Wyndham Clark 64 at Shinnecock: 2-Shot US Open Lead, Round 2 Tee Times and Cut 2026

Wyndham Clark completed a 6-under-par 64 at Shinnecock Hills early Friday morning, the lowest opening round in any US Open contested at the venue and the second-lowest in any round of the six Shinnecock Opens. Clark played his first 16 holes at 6-under on Thursday before darkness halted play, then parred his last two Friday morning to lead 2016 US Open champion Dustin Johnson by two shots, per ESPN. Round 2 tee times have been pushed back roughly 15 minutes from the original schedule after Round 1 concluded Friday morning.

The 2023 US Open champion goes back out Friday afternoon with a clean number at the top and a forecast that finally cooperates: 8 to 14 mph southwest winds and mid-70s temperatures. Shinnecock par is 70 across 7,440 yards, and Round 1 scoring averaged just over a stroke above par after fog delayed the morning wave and softened the afternoon greens.

Clark's Round in Three Numbers

1. 6-under 64, the best opening round in any US Open at Shinnecock Hills. 2. Two-shot lead over Dustin Johnson (66) after the suspended round finished Friday morning. 3. Sixteen of eighteen holes played at 6-under on Thursday, then a routine par-par close to lock in the number.

Clark made the turn in 32 and built the cushion on the back nine, including an eagle at the 592-yard par-5 fifth (his fourteenth hole of the round, playing as a back-nine hole given his 10th-tee start). The Shinnecock fescue rewards driver accuracy and Clark drove it as cleanly as he did during his win at Los Angeles Country Club in 2023.

Scheffler's 72 and the Grand Slam Watch

Scottie Scheffler opened with a 2-over 72 and tees off Round 2 at 2:24 p.m. ET from the 10th tee, paired with Rory McIlroy. Scheffler is bidding for the career grand slam after his US Open near-miss last year. ESPN reports his FanDuel price lengthened from a pre-tournament 11-2 to roughly 13-1 after the opening round.

Scheffler needs a Friday round in the mid-60s to play his way back inside the cut line and into a weekend orbit. The 36-hole projected cut hangs around even-par based on Round 1 scoring; the wind forecast and softer greens point the under at 3.5 strokes over par.

McIlroy posted a 1-under 69 and sits inside the top 10. His FanDuel price improved to roughly 15-2 after Round 1, the largest one-round odds compression of his year, per ESPN's betting recap. McIlroy's iron play kept the round upright on a course where the front nine plays a half-stroke harder than the back.

The Field Behind Clark

Dustin Johnson, the 2016 US Open champion at Oakmont, posted a 4-under 66 to share solo second. Gary Woodland (2019 US Open winner at Pebble Beach) and Matt Fitzpatrick (2022 US Open winner at Brookline) sit tied at 3-under 67. Jon Rahm carded a 2-under 68 and is part of a chasing pack inside the top 10.

The Shinnecock leaderboard now reads like a US Open champions' reunion through 18 holes, with Clark, Johnson, Woodland, Fitzpatrick, Rahm, and 2023 PGA winner Brooks Koepka inside the top 12. Preston Stout, the Oklahoma State junior and reigning NCAA individual champion, is the highest-placed amateur after a 2-under partial Round 1 he resumed Friday morning.

Cut Line and Round 2 Betting

The cut at the US Open is top 60 and ties through 36 holes, the most aggressive number in major championship golf outside the Masters. Round 1 scoring averaged about a stroke above par, and a historical Shinnecock cut at this scoring pace lands at plus-2 to plus-3. The wind forecast supports the cut staying inside plus-3.

Clark's outright FanDuel price moved from the pre-tournament 50-1 range to roughly 7-2 after the opening round, per ESPN's betting team. Johnson's price improved into the 10-1 range. Scheffler lengthened from 11-2 to 13-1, McIlroy compressed to 15-2. Numbers may shift through Round 2; check the book at tee time before placing any wager.

The 36-hole leader market and the make-cut props are the cleanest single-bet exposures Friday. Clark to make the cut sits in the minus-1000 range, a number tied to his two-shot cushion. The Round 1 leader to win outright historically converts at roughly 22 percent across the last 20 US Opens, which prices Clark's 7-2 closer to fair than long.

DFS Impact and Field Notes

DraftKings DFS pricing tightens for Round 2 across the leader board, with Clark, Scheffler, and McIlroy at the top of the salary scale. The contrarian Round 2 DFS angle is the morning wave restarters: players who finish Round 1 Friday morning then re-tee in the afternoon take a 36-hole load that historically depresses leader-board scoring. Round 1 leader scoring also tends to regress in Round 2 at venues with stiff fescue, so a small cap-on-Clark, fill-with-mid-tier construction is the cleanest game-theory play.

What to Watch Next

The morning wave Round 2 results come in around noon ET and set the projected cut. The afternoon wave kicks off with the Scheffler-McIlroy pairing at 2:24 p.m. ET. The Clark-Johnson tee time anchors the marquee group and tells you everything you need to know about whether the 64 was a calm-conditions outlier or a fairway-and-greens template that holds on a windier Saturday.

Chad AI tracks every US Open prop, two-ball, and outright on the slate inside the StatSniper app. The PGA daily picks page updates with cut-line and head-to-head exposure as Round 2 unfolds. For pre-tournament context on the Shinnecock setup and the futures board, the US Open 2026 Shinnecock Tuesday practice preview has the long-form course breakdown.

Leaderboard sourced from ESPN and tee times from the PGA Tour. Shinnecock hole pars and yardages via the USGA. Odds via FanDuel and DraftKings as reported by ESPN as of Friday June 19, 2026 morning.

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