U.S. Open

Adam Hadwin leads the field at 4-under par as the second round of the U.S. Open gets underway Friday at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

2:42 p.m. – (a) Caleb Manuel, Topsham, Maine; Keith Greene, DeBary, Fla.; Ben Silverman, Juno Beach, Fla. 1:58 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Vincennes, Ind.; (a) Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif.; Grayson Murray, Raleigh, N.C. 12:41 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Aiken, S.C.; Patrick Rodgers, Jupiter, Fla.; (a) Travis Vick, Hunters Creek Village, Texas 8:24 a.m. – Jim Furyk, Jacksonville, Fla.; (a) Nick Dunlap, Huntsville, Ala.; Adam Hadwin, Canada 8:13 a.m. – Danny Lee, New Zealand; (a) Keita Nakajima, Japan; Nick Taylor, Canada 8:57 a.m. – Isaiah Salinda, South San Francisco, Calif.; Sean Jacklin, Scotland; (a) Charles Reiter, Palm Desert, Calif. 1:58 p.m. – Francesco Molinari, Italy; (a) Laird Shepherd, England; Stewart Cink, Atlanta, Ga. 12:41 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Las Vegas, Nev.; Denny McCarthy, Rockville, Md.; (a) Sam Bennett, Madisonville, Texas 8:46 a.m. – Daijiro Izumida, Japan; (a) Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Belgium; Sebastian Söderberg, Sweden 8:35 a.m. – Sam Stevens, Wichita, Kan.; (a) Ben Lorenz, Peoria, Ariz.; Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn. 7:51 a.m. – Luke List, Augusta, Ga.; (a) Austin Greaser, Vandalia, Ohio; Corey Conners, Canada 6:56 a.m. – (a) Maxwell Moldovan, Uniontown, Ohio; Yannik Paul, Germany; M.J. Daffue, South Africa

A favorite has emerged following the first round of the 2022 U.S. Open. Rory McIlroy, fresh off a victory at the RBC Canadian Open, is looking for his ...

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Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris and Max Homa were all able to play themselves into red figures with their Thursday performances. With ...

CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights below. Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Will Zalatoris and Max Homa were all able to play themselves into red figures with their Thursday performances. One stroke behind McIlroy are a trio of former USGA champions as Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick all signed for 2-under 68s during the breezy afternoon wave.

A potentially rowdy Friday might be a little more subdued in the Boston area given what happened in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

The morning wave features some rather large names to need to make a move in order to have a serious shot on the weekend. And then there is Rory McIlroy, also among the three-under crew thanks to his second straight strong start in a major championship. Having said that, the top of the leader board is a bit lacking in star power, though we know it's way too early to start talking like that.

Leader Adam Hadwin was set for a morning start as Friday's second round of the US Open began while Rory McIlroy and defending champion Jon Rahm could have ...

Daffue, in his major debut, wasn't even planning to try and qualify for the event before he clinched a PGA Tour spot. Have a number in mind and try and execute. "I've done a great job with that over the last little bit. I'm enjoying everything about it." McIlroy, chasing his first major title since 2014, comes off a victory in last week's PGA Canadian Open. Not since 1934 has a player won the week before and then captured the US Open. "Pick a target.

Rory McIlroy made a serious statement with his win at the RBC Canadian Open last week, defending his title after the tournament took a two-year hiatus due to ...

The temperature is pretty much ideal, maxing out at 84 degrees around midday. The good news? Two under par, two off the lead. One to watch for sure. And it appears his hot play isn’t cooling off anytime soon. 5 things to know for Friday’s second round at the U.S. Open

This year's winner is still making a lot of money, as is par for the course for the U.S. Open.

The winner is going to take home $3.15 million. The Masters posted a reported $15 million in prize money, with Scottie Scheffler taking home $2.7 million for the win. The U.S. Open still boasts the biggest prize money payout, beating out the 2022 Masters, which paid out a total of $15 million. The winner takes an 18 percent of the total prize purse, which will be worth $3.15 million. Among the four majors, the U.S. Open is still king of the majors when it comes to prize money. Traditionally, the U.S. Open has yielded the highest payouts for the winner, and this year, that won't change: The winner will be taking home just north of $3 million at The Country Club.

