J.J. Spaun calls it his best putting day of the year
J.J. Spaun navigated Oakmont’s tough setup with sharp putting and gritty play in round one of the U.S. Open.
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J.J. Spaun sits at the top of the US Open leaderboard as second round action resumes at Oakmont Country Club on Friday. Spaun shot a 66 to finish 4-under-par and ahead of Thriston Lawrence, who sits in second at 3-under-par.
Spaun is scheduled to tee off at 12:52 p.m. ET, alongside Tom Kim and Taylor Pendrith. Lawrence will begin the second round at 2:20 p.m. with Noah Kent and Thorbjorn Olesen. But there are plenty of contenders looming just a few shots back with scoring so hard at what’s traditionally the toughest major on the golf calendar.
Brooks Koepka, Sam Burns, Viktor Hovland have already made early runs near the top of the leaderboard, while big names like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas will need to make a Friday push just to make the cut.
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1. Thriston Lawrence: -6 (4)2. J.J. Spaun: -4 (9)3. Sam Burns: -3 (F)T4. Viktor Hovland: -1 (F)T4. Ben Griffin: -1 (8)T4. Thomas Detry: -1 (5)T4. Sam Stevens: -1 (4)8. Si Woo Kim: E (7)T9. Victor Perez: +1 (F)T9. Adam Scott: +1 (9)T9. Lanto Griffin: +1 (5)
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A hot start by Thriston Lawrence has given the U.S. Open a new leader. Lawrence has birdies on three of his first four holes to move to 6-under for the tournament. He has a two-shot lead on first-round leader J.J. Spaun.
Thomas Detry’s second round has been a wild ride so far, and he’s only through five holes thus far. He started off with a double bogey on his first role (No. 10), birdied No. 11, then bogeyed No. 12 and got it together for a par at No. 13. But the 14th hole is where it all went a little crazy.
Detry holed out his approach shot from 141 yards for an eagle and it pushed him back into the top five of the U.S. Open leaderboard.
A birdie at No. 11 by Thriston Lawrence and J.J. Spaun’s second bogey of the second round have created a two-way tie atop the leaderboard with both Lawrence and Spaun at 4-under for the tournament. There are now just five golfers under par as of 3:30 p.m. ET Friday.
J.J. Spaun continues to gain traction and, after another birdie on No. 6, increases his lead by two shots, sitting at -5 through six holes.
After a lengthy par 5 on the third hole, J.J. Spaun regained the lead by making a birdie on the fourth hole, bringing his score to -4. The leaderboard remains competitive, with Sam Burns and Thriston Lawrence tied for second place at -3.
Rory McIlroy’s terrible close to the first round carried over into his start to the second round. McIlroy just wound up with a double bogey at No. 1 after hitting his tee shot into one of Oakmont’s treacherous fairway bunkers. His second shot out of the sand went just 17 yards and then went through another three-shot adventure around the green.
McIlroy now sits at 6-over for the tournament and will now be up against it trying to make the cut throughout his second round.
J.J. Spaun’s time alone atop the 2025 U.S. Open leaderboard has come to an end after his first bogey of the tournament on Oakmont’s No. 3 hole. He’s now tied for first at 3-under for the tournament with Sam Burns and Thriston Lawrence, who has to yet to tee off. There are only eight golfers currently under par for the tournament and nearly 35 golfers are within six shots of the lead.
The world’s No. 1 golfer and a two-time U.S. Open champion both struggled around Oakmont Friday, but held it together enough to make the cut and stay within reach of the top of the leaderboard heading into the weekend.
Scheffler sits at 4-over par after posting back-to-back rounds over par for the first time this year. He had six bogeys on Thursday and another five on Friday, but is probably one good round Saturday from being back in contention.
Koepka got off to a good start by firing a 2-under 68 that had many wondering if he was back to form. But two birdies on the first three holes to begin Friday’s second round, Koepka had his issues with Oakmont’s treacherous terrain. He finished with seven bogeys over his final 13 holes and sits at 2-over heading into the weekend
Sam Burns’ capped off his charge up the second-round leaderboard with a long putt to save par on the par 4 ninth hole at Oakmont after hitting his tee shot way off the fairway. His 5-under 65 on Friday is the best round of the tournament thus far and puts him in a tie for second at 3-under for the tournament as he heads to clubhouse.
