Rory McIlroy recovered from a nightmare begin to his second spherical to sneak via to the weekend on the US Open as defending champion Bryson DeChambeau suffered a shock early exit.
The Masters champion regarded at risk of lacking the lower after following an opening-round 74 with two double bogeys in his first three holes on Friday at Oakmont Nation Membership, solely to battle again – in tough scoring situations – to scramble a two-over 72.
McIlroy remained outdoors the projected lower till two birdies in his ultimate 4 holes noticed him progress on six over, leaving him 9 strokes behind midway pacesetter Sam Burns on a leaderboard the place simply three gamers stay beneath par.
Burns fired a round-of-the-day 65 to leap to a few beneath and seize a one-shot benefit over in a single day chief JJ Spaun, with Viktor Hovland two strokes again in third, whereas world No 1 Scottie Scheffler sits on 4 over as he chases back-to-back main victories.
McIlroy is joined on six over by Xander Schauffele, as two-time US Open winner DeChambeau headlined the big-name exits after a seven-over 77 – together with 5 dropped pictures in a five-hole stretch – noticed him miss the lower on 10 over.
How McIlroy survived early US Open exit
McIlroy’s wayward drive on the first left him taking 4 pictures to succeed in the inexperienced on his approach to a gap double-bogey, with one other double-bogey on the par-four third dropping him to 4 over for his spherical and under the projected lower.
The Northern Irishman did not benefit from the par-five fourth however ended a run of pars by holing a 30-foot birdie on the ninth, the toughest gap on the course, solely to bogey the eleventh after discovering one other fairway bunker off the tee.
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McIlroy made two double-bogeys in his first three holes of his second spherical at Oakmont
McIlroy launched his iron in frustration after a wayward method right into a par-five twelfth, the place he may solely make par, then did not capitalise on birdie probabilities over his subsequent two holes to stay on eight over.
He rolled in from 20 toes on the fifteenth to maintain his hopes alive of creating it via, every week on from lacking the lower on the RBC Canadian Open, earlier than he fired a wedge to inside 5 toes on the par-four final to arrange a closing birdie.
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