The U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club put a number of the best players in the world in a bad place through two days of competition.
Major champion Shane Lowry was among those who failed to make the cut after the course got the better of him. “I let it sort of do what I said I wouldn’t do, but that’s Oakmont,” Lowry said. “That’s the U.S. Open, and I just made obviously too many doubles, too many big mistakes, and then when I got a couple of chances, I didn’t convert them. I didn’t really do much right to be honest, other than I drove the ball as good as I’ve probably driven the ball in a long time.”
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Lowry was among a hoard of top players like Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg and Dustin Johnson who failed to make the cut as only three players finished the first two days of competition under par. The second round of the tournament was suspended before 13 golfers could finish their rounds, meaning they would be forced to finish on Saturday morning.
Among those who didn’t finish on Friday, June 13, was former Oklahoma State standout Zach Bauchou, who helped the Cowboys win a national title in 2018. He made his U.S. Open debut after earning medalist honors in the Durham, NC, final qualifying, carding 5-under 135 at the Duke University Golf Club.
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Bauchou had just one hole left to play after the suspension of the second round, but decided he didn’t need to come back to finish his round. Well outside of the cut line at 15-over, the Korn Ferry Tour professional opted against coming back on Saturday morning to finish his second round, instead choosing to withdraw from the tournament.
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Golfer Suddenly Withdraws From U.S. Open first appeared on Men’s Journal on Jun 14, 2025
