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Thriston Lawrence's rollercoaster second round at the 2025 US Open
Thriston Lawrence of South Africa hits an approach shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club on Friday. Image: Patrick Smith / Getty Images via AFP South Africa's Thriston Lawrence had a rollercoaster day during the second round of the 2025 US Open at the demanding Oakmont on Friday as many big names faltered After going into the Friday's action in second place following an opening round of 67, Lawrence made six bogeys and a double to shoot four-over par on Friday. However, in true Lawrence's fashion, he also made a handful of birdies and some clutch par saves out of the thick rough to leave him for sixth place. Meanwhile, Sam Burns matched the third-best US Open round ever fired at Oakmont, shooting a five-under par 65 to seize a one-stroke lead as big names struggled. The 28-year-old American made six birdies against a lone bogey to stand on three-under 137 after 36 holes on the punishing layout. "It felt like I played really well. Today was really nice," Burns said. "There's obviously a lot of golf left on a very tough course." The only two US Open rounds at Oakmont lower than Burns's 65 were Johnny Miller's final-round 63 to win in 1973 and a 64 by Loren Roberts in the 1994 third round. American JJ Spaun made bogeys on three of the last four holes to shoot 72 and stand second on 138 with Norway's Viktor Hovland third on 139 after a 68 - the top trio being the only players under par after 36 holes. "I was definitely anxious to get back out here and see how the game would pan out, and it ended up being a pretty good day," Spaun said. "It was more of a true US Open round, a lot of back and forth, a lot of grinding, bogeys. It was still an overall good day. I'm still right there." World number 14 Hovland marvelled at 22nd-ranked Burns and his stunning round. "Super impressive," Hovland called it. "It just feels like you have to play absolutely perfect and have some good breaks going your way, as well, but it's definitely doable." Heavy rains drenched Oakmont, halting play for the day at 8:15pm local time with 13 golfers yet to finish their second rounds. World number two Rory McIlroy struggled to make the cut, with double bogeys at the first and third holes, but sank a five-foot birdie putt at the 18th to shoot 72 and stand on 146, securing a spot inside the low 60 and ties to make the weekend. Bryson DeChambeau fired a 77 to stand on 150 and miss the cut, the first defending champion to miss the US Open cut since Gary Woodland in 2020. Also missing the cut was six-time US Open runner-up Phil Mickelson, who needed a win to complete a career Grand Slam. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and Spain's Jon Rahm were seven adrift on 144. Scheffler fired a 71 with five bogeys and four birdies. "Felt like me getting away with one-over today wasn't all that bad," Scheffler said. "It could have been a lot worse." Rahm fired a frustrating 75. "I'm too annoyed and too mad right now to think about any perspective," Rahm said. "Very frustrated. Very few rounds of golf I played in my life where I think I hit good putts and they didn't sniff the hole." 'A punch in the face' With few exceptions, Oakmont was delivering blows to golf's top talent. "Everyone seems like they're exhausted when they come in off the course just because it's a punch in the face," American Denny McCarthy said. "It just takes a lot out of you." Back-nine starter Burns drained a 21-foot birdie putt at 11, a six-footer to birdie the par-three 13th and back-to-back short birdie putts at 17 and 18. Burns answered a bogey at the first with a five-foot birdie putt at the second and reached the green in two to set up a tap-in birdie at the par-five fourth hole, then parred into the clubhouse, sinking a 22-foot par putt at the ninth to close his round.