With major championship golf back at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, for the first time since 1988, the U.S. Open is already off to a hot ...

CBS Sports is offering live coverage of the 2022 U.S. Open from start to finish Friday, so be sure to follow Round 2 with us. Beyond that, hit the links below to follow live on action both on television and streaming online. He got off to a great start, shooting a 3-under 67 to open play and going 17 holes without a bogey before a frustrating finish on the last. With major championship golf back at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, for the first time since 1988, the U.S. Open is already off to a hot start. Joining him in contention are Dustin Johnson (two back of Hadwin) and some other big names including Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Will Zalatoris, who are all three behind the leader. McIlroy is looking to win back-to-back tournaments while capturing his first major championship since 2014 and fifth of his career.

Live leaderboard (as of 8 a.m. ET)1 Adam Hadwin -4 (66)T2 Rory McIlroy -3 (67)T2 MJ Daffue -3 (3)T2 Callum Tarren -3 (67)T2 David Lingmerth -3 (67)T2 Joel ...

On Friday those windows are 6:45-9:30 a.m., and again after 7 p.m. He's started his round double bogey, bogey to drop to 1-over, leaving valuable strokes all over the greens. Woo buddy, that would have been one hell of a clubhouse bar tab. That's 217 yardage on the tee sheet, maybe closer to 230 in the wind, and Burns hit it to within six inches. Mickelson enjoyed a cordial welcome at Brookline. Matt Fitzpatrick returned to the site of his 2013 U.S. Amateur victory and posted a solid 2-under, sitting two strokes back. Daffue is originally from South Africa. When he was a youth, his career appeared predestined. It's amazing, and still relevant as the current U.S. Open leader — by three strokes! It also hosted the 2013 U.S. Amateur which saw Matt Fitzpatrick win that event. Curtis Strange won the last U.S. Open at The Country Club, which was held in 1988. U.S. Open leader MJ Daffue has gone out in a 32, taking a three-stroke lead over the field. Like Southern Hills, designer Gil Hanse has been working with The Country Club to prepare for this U.S. Open.

Will Rory McIlroy continue his title challenge on day two of the US Open at Brookline? Join Scott Murray.

Adam Hadwin leads after his opening round of 66 … but the likes of Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa, Adam Scott, Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland and defending champ Jon Rahm are in hot pursuit. Four of the other five first-round leaders are also qualifiers, the exception being Rory McIlroy. Very strange. Sam Burns is a three-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, and in terms of recent form alone, might be the next cab on the rank to break his major duck. A drive down the middle of 10. He’s +1. And from long to big: MJ Daffue finds greenside sand at the drivable par-four 5th, splashes out to four feet, and makes it consecutive birdies. But he putts anyway and sends a right-to-left monster into the cup! ... so perhaps Adam Hadwin’s street-fighting par on 10 was the harbinger of a scrappy day. His third bird of the day, and he suddenly becomes a serious part of the conversation at -2. That leaves a tricky downhill pitch, which he sends way past the hole, his ball perhaps one revolution away from toppling off the false front and many yards down the fairway. We’ve all been there all right, and Scheffler’s amateur aberration costs him a shot. Two bogeys in the first three holes for the 34-year-old Canadian, and it could so easily have been three from three. Viktor Hovland trundles a long birdie putt 15 feet past on 15, but rolls in the one coming back.

The opening round had Phil drama, club tosses and turkeys. What's ahead during the second round of the U.S. Open? We've got it covered.

