Sam Burns earned the halfway lead at the US Open on Friday to boost his hopes of a major breakthrough at Oakmont Country Club, where Rory McIlroy battled late to make the weekend and holder Bryson DeChambeau missed the cut.
Burns went out early from the 10th tee and covered the punishing Oakmont layout with the low round of the week, a sizzling five-under-par 65 that put him at three under and one shot clear of overnight leader JJ Spaun (72).
Defending US Open champion DeChambeau and record six-times runner-up Phil Mickelson were the high-profile players to miss the halfway cut. DeChambeau, who was bidding to become the first repeat US Open champion since Brooks Koepka in 2018, carded a seven-over-par 77 in the second round that left him at 10 over on the week and three shots outside the projected seven over cut line.
US Open round three tee times (all times BST):
- 2:12 pm: Philip Barbaree Jr.
- 2:23 pm: Cam Davis, Brian Harman
- 2:34 pm: Matt Fitzpatrick, Andrew Novak
- 2:45 pm: Harris English, Hideki Matsuyama
- 2:56 pm: James Nicholas, Laurie Canter
- 3:07 pm: Ryan McCormick, Patrick Reed
- 3:18 pm: Ryan Gerard, Niklas Norgaard
- 3:34 pm: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
- 3:45 pm: Jordan Smith, Justin Hastings (a)
- 3:56 pm: Tony Finau, Marc Leishman
- 4:07 pm: Michael Kim, Corey Conners
- 4:18 pm: J.T. Poston, Matt Wallace
- 4:29 pm: Chris Gotterup, Johnny Keefer
- 4:40 pm: Maverick McNealy, Tom Kim
- 4:56 pm: Mackenzie Hughes, Matthieu Pavon
- 5:07 pm: Sungjae Im, Jordan Spieth
- 5:18 pm: Ryan Fox, Robert MacIntyre
- 5:29 pm: Taylor Pendrith, Trevor Cone
- 5:40 pm: Rasmus Højgaard, Aaron Rai
- 5:51 pm: Daniel Berger, Jhonattan Vegas
- 6:02 pm: Cameron Young, Scottie Scheffler
- 6:18 pm: Collin Morikawa, Denny McCarthy
- 6:29 pm: Jon Rahm, Nick Taylor
- 6:40 pm: Sam Stevens, Keegan Bradley
- 6:51 pm: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Carlos Ortiz
- 7:02 pm: Chris Kirk, Jason Day
- 7:13 pm: Tyrrell Hatton, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- 7:24 pm: Adam Schenk, Max Greyserman
- 7:40 pm: Emiliano Grillo, Thomas Detry
- 7:51 pm: Si Woo Kim, Brooks Koepka
- 8:02 pm: Russell Henley, Thriston Lawrence
- 8:13 pm: Victor Perez, Ben Griffin
- 8:24 pm: Adam Scott, Viktor Hovland
- 8:35 pm: J.J. Spaun, Sam Burns
