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Chesson Hadley’s increasingly preposterous round continues apace. Birdie at 18, and he’s played the back nine in 34 strokes. He’s two under for his round, having parred just two holes so far. A case study in golfing disorder. He’s back up to -5, in a tie for second. Back on 17, Molinari’s woes continue as he tugs his tee shot over the bunkers on the left, and is extremely fortunate that his ball takes a bounce off the tangled bank and back into the sand. Otherwise, he’d have been shortsided, in thick rough, on a downslope. As things stand, he’s just shortsided. He throws he tee away in disgust, channelling his hitherto unknown Inner Sergio. Koepka isn’t happy either, having sent his tee shot well right. He’s on the green, but facing a monster putt, and it’s not yet clear whether the knuckle of the bunker is poking across his line.
Watch out Michael Greller! His boss Jordan Spieth sends his second into 15 over the back and bounding into thick rough. Another misclub. He fluffs the chip coming back, and is left with a tricky, slippery eight footer. A quiet fume. But he rouses himself, takes a deep breath, and rolls in the par saver. He’s -1. Par for Tiger. He’s -2. And finally Justin Rose, who arrowed his second straight at the flag, leaving himself a six-footer for birdie. And it’s in! The English star has a two-shot lead … though Matt Kuchar is on his tail, having added to his birdies at 1 and 4 with a third at 7. He’s joined the group in second place.
-7: Rose (6*)
-5: Kuchar (7), Fowler, Schauffele, Oosthuizen
-4: Wise (11), Hadley (8*), Piercy
-3: Reavie (9), Stenson (8), Koepka (7*), Straka, Grillo, McIlroy, Woodland
