Kaymer builds daunting half-way lead
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MARTIN Kaymer set a US Open record on Friday in North Carolina with a game so dominant that he did more than just build a six-shot lead.
He managed to bring Tiger Woods into the conversation at a major he’s not even playing.
Kaymer opened with a short birdie and rolled his way to a second straight round of 5-under 65 — this one without a bogey. He set the 36-hole scoring record at 10-under 130 and left the rest of the field wondering if the 29-year-old German was playing a different course, or even a different tournament.
“If he does it for two more days, then we’re all playing for second spot,” said Adam Scott, the world’s No. 1 player.
Such talk once was reserved for Woods, still home recovering from back surgery.
Kaymer played early on a Pinehurst No. 2 course that received a burst of showers overnight. That red 10 on the leaderboard next to his name was a daunting sight the rest of the day.
He led by eight shots when he finished, and only three players in the afternoon cut into that deficit.
Brendon Todd kept it from really getting out of hand. He made two tough pars from the bunker late in his round for a bogey-free 67 to get within six shots, putting him in the final group on the weekend in his first major.
Brandt Snedeker had a 68 and joined Kevin Na at 3-under 137. Only nine others were under par.
Brooks Koepka birdied his last hole for a 68 and joined the group at 2-under 138 with Brendon de Jonge (70), Henrik Stenson (69) and former PGA champion Keegan Bradley.
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