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Joaquin Niemann leads the LIV contingent at 3-over par after recovering from a septuple bogey. Seven other LIV players missed the cut at Shinnecock Hills.
yardbarker.comU.S. Open, tying the low round of the day and moving inside the cut line at Shinnecock Hills. Niemann had recorded a septuple bogey on the par-4 sixth hole Thursday after receiving a two-shot penalty for throwing his club.
Six of the 13 LIV Golf players in the field advanced to the weekend. The cut line settled at 4-over par. Tyrrell Hatton sits one shot ahead of Niemann at 2-over par and is tied for 34th. Hatton shot 74 in the first round and 68 in the second.
Dustin Johnson is tied with Niemann at 3-over par and tied for 46th. Johnson carded double and quadruple bogeys on his back nine Friday to finish with a 77. Laurie Canter, Caleb Surratt and Peter Uihlein are tied for 60th at 4-over par.
Surratt, 22, made the cut on the number in his first career major. Bryson DeChambeau shot 75 on Friday and missed the cut by one shot at 5-over par. Jon Rahm shot 68 in the first round but finished at 6-over par and missed the cut.
Carlos Ortiz, Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert also missed at 6-over par. David Puig finished at 9-over par and Graeme McDowell at 12-over par. com reported that Niemann used the Thursday penalty episode as motivation for his Friday round.
ESPNThe 17-year-old amateur surprised his father with a caddie swap on the 18th hole at Shinnecock Hills on Father's Day. Russell finished his first U.S. Open at 7 over par.
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