He followed that with a bogey at the 11th and another at the 14th. Dustin Johnson (2 under) and James Piot (1 under) were the only ones among the group to break 70. Without a low score Friday, he is in danger of missing the cut. Two years ago, he made $5,750 on the All Pro Tour. He is also a volunteer assistant coach at Houston. But after making the turn at 6-under on Friday, MJ Daffue (pronounced "Duffey") has a lead over the likes of Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and three others. Daffue, 33, was born in South Africa and played at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. He has already earned his PGA Tour card for 2022-23 through his good play on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he is fourth in the The 25. He qualified for his first major championship by sharing medalist honors at a qualifier in Springfield, Ohio, and is making the most of it so far. The 15 LIV players put up a cumulative total Thursday of 53 over. The current leader of the 122nd U.S. Open has 822 (and counting) followers on Twitter as of Friday morning. McIlroy held the lead for most of Thursday afternoon and is looking for his fifth major title. OK. Wild turkeys on the course? BROOKLINE, Mass. -- There was a lot going on in the first round of the 2022 U.S. Open. The requisite drama around Phil Mickelson? Check. A few tossed clubs? Kids running off with defending champion Jon Rahm's ball on the 18th hole?

The first day of the US Open has really set up the tournament, with Adam Hadwin a shot clear on 4-under-par. But with a host of big names lurking just ...

We’ve had seven winners all-time who trailed by seven or more shots after round one – 101 players shot 73 or lower on Thursday, keeping them in that historic shouting distance. The first round scoring average of the last ten U.S. Open champions was 69.1. Perhaps even more telling, 21 of the last 23 winners of this championship were inside the top-20 after 18 holes. Or maybe a more fired up one as people drowned their sorrows in beer? Yeah we have Rory, Rahm, DJ and other stars at the top of the leaderboard, but we also get total randomers On the par-3 11th he three-putts and drops back to one-under. He is on the move with two birdies in four holes. It would not be surprising to see that go up to five or six come days end. Both US champions of the past, Rose and Johnson both have putts slide by to fall back to one-under. Two similar shots can leave a straight forward trap shot or an unplayable ball in the lip. With a sensational par putt on the 9th he is out in 32 and three shots clear. Well he split the fairway and nearly found the green in two, before hitting a couple of pitch shots, and four-putting. To be fair, so much has gone his way today already that it isn't surprising to see the golfing god's take something away.

Tournament favourite and four-time major champion Rory McIlroy, by far the most decorated of the five players who were in a share of second place after the ...

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Rory McIlroy is fresh off his 21st PGA Tour victory at the RBC Canadian Open, the latest in a strong stretch of golf for the four-time major champion. And at ...

2:42 p.m. – (a) Caleb Manuel, Keith Greene, Ben Silverman 1:58 p.m. – Adam Schenk, (a) Stewart Hagestad, Grayson Murray 12:41 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, (a) Travis Vick 8:24 a.m. – Jim Furyk, (a) Nick Dunlap, Adam Hadwin 8:13 a.m. – Danny Lee, (a) Keita Nakajima, Nick Taylor 1:58 p.m. – Francesco Molinari, (a) Laird Shepherd, Stewart Cink 12:41 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy, (a) Sam Bennett Below you will find everything you need to watch the second round of the 2022 U.S. Open. McIlroy teed off in the morning on Thursday for the opening-round and proceeded to nearly make it through all 18 holes of the treacherous course without a bogey. 8:35 a.m. – Sam Stevens, (a) Ben Lorenz, Davis Shore Sign up for an account to get into the action today. And at this week’s U.S. Open, he’s showing no signs of slowing down.

Alan Shipnuck answers your questions about all things U.S. Open including Rory McIlroy's ego, The Country's Club's easy Day 1 and who may be next to leave ...

