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No Laying Up - Golf Podcast

1175: Friday at the '26 U.S. Open

20 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: Who is leading the 2026 U.S. Open and by how much?

6.393 - 8.937 Harry Higgs

Be the right club. Be the right club today.

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12.844 - 20.217

That's better than most. How about him? That is better than most.

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20.237 - 28.992 Big Randy

Better than most! Expect anything different?

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38.928 - 54.268 Cecil Baldwin

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the No Laying Up live show presented as always by our friends at Titleist Friday, U.S. Open round two, a little bit of round one in their recap coming to you now. I am Solly, joined by my colleague, Mr. DJ Pai. Hello, DJ.

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54.789 - 58.774 DJ Pie

Hello, Solly. Good to be with you. Exciting day out there. Lots to talk about.

Chapter 2: What insights does Harry Higgs share about travel logistics?

58.994 - 60.857 DJ Pie

Let's let's get into it. Let's get it on.

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61.418 - 63.18 Cecil Baldwin

TC is here. Hello, TC.

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63.312 - 78.402 Big Randy

Hey, Sally, I'm just, I'm coming down from that cut watch that, uh, that, that took a while to pick up on that. And then they bounced pretty quickly. I'm not sure they totally understood it.

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78.382 - 100.309 Cecil Baldwin

They were very concerned of whether or not Dylan Wu moved the cut line. They exited the premises before they found out if he made the cut. He did make the seven-footer to make the cut there. The No Layup Live show brought to you by Titles, the number one ball at the U.S. Open for 78 straight years and counting, and the most played driver, iron, and wedge this week at Shinnecock. Any questions?

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101.11 - 104.794 Cecil Baldwin

That part was not in the copy, but that's it. Just a...

Chapter 3: How did Wyndham Clark perform during the tournament?

104.774 - 122.379 Cecil Baldwin

Just a statement there from our friends at Titleist. We are going to talk a lot about what happened today. We're going to, of course, talk Wyndham Clark and the unfortunate incident that happened to him last year. I don't think we've broken that one down yet. What he did this past few weeks. A lot of the movers up the board. A lot of the great rounds today.

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122.399 - 136.614 Cecil Baldwin

Some guys that didn't have the best rounds. Going to go down the leaderboard. Some pleasant surprises. as well, some kind of random news and notes. We will be having an appearance here shortly from Icarito, who was on the grounds out there today. Maybe even a guest, Colin. Who knows? A lot to get to today.

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Chapter 4: What notable rounds did Collin Morikawa achieve?

136.714 - 138.079 Cecil Baldwin

Deej, where are we going first?

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138.119 - 141.649 Big Randy

Little Nero's just delivering Neil's pizza. He's eating it.

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142.608 - 160.435 DJ Pie

He's in the green room eating his pizza. We got a lot to get to today. I think we, of course, got to start with the guy who's leading by four shots, Wyndham Clark, TC's guy, Dub, alone at the top at minus seven. Gentlemen, we got 10 players under par after 36 holes at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock.

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160.455 - 181.867 DJ Pie

Just to level set for you a little bit, this is fewer players than we had under par at the halfway point in 2004. There were 11 players under par that year before... They unfortunately lost the golf course. So fingers crossed that we've got some of that coming this weekend. You can argue we lost the golf course the last couple of days, though. In the other direction.

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181.887 - 183.109 DJ Pie

We found where the other side is.

Chapter 5: Which players made significant moves up the leaderboard?

184.19 - 208.69 DJ Pie

In 2018, there was one player under par at this point. 1995, there were six players under par. 1986, there was one player under par. So considering the wind, considering the softness, considering the... defensiveness that the USGA has put out. We're still pretty in line with... We're maybe a little on the higher side, but it's an interesting comparison, I thought, to those previous years.

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209.231 - 234.532 DJ Pie

The 36-hole lead in 2004 was minus six. Shigeki Maruyama and Phil Mickelson, so one shot lower than the blow pig finds himself. Good stat here. Over the last 30 years at the U.S. Open, 27 of the winners, all but three, have been within two of the lead after 36 holes. Obviously, nobody is within two of the lead at this point. Take that for what you will. But do you guys know the exceptions?

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234.652 - 236.976 DJ Pie

Do you guys know the guys that came from behind?

