Bluebloods join no-names at top of leaderboard as Brookline begins to bare its teeth

Scheffler, Kopeka and Burns gatecrash the march of unheralded names as second round of US Open restores a little more order to proceedings 

On the rise: World No.1 Scottie Scheffler hits on the sixth hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at The Country Club, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. Pic: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

BROOKLINE, Mass. – A few more bluebloods started mingling with the no-names on the U.S. Open leaderboard at The Country Club on Friday.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 9 Sam Burns – housemates this week in Boston – as well as two-time U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka, shot 3-under 67s on Friday morning to push their way into a leaderboard that had been largely filled with relative rank-and-file players after the opening round. After the afternoon wore on, players like Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm and Scheffler, the reigning Masters champion playing his last 11 holes in 5-under (including an eagle on 14) to reach 3-under 137, tied in the clubhouse with Nick Hardy, who as of Friday afternoon was the only player in the field to post consecutive rounds under par.