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US Open Championship: Day 2 In Numbers
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US Open Championship: Day 2 In Numbers

By Will Pearson, europeantour.com
at Pinehurst

Martin Kaymer putts on the 18th green on Friday at Pinehurst

After a day chock-full of numbers, records, stats and more, europeantour.com takes a look back at the best of the action from day two at the US Open...

US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: DAY 2 IN NUMBERS

65- Martin Kaymer's score for a second day running, setting a new low 36 hole US Open total of 130 shots

6- Shot lead for Kaymer heading into the weekend, equalling the record number of shots Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy led by in the US Opens in 2000 and 2011, respectively

2- Kaymer's halfway total of 130 also equals the lowest 36 hole total in Major Championship history (Brandt Snedeker, Royal Lytham (2012); Nick Faldo, Muirfield (1992)

32- Holes it took Kaymer to reach double digits under par, 6 more than the record set by McIlroy in 2011

25- Fairways the German has hit out of 28 so far this week along with 26 out of 36 Greens in Regulation, 3 out of 3 sand saves and just 54 putts

5- Different nationalities inside the top ten (1 German, 9 Americans, 1 Zimbabwean, 1 Swede and 1 Northern Irishman)

3- Players that went bogey-free on Friday (Kaymer, Brendon Todd, Jason Day)

13- Number of players under par with 36 holes to come

15- Shots between the lead and the cut-line

67- Players around for the weekend including just 1 out of the 12 amateurs (Matthew Fitzpatrick)

25- Fairways US Amateur champion Fitzpatrick has found out of 28, joint best in the field

29- Greens Henrik Stenson has hit in regulation in the first 36 holes

5- Times out of 5 Retief Goosen has got up and down from the bunker during the first two rounds

32- Shots between first and last place

11- The most difficult hole over the first two days averaging 4.38 and yielding just 17 birdies in 312 attempts

3- The easiest hole in rounds one and two averaging 3.88 and giving up 1 eagle and 86 birdies

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