So Hagestad, even though he’s very much embedded on the cocktail circuit, and a place like The Country Club barely meets his standard as far as exclusivity, and he’s not exactly a man of the people, I think the USGA would be much more comfortable if he were to win because he in fact is still an amateur, unlike the U.S. Amateur champion. I mean, it’s from a different era, it’s from a different century. So he’s turned pro, he’s gone over to the Saudis, but he’s playing as the U.S. Amateur champ. I mean, the term Massholes exists for a reason, so bring it. Rory always says and does the right things, he exudes class, so when he has a few slip-ups that show his passion, we almost enjoy that. He has better credentials than some of the guys who are already in the Hall, but peaking in your late 20s and then just disappearing … it’s a tough look. I love a wild, wooly links course like you get at the Open Championship, but The Country Club is so pleasing to the eye. I love the quirkiness, the weirdness, the blindness. He was the phenom, he was lost in the wilderness, now he’s the moral compass of golf. Yeah, I think there’s going to be this slow drip leading to the event in Oregon two weeks from now. The twisty fairways and the way the dark green rough blends into the golden heather, and the movement of the greens and the raggedy bunkers … this is golf heaven. I love Twitter. I love the Internet. You people complete me.

12:50 p.m.. Masters champion and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler shot 3-under 67 to join Rory McIlroy and four others in the lead at the U.S. Open. Also tied ...

MJ Daffue hit an amazing recovery shot from the hospitality area, but it was a steady decline thereafter.

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Daffue's wayward drive settled on the deck of a hospitality area that runs down the left side of the hole. And in a move that would undoubtedly make Phil ...

And put that shot at the top of his bio. Unfortunately, Daffue left his next chip in the rough and then wound up missing a six-footer for par. We've seen similar shots from Phil and others through the years, but what sets this one apart was the degree of difficulty, in large part because a large tree poking through the crowded area that made Daffue keep his 3-wood down.

After struggling during first-round play on Thursday, Phil Mickelson played better Friday, carding a 3-over-73, but it wasn't enough to make the cut at The ...

He immediately raised his left arm and yelled, "Way left!" The man was holding an ice bag on his head. He had a 3-putt bogey on the par-4 13th. The man was helped by USGA officials, and Mickelson came over and shook his hand. Mickelson's total of 11 over through 36 holes tied for fifth worst in a major championship during his career. He carded a 3-over 73, dropping his total for 36 holes to 11 over.

Masters champion and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler shot 3-under 67 to join Rory McIlroy and four others in the lead at the U.S. Open.

___ It doesn’t seem that way to MJ Daffue (pronounced “Duffy”). He already has three birdies through five holes and was leading at 5-under par in the early going. ___ It put him at 6-under par, three shots ahead of Rory McIlroy and a group of three others who play Friday afternoon. ___ He is 3 over for the day and 11 over for the tournament. ___ But he duffed the chip shot and made a bogey 6 anyway. M.J. Daffue had a perfect lie. ___ Then Koepka knocked in a 14-foot putt. ___

After years spent criticizing the PGA Tour's control of players' media rights, his support of what became known as LIV Golf — and his willingness to downplay ...

As a past winner of the Masters and the PGA Championship, Mickelson has a lifetime pass to those tournaments — assuming Augusta National and the PGA of America do not change their rules — and he gets free entry into the British Open as a past champion until the age of 60. His results on the regular PGA Tour weren’t much better, and he finished tied for 33rd out of 48 at the first no-cut LIV tournament. Mickelson’s second round on Friday was better than his first on Thursday — when he bogeyed three of his first five holes, double-bogeyed the sixth and finished at 8-over 78 — but it wasn’t nearly enough to get him to the weekend. Nicklaus also won the British Open three times, while the U.S. Open remains the only major to elude Mickelson. And in his eight U.S. Opens since his most recent runner-up in 2013, Mickelson has no finish better than a tie for 28th, with three missed cuts. When he emerged earlier this month for LIV’s inaugural event outside London, he was bearded and dressed in black, a look he carried to the Country Club this week. Considering his unfortunate history at the one major he’s never won, Mickelson has long been the center of attention at the U.S. Open, but this year’s spotlight was shaded differently.

Phil Mickelson has created notable storylines at the 2022 U.S. Open. Now, he is unlikely to survive the cut.

