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No one ever leading at Shinnecock Hills the last 40 years at the halfway point has won the U.S. Open, a small slice of history that awaited Wyndham Clark. He had a four-shot lead in the fierce wind of Saturday.
Bryson DeChambeau had a pair of double bogeys early in the second round and finished at 5-over 75 to lead an all-star cast of former U.S. Open champions who missed the cut.
The smashed-up locker at Oakmont last year is as much a part of Wyndham Clark’s resume as the U.S. Open title he won two years before that.
Scottie Scheffler gritted and grinned his way into contention at the U.S. Open on Friday, bouncing back from a 2-over start at Shinnecock Hills with a classic Scheffler round: calm, patient and close to perfect.
Bryson DeChambeau spent a big part of the first day of the U.S. Open on the leaderboard. He spent most of the second day wondering if those trains pulling into the nearby Long Island Rail Road station were coming for him.
Jing Yan shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic, the final event before the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship next week at Hazeltine.
Dustin Johnson was one shot out of the lead Friday in the U.S. Open as he walked onto the tee on the par-3 11th, looking like the major contender he once was instead of someone who had been MIA on golf’s biggest stages since leaving for LIV Golf.
Canadian finished his first round early Friday, then fought the wind and tough greens to finish the second round at a very respectable one over par, Bob Weeks writes.
Wyndham Clark followed up a 6-under 64 on Thursday with a 1-under 69 Friday on his way to breaking the 36-hole scoring record for a U.S. Open at Shinnecock.
Corey Conners was the leading Canadian at the outset of the second round of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on Friday, and climbed as high as a tie for second before tumbling down the standings on his back nine.
Joaquin Niemann of Chile was given a two-shot penalty Friday when he finished the first round of the U.S. Open for throwing his club on the sixth hole, the latest example of golf cracking down on bad behavior.
The U.S. Open has never been known as an easy test of golf and when the wind blows, it can be even more treacherous, Bob Weeks writes.
Cowan, a 21-year-old who will be a senior at Oklahoma, briefly held the lead in his first major championship before finishing with a 2-under 68, matching the lowest round by an amateur at Shinnecock.
Four straight birdies over those four holes briefly put Dustin Johnson in a tie for the lead at the U.S. Open. Then, a missed opportunity on the par-5 fifth and a sloppy three-putt for double-bogey on No. 6 dropped him four shots behind Wyndham Clark when the first round was suspended because of darkness.
Wyndham Clark, who will finish the final two holes of his first round on Friday, has a four-shot cushion in the U.S. Open as play was suspended due to darkness.
Aside from the occasional miscue McIlroy played smartly on a difficult golf course made all the tougher by howling wind.
A lawyer for Phil Mickelson says the six-time major winner resigned from a country club near San Diego where he was accused of inappropriate contact with a female employee.
Jason Day withdrew from Thursday's opening round of the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club with a back injury. He was 7 over after 10 holes when he stopped.
Corey Conners is the top Canadian after the first round of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on Thursday, sitting at 1-under after 16 holes.
Scottie Scheffler would become the seventh man to complete a career Grand Slam with a win at the U.S. Open.
Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut the last time the U.S. Open was played at Shinnecock Hills, was pleased after carding a 1-under 69, despite finishing with two bogeys.
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