Wyndham Clark has seized control of the 2026 US Open at Shinnecock Hills with a 36-hole total of 7-under 133, the lowest halfway score in the championship's history at this venue. Clark enters moving day with a 4-shot lead over four players at 3-under, and Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler 7 shots back at even par (140).
Clark's first round of 64, completed Friday morning after Thursday's fog-forced suspension detailed in our Round 1 report, was the second-lowest US Open round in Shinnecock Hills history, per Golf Channel. His second-round 69 extended the lead and set a new 36-hole record at this venue, per NBC Sports. At a course where four-round winning scores in major play have historically tracked near par, a 4-shot halfway lead is not one the field will treat as comfortable heading into the weekend.
Fitzpatrick, Stevens, Schauffele, and Kim form the chasing group at 3-under 137. McIlroy and Scheffler both navigated the cut but arrive at moving day at even par, 7 shots behind Clark with two rounds remaining.
Ryder Cowan, the amateur who held the provisional lead when Round 1 was suspended Thursday, completed his opening round at 68 (-2) and added a second-round 72 to sit at even par (140). He enters the weekend tied 12th and confirmed as the low amateur at Shinnecock, per Golf Monthly.
The cut fell at 4-over. Bryson DeChambeau missed the weekend for the third consecutive major after a second-round 75, per CBS Sports. Jon Rahm's opening 68, which Golf Channel noted as the first bogey-free round at a Shinnecock US Open, didn't survive a second-round 78: he missed the cut at 6-over. Dustin Johnson, who briefly held second place at 4-under before a quadruple bogey at the 15th on Friday, fought back to make the weekend.
Wyndham Clark leads at 7-under 133, four shots clear of Matt Fitzpatrick, Sam Stevens, Xander Schauffele, and Tom Kim at 3-under 137. Clark's 36-hole total is the lowest in Shinnecock Hills US Open history, per NBC Sports.
The cut fell at 4-over. Notable players who made the cut include Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, and Dustin Johnson. Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm both missed the weekend.
Round 4 at Shinnecock Hills is on Sunday, June 21. Round 3 (moving day) tees off Saturday, June 20.
Yes. Cowan, who held the provisional lead when Round 1 was suspended Thursday, completed his opening 68 (-2) and added a 72 in Round 2. He enters the weekend at even par (140), tied 12th, and is the low amateur at Shinnecock heading into the final two rounds, per Golf Monthly.
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