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Lawrence, Bezuidenhout stay in hunt at US Open at Oakmont
Unfortunately two other South African golfers have failed to make the halfway cut. Christiaan Bezuidenhout in action during the second round of the US Open on Friday. Picture:Two South African golfers remained in the hunt for US Open golf glory after Friday's unfinished second round at the brutal Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Thriston Lawrence, who opened his challenge on Thursday with a stunning 67 to be in second place on his own, was in a tie for sixth, with one hole to play of his second round. He will complete his round early on Saturday. He is currently at one-over-par, with a hole to play, just four shots back of leader Sam Burns, who registered a brilliant 65 in his second round to be at three-under-par. He leads by one from JJ Spaun, the first round leader, and two from Viktor Hovland. Heavy rains drenched Oakmont late in the day on Friday, with 13 golfers yet to finish their second rounds, Lawrence being one of them. Thriston Lawrence continued his steady form on day two of the US Open. Picture:Bezuidenhout still in the mix South Africa's top-ranked golfer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, will also go into the action on Saturday knowing he's still in with a chance of challenging for the title come Sunday. He followed up his opening round 72 with a 71 on Friday to be tied for 12th on three-over-par. He's just six shots back of Burns. The two other South Africans in the field, Erik van Rooyen and Jacques Kruyswijk, will miss the halfway cut. Van Rooyen has recorded scores of 75 and 74 to be nine-over-par, two off the cut line, while Kruyswijk followed up his opening 73 with a 77 to be 10-over-par, four off the cut line. Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent will also go home early after registering 75 and 74, for a nine-over-par total. Several golfers struggled on a difficult day two at the notoriously challenging Oakmont, with casualties including Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Justin Rose, who all failed to make the cut. Rory McIlroy (six-over-par) has snuck in and will hope for a good weekend, and so too Hideki Matsuyama (seven-over), Xander Schauffele (six-over-par), Jordan Spieth (five-over-par), Collin Morikawa (four-over-par), Jon Rahm (four-over-par) and Scottie Scheffler (four-over-par). FULL LEADERBOARD
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SA's Thriston Lawrence starts strong in US Open as cut beckons
Last Updated Live News Feed Go to start 13 June 22:32 Lawrence bogeys the 15th hole to drop a shot and share the US Open lead on four-under with American JJ Spaun. Lawrence is playing the back nine first. 13 June 22:26 SA's Lawrence grabs the US Open lead Lawrence hits three consecutive birdies in his opening four holes to take a one shot lead of the third Major of the year. Lawrence is on five-under and is through five holes in the second round. However, there are others chasing him. 13 June 20:46 13 June 20:45 Burns fires stunning 65 to grab share of US Open lead Sam Burns seized a share of the US Open lead in Friday's second round after firing a five-under par 65 with six birdies at formidable Oakmont. The 28-year-old American, chasing his first major title, matched the third-best US Open round ever at Oakmont to stand on three-under 137 through 36 holes. That left him level with 18-hole leader J.J. Spaun, who fell to three-under after a bogey at the third hole, and South African Thriston Lawrence, who tees off later. "I wanted to get off to a good start and I was able to do that and play a really nice back nine," Burns said. Only two US Open rounds in Oakmont history were lower than Burns's 65, Johnny Miller's final-round 63 to win in 1973 and a 64 by Loren Roberts in the third round in 1994. World number 22 Burns sank a 22-foot par putt at the ninth hole, his last of the day, to complete a stellar round. Burns birdied the 11th on a 21-foot putt, sank a six-footer to birdie the par-three 13th, then made back-to-back short birdie putts at 17 and 18. Burns answered a bogey at the first with a five-foot birdie putt at the second and reached the green in two to set up a tap-in birdie at the par-five fourth hole, then parred into the clubhouse. "It was nice to get some rest and figure out how to play this golf course," Burns said. "It's really difficult. Sometimes the best thing is just to take your medicine." Burns, who shared ninth at last year's US Open for his best major finish, last won at the 2023 WGC Match Play, but he fired a Sunday 62 before losing a Canadian Open playoff last week. "I felt like my game was in good form coming in here," Burns said. Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka and Norway's Viktor Hovland each got within a stroke of Spaun before he started but couldn't reach four-under. Koepka made eight bogeys and four birdies to shoot 74 and stand on two-over 142. Hovland, chasing his first major title, shot 68 to stand on 139, following three birdies to reach three-under with two bogeys and a double bogey on the next hole. Heroics for Hovland, a winner at the PGA Tour Valspar Championship in March, included a 55-foot eagle chip-in at the 17th hole and a 23-foot birdie putt at the first. France's Victor Perez aced the par-three sixth hole from 192 yards, hitting the 54th hole-in-one in US Open history. It was only the second ace at a US Open at Oakmont after American Scott Simpson in the 1983 first round at the par-three 16th. Perez shot 70 to stand on 141 for 36 holes. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler fired a 71 with five bogeys and four birdies to stand on 144 alongside fellow American Collin Morikawa, who had a 74, and Spain's Jon Rahm, who shot a frustrating 75. "I'm too annoyed and too mad right now to think about any perspective," Rahm said. "Very frustrated. Very few rounds of golf I played in my life where I think I hit good putts and they didn't sniff the hole." Scheffler has won three of his past four starts, including last month's PGA Championship, and hopes to become the first back-to-back major winner since Jordan Spieth in 2015. World number two Rory McIlroy, who won the Masters in April to complete a career Grand Slam, opened with a double bogey after finding a bunker off the first tee and the rough twice after that. Following his first-round 74, that left the five-time major winner from Northern Ireland six-over and sharing 70th, with only the top 60 and ties set to make the cut. South Korean Im Sung-jae, who opened on 68, fired a 77 to stumble back. With few exceptions, Oakmont was delivering blows to golf's top talent. "Everyone seems like they're exhausted when they come in off the course just because it's a punch in the face," American Denny McCarthy said. "Even if you've played OK, grind it out and shoot a couple under to a couple over, it just takes a lot out of you." 13 June 19:46 13 June 19:32 Burns joins SA's Thriston Lawrence tied for second. Lawrence has yet to tee off for his second round. 13 June 18:36 13 June 18:13 Ace alert! Hovland charges within one of leader Spaun at US Open Norway's Viktor Hovland charged within one stroke of leader J.J. Spaun early in Friday's second round at the US Open while five-time major winner Brooks Koepka made a run only to fade. Spaun's four-under par 66 opening round on Thursday matched the lowest first-round score in a US Open at Oakmont and was only the eighth bogey-free first round ever conjured at the iconic layout. The American's career-low major round put him one stroke ahead of South African Thriston Lawrence with both set for afternoon tee times on Friday. Hovland, chasing his first major title, fired a 71 on Thursday and used spectacular shotmaking Friday to bolster his chances. Hovland, a winner at the PGA Tour Valspar Championship in March, sank a birdie putt from just inside 53 feet at the 10th hole and made a seven-footer for birdie at the par-five 12th. At 17, Hovland drove into left greenside rough and then chipped in for an eagle from 55 feet to pull within a stroke of the lead. At the 18th, Hovland found the right rough off the tee and made bogey, but responded at the first hole with a 23-foot birdie putt to again pull within a stroke of Spaun. Hovland's best major finish was a share of second at the 2023 PGA Championship. His top US Open result was 12th in his 2019 debut when he was the low amateur. Koepka, whose 68 Thursday left him two adrift of countryman Spaun, had three birdies and five bogeys in his first 11 holes. Koepka opened Friday with a bogey at the 10th hole, finding right rough and missing a 10-foot par putt, but sank an 11-foot birdie putt at 11 and reached the green in two to set up a tap-in birdie at the par-five 12th. He found the right rough on the next three holes to set up a bogey at 15, an 18-foot birdie chip-in at 17 and a bogey at 18, then began his back side with bogeys at the first and second holes to sink to level par. Moving to two-under was American Sam Burns, who made four birdies on the back nine to climb within two of the lead after an opening 72. Spain's Jon Rahm, a two-time major winner, shot 69 Thursday but found a right fairway bunker off the first tee and made bogey, then added back-to-back bogeys at eight and nine to stand on two-over. South Korean Im Sung-jae, who opened on 68, made four bogeys in his first nine holes to fall back. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, who shot 73 Thursday, opened with a birdie at the 10th hole but stumbled with bogeys at 15, 17 and the first. Scheffler has won three of his past four starts, including last month's PGA Championship, and hopes to become the first back-to-back major winner since Jordan Spieth in 2015. World number two Rory McIlroy, who won the Masters in April to complete a career Grand Slam, was set for an afternoon tee time following an opening 74. The five-time major winner from Northern Ireland shared 62nd after round one, with only the top 60 and ties set to make the 36-hole cut - AFP 13 June 17:12 Go to top
