With that par, Burns set quite the marker for the rest of the field. He is one of two players, along with Viktor Hovland (-1), to get into the clubhouse after their second round in red figures for the week. He can now sit back and watch the rest of the leaderboard battle with Oakmont on Friday afternoon.

Burns avoids the late meltdown that cost him in the first round and has a one-shot lead after a long day that saw defending champ Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson miss the cut. Scottie