The most golfers ever to make the U.S. Open cut is 108 in 1996. The cut will be for the top 60 scores (including ties), meaning that a minimum of 60 golfers will advance and more will likely make the cut. At least 60 of those 156 golfers will make the cut. The line will move throughout the second round with the 60th-place player. Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay, Shane Lowry, Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka are all flirting with the cut line as well. Missing the cut would turn this major tournament into a major disappointment for Mickelson, who is playing in just his second event since his controversial comments about the tour.

BROOKLINE, Mass. :Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, bolstered by a late eagle, grabbed a share of the second-round clubhouse lead at the U.S. Open on ...

World number six Cameron Smith (74) was at six over on the week and all but headed for his second consecutive missed cut at a U.S. Open. Scheffler was one over on the day when he stepped up to the par-four 13th where he stuffed his approach shot to six feet and then eagled the par-five 14th when, 55 yards away from the hole, he chipped in from the second cut of rough. South Africa's MJ Daffue, who began the day in a share of second and one shot back of Canada's Hadwin, made the turn with a three-shot cushion but struggled on the back nine en route to 72 that left him two shots back on a crowded leaderboard.

BROOKLINE: Phil Mickelson's return from a four-month US layoff was a short one after joining many of his fellow Saudi-backed LIV Golf rebels in missing the ...

"Obviously it was a tough decision, but I feel very confident in the decision I made," Johnson said. "I'm playing pretty well. "I was coming in here, preparing, getting ready to try and win a US Open. "The fans here have always been terrific," Mickelson said. Advertisement Advertisement

“Hey Louis,” bellowed a Bostonian. “Great job on the win last week.” It was Charl Schwartzel who prevailed in the opening LIV Golf event at the ...

The smart money there would be an increased alliance between those at Wentworth and the PGA Tour. There is, though, a marked difference between the reception afforded to Mickelson at Brookline and the fawning praise he once encountered with every step. It is Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and others who sit firmly in the PGA Tour’s camp against the LIV threat. He has embarked on such an incredible act of self-sabotage that he was almost pitied as he limped towards the second-round finish line. Unless, of course, the punter was remarkably referencing LIV’s team event, which is even further down the public consciousness. It is taking place somewhere in the ether but the paying public are not engaged with further detail.

Golf fans that paid for the US Open hospitality tent package were promised the "very best views" of the action, but one lucky group got even more than they ...

"I don't think my goal is to win this week. It was right up my alley." "I had a good angle.

Phil Mickelson wrapped up his U.S. Open on Friday, but it might have more finality than that.

But as he bolted Brookline, it felt as if there was so much more than the U.S Open Trophy in his rearview mirror. Even if golf’s oldest championship, which Mickelson won and is also exempt into for the next decade-plus, allows the LIV players a future runway, Lefty’s plight is unchanged. A player who began his PGA Tour career by winning as an amateur could well have completed his Tour run on U.S. soil with rounds of 78-73 and a tie for 143rd out of 156 players. “We have been pretty clear in our belief that the world tours have done a great job in promoting the game over the years. “I would start by saying that our mission is always to act in the best interests of the game in whatever form that may take," said Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley. “I think that golf's in a good place right now. At last month’s championship, where Mickelson was the defending champion but did not compete, CEO Seth Waugh went so far as to explain the potential mechanism that could be used to keep the LIV players out. The R&A appears poised to also allow the LIV players who are qualified for next month’s Open Championship to participate. Mickelson was one of 17 Tour members who were immediately and indefinitely suspended for violating the circuit’s regulations for playing the first LIV event last week. The 2022 U.S. Open could be Lefty’s final PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the United States. Lefty’s pursuit of the one thing that stood between he and golf immortality has felt washed for years. Mickelson’s quest for the career Grand Slam is over - that’s just a fact. Instead, there was a surreal finality to it all.

Dustin Johnson insists that leaving the PGA Tour for the LIV Golf Invitational Series won't hinder his hopes of more major success in the future.

