🏌🏻Scheffler Leads, Hovland Chases

Good Morning! World No 1 and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler holds the lead after the second round of the Memorial Tournament, his 14th career 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour and fifth this season.

Round 3 resumes at 9:20 am ET, with Scheffler scheduled to tee off at 1:45 pm ET - you can watch all the live action on Golf Channel.

Today’s Trivia: Who was the last player to win consecutive US Open titles? Answer at the end of the email.

⛳ This day in history: One of the many surprise winners of the US Open in its history did so on this date in 1935. Sam Parks Jr., an area native, won at Oakmont with a score of 299, 11 over par.

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Scheffler Is Back Where He Belongs

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler sits on top of the Memorial leaderboard - the spot we're so used to seeing him occupy. He finished strong for a 4-under 68 to go from a tie to a 3-shot lead after Round 2.

Scheffler hit a 3-iron into the wind that narrowly cleared the bunker and rode the slope to 8 feet for eagle on the par-5 15th. He closed with two solid par saves and a shot from a fairway bunker to 12 feet for birdie on the last to build some separation.

While it looks like a comfortable lead, he will be wary of the chasing pack that contains a number of big names including Hovland, Schauffele, Aberg and McIlroy.

🚀College Freshman Makes Cut: Jackson Koivun has made the cut on his PGA Tour debut. Koivun earned a spot in the Memorial by winning the Jack Nicklaus Award, given by the Golf Coaches Association of America to the player of the year.

With the made cut, Koivun earned his 15th point in PGA TOUR University’s Accelerated Program. He is five points from reaching the 20-point threshold and becoming a TOUR member.

🚩Stars Drop Out: A number of top players have failed to make the cut and that includes Jordan Spieth, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler, Patrick Cantlay and Justin Rose, among others. This week’s field is cut to the low 50 and ties and any other players within 10 strokes of the lead after two rounds.

World No 4 Clark bogeyed the 18th hole to miss the cut by one. It is his second consecutive missed cut and third in his past five starts.

Spieth also was among those who missed the cut by one.

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EXCLUSIVE: The 2024 US Open Preview

The 2024 United States Open Championship will mark the 124th edition of the US Open, the national golf championship of the United States. This 72-hole stroke play tournament is scheduled to take place from June 13 to 16 at course number 2 of the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Notably, this event will also be the 1,000th championship staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in its history.

⛳️ Venue: Pinehurst No 2, this year's venue, is the most renowned course at Pinehurst Resort, opened in 1907 and was designed by Donald Ross, who refined it until his death in 1948. The course is famous for its challenging green complexes, with many crowned greens causing missed shots to roll off, leaving difficult chips.

The course features hardpan sand and native scrub bordering the fairways. It is currently grassed with Tifway Bermuda tees and fairways and Champion Ultradwarf greens.

📌 Records: Check out the complete list of records here.

🧾 Oldest champion: Hale Irwin in 1990 at 45 years, 15 days.

🧾 Youngest champion: John McDermott in 1911 at 19 years, 315 days.

🧾 Oldest player to make the cut: Sam Snead in 1973 at 61 years old. He tied for 29th place.

🧾 Most consecutive victories: 3 by Willie Anderson 1903–1905.

🧾 Most consecutive victorious attempts: 3 by Ben Hogan 1948, 1950–51.

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