OAKMONT, Pa. — There will not be a back-to-back U.S. Open champion this 12 months.
Bryson DeChambeau, who gained at Pinehurst in 2024, missed the minimize at Oakmont after taking pictures a 7-over 77 on Friday to complete 10 over by means of two rounds.
DeChambeau, 31, stumbled out of the gate with a bogey on No. 10, however he recovered with a par on 11 and a birdie on 12. However he solely recorded two extra birdies the remainder of the afternoon, whereas ending with seven bogeys and one double bogey.
He wasn’t the one former U.S. Open winner to fall sufferer to Oakmont’s monstrous course.
Justin Rose (+14), Gary Woodland (+10), Dustin Johnson (+10), Wyndham Clark (+8) and Lucas Glover (+8) are additionally all anticipated to overlook the 7-over minimize (second-round play was suspended late Friday with a small group of gamers but to complete).
Phil Mickelson, taking part in within the remaining 12 months of his five-year Open exemption for profitable the 2021 PGA Championship, additionally missed the minimize after a second-round 74 left him at 8 over. Mickelson has missed the minimize on the U.S. Open 4 consecutive instances, and 2025 marked his eleventh try at finishing the elusive Grand Slam.
Earlier within the week, the 54-year-old acknowledged there was a “excessive probability” this could be his remaining U.S. Open look. Requested in a information convention on June 4 if he would take part in open qualifying for future U.S. Opens if he is not exempt, Mickelson demurred.
“I do not know,” he mentioned. “I have never thought that far.”
Mickelson by no means has gained the U.S. Open, although he completed runner-up six instances in 33 berths.
Mickelson declined interview requests Friday after lacking a putt for birdie on No. 18 that may’ve put him on the minimize line. Mickelson was 1 over on the entrance 9 and pulled even with a birdie on 11. However after making three straight pars, he double-bogeyed two of the ultimate 4 holes.
As he walked off the inexperienced at 18, the LIV Golf headliner was greeted by a smattering of “Lefty!” shouts by a number of followers in entrance of the clubhouse. He provided them a few low waves and head nods as he exited the course and headed to report his rating.
Ben Griffin, who at even par is tied for fourth, stopped to speak with the six-time main champion throughout what may very well be his final U.S. Open spherical.
“Yeah, sadly my reminiscences of him are usually not profitable, as a result of I do know he wants it for the Grand Slam,” Griffin mentioned. “However yeah, rising up as a child watching him and Tiger [Woods] battle it out and another massive names was actually cool.
“Phil is a man that I positively watched all through my junior golf and all through childhood and was a superb man to form of comply with and be impressed by.”
Shane Lowry, the No. 12 participant on this planet, additionally missed the minimize after two dismal rounds to complete 17-over.
“I let it kind of do what I mentioned I would not do, however that is Oakmont,” Lowry mentioned. “That is the U.S. Open, and I simply made clearly too many doubles, too many massive errors, after which once I acquired a few probabilities I did not convert them. I did not actually do a lot proper to be trustworthy, apart from I drove the ball pretty much as good as I’ve in all probability pushed the ball in a very long time.”
A microcosm of Lowry’s week got here on No. 14 because the Irishman picked up his ball on the inexperienced with out marking it. He was assessed a one-stroke penalty for the psychological lapse, resulting in a double bogey.
“In all probability one of many stupidest issues I’ve ever finished,” Lowry mentioned with a chuckle. “I picked the ball up, had the ball in my hand, rotated to [caddie] Darren [Reynolds], and he principally mentioned to me, what you doing?
“My thoughts was someplace else. However I fought. I nonetheless tried. I fought over each shot. I nonetheless tried over each shot, and that is all you are able to do, I suppose in per week like this.”
