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Let's see how Ricky Barnes and the other guys who scored low in the second wave do when the USGA doesn't have to provide a generous setup for the players who had to play two rounds in a monsoon.

Indeed. As pathetic as it sounds, everyone who makes the cut is in the tournament. It'll take some PHENOMENAL golf, but two 66s could easily win it for someone at +4 or +3.

It all depends on the weather and the course setup they use in coordination with that weather.

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Take a deep breath, man. The USGA couldn't stretch the course out to 7,500 yards for the first round; if they did, half the field would be laying up from the fairway on the longest par 4s, and no one who teed off on Thursday would have broken 75. As it turned out, they got a good break in the weather on Friday and the second wave got to finish two rounds before the rain and wind returned to slow the course down beyond optimal scoring conditions, but those things happen.

Regression to the mean in scoring is a formality at the U.S. Open: only twice in the last decade has the winning score been lower in relation to par than the 36-hole lead, and the number of players under par always dwindles over the course of the weekend. The lowest score from those who teed off Thursday morning is 2-under. Take three players out of consideration, and the lead is only 3-under. Barnes, Glover, or Weir will not card two more rounds in the 60s. They will fall back to the pack, because that's what happens at the U.S. Open.

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