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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? They've mentioned it on the NBC telecast already but weather is beginning to become a possible storyline at Oakmont. Advertisement Weather warnings were displayed just after 3 p.m. ET on Friday, urging fans to be prepared to take shelter or return to their cars if need be. As of 4 p.m. ET, though, players were still out on the golf course. 2025 U.S. Open weather updates: Keep tabs on the conditions at Oakmont Thriston Lawrence takes outright lead at U.S. Open Thriston (pronounced Tristan) Lawrence is 3 under through four holes and has it to 6 under ovaerall to give him the outright lead. He opened with a par (starting on the 10th hole) and then made back-to-back birdies. Thriston Lawrence and his caddie line up a shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Several of world's best golfers in danger of missing the cut at the U.S. Open Oakmont is racking up victims. 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
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Sam Burns fires a 65 on day two of the US Open at Oakmont
Thriston Lawrence, for instance, stood on the third tee for well over 20 minutes waiting to hit. The South African was hanging about for so long, he was just about covered in a light dusting of stoor by the time he shuffled into the address position. The six-lane interstate that carves its way through Oakmont probably moved quicker in a gridlock. With its relentless perils, pitfalls, menace and mischief, this storied expanse of golfing terrain was never going to be played at a brisk pace, was it? Taming a beast like Oakmont can take a while. Sam Burns managed it, though. In this brutal battle to survive, Burns thrived. His splendid five-under-par 65 had the Ryder Cup player setting the early clubhouse pace on three-under after the morning wave of starters. The 28-year-old, who was runner-up in last week's Canadian Open, negotiated his way around Oakmont obstacles with the kind of careful plotting you'd get with a cartographer running his finger over a map. Two-over after Thursday's opening round, Burns made the turn in four-under, having started on the 10th tee. He spilled his only shot of the day on the 10th, but further birdies at the second and fourth added lustre to his card. A raking putt of some 20-feet on the last to save his par put the tin lid on a fine shift at this unyielding coalface. 'I didn't really think of much of a score, the golf course is really too difficult to try to figure out what's a good score and what's not,' said Burns, who finished ninth in last year's US Open. Putting on greens that can be as slick as a marble staircase is not for the faint-hearted. Holing one from 20 odd feet, like he did for that par on the last, must have felt like finding the holy grail. 'You have putts where, even from 15 or 20 feet, you're not really trying to make them,' he added. 'You're just trying to get the speed right and hope that it snuggles up next to the hole. I even had a couple today that were 15 or 20 feet that I hit three or four feet by without even thinking about it. 'I'm looking forward to the weekend. It's a 72-hole golf tournament, and if you can get an under-par round out here, no matter if it's one under, you'll take it.' Burns was more than delighted with five-under. Others were not so chipper. While Burns got to the grips with the greens, Jon Rahm, the US Open champion in 2021, endured a torrid time on the putting surfaces as the Spaniard slithered backwards with a five-over 75 which left him on a four-over aggregate. Various putts that got away had the blood pressure rising and another one that failed to drop led to the delivery of an emphatic F-bomb that could've shattered the tarmac on that Pennsylvania Turnpike. 'Honestly, I'm too annoyed and too mad right now to think about any perspective,' Rahm said in a a brief and seething post-round analysis. 'Very few rounds of golf I played in my life where I think I hit good putts and they didn't sniff the hole, so it's frustrating.' For Norway's Viktor Hovland, there was a feeling of what might have been. Hovland posted a fine 68 for a one-under total. There are always 'buts' in this game, of course. 'I'm very pleased with two-under par, but I also know that I was four-under at some point, and missed a short putt on six and three-putted eight,' said Hovland, who pitched in on the 17th for an eagle. 'I'm very pleased, but, man, that could have been a little bit lower as well.' Oban's Robert MacIntyre, who was handily placed after an opening 70, was among the later starters and was battling away at two-over through nine holes of his second round. Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, was facing a right old scrap to make the cut. Scottie Scheffler, the world No 1, had a 71 for four-over and is certainly not out of it at the halfway stage. As for that pace of play? 'It felt long to me,' said Scheffler. 'But I've got too many concerns other than the pace it takes to get around this place.' It could be a long, slow weekend.
