BROOKLINE - Adam Hadwin recorded a 4-under (66), his lowest score in a major championship, and leads the U.S. Open by one stroke after 18 holes while Rory McIlroy, winner of last week’s RBC Canadian Open, stands T-2.
The last player to win on Tour and win a major the following week was, indeed, McIlroy, at the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and PGA Championship the next weekend.
Five of the six players at T-2 or better (all but McIlroy) earned spots in the U.S. Open via Final Qualifying.
Defending champion Jon Rahm, 2022 PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas enter the second round T14 (1-under 69s)
FedEx Cup leader and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler opened with even-par 70 (T-26).
U.S. Open Leaderboard | After 18 Holes
Adam Hadwin 66 (-4)
Callum Tarren 67 (-3)
David Lingmerth 67 (-3)
Rory McIlroy 67 (-3)
Joel Dahmen 67 (-3)
M.J. Daffue 67 (-3)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
U.S. Open | Tournament Facts
COURSE: The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
YARDS/PAR: 7,245 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT(S): Willie Campbell (1895); recently Gil Hanse (2013)
PRIZE Money - Purse/Winner’s Share: $17,500,000/$3,150,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jon Rahm
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 600
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup #USOpengolf
TV COVERAGE: Second-round (June 17) TV coverage from 3:00pm to 6pm (ET) on USA Network. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on USA Network and 3:00 to 6:00pm (ET) on NBC.
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING on Peacock: Streaming coverage will be featured on Peacock today from 6:45am to 6pm (ET). Weekend streaming on Peacock from 7:45am to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: Hear extensive programming coverage for the 122nd U.S. Open Championship — which will be played June 16–19 at The Country Club in Brookline, MA — on SiriusXM, the exclusive national radio broadcaster of the U.S. Open. SiriusXM’s production will provide listeners with more than 40 hours of live shot-by-shot coverage from the course across all four rounds of play.
U.S. Open programming on SiriusXM will air nationwide on channel 92 on SiriusXM radios. Subscribers can also listen with the S/XM App and with Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant or however they stream at home. Streaming access is included with SiriusXM’s audio trials and most popular plans.
For today’s R-2, SiriusXM’s coverage will extend from the day’s first tee time at 6:45am ET through the end of play.
Weekend coverage for SiriusXM U.S. Open Radio will begin at 10am ET and run through the completion of play both days. If a playoff occurs, SiriusXM will provide live coverage of every shot played.
Immediately following each round, listeners will hear a three-hour wrap-up of the day’s play, hosted by Drew Stoltz, Jason Sobel and Gary Williams. Three-time U.S. Open Champion Hale Irwin will co-host the show after Sunday’s round.
(Please note: Yesterday’s missive did not have accurate info for the U.S. Open).
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U.S. Open | The Basics
Second round Tee Times at The Country Club started at 6:45am (ET) and go to 2:42pm (ET).
Weather: Friday’s forecast calls for cloudy skies, with scattered and isolated thunderstorms around 2pm. Temperatures rising from 72-to-83 degrees. A 99% chance of rain by 2pm but mostly sunny by 6pm.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 10am (ET) on Saturday.
U.S. Open - Field, Tee Times, and Leaderboard
The Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Alternate Hadwin Sits on Top (ESPNCom)
Four Unknowns Shine at Brookline (PGATourCom)
U.S. Open: Sights and Sounds (ESPNCom)
Cutline Predictor for The Country Club (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
June 17, 2012 - Webb Simpson birdied four holes in a five hole stretch and shot two under par (68) to win the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francesco. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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