BROOKLINE – Collin Morikawa, winner of the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship, holds a share of the lead as he attempts to win a major for the third consecutive season and would be well on his way for the career Slam.
The top three players in the Official World Golf Ranking are all within two strokes of the lead:
- ‘22 Masters Tournament winner and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler (No. 1)
- Defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm (No. 2)
- Four-time major champion and winner last week Rory McIlroy (No. 3)
Joel Dahmen, playing in his ninth career major, is tied for the lead with Morikawa. Dahmen has his first 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour.
Notables to miss the cut include Cameron Smith, Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau and Phil Mickelson.
Cameron Young made a hole-in-one at No. 6, his first career ace on Tour. Young, who began the round on No. 10, also made a quadruple-bogey-8 at No. 3 and was 9-over with five holes to play before finishing 4-over and missing the cut by one stroke (Nos. 5-9: birdie, ace, birdie, birdie, par).
ESPN dot com noted: As stat guru Justin Ray pointed out on Twitter on Friday, 25 of the past 26 U.S. Open winners have been tied for sixth or better after two rounds. That’s enough of a trend to make seventh place — or worse — the spot you don’t want to be headed into the weekend. That’s not good for Scheffler (T-7), Matt Fitzpatrick, Sam Burns (T-13) and more. The weekend could bring another exception to the rule.
U.S. Open Leaderboard | After 36 Holes
Collin Morikawa 69-66—135 (-5)
Joel Dahmen 67-68—135 (-5)
Hayden Buckley 68-68—136 (-4)
Jon Rahm 69-67—136 (-4)
Rory McIlroy 67-69—136 (-4)
Aaron Wise 68-68—136 (-4)
Beau Hossler 69-67—136 (-4)
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