The 28-year-old from Shreveport, Louisiana could very well end up in the lead heading into Saturday’s third round given how tough the course is playing … for everyone but Burns at the moment. He has as many birdies through 36 holes (11) as Dustin Johnson had the entire tournament when he won the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 2016.
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J.J. Spaun ended his first round as the leader in the clubhouse at the 2025 U.S. Open and he began his second round Friday in the same position. Though Sam Burns has charged to within one shot of him Friday morning, Spaun’s 4-under 66 held overnight and into the afternoon wave of tee times at Oakmont. Let’s see how he handles the pressure with a leaderboard that’s really packed together because of the tough scoring conditions.
The golfers putting together the two best rounds of the morning wave at Oakmont Friday are now tied for second behind J.J. Spaun on the 2025 U.S. Open leaderboard. Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland each birdied No. 4 and then Hovland followed with another birdie on No. 5.
Both started their second round on the back nine and moved to 3-under for the tournament. Both sit just one shot behind Spaun. Burns has six birdies. Hovland has five birdies and an eagle.
Friday’s second round got another jolt from Victor Perez.
He used a 7-iron for his tee shot on the 192-yard par 3 No. 6 and wound up with the second hole-in-one ever recorded during a U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Perez celebrated by chest bumping his caddie. The shot also moved Perez to +1 for the tournament and into the top 15 on the leaderboard.
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Burns was off to a good start on Thursday afternoon before struggling down the stretch on the back nine to ruin an otherwise strong first round. But he’s shaken that off and come out swinging again on Friday, putting together perhaps the best round on course at the moment.
Burns has surged up to third on the leaderboard at 3-under for the tournament after five birdies and a bogey through 12 holes, despite starting on the back nine that he had so much trouble with during the first round.
Hovland, a 27-year-old Norwegian is climbing up the leaderboard, scoring a 4-under through the first portion of his second round. Hovland has three birdies and carded an eagle on 17 before giving back that shot on the next hole with a bogey on the nearly 500-foot 18th hole. He is one shot off the lead after beginning his back nine with a 23-foot birdie putt on 1. Sam Burns is also 4-under for the second round and two shots off the lead, after his birdie on the second hole.
The world’s number one player is having an even second round. After scoring a birdie on the par 4 10th, Scheffler’s next four holes ended in par, before he ran into trouble on the 15th, ending with a double bogey. He is currently at 3-over, just above the current projected cut line of 4-over. Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, and Justin Thomas are among the notables who are in danger of missing the cut.
1. J.J. Spaun -4 (12:52 p.m.)T2. Thriston Lawrence -3 (2:20 p.m.)T3. Si Woo Kim -2 (1:36 p.m.)T3. Brooks Keopka -2 (6*)T5. Sungjae Im -1 (17*)T5. Viktor Hovland -1 (5*)T5. Ben Griffin -1 (1:14 p.m)T5. Thomas Detry -1 (1:47 p.m)
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After bogeying his first hole of the second round, Brooks Koepka, who is a two-time winner of the U.S. Open, bounced back to birdie the next two holes on 11 and 12 and is now one shot off the lead. Sungjae Im is off to a rough start after scoring bogey on the par 4 second hole and now sits at 1-under.
US Open 2025 leaderboard1. J.J. Spaun -4 (F)T2. Thriston Lawrence -3 (F)T3. Si Woo Kim -2 (F)T3. Brooks Keopka -2 (F)T3. Sungjae Im -2 (17*)
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Where to watch the US Open: TV Channel, streaming Friday
The 2025 U.S. Open will be broadcast by NBC and USA Network throughout all four rounds, with USA Network the sole home for first-round action on Thursday, June 12 and NBC and USA Network splitting coverage for the second, third and final rounds. All four rounds of the U.S. Open will be live streamed on Peacock, usopen.com, the USGA app and Fubo, which offers a free trial. Peacock will also broadcast U.S. Open All-Access, its whiparound-style offering, on all four days.
Second round: Friday, June 136:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Peacock1-7 p.m. on NBC, Fubo7-8 p.m. on Peacock
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US Open tee times today
For a full list of tee times, you can find Thursday’s starts here.
