Sam Burns Shares Insights into His and Scottie Scheffler’s Families and Kids originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Scott Burns has been in scintillating form at Oakmont Country Club, carding a near‑perfect 5‑under 65 in Friday’s second round to vault to 3‑under and a one‑stroke lead heading into the weekend of the 125th U.S. Open.

If Scottie Scheffler doesn’t claim US Open glory today, you can bet he’s only rooting for one other guy. Scheffler became a three-time major champion at the PGA Championship last month but has

American’s second-round 65 has him alone atop the U.S. Open while favorites like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau struggle.

Brooks Koepka, the last player to win back-to-back U.S. Opens, flirted with the top of the leaderboard on Friday, never made a move, shooting 73 to stand at 5-over. Collin Morikawa, a two-time major winner, never made a move, shooting 74 to stand at 8-over for the week.

He shrugged it off afterward, pointing to all the positives instead. He'll wake up Sunday in contention at the U.S. Open. During the tournament's last trip to Oakmont nine years ago, he shot back-to-back 76s to miss the weekend by six.

As a result, many golfers become close with each other, which is exactly what happened with Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns. The two golfers have developed as players simultaneously, of course with Scheffler reaching heights far higher than Burns thus far.

Sam Burns was selected as Amanda Balionis' U.S. Open pick - and the American is in contention at Oakmont, after an impressive second round saw him card a 65 to sit at three-under

Sam Burns bolted to the lead in the U.S. Open with a brilliant 5-under 65 on Friday. Can he hold it on moving day? Just three players remain under par heading into the weekend at Oakmont, which spent most of Friday chewing up and spitting out everyone but Burns, who sits at 3-under, one shot ahead of J.J. Spaun.