The defending U.S. Open champion won’t be around for the weekend. Bryson DeChambeau, the winner last year at Pinehurst who also had top-five finishes at this year’s Masters and PGA Championship, missed the cut Friday at Oakmont after a second-round 7-over 77,

Justin Thomas plummeted down the 2025 U.S. Open leaderboard on Friday, highlighted by an ugly four-putt and a shocking first-nine score.

Two rounds of the U.S. Open are (almost) in the books, and it has been as difficult as advertised so far. The vast majority of the field shot over par in the first two days, with only a handful of players ending Friday under par.