"I wasn't feeling that good yesterday, so I decided to stay home and rest," the 15-times major champion told reporters. A couple of misread putts, a couple of poor putting strokes, a couple of visits to the rough and a bad break added up to a 72. I had a couple of three-putts there and hit a bad chip at (the eighth) hole and left myself in a bad spot." They were rewarded watching Woods birdie what played the most difficult hole at both the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Koepka, meanwhile, quietly and flawlessly went about his business almost ignored by the spectators, receiving perfunctory applause for his efforts.

Source: The Star May 16, 2019 18:25 UTC