Overview
- Sam Burns carded a 5-under 65 in the second round to reach 3-under par and hold a one-shot advantage.
- J.J. Spaun is at 2-under after rounds of 66 and 72, with Viktor Hovland two strokes back at 1-under.
- Friday’s play was suspended by lightning with 13 golfers unfinished, prompting an early Saturday restart before third-round tee times.
- Oakmont’s lightning-fast greens, deep rough and punishing bunkers have yielded only three sub-par scores through 36 holes and set the cut at 7-over par.
- Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay and Tommy Fleetwood were among the major champions who failed to advance to the weekend cut.