June 15, 2019
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Competition / Golf

Woodland Leads U.S Open Going Into Weekend

By Isaac E

Gary Woodland (-9) is attempting to win his first major and leads the U.S. Open going into the weekend by two shots over Justin Rose (-7).

Two-time defending champion and winner of the last major the PGA championship in May, Brooks Koepka (-4) is five shots back.

Other notable players are 2011 U.S. Open champion and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy (-5) sitting four shots back in a tie for fourth with Aaron Wise. McIlroy recovered from a double-boogie on the 14th hole on Friday by birdieing the next two holes to stay in contention.

2015 U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth (-1) is eight shots back in a five-way tie for 27th that includes Phil Mickelson. Mickelson is still searching for his first U.S. Open victory that would complete his career grand slam.

Tiger Woods (E) is at even par after boogieing the last two holes on Friday afternoon and will need a strong performance on Saturday to place himself back into contention.

Big names that did not make the cut of +2 and will not be playing this weekend are the sixth-ranked player in the world, Justin Thomas and 14th-ranked Tony Finau.

Leaderboard After Round 2

POS	PLAYER	TO PAR	FRIDAY	R1	R2	TOTAL
1	Gary Woodland	-9	-6	68	65	133
2	Justin Rose	-7	-1	65	70	135
3	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	-1	66	70	136
T4	Aaron Wise	-5	E	66	71	137
T4	Rory McIlroy	-5	-2	68	69	137
T6	Chez Reavie	-4	-1	68	70	138
T6	Chesson Hadley	-4	-1	68	70	138
T6	Matt Kuchar	-4	-2	69	69	138
T6	Brooks Koepka	-4	-2	69	69	138
T6	Matt Wallace	-4	-3	70	68	138
T11	Henrik Stenson	-3	E	68	71	139
T11	Adam Scott	-3	-2	70	69	139
T11	Scott Piercy	-3	1	67	72	139
T11	Jon Rahm	-3	-1	69	70	139
T11	Zach Johnson	-3	-2	70	69	139
T11	Graeme McDowell	-3	-1	69	70	139
T11	Sergio Garcia	-3	-1	69	70	139
T11	Xander Schauffele	-3	2	66	73	139
T19	Jim Furyk	-2	-4	73	67	140
T19	Francesco Molinari	-2	1	68	72	140
T19	Matt Fitzpatrick	-2	E	69	71	140
T19	Sepp Straka	-2	1	68	72	140
T19	Carlos Ortiz	-2	-1	70	70	140
T19	Dustin Johnson	-2	-2	71	69	140
T19	Brandon Wu (a)	-2	-2	71	69	140
T19	Harris English	-2	-2	71	69	140
T27	Nate Lashley	-1	3	67	74	141
T27	Jordan Spieth	-1	-2	72	69	141
T27	Jason Dufner	-1	E	70	71	141
T27	Haotong Li	-1	-1	71	70	141
T27	Phil Mickelson	-1	-2	72	69	141
T32	Charlie Danielson	E	-1	72	70	142
T32	Charles Howell III	E	-1	72	70	142
T32	Paul Casey	E	1	70	72	142
T32	Webb Simpson	E	-3	74	68	142
T32	Viktor Hovland (a)	E	2	69	73	142
T32	Byeong Hun An	E	1	70	72	142
T32	Tiger Woods	E	1	70	72	142
T32	Chandler Eaton (a)	E	-1	72	70	142
T32	Emiliano Grillo	E	3	68	74	142
T32	Luke Donald	E	-1	72	70	142
T32	Danny Willett	E	E	71	71	142
T32	Hideki Matsuyama	E	2	69	73	142
T32	Abraham Ancer	E	-3	74	68	142
T45	Rory Sabbatini	1	E	72	71	143
T45	Daniel Berger	1	-1	73	70	143
T45	Billy Hurley III	1	-1	73	70	143
T45	Billy Horschel	1	-1	73	70	143
T45	Marc Leishman	1	3	69	74	143
T45	Kevin Kisner	1	-1	73	70	143
T45	Bryson DeChambeau	1	3	69	74	143
T45	Rickie Fowler	1	6	66	77	143
T45	Jason Day	1	2	70	73	143
T45	Cameron Smith	1	1	71	72	143
T45	Andy Pope	1	E	72	71	143
T56	Collin Morikawa	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Marcus Kinhult	2	-1	74	70	144
T56	Brian Stuard	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Chip McDaniel	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Michael Thorbjornsen (a)	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Rafa Cabrera Bello	2	3	70	74	144
T56	Brandt Snedeker	2	-2	75	69	144
T56	Patrick Cantlay	2	E	73	71	144
T56	Andrew Putnam	2	E	73	71	144
T56	Alex Prugh	2	-2	75	69	144
T56	Bernd Wiesberger	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Erik Van Rooyen	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Clement Sordet	2	-3	76	68	144
T56	Tom Hoge	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Adri Arnaus	2	4	69	75	144
T56	Nick Taylor	2	-1	74	70	144
T56	Kyle Stanley	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Martin Kaymer	2	4	69	75	144
T56	Shane Lowry	2	-2	75	69	144
T56	Tyrrell Hatton	2	3	70	74	144
T56	Tommy Fleetwood	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Patrick Reed	2	2	71	73	144
T56	Rhys Enoch	2	-5	78	66	144
T56	Justin Walters	2	1	72	72	144

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