PINEHURST, N.C. — The turtleback greens and clutching wiregrass of Pinehurst No. 2 did what neither the best players in golf nor the Louisville police department could: bring Scottie Scheffler to heel.
Scheffler, the overwhelming favorite to win the 124th U.S. Open, struggled all the way through a vicious, ugly Round 2 that grew warmer, and tougher, by the minute. He finished the day at four-over to fall to +5 on the week, carding a round punctuated with two bogeys and a disastrous double-bogey.
All of this has him on the wrong side of the current cut line, which is top 60 and ties.