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Article: Birdie Barrage on Riviera // Els, O'Meara Share First Place After Tying 36-Hole PGA Record
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 12, 1995
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LOS ANGELES It's time for Riviera Country Club to play its trump
card: The pressure of the PGA Championship. That could be the only
thing that saves it from total humiliation.
Friday's second round was another birdie barrage as Ernie Els
shot a 6-under-par 65 and Mark O'Meara followed his opening-round 64
with a 67 as they matched the lowest score ever after 36 holes in the
PGA, 11-under-par 131.
With the greens and fairways still so soft the players could
stick the ball wherever it landed, par remained only a vague
reference point, a minimum suggestion rather than a standard of
excellence.
The dizzying display of birdies over the helpless Riviera course
left a slew of players within ...