I thought I was more prepared than I was." "I feel I'm certainly playing better than I'm scoring and I'll look forward to working on it." I thought I was a little bit closer than I was, but I really struggled putting. That was kind of the difference between yesterday and today." "Obviously it [joining LIV Golf] was a tough decision, but I feel very confident in the decision I made. "Obviously, anytime coming to a US Open it's a great event.

South Africa's MJ Daffue used a fast start to grab the on-course lead in early second round action at the U.S. Open on Friday while six-time runner-up Phil ...

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Collin Morikawa bolstered his hopes of a third major title in as many years by grabbing a share of the halfway advantage at the 122nd US Open.

MJ Daffue briefly jumped into a three-shot lead after three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the fourth, only to make three bogeys in five holes on his back nine and double-bogey the last to card a second-round 72, while England's Callum Tarren - the one-time leader - is also four back after three bogeys in his final four holes. Morikawa - beginning on the back nine - rolled in from 10 feet at the 12th and took advantage of the par-five 14th, before following a 15-footer at the 17th by holing from long-range at the first to go four under for the day. McIlroy and defending champion Rahm in the group tied-second on four under, as Morikawa posted a second-round 66 to share lead with Joel Dahmen in Brookline; Watch day three of the US Open live on Saturday from 4pm on Sky Sports Golf

It was a topsy-turvy second round on a vexing golf course as famed and anonymous players jockeyed up and down the leaderboard and turkeys paid a visit.

But he closed with a flourish, a birdie on the par-5 eighth hole to finish with four-under-par 66. Jon Rahm, the U.S. Open defending champion, began his round at one under par like Morikawa and teed off on the 10th hole. He eagled the short par-5 14th and deftly putted as the sun emerged on Friday afternoon and subtly dried out the fast, undulating greens. Smiling, Scheffler, who shot even par 70 on Thursday, reset his focus and knocked the ball in the hole. Also not eligible for the final weekend rounds will be Viktor Hovland and Tommy Fleetwood. But he said he has regained his confidence with more work out of competition. (He started his round on the 10th hole.) Morikawa, winner of the 2020 P.G.A. Championship, first took the second-round lead with a fourth birdie on the first hole before registering his first bogey on the fourth hole. Morikawa shot a four-under-par 66 on Friday to move to five under par for the tournament. He did not do it from the hospitality tent balcony where Daffue found his golf ball, but his tee shot bounded into the thick rough 40 yards right of the hole. Scheffler, who won this year’s Masters Tournament and three other 2022 PGA Tour events, jump-started his round by pitching in for an eagle on the 14th hole. But Buckley rallied to shoot four under in his final seven holes. Daffue could have been speaking for the entire field.

BROOKLINE, Mass. :Collin Morikawa and Joel Dahmen held a share of the second-round U.S. Open lead on Friday, one shot clear of a pack that included ...

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Here's a look at tee times and pairings for the third round of the U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts: (All times ET; a = amateur).

2:28 p.m. - MJ Daffue, -1; Adam Hadwin, -2 2:01 p.m. - Davis Riley, -1; David Lingmerth, -1 1:50 p.m. - Keegan Bradley, -1; Xander Schauffele, -1 12:55 p.m. - Séamus Power, +1; Justin Thomas, +1 1:39 p.m. - Thomas Pieters, E; Will Zalatoris, -1 12:39 p.m. - Justin Rose, +1; Dustin Johnson, +1 12:28 p.m. - Sebastian Söderberg, +1; Patrick Reed, +1 12:17 p.m. - Joaquin Niemann, +1; Marc Leishman, +1 12:06 p.m. - Cameron Tringale, +2; Mackenzie Hughes, +1 10:44 a.m. - Chris Naegel, +2; Chris Gotterup, +2 11:06 a.m. - Max Homa, +2; Adam Scott, +2 10:55 a.m. - Guido Migliozzi, +2; Grayson Murray, +2

Rory McIlroy said he "couldn't be happier" after a one-under 69 on the second day of the US Open had him one shot off the lead at four under par heading ...

