Corey Conners enters the weekend at the U.S. Open as the top Canadian after firing an even-par 70 Friday at Pinehurst No. 2.
Conners sits at 1-under for the week in a tie for ninth, trailing leader Ludvig Aberg by four shots. It was the first made cut of Conners’ U.S. Open career.The 32-year-old’s day began with a double-bogey on the par-5 10th, although he was able to stop the bleeding by carding four consecutive pars after. He made his first birdie on the par-3 15th, before a bogey on the next would put him back over-par.
Birdies on 11 and 13 provided some momentum after the turn, but a bogey on the 17th left the 30-year-old sitting at even for the day. After shooting a 3-over 73 on Thursday, Svensson sits in a tie for 37th entering the weekend.Adam Hadwin finished at 7-over for the tournament, as a second round 3-over 73 was not enough for the Moose Jaw, Sask., native to make the cut.
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