European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Stars and Mideast edition june sports new Yor k struggling nets end Yankees wnnn8 Streak at nne by beating Page 29 Over overwhelmed cases 66 is Lone Bright spot on ugly Day in open at Oakmont by Alan Robinson the associated press the applause grew louder As Paul Casey approached the 9 and became so loud he simply could not refuse to acknowledge Sev eral spectators flashed a thumbs making him a bit nervous be fore he Sank his round ending Par a typical Day at the open these we rent fans cheering for cases remarkable Sec Ond round 66 at Oakmont coun try club on but his fellow players gathered on the adjacent putting they recognize and this was on a Day Oakmont was every bit the beast it is sup posed to ruining the games of the some of sports greats with its tumbling greens and unforgiving Casey stood up to every Challenge the historic course put in his path and shot himself Back into the that Justin Rose he finished 4 so 10 shots better than the Field average or Angel Cabrera of Argentina leads the Long hitting Bubba wat son by one shot after a 1over 71 put Cabrera at even Par the Only score not above Casey is three off the Lead after an open i ground 77 put him in position to miss the Cut Phil Mick Elson and fellow former major winners Rich Justin be Shaun Retief Goosen and Davis love Are Rose want among those watch ing Casey finish up on the ninth but Colin Chris Ricky Barnes and Nick Dougherty they gave Casey an englishman in Pittsburgh an concourse Salute rarely seen in championship Monty and Chris sort of shrugging their giving me that Gene Colin Montgomerie wipes his face after finishing the second round of the open at the Oakmont country club in on Montgomerie finished 18over 158 after two rounds and missed the who finished second in the tournament last year at winged was not alone in his Rete if Sergio Phil Mickelson and a Host of other big names also missed the testing the worlds Best Oakmont has Given few players Low numbers in the first two rounds and the worlds top two players Are no sex a look at How each fared on thursday and Friday player score place Tiger Woods 7174 t13 Phil Mickelson my Bye Bye Birdie Angel Cabrera Sank an easy Birdie putt on 18 that knocked out 19 including Phil who were hoping t9 play on the week end by virtue of being within 10 shots of the Cabrera finished at even Par ending the Hopes of the players at numbers adjustment coming into the the High est scoring average for a player on the pea tour belonged to Todd Hamil ton at through two Days at Oak the Field has averaged the disparity is even larger when one considers most pea events Are Par sources the associated press  sort of which i said ranked 16 in the i got a sense that the Guys were aware of what was going Trevor Ummelman even if he didst take part in the a he played with Casey and almost  believe what he the greatest round Ive Ever seen in my said who had a 9over he beat me by 13 that almost giving him one shot per this open Doest have a Champion As two dozen or More remain in but it May have its greatest and one of the Best in any recent Given the conditions and How the rest of the Field was scoring the average was the High est in an open round since Shin Neacock Hills in 1986 this was arguably the Best round at Oak Mont since Champion Johnny Millers history making 63 in the 1973 see open on Page 30 even after fourth spurs remain underrated