Justin Thomas Posts 68 in Round 2 at 2026 U.S. Open

U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, moving inside the top 10 after 36 holes. Thomas opened with a one-under-par 71 on Thursday.

He closed Friday’s round with a birdie and finished the day with seven birdies, 23 pars and six bogeys. The 33-year-old began his 2026 PGA Tour season in March after back surgery late in 2025. He missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational but has since made the cut in all nine events entered and posted one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes before arriving at Shinnecock Hills.

U.S. Opens. After the round he said the course would change over the weekend. “Yeah, just keep doing what I’m doing. I would expect to see a completely different golf course this weekend, definitely not as soft.

He added that conditions had been favorable so far. “I mean, it was definitely a different wind condition. I feel like we got fortunate yesterday in terms of what we were playing in, but I mean, the course is still very soft.

I mean, it’s obviously still Shinnecock. It’s very hard, but it’s been friendly the first two days for how it can play. com reported the scores, statistics and Thomas’s comments from the first two rounds.