US Open live: leaderboard, scores and analysis from round 2

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Rick Broadbent, Oakmont
Interesting to hear Brooks Koepka say a 45-minute tongue-lashing from no-nonsense coach Pete Cowen helped him during his first round here. This method goes back a long way. After the WGC in Memphis in 2017 the Yorkshire veteran first took Koepka to task for the 'dog's dead' attitude and self-pitying shrugs. He sat him down in the practice area at the US Open at Erin Hills and told him he was embarrassing. Koepka duly won his first major and Cowen still has the signed flag inscribed with the message: 'Thanks for the bollocking.'
An unremarkable tee shot at the 11th threatens to undo all that good work from the previous hole, but the world No1 manages to lay up and get up and down in two from about 120 yards. An ominous sign for his rivals. Meanwhile, Brooks Koepka is down at three under courtesy of another birdie, tapping in after an almost banana-esque roll on his putt at the par-5 12th. That puts him tied for second.
No such luck for Justin Thomas though, with a double-bogey 7 on that same hole. He's nine over.
Some updates. Here comes the world No1 and US PGA Championship winner, Scottie Scheffler. He started with an opening round of 73 but starts day two with a birdie, rolling in from about 20ft at the 10th.
Viktor Hovland, meanwhile, is back at level par courtesy of a birdie from off the green. Rahm and Dustin Johnson have both bogeyed the 1st, the former slipping back to even overall.
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Now this is the major Koepka we remember! Having conceded that bogey on the 10th he bounces back with a lovely putt on the next hole to restore that two-under deficit. No such luck for group-mate Justin Thomas though, whose putt rolls past the lip of the hole on his attempted par save.
The Spaniard (-1), who tied for eighth at the US PGA Championship, tees off from the par-4 1st today, playing in a big-name group with Jordan Spieth (E) and Dustin Johnson (+5). That will be one to watch.
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The American is starting at the par-4 10th hole and is now wielding the putter, but he's pushed it wide. That's a disappointing start after he birdied back-to-back holes yesterday to finish the round and now he drops back to one under.
A rather extraordinary passage of play, not that Will Chandler will appreciate it. The American aims for the green — and indeed finds it, albeit a distance from the hole — but his ball rather hypnotically rolls all the way back. For 40 whole seconds. Ouch.
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Among the early starters today are the trio of Min Woo Lee, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka, the latter starting the day two shots back from the lead on two under. His partners? Seven over and six over respectively, which gives you some idea of just how demanding it is at Oakmont.
Rick Broadbent, Oakmont
This US Open will not be pretty.
The best players in the world are about to be humbled by a course that is breathtaking only in its difficulty. Indeed, Jeff Hall, part of the USGA's set-up team, said: 'The members seem to love going 15 rounds with Mike Tyson every day.'
It may even be the toughest course in the world. Last Monday Rory McIlroy finished his scouting mission with two birdies for a round of 81. 'I didn't feel I played that badly,' he shrugged.
Xander Schauffele, much fancied here for his psyche as well as his game, relishes that challenge and said: 'Maybe I'm just sick. I don't think people turn on the TV to watch guys hit a 200-yard shot on the green. I think they turn on the US Open to see a guy suffer and shoot eight over.'
• Rick Broadbent: Oakmont — is this brutal US Open course the world's hardest?
Rick Broadbent, Oakmont
For a couple of hours, all the talk of Oakmont's terrors seemed overstated and this fantastic beast by the Allegheny River looked about as dangerous as a stuffed fish on a marble plinth.
The tough reputation has been well earned, though, and by the end of the first day at a sun-baked US Open players were using words like bloodbath, and Rory McIlroy's promising start had been consumed by deep disappointment. After a bogey-free first nine, he dropped six shots, finished at four over par and was not in the mood to discuss it afterwards.
Scottie Scheffler was just starting out on his own troubled path at that point and JJ Spaun was talking into a camera after setting the clubhouse pace with a round of 66. Spaun only convinced himself not to quit the game a year ago after watching the rom-com Wimbledon, about a jaded tennis player who wins the eponymous championship and gets the girl. He would settle for the trophy this week.
• Rick Broadbent: Day one report
Hello and a very warm welcome to day two of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
One of the most challenging courses on the major's rotation, golf's stars had ample opportunity to explore every nook and cranny of Oakmont's thick rough and troublesome bunkers during the first round, and there will be plenty more of that to come today. Rick Broadbent will be on hand from the course to bring you the latest news and updates.