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Chapter 6: What were the biggest surprises and missed cuts in the tournament?

237.26 - 241.626 Cecil Baldwin

Can I get, well, I was going to say Lucas Glover must be one. It wasn't Ricky Barnes.

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241.646 - 242.768 DJ Pie

He was not one of them.

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243.148 - 246.092 Cecil Baldwin

Ricky Barnes had like a seven-shot lead at one point in that U.S. Open.

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246.393 - 249.597 DJ Pie

It might have been weirdly after the midway point.

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249.617 - 250.378 Cecil Baldwin

It might have been.

250.859 - 271.23 DJ Pie

Webb Simpson is one of them. Webb Simpson is one of them. Brooks, actually, in 2018, was five back of the lead at Shinnecock. And Fitz at the country club was three back, which he finds himself four back right now. So familiar place for him. I mean, guys, we got to start with Wyndham Clark. He's seven under par. He's driving it.

Chapter 7: How did the weather affect play during the U.S. Open?

271.49 - 288.796 DJ Pie

He's driving it nice in spots. He's driving it horrible in spots. It's a very captivating storyline developing. I find he's at 21 of 28 fairways. through 36 holes, didn't miss a fairway today until the 13th hole, and then just completely lost it and missed four in a row, but was able to kind of hang on during that stretch.

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288.856 - 292.14 Big Randy

Any consequences whatsoever, which seems to be a theme with Wyndham.

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294.664 - 317.647 DJ Pie

That's a good one. That's a good joke. All right, he got one. He got a jab in. That was a good one. Uh, yeah, to your point, TC missed big left on 13, uh, then hit it to 25 feet, miss big right on 14, hit it to 12 feet, big left on 15, hit it to 25 feet and then drove it in the bunker, chopped it around, made a bogey on the par five, uh, 16th, but. What, Solly, let's start with you.

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318.228 - 320.731 DJ Pie

Big macro, Wyndham Clark. How are we feeling?

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Chapter 8: What are the expectations for the weekend rounds at Shinnecock?

320.751 - 322.894 DJ Pie

How are we looking? What's on your mind?

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323.054 - 342.536 Cecil Baldwin

He's played great golf. Look, he was on the good side of the draw. We know that, but there were, you know, 80-some golfers or whatever it is, 78, 77 other golfers that were on the good side of the draw as well that are not sitting here at seven under par through 36 holes. You must give him his flowers. It... He took advantage of the great wave that he got on Thursday night.

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342.937 - 363.083 Cecil Baldwin

That's where he made up a lot of his differential. He played another solid round of golf today. It was kind of looking kind of stuck in neutral there for most of the morning, I guess, until he kind of made those three birdies in the last six holes. It is, of course, going to hopefully... We're not getting into setup talk yet. We're not doing that yet, but...

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363.063 - 384.733 Cecil Baldwin

God willing, this golf course will change here over the next 48 hours into a different test to the point where... I hope this place dries down quickly. We're going to talk about that. He's driven it well to the point where it's not like he's getting away with murder. He got away with some stuff, but overall, he's driven the ball quite well. I don't think it's like...

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384.713 - 396.557 Cecil Baldwin

Quite a Bryce in 2024 Pinehurst situation yet. But it's just the questions that are going to get asked are going to be totally different. And the test is going to be totally different. And it's going to be it's we're 50% of the way through the golf tournament.

396.577 - 404.713 Cecil Baldwin

But I'd say we're in reality 30% through in terms of how much fluctuation I think we're hopefully going to see here over the next two days. I'm holding out hope for that.

406.01 - 406.852 DJ Pie

TC, what are your thoughts?

408.154 - 426.769 Big Randy

I'll leave it to Wyndham. He said, I really felt like I could be in double digits, but you know, the great thing about that is I didn't feel like I had my best and I am still leading as of right now. Hopefully I can bring my a game on the weekend. That's good stuff. USJ should feel very proud of what they've put forth the last couple of days.

426.749 - 455.018 Big Randy

so i think you're going to rely a lot on on wave splits today i think you are going to rely on waves i think there's i think there no no statistics from the wave splits i think there's there's different parts of the wave as well and i think i think the smash and grab looting that that wyndham did last night uh i can't unsee that and props to him for taking advantage of it um but you know again he's a smash and grab specialist

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