibility. At least, according to Brad Faxon.
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