U.S. Open 2022

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.

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?

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.

While big names are contending at the U.S. Open, there are a number of top players who won't be around for the weekend.

- Billy Horschel: +4 - Sergio Garcia: +4 Sometimes, at an event like the U.S. Open, that is all it takes for disaster to strike. A player who experienced a similar drop from near certainty was Finau, who opened with a 3-over 73 on Thursday. Even par on his day through his first 16 holes, Finau arrived at the accessible par-5 eighth hoping to add some breathing space between him and the cut line. Carding bogeys on nine of his next 11 holes, the young Norwegian's name plummeted down the leaderboard, and he ultimately finished with a 36-hole total of 7-over 147. Wish I had played better."

Two-time major winner Collin Morikawa fired a four-under-par 66 to seize the lead late in the second round of the US Open, with fellow big guns Jon Rahm and ...

The Queenslander’s frustrations boiled over on the 15th hole when he broke a club in anger. Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson missed the cut on 11-over 151. I’ve just got to figure out a way to focus a little bit deeper and really get dialed in for the next 36.” I’ve got to focus on tomorrow,” Morikawa said. Buckley, a 26-year-old American developmental tour player, missed the cut in last year’s US Open in his only prior major start Top-ranked Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, with an eagle and two birdies in the last six holes, was in a pack on 137. Rahm, a back-nine starter, holed a 12-foot eagle putt at par-5 14th, drove the green to set up a birdie at the par-4 fifth and chipped from the rough to set up a tap-in birdie at the eighth.

BROOKLINE, Mass. — There is a long-held belief that the U.S. Open is the toughest test in golf. It's an event that challenges players mentally, ...

Upon his arrival to the green, where his ball still safely sat, Rodgers received a hearty ovation from the crowd and tipped his cap. "Man oh man, my caddie and I talked about how I think it's 10 paces on the front edge, it's all going to come off," Rodgers said. As Rodgers and a number of other players have already come to find out this week, there is a severe false front at the eighth green, one that's caused countless balls to roll all the way back to players' feet in a treacherous manner. At the par-5 eighth, Rodgers split the fairway with a 354-yard nuke that left him just 195 yards to the hole, setting up what should have been an easy stroll for birdie on what has been the easiest hole for the players all week. But this wasn't a chip that could have rolled back to where Rodgers was standing, it was a long approach shot that, despite being 190 yards away, he knew could possibly roll off the front. The quick calorie-burning session sort of spoke for itself, though.