US Open: Harrington and Clarke should both make cut

Overwhelming pre-tournament favourite for the US Open competition at the

Southern Hills course in Oklahoma, Tiger Woods is struggling to make the

cut after his second round left him on five over par for the tournament.

The projected cut is expected to be six over par but there are still players

out on the course completing their rounds so it is not yet known if the

current holder of all four golfing majors will make it to the weekend.

Retief Goosen, Mark Brooks and JL Lewis lead the field on four under par

and they are followed by Sergio Garcia and Stewart Cink on two under.

Two of the other favourites for the tournament, David Duval and Phil Mickelson

are both well placed on one under par.

Of the Irish contingent in the field, Padraig Harrington is well placed after his two rounds on three under but Darren Clarke is one of the player's whose second round was delayed by the poor light.

US Open Leaderboard

4 under - Retief Goosen (Rsa) (after 36 holes)

Mark Brooks (36)

JL Lewis (36)

2 under - Stewart Cink (36)

Sergio Garcia (Spa) (36)

1 under - David Duval (36)

Phil Mickelson (36)

Level - Jim Furyk (36)

Rocco Mediate (31)

Matt Gogel (30)

1 over - Colin Montgomerie (Gbr) (36)

Thomas Bjorn (Den) (36)

Angel Cabrera (Arg) (36)

Davis Love (36)

Chris Perry (32)

2 over - Jeff Maggert (36)

Scott Verplank (36)

Chris DiMarco (36)

David Toms (36)

Bob Estes (36)

Duffy Waldorf (31)

Kirk Triplett (30)

Bernhard Langer (Ger) (31)

Hale Irwin (36)

Others:

3 over - Mathias Gronberg (Swe) (36)

Padraig Harrington (Irl) (36)

5 over - Tiger Woods (36)

Darren Clarke (31)

6 over - Nick Faldo (Gbr) (36)

Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe) (36)

Jesper Parnevik (Swe) (36)

Gary Orr (Gbr) (36)

7 over - Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) (31)

9 over - Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) (36)

Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) (32)

10 over - Paul Lawrie (Gbr) (36)

11 over - Lee Westwood (36)

Withdrew- Pierre Fulke (Swe)