DeChambeau, Mickelson among notables to miss U.S. Open cut - ESPN

OAKMONT, Pa. — There won't be a back-to-back U.S. Open champion this year.

Bryson DeChambeau, who won at Pinehurst in 2024, missed the cut at Oakmont after shooting a 7-over 77 on Friday to finish 10 over through two rounds.

DeChambeau, 31, stumbled out of the gate with a bogey on No. 10, but he recovered with a par on 11 and a birdie on 12. But he recorded only two more birdies the rest of the afternoon while finishing with seven bogeys and one double bogey.

He wasn't the only former U.S. Open winner to fall victim to Oakmont's monstrous course.

Justin Rose (14 over), Gary Woodland (10 over), Dustin Johnson (10 over), Wyndham Clark (8 over) and Lucas Glover (8 over) are also expected to miss the 7-over cut (second-round play was suspended late Friday with a small group of players yet to finish), which will be the highest in any major since the 2018 U.S. Open was 8 over.

Phil Mickelson, playing in the final year of his five-year Open exemption for winning the 2021 PGA Championship, also missed the cut after a second-round 74 left him at 8 over. Mickelson has missed the cut at the U.S. Open four consecutive times, and 2025 marked his 11th attempt at completing the elusive Grand Slam.

Earlier in the week, the 54-year-old acknowledged there was a «high likelihood» this would be his final U.S. Open appearance. Asked in a news conference June 4 if he would participate in open qualifying for future U.S. Opens if he isn't exempt, Mickelson demurred.

«I don't know,» he said. «I haven't thought that far.»

Though Mickelson has never won the U.S. Open, he has finished runner-up six times in 33 berths.

Mickelson declined interview requests Friday after missing a putt for birdie on No. 18 that would have put him at the cut line.