front nine meaning the four time champion would end up tied for one hundred twenty nine with news west b.g. score of seven over seventy seven not a great day for u.s. open champion rory mcilroy either the irishman is raced on this and was forced to play through pain for most of the day mcenroe though was able to finish with a paul or an even score of seventy to stay in contention for his second major title however he is seven shots behind leaders steve stricker who equalled the major tournament record with a round of sixty three and could go even further shooting for birdie on the last hole st and it was not to be though bob the american in football settling for seven and two shots ahead of second seed gerry calenders michael roy meanwhile is awaiting the results of a scan but hopes to compete in the tournament. if it's assumed tomorrow and i know that i'm not going to do any more damage to it i would play. you know there's a couple of points where where i thought about not continuing but. as i said it's very important tournaments and i'm still you know i'm still even par and still in the hole so