"I think it's a testament to the health and the state of this game. "I was trying to play my way into the final group and then I was told in scoring that the final group tees off at 3:45pm tomorrow. I came back well today after a tough start, and yeah, right in the mix. It's, like, maybe I don't want to be in the final group! Couldn't be any happier." After I bogeyed 10, I just wanted to try to shoot under par.

The Country Club fans have been welcoming to the golfers who decided to take the money and run to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

He wrapped that up in time to play in a U.S. Open qualifier that had not originally been on his schedule. But after playing in the Sony Open in January, he had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip and missed four months -- including the Masters and PGA Championship. “I learned that I don’t need to be out there six, seven, eight hours a day grinding,” he said. There were times in previous U.S. Opens he would play 36 or 45 holes going into the first round. This is his fourth U.S. Open, and it’s already different from the others because of how few holes Hardy has played all week. He hit that shot over the railing, then sailed it some 250 yards to the rough left of the green, about even with the pin. A series of strong finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour has helped him secure his PGA Tour card for 2022-23. But he duffed the first pitch shot and made bogey. Both missed the cut and Hardy was in. “It was a tough decision, but I feel very confident in the decision I made,” Johnson said. He shot a 73 on Friday to finish 11 over par. The Daily Telegraphy reported he was given $150 million to sign.

For every Collin Morikawa and his back-to-back years winning a major is a Joel Dahmen, who only four years ago would have thrilled to even play in one.

Some of them require some introductions to major championship contention on the weekend. "The last few days is a huge confidence booster for me heading into this weekend, and hopefully we can kind of make some separation somehow." Rahm had a 67 and was in the group of five players one shot behind. Start with Dahmen, who will never be accused of taking himself too seriously, even if he takes his game seriously. Jon Rahm is the defending U.S. Open champion, one shot out of the lead. That included McIlroy, coming of a win at the Canadian Open, who hit his stride on the back nine with three birdies over his last four holes for a 69.

Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are all in the hunt at Brookline.

I think that’s sort of the — I’m playing as good a golf as I’ve played in a long time.” As this all looked sort of familiar if also brand new, he finally plucked it onto the green 22 feet away, then made one of the better putts for a 6 you will see. The Northern Irishman had taken his fans on another of his thrill rides, their chants of “Ror-eee” echoing as he finished. Rory won last week; Tiger was at the PGA. I’ve been No. 1 in the world for a while now, and it doesn’t really feel like it, so I kind of like just under the radar. That’s true especially because his double-bogey at the par-4 No. 3 might have made many quit the game, in many cases a wise decision. Pin is on the left, you hit a little draw. Pin is on the right, you hit a little cut. It’s not a big enough stat to really make anything out of it, but hopefully.” He nudged that putt left and looked sad, but the birdie pushed him ahead, and the round (66) bested all the others. The reigning British Open champion and 2020 PGA titlist might not be hitting like he’s accustomed to hitting, but he’s missing in the right spots, in the eccentric parlance one often hears around this batty sport. It felt like if you hadn’t played one of the 36-hole qualifiers you must have been some sort of hopeless slacker. BROOKLINE, Mass. — For a weird while it looked as if this U.S. Open might turn out to be some sort of funky qualifiers’ paradise.

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Four-times major winner Rory McIlroy said a positive attitude kept him in contention after a rough start on Friday at the U.S. Open, as he carded a ...

I'm excited to be in that mix going into the weekend." Today was a really good example of just having a good attitude." He drained a long putt to stem the pain, settling for a double-bogey.

Collin Morikawa and qualifier Joel Dahmen lead the charge heading into the weekend at the US Open, topping a tight leaderboard by a single stroke following ...

