Except his ball-striking, particularly off the tee, was nowhere its best. McIlroy was fortunate in the sense that he was out in the easier conditions of the afternoon, when the gusts dipped markedly. There were none of the temper tantrums he had displayed in his opening 67, just a steely look of intent in his mission to win his fifth major after an eight-year gap. "That was the best double-bogey I've ever made," he said. But McIlroy chopped it out to 25 feet and rolled in the putt to limit the damage to a double-bogey six. A triple-bogey seven was surely the most for which he could hope. He could barely see his ball and was playing his fifth shot. McIlroy, 33, hit his approach to the par four into the tall fescue on the right of a greenside bunker and with two swipes managed to move it roughly three yards. McIlroy is four-under, one behind Collin Morikawa and Joel Dahmen, and from the wretched, tournament-threatening spot he had found himself on the third, that 69 was an impressive feat indeed. Here at the 122nd US Open on Friday, he was locked in a battle with The Country Club, as well as a giddying mixture of the world’s best players, and stood up mightily to the task. So much for the Northern Irishman fading away when the going gets tough. So much for Rory McIlroy being unable to grind.
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