All times Eastern; (a) amateur; (1 or 10) starting hole
6:45 a.m. (1): Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan, Takumi Kanaya6:45 a.m. (10): Frederic LeCroix, Emiliano Grillo, Sam Bairstow6:56 a.m. (1): Bryan Lee (a), Guido Migliozzi, Preston Summerhays6:56 a.m. (10): Byeung Hun An, Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox7:07 a.m. (1): Erik van Rooyen, Max Greyserman, Matt Wallace7:07 a.m. (10): Victor Perez, Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Schenk7:18 a.m. (1): Russell Henley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nick Taylor7:18 a.m. (10): Min Woo Lee, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka7:29 a.m. (1): Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson7:29 a.m. (10): Sam Burns, Nico Echavarria, Denny McCarthy7:40 a.m. (1): Tyrrell Hatton, Sungjae Im, Sepp Straka7:40 a.m. (10): Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler7:51 a.m. (1): Cameron Young, Tom Hoge, J.T. Poston7:51 a.m. (10): Corey Conners, Jason Day, Patrick Reed8:02 a.m. (1): Jhonattan Vegas, Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon8:02 a.m. (10): Joaquin Niemann, Bud Cauley, Daniel Berger8:13 a.m. (1): Marc Leishman, Aaron Rai, Nick Dunlap8:13 a.m. (10): MacKenzie Hughes, Tony Finau, Chris Kirk8:24 a.m. (1): Matthew Jordan, Yuta Sugiura, Carlos Ortiz8:24 a.m. (10): Ben James (a), Rasmus Højgaard, Stephan Jaeger8:35 a.m. (1): Ryan McCormick, Trevor Cone, Zachary Pollo (a)8:35 a.m. (10): Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson, Justin Hastings (a), Laurie Canter8:46 a.m. (1): James Nicholas, Tyler Weaver (a), Riki Kawamoto8:46 a.m. (10): Frankie Harris (a), Emilio Gonzalez, Roberto Díaz8:57 a.m. (1): Austin Truslow, Harrison Ott, George Duangmanee8:57 a.m. (10): Grant Haefner, Joey Herrera, George Kneiser12:30 p.m. (1): Zac Blair, Scott Vincent, Alistair Docherty12:30 p.m. (10): Matt Vogt (a), Kevin Velo, Trent Phillips12:41 p.m. (1): Jacques Kruyswijk, Jordan Smith, Eric Cole12:41 p.m. (10): Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz, Doug Ghim12:52 p.m. (1): Tom Kim, J.J. Spaun, Taylor Pendrith12:52 p.m. (10): Evan Beck (a), Maxwell Moldovan, Justin Hicks1:03 p.m. (1): Ludvig Åberg, Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama1:03 p.m. (10): Harris English, Keegan Bradley, Tommy Fleetwood1:14 p.m. (1): Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Maverick McNealy1:14 p.m. (10): Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau, Jose Luis Ballester1:25 p.m. (1): Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy1:25 p.m. (10): Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland1:36 p.m. (1): Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim, Lucas Glover1:36 p.m. (10): Akshay Bhatia, Matt McCarty, Robert MacIntyre1:47 p.m. (1): Cameron Smith, Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson1:47 p.m. (10): Cam Davis, Davis Thompson, Thomas Detry1:58 p.m. (1): Niklas Norgaard, Brian Campbell, Justin Lower1:58 p.m. (10): Richard Bland, Trevor Gutschewski (a), Lanto Griffin2:09 p.m. (1): Davis Riley, Jackson Koivun (a), Johnny Keefer2:09 p.m. (10): Edoardo Molinari, Sam Stevens, Ryan Gerard2:20 p.m. (1): James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Michael La Sasso (a)2:20 p.m. (10): Thriston Lawrence, Noah Kent (a), Thorbjørn Olesen2:31 p.m. (1): Joakim Langergren, Mason Howell (a), Chris Gotterup2:31 p.m. (10): Jinichiro Kozuma, Cameron Tankersley (a), Chase Johnson2:42 p.m. (1): Zach Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, Lance Simpson (a)2:42 p.m. (10): Philip Barbaree, Riley Lewis, Brady Calkins
All odds via BetMGM on Thursday, June 12.
