1. Spring's Reed, Dallas' Spieth share U.S. Open lead
Spring's Reed, Dallas' Spieth set the pace at the halfway mark
Doug Ferguson, Associated Press
Updated 11:06 am, Saturday, June 20, 2015
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Patrick Reed was dialed in during parts of Friday's round, using a 69 to move to the top of the leader
board along with Jordan Spieth at 5-under 135.
Photo: Andrew Redington, Staff
Jordan Spieth watches intently as his tee shot on the third hole takes flight Friday. The 21-year-old
Texan and reigning Masters champion carded a 3-under 67 to finish the second round with a share
of the lead at the U.S. Open.
Photo: Harry How, Staff
Friday, just like Thursday, wasn't Tiger Woods' day at Chambers Bay. Hitting out of the tall fescue
grass on the eighth hole was only part of his problem en route to a 6-over 76 and early exit from the
U.S. Open.
Photo: Matt York, STF
Phil Mickelson gets down and dirty to line up a shot Friday. His 4-over 74 was just good enough to
guarantee making the cut and playing through the weekend.

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Spring's Reed, Dallas' Spieth share U.S. Open lead
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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. - Unbeaten as Ryder Cup teammates, Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth
chase a U.S. Open title this weekend at Chambers Bay.
Spieth overcame a double bogey on an 18th hole that he called "the dumbest he has ever played" for
a 3-under 67. Reed made only two pars over his final 12 holes, a wild ride that resembled putts on
these heavily sloped greens, and he had to settle for a 1-under 69.
They were tied for the lead on a Friday that included Jason Day collapsing to the ground because of
vertigo, Tiger Woods posting the highest 36-hole score of his pro career and Rory McIlroy making
everything from eagle to double bogey on a course that gave him nothing more than two more days
to figure it out.
Dustin Johnson was in the mix for the longest time until making three bogeys over his last five holes
for a 71. Johnson was one shot behind, along with Branden Grace of South Africa, who matched
Spieth with a 67.
Sixteen players remained under par. Spieth is the only one with experience winning a major. And it's
clear he's not just satisfied with one.
The 21-year-old Dallas native surged into the lead with birdies, calmed himself after a double bogey
at the turn, and then tended to Day on the par-3 ninth hole when the Australian crashed to the
ground in a frightening moment. Helped to his feet, he managed to finish the hole and shot 70.
Spieth also gathered himself and closed with a birdie to be the first one to reach 5-under 135.
Not since Woods in 2002 has anyone won the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year. Spieth has a
long way to go, and he realizes it will only get harder on a course that is perplexing.

3. Reed has heard about the adage that par is always a good score at the U.S. Open. The Spring
resident opted for three birdies, an eagle and five bogeys over the final three hours, at times going
from the lead to trailing but always in the mix.
Reed and Spieth were rookie teammates at Gleneagles last September, going 2-0-1 in their
partnership, a rare bright spot in another American loss. That's history. Now the two Texans are
chasing it individually, with loads of company.
Tony Finau, the powerful PGA Tour rookie making his major championship debut, let it rip on his
way to a 68. He was in the group at 3-under 137 that included Joost Luiten of the Netherlands (69),
Daniel Summerhays (67) and Ben Martin (70).
Tiger hits bottom
Woods, again, was never in the picture - not the tournament, not on television. Fox rarely showed
him, except for a few shots, including the opening hole when Woods was so far left up a dune that he
slipped and fell while trying to size up the shot. He had a 76 and missed the cut for the second time
in the last three majors.
His 36-hole total was 156, one worse than the 155 he had at the Phoenix Open. He has one more
tournament, the Greenbrier Classic in two weeks, before going to St. Andrews for the British Open.
"Obviously, I need to get a little better for the British Open, and I'll keep working at it," Woods said.
Spieth can lean on his experience as a Masters champion, but this major is nothing like Augusta
National. For starters, he had a five-shot lead going into the weekend at the Masters. And he's on a
golf course where the greens are getting a lot of attention for being difficult to make putts.
"It's playing different," Spieth said. "And I'm in a very different position. I'm not going to have a five-
shot lead. So given it's a U.S. Open, I imagine they're going to try to bring us back to par. So I'll
draw some on Augusta, but at the same time, my patience level has to be even that much higher."
His patience was tested, especially on the 18th. However, his caddie, Michael Greller, helped calm
him down.

4. But the real test awaits.
"At Augusta, I was finding fairways, hitting it on the green and I was making everything," Spieth
said. "That would be nice here if I could do that, but it's a harder golf course than the Masters
played this year."
Harder to the point of unfair? First-round co-leader Henrik Stenson seemed to think so.
He lashed out at the condition of Chambers Bay after struggling on the hard, fast and bumpy greens
to a 4-over 74.
Mickelson struggles
The Swede compared putting on the greens to "putting on broccoli" or "the surface of the moon." He
might have gone on, but said: "If you speak your mind, you're going to get fined. It's just a matter of
how much you're going to get fined, so I'd better leave it at that."
Stenson said he doesn't think the USGA lost the course or blame the setup. He was merely irritated
by Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s lumpy design and its condition.
Phil Mickelson, chasing his first U.S. Open title after six runner-up finishes, certainly struggled on
those bumpy greens Friday, struggling to a 74 that left him eight shots off the pace.
"It's a U.S. Open," he said. "Everyone has to go through a tough spell. I got through mine - well,
hopefully my only one."
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