US Open Championship: Day 2 In Numbers

<strong>By Will Pearson, europeantour.com<br />
at Pinehurst</strong>

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...

<strong>US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: DAY 2 IN NUMBERS</strong>

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

<strong>6</strong>- 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

<strong>2</strong>- 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)

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

<strong>25</strong>- 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

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

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

<strong>13</strong>- Number of players under par with 36 holes to come

<strong>15</strong>- Shots between the lead and the cut-line

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

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

<strong>29</strong>- Greens Henrik Stenson has hit in regulation in the first 36 holes

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

<strong>32</strong>- Shots between first and last place

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

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