1) Jon Rahm: +5502) Scottie Scheffler: +6003)Brooks Koepka: +12004) JJ Spaun: +12005) Bryson DeChambeau: +18006) Collin Morikawa: +20007) Si Woo Kim: +20008) Sungjae Im: +2000US Open weather forecast: Latest updates for Friday at Oakmont
Weather forecasts are according to the Weather Channel:
Friday, June 13: Mostly cloudy with PM showers, 40% chance of rain in the morning, 6 mph winds to the southeast; High: 80, Low: 66Saturday, June 14: Rain showers in the morning with thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon, 5 mph winds to the south-southwest; High: 73, Low: 66Sunday, June 15: Rain showers in the morning with thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon, 5 mph winds to the east-southeast; High: 78, Low: 65
Picks made ahead of the US Open’s first round:
Jacob Camenker, USA TODAY: Scottie Scheffler (+275)
“Scheffler has by far the shortest odds to win the U.S. Open, but it’s for a good reason. He has won three of his last four tournaments, including the PGA Championship, and has finished no worse than T-25th in any event this season.
“Scheffler’s success is largely thanks to his strong tee-to-green game. He ranks first on the PGA Tour in strokes gained: tee to green (SG:T2G) but has also been the tour’s second-best scrambler. That combination should allow him to have fewer issues than others with Oakmont’s brutal rough and could ultimately deliver him his first U.S. Open title.”
Dylan Dethier, Golf.com: Xander Schauffele always shows up at U.S. Open
“Don’t let him throw you off the scent with his first non-top-20 major finish in three-plus years or a surprisingly poor putting performance at the Memorial. If Xander can find the groove with his driver, he has as good a chance as anybody to win this thing. Don’t forget: He’s played eight U.S. Opens in his life, he’s never finished worse than 14th, and he has six top-7s. Book this man for a win, cover your bases with a top 10.”
Jessica Marksbury, Golf.com: Scottie Scheffler continues to dominate
“How can I go with any other player? Scottie is back in alpha mode, and a U.S. Open at Oakmont — golf’s toughest test on the game’s toughest course — will identify the most complete player as champion. That’s Scottie. Third leg of the career grand slam comin’ up!”
Nick Piastowski, Golf.com: Bryson DeChambeau repeats
“With high rough, give me the guy who’s hitting wedges into the greens. It’s hard to bet against Scottie Scheffler, but I’m predicting a DeChambeau repeat.”
Iain MacMillan, Sports Illustrated: Scottie Scheffler is running a one-man race
“If you aren’t going to bet on Scottie Scheffler, you should stick to betting the ‘without Scheffler’ market. We haven’t seen a golfer listed with as short of odds as +280 to win a major since Tiger Woods in his prime, but in my opinion, his odds should be even shorter.
“He has won three of his last four starts, including running away with the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Over the last six months, Scheffler has gained 0.73 true strokes per round more than any other golfer in the world. The 0.73 strokes per round gap between Scheffler and the second-ranked golfer, Bryson DeChambeau, is the same as the gap between DeChambeau and Sepp Straka.”
Picks made ahead of the US Open’s first round:
Jacob Camenker, USA TODAY: Sepp Straka (+4000)
“Straka hasn’t yet won a major but has turned into one of the PGA Tour’s most consistent players. He ranks second to only Scheffler in total strokes gained (SG: Total) and ranks top-three in both strokes gained approaching the green (SG:APP) and greens in regulation (GIR) percentage. He missed the cut at the Masters and PGA Championship this year but has finished top-three in two of his last three events, including a win at the Truist Championship.”
Daniel Dobish, Sportsbook Wire: Corey Conners (+5500)
“Conners is another one of those golfers who is super accurate off of the tee, hitting 559 of a possible 812 fairways. He is so-so in driving distance, which isn’t a bad thing. He’ll likely be able to avoid some of those deep fairway bunkers as a result. He ranks 10th on Tour in SG: Off-to-Tee, while checking in 13th in GIR (69.64%), so he knows how to make up for his modest driving power.”
Dennis Esser, The Athletic: Russell Henley (+6000)
“(Henley) is coming off two missed cuts in major championships, but he has five top 27 finishes at the U.S. Open in his last six tries. He had his best-ever finish at the U.S. Open in 2024 with a T7 at Pinehurst No. 2. He is coming off of a T5 at the Memorial, where he gained over nine strokes from tee to green, and only a cold weekend putter kept him from challenging (Ben) Griffin and Scheffler.”
