SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – The cut at this 126th U.S. Open came down to the wire.
If Dylan Wu, in one of the penultimate threesomes of Friday afternoon, birdied Shinnecock Hills’ par-4 18th hole, it would move the cut line to 3 over. Anything worse than that by Wu, and the cut would remain at 4 over, with or without Wu.
So, when Wu, competing in his third U.S. Open, flew the green with his final approach and then left himself 7 feet for par, more than just the 29-year-old Northwestern product were locked in.
Wu made the putt for a 1-over 71, sending himself and 71 other players into the weekend at 4 over, the lowest cut since 2023 at Los Angeles Country Club, the lowest ever in now five occasions at Shinnecock and four shots better than the cut here in 2018.
The cut is officially +4 at the 126th U.S. Open. pic.twitter.com/var4i77hp6
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 20, 2026
Thirteen total players made the cut on the number, including last year’s U.S. Open runner-up Bob MacIntyre (70-74), last week’s winner Bud Cauley (72-72), and two players, Chris Gotterup and LIV’s Caleb Surratt, who went 75-69 to keep their championships going.
Joaquin Niemann, who was penalized for serious misconduct for throwing a club on the sixth hole of his first round and was credited with an ‘11’ on the hole, became the first player since Bill Melhorn in 1929 to card ‘10’ or worse on a hole and still make a U.S. Open cut. He shot 5-under 65 on Friday, his best round in a major ever.
Five of the 20 amateurs who started the week are sticking around – Eric Lee and Marek Fleming at 4 over, Jackson Koivun and Miles Russell at 3 over, and Ryder Cowan at even par.
On the flip side, Bryson DeChambeau missed his third cut in as many majors this year, recording back-to-back doubles, at Nos. 3 and 4, en route to shooting 75 and finishing at 5 over along with Patrick Reed, Viktor Hovland and Rickie Fowler, among others. DeChambeau has either missed the cut or top-10’d in 11 straight majors.
Kristoffer Reitan also missed the cut after opening in 70, while Jon Rahm turned in the most shocking split of those headed home early, going 68-78.
Patrick Cantlay, Shane Lowry, Cameron Smith and Si Woo Kim joined Reitan and Rahm at 6 over. Min Woo Lee and Sepp Straka were each 7 over, while defending champion J.J. Spaun and Adam Scott were among those at 8 over.
Brooks Koepka, the champ last time the U.S. Open came to Shinnecock, was 10 over after rounds of 73-77.
Incoming Georgia freshmen Mason Howell and Hamilton Coleman each missed the cut, though they closed with matching 70s.
