U.S. Open: Second-round notes  Leader Angel Cabrera, who has never missed a cut at the U.S. Open Championship in eight starts, made birdie on the par-4 ninth hole his 36th hole of the tournament to move to even-par 140 for the tournament. The birdie moved the cut line from 11-over-par to 10-over, due to the 10-stroke rule. At the time, Cabrera made his birdied there were 14 players at 11-over-par, including the low amateur Mark Harrell. Sixty-three players made the cut at 10-over-par 150, the highest cut since the 10-over-par cut in 2002 at Bethpage State Park's Black Course. An identical 63 players made the cut last year at Wing Foot and just two years ago at Shinnecock GC. No amateurs made the cut -- Mark Harrell was the low amateur among the 12 at 11-over-par 151. Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy (71-75) advanced to the weekend. Ogilvy has made 11 straight cuts in major championships, but has not played in 11 consecutive majors. His last missed cut was the 2003 U.S. Open Championship in Olympia Fields. During his consecutive cut stretch, he did not qualify for the 2004 and 2005 Masters Tournament, 2004 U.S. Open Championship and 2004 British Open Championship. Vijay Singh improved his consecutive cut streak at the U.S. Open Championship to 12. There are three players under 25 and just one over 45 who will play on the weekend.
Justin Rose and Aaron Baddeley are the only players among the top-5 on the leaderboard to record a double bogey through 36-holes. Both players doubled there first hole of the tournament. On Thursday, Baddeley recorded a six at No. 1 while Rose recorded a double-bogey on No. 10. Bubba Watson, who is alone in second with a two-day total of 1-over 141, is the only U.S. players among the top-5 through 36-holes at the U.S. Open. Bubba Watson and/or Aaron Baddeley are both in position to become the second consecutive Nationwide Tour graduate to win a major championship Zach Johnson became the first Nationwide Tour graduate to win the Masters Tournament with his win at Augusta National earlier this year. His win is the 11th major championship by a former Nationwide Tour player.
Phil Mickelson's streak of 30 consecutive made cuts at major championships ended on Friday. During that span, Mickelson has put together three victories, four runner-up finishes and 16 top-10s. The last time Mickelson missed a cut in a major was at the 1999 British Open Championship. His U.S. Open consecutive cut streak ended at 13. Mickelson has now made the cut in 15 of 17 U.S. Opens in his career, including 13 of 15 as a professional. He made his debut, a missed cut, in 1992 at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. He finished T47 at the 1994 U.S. Open play in Oakmont, PA. Luke Donald ends a streak of 10 consecutive cuts made in major championships today. His last missed cut was the 2004 British Open Championship. It is also his first missed cut at a U.S. Open in four starts. His best finish T12 in 2006. Adam Scott missed the cut to end his major championship cut streak at 11. Six of the seven past champions of the U.S. Open in the field this week managed to make the cut: Jim Furyk (2003) at 146, Lee Janzen (1993, '98) at 146, Michael Campbell (2005) at 145, Geoff Ogilvy (2006) at 146, Ernie Els (1994, '97) at 149, and Tiger Woods (2000, '02) at 145. Retief Goosen (2001, '04) was the only past champion to miss the cut. Tiger Woods has won 10 of his 12 (41 professional starts) major championship titles on par-72 courses during his career on the TOUR. Oakmont Country Club plays as a 7,230 yard par-70. There were no bogey-free rounds posted in the first two rounds. There were no bogey-free rounds at the 2006 U.S. Open. The last player to go bogey-free in a single round was Arron Oberholser in the second round in 2005 at Pinehurst No. 2. Paul Casey fired a 4-under 66 at Oakmont Golf Club for the lowest round of the week and the best round in a U.S. Open Championship since Peter Hedblom posted a 66 in round 2 in 2005 at Pinehurst Resort #2. In 1994, when the U.S. Open was contested at Oakmont there were six rounds of 66 or better recorded for the week.
There were 41 first-time participants in the field this week and six made the cut
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