Roughly half the field is yet to even begin their second rounds at the U.S. Open, but the field and the cut line are already beginning to take shape. The top-60 players plus ties will make the weekend at Chambers Bay, which currently projects the cut line to be at 2-over.
2015 U.S. Open cut line: Tiger Woods will miss the weekend, Rory McIlroy right on the cut line
Several big names could be in danger of heading home early without good second rounds.
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It should rise slightly as the day goes on with the course drying out and becoming more difficult in the afternoon. While it might jump to 3-over, beyond that appears unlikely unless conditions really get difficult. That means several notable players are already on the way to an early exit while others will need to play well on Friday to ensure they make the cut.
Tiger Woods and Rickie Fowler are among the players who will definitely miss the cut. Their fates were sealed on Thursday when Woods shot and 80 and Fowler an 81. There was just no recovering from those scores and that has proved to be the case on Friday. Fowler has a better round going and is even on the round through 12 holes. Woods is still struggling some and is 3-over on Friday. That puts Fowler at 11-over for the tournament and Woods 13-over. Both are a distant afterthought for the weekend.
Zach Johnson (4-over), Graeme McDowell (4-over), Hunter Mahan (4-over) and Keegan Bradley (3-over) are among the other notable players currently on the wrong side of the cut line. Rory McIlroy isn’t scheduled to tee off until 5:28 p.m. ET and he will likely need to shoot around even par to make cut. He’s currently 2-over, with only a little margin of error. He’ll need to dip into the red on Friday if he’s going to be in contention as the leaders continue to sit at 5-under.
Here is a look at the current leaderboard with the projected cut line. For a live leaderboard, head over to USOpen.com. All listed times are Pacific:
| Place | Player | Score | Thru/Tee Time |
| T1 | Daniel Summerhays | -5 | 14* |
| T1 | Jordan Spieth | -5 | 13* |
| T1 | Dustin Johnson | -5 | 2:17 p.m. |
| T1 | Henrik Stenson | -5 | 2:17 p.m.* |
| T5 | Branden Grace | -4 | 13 |
| T5 | Ben Martin | -4 | 11 |
| T5 | Patrick Reed | -4 | 2:39 p.m. |
| T8 | J.B. Holmes | -3 | 16 |
| T8 | Matt Kuchar | -3 | 2:06 p.m. |
| T10 | Jamie Lovemark | -2 | 17 |
| T10 | Jason Day | -2 | 13* |
| T10 | Shane Lowry | -2 | 11 |
| T10 | Brian Campbell (a) | -2 | 10 |
| T10 | Cody Gribble | -2 | 1:22 p.m.* |
| T10 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | 2:17 p.m.* |
| T10 | Jason Dufner | -2 | 2:50 p.m.* |
| T10 | Marc Warren | -2 | 2:50 p.m.* |
