Of course, Phil has always long been one of the most popular players in the world, but a lot has changed in the last couple of years.”Īzinger: “That’s not the case anymore for Phil. Hicks: “We’ve gotten reports from some of our cameramen that he has been heckled a bit, which is a departure…on this (18 th) green he’s been hearing some things. He is hard to fluster.”Īzinger: “I think he’s probably the most dangerous player on the board.” John Wood: “Of all of the guys involved in the uproar for the last couple of years, I think this guy has been affected the least. He was great with the putter…huge for him.” Notah Begay III on McIlroy’s bogey putt on the 18 th hole: “This was a momentum putt for him. We knew someone was going to do it, but we didn’t expect it was going to happen to Rory.” It transferred.”Īzinger: “He swings the club like a kid without a care in the world.”Īzinger on McIlroy swinging under the ball in the deep rough on 18: “Oh my goodness. Lerner on Schauffele: “There was some buzz going around about Xander Schauffele earlier in the week about just how well he had been hitting it in practice rounds. McGinley on Schauffele: “Everything in his bag was good today, from the driver to the putter.” Hicks: “Schauffele’s been knocking on the majors door for years. A welcome return for Rickie Fowler, one of the most charismatic players in the game.”Īrron Oberholser on his putting: “It’s been really impressive…absolutely clinical.” There’s not a player in the game who has not gone through a period of problems. Paul McGinley: “Success is not a straight line. Open being mean as a pitbull with a bad tooth…this was like a basket of kittens.” Open.”īrandel Chamblee on Live From: “We said Monday night this wasn’t going to look like a normal U.S. Open: “We don’t say this often – it was a birdie-fest at the U.S. It’s supposed to be the toughest test in all of golf.”Īzinger: “The field has hit 66 percent of the fairways today…that’s significantly better than even the PGA TOUR average.”ĭan Hicks: “It was an historic kind of day Los Angeles Country Club.” Is that a fluke that they played that well, or was the course just vulnerable today to them?…I think the fans expect a real difficult test. Open…I don’t know that any of us really saw 8-under par 62 coming…never been done before, but they also beat the rest of the morning wave by five strokes. Paul Azinger: “It’s astonishing really, especially after having walked this golf course…it’s not what you expect at a U.S. We’re not going to do that…it’s Thursday. We could do things that could make it stupid hard. We had a cloudy, overcast marine layer…the sun never really broke through…I tip my cap to Xander and Rickie…it’s softer than we had planned….tomorrow, as planned, we will play the golf course longer…what we won’t do is we’re not going to force anything. John Bodenhamer, Chief Championships Officer, USGA: “We woke up to misty, soft conditions. ON RECORD SCORING AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB *coverage will begin shortly before the first scheduled tee time at 9:40 a.m. Tonight’s primetime coverage on NBC and Peacock included a live interview with Sahith Theegala as he played the driveable par-4 6 th hole.Įxclusive second round coverage begins tomorrow at 9:40 a.m. Open single-round scoring record with a pair of 8-under rounds of 62. Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele broke the U.S. Open Championship from The Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif., across NBC, Peacock and USA Network, capped by Live From the U.S. – J– NBC Sports presented first round coverage of the 123 rd U.S. This was more like a basket of kittens.” – Brandel Chamblee on Live From Open being as mean as a pitbull with a bad tooth. “Success is not a straight line…a welcome return for Rickie Fowler, one of the most charismatic players in the game.” – Paul McGinley on Rickie Fowler It’s supposed to be the toughest test in golf.” – Paul Azinger on Record Scoring Open…I think the fans expect a real difficult test.
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