Chamblee pinpoints Rory's swing flaw in Round 1
After Rory McIlroy sputtered down the stretch to a 4-over 74 in the opening round at Oakmont, Brandel Chamblee breaks down a swing flaw from McIlroy's Thursday on Live From the U.S. Open.
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2025 U.S. Open leaderboard, live updates: Thriston Lawrence joins the chase at Oakmont
USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. The 2025 U.S. Open is underway at Oakmont Country Club, the highest-ranked private course on the Golfweek's Best state-by-state list. Thursday saw some high scores, crazy shots and an all-time putting performance. Now, we're in the thick of Round 2. If you want leaderboard updates, scores, tee times, highlights and more from the second round, you've come to the right spot. U.S. Open 2025 leaderboard Keep tabs on the U.S. open leaderboard, scores and tee times here. Here's what the top of the leaderboard looks like as of 4:26 p.m. ET (* denotes golfer starting on No. 10): Pos. Name Score Hole T1 Thriston Lawrence -4 6* T1 J.J. Spaun -4 11 3 Sam Burns -3 F* T4 Viktor Hovland -1 F* T4 Ben Griffin -1 9 T4 Sam Stevens -1 5* T7 Adam Scott E 10 T7 Si Woo Kim E 8 T7 Thomas Detry E 7* What's the weather forecast for U.S. Open? 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Advertisement World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is narrowly inside the cutline at 4 over, but there are several others among the best in the world rankings that could be sent home early. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is the most notable of that group. After a 4-over 74 on Thursday, McIlroy stumbled out of the gate Friday, big time, making double bogeys on the first and third holes. He's 8 over, three shots off the 5-over cutline as of 2:40 p.m. ET. World No. 5 Justin Thomas is certain to be done after today, going 76-76 to finish the first two rounds at 12 over. World No. 12 Shane Lowry is suffering the same fate. He's 4 over through just three holes on Friday, and 13 over for the championship. Click here to see our live cut tracker. Sam Burns cards 65 to take early clubhouse lead on Friday at the U.S. Open Sam Burns is less than a week removed from losing a marathon playoff in the 2025 RBC Canadian Open. The 28-year-old from Louisiana finished 18 under and finished second to Ryan Fox, who beat him in four extra holes. Advertisement While probably disappointed in last week's result, Burns is carrying that stellar play into Oakmont, following up a first-round 72 with a 5-under 65 on Friday. Burns made six birdies and just one bogey and will head into the weekend likely in firm contention at 3 under. Victor Perez makes the first ace at the 2025 U.S. Open On Thursday, Patrick Reed's albatross dominated headlines as the best shot of the day. But France's Victor Perez has an early entry for shot of the day on Friday, and it's going to be tough to beat. Perez made a hole-in-one at the par-3 sixth during his second round at Oakmont, which was playing 192 yards. What's the weather at Oakmont? Weather forecasts are according to the Weather Channel: Advertisement Friday, June 13: Mostly cloudy with PM showers, 40% chance of rain in the morning, 6 mph winds to the southeast; High: 80, Low : 66 Saturday, June 14: Rain showers in the morning with thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon, 5 mph winds to the south-southwest; High: 73, Low: 66 Sunday, June 15: Rain showers in the morning with thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon, 5 mph winds to the east-southeast; High: 78, Low: 65 A view of a golf club on the second tee box during a practice round ahead of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Where and how to watch the U.S. Open Second round, 6:30 a.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET, Peacock Second round featured groups, 7 a.m. ET to 1 p.m., USGA App, DirecTV, YouTube TV Second round, 1 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock Second round, 7 p.m. ET to 8 p.m. ET, Peacock Second round, 3 p.m. ET to 8 p.m., Sirius XM Radio Live from the U.S. Open, 8 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET, Golf Channel See the complete TV and streaming lineup for the entire week here. How is this U.S. Open stacking up? As of 11:30 a.m., there are eight players under par at Oakmont. How does that stack up to previous Opens at the course? Viktor Hovland makes an eagle to get to 3 under After Brooks Koepka (see below) chipped in for birdie on No. 17, Viktor Hovland went one better with this fantastic chip-in for eagle, which put him at 3 under for the championship. Brooks Koepka posts three birdies on first eight holes It was an up-and-down morning for Brooks Koepka, who snapped a streak of 28 consecutive major championship rounds in which he finished outside the top 10 on the leaderboard when he shot a 68 on Thursday. Advertisement On Friday, Koepka opened with a bogey, then followed with consecutive birdies on Nos. 11 and 12 (he started on the back) and then added another bogey on No. 14. He then chipped in from the fringe on No. 17, however, to get back to 3 under for the championship. He made a bogey on 18, however, to fall back to 2 under. Here are Friday's hole locations Here's where the holes are at Oakmont for the second round of play. What's the projected cutline at the U.S. Open? The USGA, which runs the championship, set the cut for the low 60 and ties. After Thursday's first round, that would make the projected cutline 3 over. That would put these guys in jeopardy with 18 holes to play Friday. Pos. Golfer Score T49 Hideki Matsuyama 4 over T49 Matt Fitzpatrick 4 over T49 Wyndham Clark 4 over T49 Rory McIlroy 4 over T79 Joaquin Niemann 5 over T98 Patrick Cantlay 6 over T98 Justin Thomas 6 over T98 Jason Day 6 over T119 Justin Rose 7 over T133 Shane Lowry 9 over Who won the U.S. Open the last time it was at Oakmont? That would be Dustin Johnson in 2016. This is the 10th U.S. Open at Oakmont, the most of any golf course. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: US Open 2025 live updates: Thriston Lawrence, JJ Spaun, Sam Burns
