First round Thursday, September 17, 2020 2017 PGA Champion and
world number three Justin Thomas returned a five-under-par round of 65, the lowest round ever recorded in a U.S. Open at Winged Foot, to take the first round lead. One stroke behind were
Thomas Pieters,
Matthew Wolff, and
2018 Masters champion
Patrick Reed, who made a
hole-in-one on the par-3 seventh hole.
Louis Oosthuizen played his final nine holes in five under par to join
Lee Westwood and
2011 U.S. Open champion
Rory McIlroy in a tie for fifth place at three under par; Oosthuizen's round was his eighth time shooting 67 or better at the U.S. Open, a new tournament record. Six players tied at two under par, three strokes off the lead. The scoring average for the first round was 72.56, the second-lowest for a first round in U.S. Open history behind
1993. Twenty-one players finished the round under par; just twelve under-par rounds were completed during the entire tournament the last time the U.S. Open was held at Winged Foot in
2006. :
Second round Friday, September 18, 2020 Patrick Reed made five birdies and five bogeys in an even-par round of 70 to take the 36-hole lead at four-under par.
Bryson DeChambeau hit his second shot on the par-5 9th hole, his final hole of the day, to six feet and converted the
eagle putt to return a two-under-par round of 68, the lowest round of the day, and move into second place, one stroke behind Reed. Overnight leader
Justin Thomas made four bogeys in his first eight holes and a double-bogey on the 1st, his 10th, before finishing with two birdies to return a three-over-par round of 73 to tie for third place alongside
Harris English and
Rafa Cabrera-Bello.
Jason Kokrak followed an opening round 68 with a one-over par 71 to sit alone in 6th place at one under par, three strokes off the lead. A stroke further behind were
Hideki Matsuyama (69),
Xander Schauffele (72),
Brendon Todd (72),
Thomas Pieters (74) and
Matthew Wolff (74). After starting with a birdie, Rory McIlroy made seven bogeys, a double-bogey and just two further birdies to finish at six over par for the day and three over par for the tournament. A day after 21 players completed under-par rounds, windier conditions contributed to just three (DeChambeau, Matsuyama, and
Bubba Watson) managing to do so in the second round. The 36-hole
cut came at 146 (six-over par). Among the players to miss the cut were three-time champion
Tiger Woods, defending champion
Gary Woodland,
PGA Champion Collin Morikawa,
Phil Mickelson,
Tommy Fleetwood, and former U.S. Open champions
Jordan Spieth,
Justin Rose,
Graeme McDowell, and
Martin Kaymer.
John Pak, a senior at
Florida State, was the only amateur to make the cut. : At 21, Wolff was the youngest 54-hole leader at the U.S. Open since amateur
Jim Simons in
1971.
Bryson DeChambeau bogeyed his first two holes before playing his next 15 in three under par to get within one stroke of Wolff; however, he finished with a bogey on the 18th hole to end the day at three under par, two off the lead.
Louis Oosthuizen was the only other player under par after the third round; a two-under-par round of 68, which included three birdies on the back-nine, left him four strokes behind Wolff at one under par.
Harris English (72),
Hideki Matsuyama (70), and
Xander Schauffele (70) were tied for fourth place at even par. Second-round leader
Patrick Reed built a three-stroke advantage with a birdie at the second hole. After nine holes, he retained a share of the lead with Wolff, but he played the back nine in eight over par to tie for 11th place, eight strokes off the lead. After falling away with a second round 76,
Rory McIlroy got back into contention at one over par with one of only seven under-par rounds during the day, a two-under-par 68. : At the par-3 10th hole Wolff hit his tee shot into thick rough lining a greenside bunker and was unable to get
up and down. DeChambeau then increased his lead to three strokes at the next hole, the par-4 11th, by holing his birdie putt from just off the green. Wolff fell six strokes behind after making another bogey at the 14th hole followed by a double-bogey at the 16th, as DeChambeau recorded a run of pars. Two more pars for DeChambeau, including a seven-foot putt on the 18th, gave him a six-stroke victory. DeChambeau's three-under-par round of 67 was the best of the day by three shots. He was the only player not to shoot over par in any round, despite hitting just 23 of 56 fairways for the week, the fewest by a U.S. Open champion since at least 1981. He also joined
Jack Nicklaus and
Tiger Woods as the only players to win the
U.S. Amateur, an
NCAA title, and the U.S. Open. It was Wolff's second top-5 finish in just his second major championship. In third place was
Louis Oosthuizen at two over par.
Harris English was a stroke further back in fourth place, his best finish and first top-ten in a major championship.
Xander Schauffele extended his run of finishing in the top 10 of each U.S. Open he has played, securing fifth place on his own with a birdie on the 18th hole. World number one
Dustin Johnson finished at five over par alongside Korn Ferry Tour qualifier
Will Zalatoris in sixth place. Tied for eighth place at six over par were
Tony Finau and four former major winners:
Zach Johnson,
Justin Thomas,
Webb Simpson, and
Rory McIlroy, whose challenge effectively ended with a four-putt double-bogey on the first hole and two further bogeys on the opening holes.
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