Jon Rahm recorded a double bogey and seven bogeys while making a precipitous fall in the second round of the U.S. Open with an 8-over-par 78 on Friday, and he missed the cut.

Rahm was tied for fifth after the opening round at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club at Southampton, N.Y., but that 2-under 68 was a distant memory on Friday. The Spaniard made a single birdie, at the par-5 fifth hole, and finished at 6-over 146 for the two rounds, two strokes over the cutline.

The 2021 U.S. Open champion had not missed the cut at this tournament since 2018, when it was last at Shinnecock. The only other time he didn’t make the weekend at a major since 2019 was the 2024 PGA Championship.

Bryson DeChambeau bogeyed the par-3 17th hole to drop to 5 over, then made par on No. 18 and missed the cut by one stroke after rounds of 70-75.

DeChambeau carded double bogeys on the par-4 Nos. 3 and 4 holes in the second round to descend from even par through two holes to 4 over.

The U.S. Open champion in 2020 and 2024, DeChambeau countered with a birdie at the par-5 No. 5 but bogeyed Nos. 6 and 8 for 38 on the front nine. Bogeys at Nos. 13, 15 and 17, surrounding a birdie on the par-5 16th hole, undermined his chances.

He also missed the cut at the Masters in April, the PGA Championship in May and at the U.S. Open in 2025.

Brooks Koepka, who captured the U.S. Open at Erin Hills in 2017 and at Shinnecock in 2018, will not play on the weekend at the tournament for the first time since his debut in 2012 (aside from 2020, when he didn’t enter).

Also a winner of the PGA Championship three times (2018, 2019, 2023), Koepka followed his opening round of 73 with a 7-over 77 on Friday to drop to 10 over. Koepka, playing the back nine first, made a lone birdie on the par-3 17th against eight bogeys.

Ricky Fowler (71-74), Patrick Reed (72-73) and Norway’s Viktor Hovland (76-69) also finished at 5 over. Ireland’s Shane Lowry, the 2019 Open Championship winner, posted consecutive rounds of 73 to move to 6 over with Patrick Cantlay (74-72), South Korea’s Si Woo Kim (77-69) and Rahm.

Australia’s Adam Scott (73-75) fell to 8 over, while defending champion J.J. Spaun (77-71) got to 8 over, and neither challenged the cutline.

Amateur Miles Russell, at 17 the youngest player in the field, is tied for 46th at 3 over after a 1-over 71 on Friday, and he survived the cut. Starting his round on the back nine, Russell birdied Nos. 12 and 15, then bogeyed Nos. 2, 4 and 7 without making a birdie on a more adventurous front nine.

“Yeah, it’s really special to get to play the weekend here, just in any tournament,” Russell said. “But making (it in) a major, my first one, it’s super special, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Bud Cauley, who earned his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday at the RBC Canadian Open, was on the cutline on Friday. The 36-year-old, who turned professional in 2011, shot consecutive rounds of 72 to sit at 4-over 144 and tie for 60th heading to the weekend.

England’s Aaron Rai, winner of the 2026 PGA Championship, followed his opening-round 74 with a 3-under 67 on Friday to tie for 22nd at 1 over. Rai had five birdies and two bogeys in the second round after recording two birdies and six bogeys in the first round.

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Jonathan Aranda sliced a go-ahead, three-run homer off the left field foul pole, and the Tampa Bay Rays won the opener of their three-game series against Washington by topping the Nationals 5-2 on Friday night.

Opening a season-high 10-game homestand and owning the best home record in the majors, the Rays fought back from a 2-0 deficit and used Aranda’s deep shot to end a three-game losing streak.

Jonny Deluca returned to the lineup after a nearly month-long absence and hit a solo homer. Yandy Diaz and Junior Caminero had two singles apiece.

Pitching with an extra day’s rest, Griffin Jax (2-5) threw five innings and allowed two runs on four hits including two solo homers. He fanned five without a walk.

Closer Bryan Baker notched his 19th save with a perfect ninth.

Washington’s Luis Garcia Jr. went 2-for-3 with a homer, and CJ Abrams also went deep.

Cade Cavalli (illness) was scheduled as the starter, but he was scratched earlier in the day for PJ Poulin, who was the opener in a bullpen game.

Poulin tossed two scoreless innings before turning the mound duties over to two-time All-Star Miles Mikolas, who had posted 11 2/3 shutout innings in his past two outings.

Mikolas (2-6) took the loss after pitching six innings and surrendering five runs on nine hits. He struck out two with a walk.

The visitors struck first in the second inning when Abrams led off the frame by crushing a Jax cutter an estimated 412 feet to center for his 15th home run. Nasim Nunez singled and stole his National League-leading 27th base, but left fielder Chandler Simpson’s sliding grab on Jorbit Vivas slowed the fleet Nats.

After DeLuca made a leaping snag of James Wood’s long drive to right-center, Garcia lifted his 10th homer to left, just making it into the first row for a 2-0 lead in the third.

Mikolas relieved in the third and put runners on with a walk and a hit with one out. Aranda followed by knocking a shot off the foul pole down the left field line and making it 3-2.

Tampa Bay added another run in the fourth when Taylor Walls singled in Richie Palacios after the second baseman’s one-out double.

DeLuca smacked his third homer, a majestic 398-foot shot high to left, leading off the eighth for the final tally.

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Bouncing back after a costly penalty in the first round, Joaquin Niemann carded a 5-under 65 in the second round on Friday and made the cut at the U.S. Open.

Niemann received a two-stroke penalty for throwing his club on the sixth hole Thursday, just before play ended for the day at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. He wound up with an 11 on the par-4 hole and ultimately finished the first round with an 8-over 78.

The 27-year-old Chilean, who plays on the LIV Golf circuit, kept his cool in the second round Friday while posting seven birdies and two bogeys. He birdied five of six holes to start the round.

“Everything was on,” he said after the round. “Hit great tee shots. I kind of went out with a pretty aggressive mindset, so yeah, it worked out.”

Niemann finished the second round at 3-over 143, tied for 46th, safely above the cutline of 4 over and 10 shots behind leader Wyndham Clark.

Niemann’s club toss was determined to be serious misconduct under Rule 1.2b, according to the USGA. That rule states “players are expected to play in the spirit of the game by acting with integrity, showing consideration to others and taking good care of the course.”

“I hit it two times out of bounds on the right, two bad swings,” Niemann explained Friday. “Then, yeah, got pretty frustrated. I’m not someone that like to be in that behavior. I’m the first one to judge myself when I don’t behave on the golf course.

“Yeah, that was a misbehave from my part. I felt like a little bit extra penalized with two-shot penalty, but I think it is what it is. I think I’m going to learn from it. It definitely kind of helped me a little bit to have a better round today.”

A two-time winner on the PGA Tour, Niemann moved to LIV Golf in 2022. He has won eight times on that circuit, including a playoff victory over Talor Gooch at LIV Golf Korea last month.

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