Morikawa, pursuing a third major in three years after triumphs at the PGA Championship and the Open, starred with a round-best 66. An ecstatic Brookline crowd had barely had a chance to catch their breath before Young had rattled off back-to-back birdies. McIlroy bounced back superbly from a double bogey on the third hole, which could have been markedly worse. Needing to make it three in a row to make the cut, Young fell agonizingly short of a miraculous comeback with par at the final hole. "It's hard to sit here and be that pleased that I made a hole-in-one when I missed the cut," Young told reporters. It led to the rare instance of the 33-year-old fist pumping in celebration to a double bogey, avoiding a triple with a superb 22-yard putt.

Collin Morikawa shot a 4-under 66 Friday at the U.S. Open for a share of the 36-hole lead with Joel Dahmen and a shot at a third straight year winning a ...

Some of them require some introductions to major championship contention on the weekend. "The last few days is a huge confidence booster for me heading into this weekend, and hopefully we can kind of make some separation somehow." Rahm had a 67 and was in the group of five players one shot behind. Start with Dahmen, who will never be accused of taking himself too seriously, even if he takes his game seriously. Jon Rahm is the defending U.S. Open champion, one shot out of the lead. That included McIlroy, coming of a win at the Canadian Open, who hit his stride on the back nine with three birdies over his last four holes for a 69.

The things that caught our eye—and caught us off guard—during Day 2 at the 2022 U.S. Open.

In the end, you needed to be three over or better to be one of the 60 and ties to make it to the weekend. He then missed a four-footer for par on the next hole to tumble farther down the leader board. It wasn't nearly as bad as Hovland backing up, but we didn't expect the reigning PGA champ to start his second round with a double bogey—especially after he piped his opening tee shot 320 yards down the middle on No. 10. Pretty crazy for the eighth-ranked player on the planet. Heck, the guy known for struggling with his short game even chipped in for birdie on No. 2. that's exactly what Rory did, sprinting up to the green to put a coin on his ball. Turns out, he also did it in part because he didn't want playing partner Xander Schauffele to hit it with his approach on the short par 4. Such was the case of Rory McIlroy's approach shot on No. 17 that came close to spinning off the front. Either way, Rory was proud of his wheels after and said he's capable of running a 100-yard dash even faster. We're pretty sure DJ knew who Fitzpatrick was before this week— unlike his (lack of) knowledge of MJ Daffue—but we're guessing he was surprised to be hitting his approach shots before the Brit all day. "If now on paper I'm hitting it past DJ, you look at the success he's had, if I can emulate that, then I'll be a very happy man." BROOKLINE, Mass. — Day 2 at the U.S. Open has come to an end, and there were plenty of things that left us scratching our heads.

For every Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy among the top 12 spots of an eclectic halfway leaderboard, there's a Joel Dahmen or Nick Hardy or Hayden ...

But right beside them, there are plenty of journeymen and dreamers and potential one-hit wonders. Certainly, there are stars and household names lined up, all in good position to capture another major championship.

BROOKLINE, Mass. -- He's doing exactly what the best ones do. Halfway through his first—but surely not his last—defense of a major championship, Jon Rahm ...

It will be “more of the same” in rounds three and four. “On holes like seven you can push it as far down or as far back as you want and give yourself a chance. I'm somebody who gets to the tee, sees the pin, feels the wind, then makes a decision. “You have holes like 17 where you can be as aggressive or as passive as you want,” he continued, clearly warming to his theme. You have options off the tee, and you can really pretty much choose whatever you want. That’s why you have on the leaderboard so many players that hit it different lengths off the tee. Not only is Rahm comfortable with the traditional U.S. Open setup in evidence this week, his appreciation of this storied venue—“It's true living history on this course. “The more I play this course, the more I like it. You're taking steps on holes that so many greats have in the past”—had him almost purring with pleasure. “A setup like this, where you have some rough to deal with, really puts a premium on all aspects of the game,” he said. Along with those of Morikawa (co-leader) and McIlroy (T-3), the close proximity of the burly Spaniard’s surname will be concerning to all of those with high ambition over the weekend. Halfway through his first—but surely not his last—defense of a major championship, Jon Rahm sits T-3 and one-shot back on a tightly packed leaderboard.