| T18 | Joost Luiten | -1 | 14 |
| T18 | Tony Finau | -1 | 15* |
| T18 | Phil Mickelson | -1 | 1:33 p.m.* |
| T18 | Brian Harman | -1 | 1:55 p.m. |
| T18 | Kevin Chappell | -1 | 1:55 p.m.* |
| T18 | Brandt Snedeker | -1 | 2:17 p.m.* |
| T18 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | -1 | 2:28 p.m.* |
| T18 | Colin Montgomerie | -1 | 2:28 p.m.* |
| T26 | Andres Romero | E | 17* |
| T26 | Kevin Kisner | E | 14 |
| T26 | Justin Rose | E | 13* |
| T26 | Jimmy Walker | E | 11* |
| T26 | Cameron Smith | E | 1:00 p.m. |
| T26 | Michael Putnam | E | 1:00 p.m.* |
| T26 | Bubba Watson | E | 1:33 p.m.* |
| T26 | Angel Cabrera | E | 1:33 p.m.* |
| T26 | Alexander Levy | E | 1:55 p.m. |
| T26 | Hideki Matsuyama | E | 2:06 p.m. |
| T26 | Masahiro Kawamura | E | 2:06 p.m.* |
| T26 | Adam Scott | E | 2:17 p.m. |
| T26 | Sergio Garcia | E | 2:17 p.m. |
| T26 | Chris Kirk | E | 2:39 p.m. |
| T26 | Kevin Na | E | 2:50 p.m. |
| T26 | Sebastian Cappelen | E | 3:01 p.m.* |
| T26 | Nick Hardy (a) | E | 3:12 p.m.* |
| T43 | Paul Casey | 1 | 12 |
| T43 | Lee Westwood | 1 | 12 |
| T43 | Mark Silvers | 1 | 10 |
| T43 | Marcus Fraser | 1 | 1:00 p.m.* |
| T43 | Morgan Hoffmann | 1 | 1:44 p.m. |
| T43 | Jim Furyk | 1 | 2:28 p.m.* |
| T43 | Russell Henley | 1 | 2:39 p.m.* |
| T50 | Charlie Beljan | 2 | 15* |
| T50 | Charl Schwartzel | 2 | 12 |
| T50 | Troy Kelly | 2 | 1:00 p.m. |
| T50 | John Parry | 2 | 1:11 p.m. |
| T50 | Kurt Barnes | 2 | 1:22 p.m. |
| T50 | John Senden | 2 | 1:33 p.m. |
| T50 | Andy Sullivan | 2 | 1:44 p.m. |
| T50 | Bernd Wiesberger | 2 | 1:44 p.m. |
| T50 | David Hearn | 2 | 1:44 p.m.* |
| T50 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 2 | 1:44 p.m.* |
| T50 | Martin Kaymer | 2 | 2:28 p.m. |
| T50 | Rory McIlroy | 2 | 2:28 p.m. |
| T50 | Brooks Koepka | 2 | 2:39 p.m.* |
| T50 | Webb Simpson | 2 | 2:50 p.m. |
| Projected Cut Line | |||
| T64 | Beau Hossler (a) | 3 | 17 |
| T64 | Luke Donald | 3 | 16 |
| T64 | Geoff Ogilvy | 3 | 16* |
| T64 | Ernie Els | 3 | 15* |
| T64 | Ollie Schniederjans (a) | 3 | 14* |
| T64 | Thomas Aiken | 3 | 14* |
| T64 | Sam Saunders | 3 | 9 |
| T64 | Jack Maguire (a) | 3 | 1:11 p.m. |
| T64 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 3 | 1:11 p.m.* |
| T64 | Wen-Chong Liang | 3 | 1:44 p.m.* |
| T64 | Marcel Siem | 3 | 1:55 p.m. |
| T64 | Byeong-Hun An | 3 | 2:39 p.m.* |
| T64 | Keegan Bradley | 3 | 2:50 p.m. |
| T64 | Oliver Farr | 3 | 3:01 p.m. |
| T78 | Brad Fritsch | 4 | F |
| T78 | Denny McCarthy (a) | 4 | 16* |
| T78 | Ryan Palmer | 4 | 14 |
| T78 | George Coetzee | 4 | 13 |
| T78 | Thongchai Jaidee | 4 | 13 |
| T78 | Hunter Mahan | 4 | 12 |
| T78 | Zach Johnson | 4 | 12* |
| T78 | Ian Poulter | 4 | 12* |
