Conway misses cut at Open

Steve Conway, a Newport Beach native playing in his first U.S. Open, shot nine over par through two rounds to miss the cut by five strokes.

Conway, who finished tied for 117th place, started the first round with two pars, but had two bogeys and two double bogeys in the next four holes and finished the first round at 10-over-par 80.

In the second round, Conway started with three birdies on holes one through three to get within three strokes of the projected cut, but bogeys on Nos. 5, 7 and 9 raised his score back to 10-over-par.

On his 12th hole, play was called for darkness at 8:24 p.m. Friday local time. After play resumed Saturday at Bethpage Black, N.Y., he birdied on 13 to cap a one-under-par 69 second round.

At the Open, Conway hit 16 of 28 fairways (57.14 percent), 21 of 36 greens (58.33 percent), two of four sand saves (50 percent), 63 putts (1.75 putts per hole) and averaged 260.25 yards off the tee.