“We learned more about Rory McIlroy when he made that putt for double bogey than we may have learned all day long about what’s going on in his head.” – Brandel Chamblee
“What this guy has got the ability to do is catch lightning in a bottle. Not everybody has that ability – a lot of the great players do – and he does.” – Paul McGinley on co-leader Collin Morikawa
“As recently as 11 days ago, he said, ‘I will never win a major championship.’ I wonder what he’s thinking right now. ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have said that.’ He’s got a chance.” – Chamblee on co-leader Joel Dahmen
STAMFORD, Conn. – June 17, 2022 – NBC Sports presented second round coverage of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship from The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., across NBC, USA Network, and Peacock, capped by Live From the U.S. Open on GOLF Channel.
Exclusive third round coverage begins tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock and continues on NBC at noon ET.
U.S. Open – Second Round Leaderboard
| Player | Total |
| Collin Morikawa | -5 |
| Joel Dahmen | -5 |
| Rory McIlroy | -4 |
| Jon Rahm | -4 |
| Hayden Buckley | -4 |
| Aaron Wise | -4 |
| Beau Hossler | -4 |
Saturday-Sunday Coverage Schedule
| Day | Peacock | USA Network | NBC/Peacock |
| Saturday | 10 a.m.-Noon | Noon-8 p.m. | |
| Sunday | 9-10 a.m. | 10 a.m.-Noon | Noon-7 p.m. |
*coverage will begin shortly before the first scheduled tee time at 6:45 a.m. ET
ON SECOND ROUND
Paul Azinger on NBC: “I’ve been saying for a few years that Friday really is ‘Moving Day’ at the U.S. Open. Only two out of the last 38 winners have shot over par on Friday – Angel Cabrera and Webb Simpson. It’s important to be within a couple shots of the lead. Twenty-three of the last 25 winners have been within two shots of the lead going into the weekend…Saturday and Sunday you have to hang in like a bulldog, but today is critical because history shows you have to be close to the lead.”
Brandel Chamblee on Live From the U.S. Open on GOLF Channel: “Right now, as we speak, No. 1, 2, 3 and 7 in the world are all in the Top 7 in this leaderboard…not to trot out a cliché too early, but the cream is really rising to the top here.”
Azinger: “What a move by these guys. Morikawa, the reigning Open champ shoots 66…Rahm, the reigning U.S. Open champ shoots 67…Scheffler, the reigning Masters champ shoots 67.”
ON THE COUNTRY CLUB
Justin Leonard on USA Network: “There’s no local knowledge on this golf course other than a few players. It’s a golf course that’s democratic. It’s not overly long. It tests every part of these players’ games.”
ON COLLIN MORIKAWA (-5, T-1st)
Chamblee on Live From: “Sometimes when you’re just a little off your game, it does force you to play a little more conservatively than you otherwise would…even when he’s a little off, he’s still a stellar iron player…over the last six or seven tournaments he’s played, he’s had incredible runs with his irons…but losing strokes every single round on average to the field on the green…by and large, its his work on the greens this week.”
Paul McGinley on Live From: “What this guy has got the ability to do – which is so much more important than what your overall average is – is catch lightning in a bottle. When he gets hot, he gets really hot with that putter. We’ve seen him lead that category in putting when he won the PGA Championship, we saw him do it at the Open Championship…getting really hot at one element of the game at the right time in a big week is invaluable. Not everybody has that ability, a lot of the great players do, and he does.”
ON JOEL DAHMEN (-5, T-1st)
Chamblee on Live From on Dahmen tied for the lead: “It may catch some people by surprise. It may catch him by surprise. As recently as 11 days ago, he said, ‘I will never win a major championship.’ I wonder what he’s thinking right now. ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have said that.’ He’s got a chance…his golf game is so over-shadowed by his comedic antics, but imagine if he did pull through for a victory? That would be one heck of an entertaining Sunday night.”
McGinley on Live From: “One of his better finishes this year was at Pebble Beach, and there’s only one golf course on the U.S. Open rotation that has smaller greens than here at The Country Club – it’s Pebble Beach.”
ON RORY MCILROY (-4, T-3rd)
Chamblee on Live From: “U.S. Opens reveal how a player can deal with adversity. This is what tenacity looks like…if and when he wins this championship on Sunday…we learned more about Rory McIlroy when he made that putt for double bogey than we may have learned all day long about what’s going on in his head.”
Steve Sands on McIlroy’s double bogey on No. 3 on USA Network: “Remember that moment right there on a Friday afternoon – saving, yes, saving, a double bogey…That is about as good a double bogey as you could possibly ask for in that situation. Wow.”
John Wood on NBC: “This has felt like a different Rory the past couple of days.”
ON JON RAHM (-4, T-3rd)
McGinley on Live From: “His short game is coming around and that’s the big key…we got to The Masters and said this guy is so far off with his short game…but like a pendulum, it’s going to come back at some stage. The mainstay of his game is his ability to strike the golf ball…we’re seeing evidence of (his short game coming back) this week. I think there’s more in Jon Rahm, I don’t think he’s given us his best.”
Chamblee on Live From: “He leads the year in strokes gained off the tee, but he also leads in total driving…he’s the longest, straightest driver on the planet and I have no doubt that that iron game will come around…this guy is like a Cadillac Escalade with Lamborghini speed.”
ON MJ DAFFUE (-1, T-16th)
Nick Faldo on second shot on the 14th hole from hospitality area carpet on USA Network: “The bottle of nerve to say ‘I’ll just thread this between the picket fence down the right and the hospitality with the cocktails, flower beds – no problem, plenty of room’…Perfect, nailed it.”
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