| T78 | Anirban Lahiri | 4 | 11* |
| T78 | Cheng-Tsung Pan | 4 | 10 |
| T78 | Jimmy Gunn | 4 | 9 |
| T78 | Seuk Hyun Baek | 4 | 1:00 p.m. |
| T78 | Garth Mulroy | 4 | 1:11 p.m.* |
| T78 | Richard Lee | 4 | 1:11 p.m.* |
| T78 | Timothy O'Neal | 4 | 1:22 p.m. |
| T78 | Stephan Jaeger | 4 | 1:22 p.m. |
| T78 | Jason Allred | 4 | 1:22 p.m.* |
| T78 | Gary Woodland | 4 | 1:33 p.m. |
| T78 | Victor Dubuisson | 4 | 1:33 p.m. |
| T78 | Robert Streb | 4 | 1:55 p.m.* |
| T78 | Lee McCoy (a) | 4 | 1:55 p.m.* |
| T78 | Graeme McDowell | 4 | 2:06 p.m. |
| T78 | Gunn Yang (a) | 4 | 2:28 p.m. |
| T78 | Jamie Donaldson | 4 | 2:39 p.m. |
| T78 | Brandon Hagy | 4 | 3:01 p.m.* |
| T78 | Kevin Lucas | 4 | 3:12 p.m. |
| T104 | Brad Elder | 5 | 17 |
| T104 | D.A. Points | 5 | 16* |
| T104 | Billy Horschel | 5 | 12 |
| T104 | Bill Haas | 5 | 12 |
| T104 | Louis Oosthuizen | 5 | 12* |
| T104 | Camilo Villegas | 5 | 11 |
| T104 | Tommy Fleetwood | 5 | 11 |
| T104 | Andy Pope | 5 | 9* |
| T104 | Steve Marino | 5 | 1:00 p.m.* |
| T104 | George McNeill | 5 | 2:06 p.m.* |
| T104 | Cameron Tringale | 5 | 2:06 p.m.* |
| T104 | Sam Horsfield (a) | 5 | 3:01 p.m. |
| T116 | Roberto Castro | 6 | 17* |
| T116 | Danny Willett | 6 | 14 |
| T116 | Ryan Moore | 6 | 11* |
| T116 | Matthew Nesmith (a) | 6 | 3:01 p.m.* |
| T120 | Tom Hoge | 7 | F |
| T120 | Ryo Ishikawa | 7 | 16 |
| T120 | Matt Mabrey | 7 | 10* |
| T120 | Davis Riley (a) | 7 | 9* |
| T120 | Cole Hammer (a) | 7 | 3:12 p.m. |
| T125 | Bradley Neil (a) | 8 | 15 |
| T125 | Retief Goosen | 8 | 15* |
| T125 | Alex Noren | 8 | 13 |
| T125 | Charley Hoffman | 8 | 11 |
| T125 | Jake Knapp (a) | 8 | 10* |
| T125 | Jared Becher | 8 | 9 |
| T125 | Michael Davan | 8 | 9* |
| T125 | Kyle Jones (a) | 8 | 1:22 p.m.* |
| T125 | Matt Every | 8 | 2:50 p.m.* |
| T125 | Shunsuke Sonoda | 8 | 3:01 p.m. |
| T135 | Jason Palmer | 9 | 17* |
| T135 | Shiv Kapur | 9 | 16* |
| T135 | Bryson Dechambeau (a) | 9 | 16* |
| T135 | Marc Leishman | 9 | 15 |
| T135 | Josh Persons | 9 | 1:11 p.m. |
| T135 | Pat Wilson | 9 | 3:12 p.m. |
| T141 | Tjaart van der Walt | 10 | F |
| T141 | Blayne Barber | 10 | 16* |
| T141 | Bo Van Pelt | 10 | 15* |
| T141 | Lee Janzen | 10 | 14* |
| T141 | Erik Compton | 10 | 11* |
| T141 | Tyler Duncan | 10 | 10* |
| T141 | Alex Kim | 10 | 3:12 p.m.* |
| T148 | Danny Lee | 11 | 14* |
| T148 | Rickie Fowler | 11 | 12* |
| T148 | Stephen Gallacher | 11 | 11 |
| T151 | Billy Hurley III | 12 | 16* |
| T151 | Brendon Todd | 12 | 13 |
| T153 | Tiger Woods | 13 | 12* |
| T153 | Rich Berberian Jr. | 13 | 3:12 p.m.* |
| 155 | Lucas Glover | 14 | 15 |
| 156 | Darren Clarke | 15 | 14* |
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