Bradley in awe of ‘dialled in’ German

Keegan Bradley got a front-row seat as Martin Kaymer turned in another virtuoso performance at Pinehurst No 2 but the American stayed focused enough to just about keep himself in the hunt heading into today’s third round.

As Germany’s Kaymer broke every preconception about this year’s host course and posted a second consecutive five-under-par 65 to dominate the US Open leaderboard, playing partner and fellow former US PGA champion Bradley compiled a six-birdie, five-bogey 69 that in any other year would be a major talking point at this championship but this week merely leaves him eight shots adrift on two under.

“I played with Martin these first two days, he’s playing so good. It’s fun to watch. I played well as well, but it was fun watching him hit every fairway, every green and make every putt, it was pretty awesome,” Bradley said.