'Very stressful' Shinnecock bites Shane Lowry as Clark sets US Open pace

Lowry saw his week end early on Friday at Shinnecock, where he shot a second-round 73 to miss the 36-hole cut, finishing 13 shots behind leader Wyndham Clark.

Shane Lowry: “I find the course very hard, to be honest. It’s as easy as we could have played in the last two days now." Pic: Warren Little/Getty Images

For all the talk about Shinnecock Hills, its difficulty, and how the United States Golf Association needed to be careful this time in how it set the course up for the U.S. Open, Wyndham Clark was left to wonder. What’s all the fuss?

The 2023 U.S. Open champion has seemingly breezed through two rounds at the iconic venue on the tip of Long Island, following a first-round 64 with a 69 to forge an early lead through 36 holes at 133, 7-under par.