US Open 2025: Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler battle through as Bryson DeChambeau misses cut and Sam Burns leads at Oakmont | Golf News
Rory McILroy recovered from the start of the nightmare in his second round to sneak until the weekend at the US Open, while defending champion Bryson Dechambeau was shocked early.
The Masters champion seemed to be in danger of missing the cup after following a 74 opening round with two double bogys in his first three holes on Friday at the Oakmont Country Club, to fight – in delicate score conditions – to blur two against 72.
McILroy remained outside the projected cut until two sliceds in his last four holes saw him progress on six, leaving him nine strokes behind the Pace of Sam Burns in a ranking where only three players remain under the peer.
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McILroy launched his club on the angry fairway and broke a tee marker in a frustrating second round
Burns pulled a round of the day 65 to jump to three sous and take a unique advantage compared to the night leader, JJ Spaun, with Viktor Hovland two strokes in third, while Scottie Scheffler, world n ° 1, sits at four years while he wins the major consecutive victories.
McILroy is joined on six over by Xander Schauffele, while the double winner of the US Open of the US Dechambeau titled the outings of the big names after a seven 77 – including five abandoned shots in a section of five holes – saw him miss the cup on 10.
How McILroy survived at the start of the United States
The capricious driving of McILroy at the first let him take four shots to reach the green on his way to a double opening bogey, with another double bogey in four dropping it four for his turn and below the projected cut.
The Northern Irishman failed to take advantage of the fourth by five, but ended a series of pars by making a 30 -foot birdie at the ninth, the hole the hardest on the course, only for Bogey the 11 after finding another Fairway bunker out of the tee.
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McILroy made two double bogeys in his first three holes of his second round in Oakmont
McILroy launched his frustration iron after a capricious approach in a 12th per five, where he could only be peer, then failed to capitalize on the chances of Birdie above his following two holes to stay eight.
He drove 20 feet at 15 to keep his hopes alive, a week missing the Cup at the RBC Canadian Open, before pulling a corner less than five feet at the last to install a fence birdie.
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