Scottie Scheffler's second-round 71 was enough to clip the field average by nearly four strokes on Friday. It kept him on the fringes of contention with a chance to win his second straight major championship as he stands at 4 over at the halfway point and inside the top 25 on the leaderboard.

Scottie Scheffler looked a shadow of his usual self during the second round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, with Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee quick to pick up on a worrying trend

Top golfers like Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler are expressing frustration with the challenging conditions at Oakmont Country Club during the 2025 U.S. Open. OAKMONT, Pa. – Oakmont Country Club is starting to get under the skin of some of the best golfers in the world.

Scheffler battled his way to a 1-over 71 at the U.S. Open on Friday, a slight improvement on his first-round 73 but still not the type of performance that’s made him the game’s dominant player the past three years. He has 36 more holes to try to unleash the form that produced wins in three of his last four tournaments.

Scottie Scheffler reacts after finishing the second round.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler relied on his putter in Friday's second round, but needs the other clubs to show up.

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Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa finished up Oakmont’s par-4 11th hole this morning at 8:07 a.m. EDT. Forty-four minutes later, at precisely 8:51 a.m., the trio got through the brutal par-5 12th.

By Frank Pingue OAKMONT, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Overnight U.S. Open leader J.J. Spaun got his second round underway on Friday at Oakmont Country Club where pre-tournament favourite and world number one Scottie Scheffler was unable to play his way into contention.