Collin Morikawa (T1/-5) carded his fifth score of 66 or better at the US Open and in a Major championship; previous four all came en route victory (65/R3, 64/R4 at 2020 PGA Championship; 64/R2, 66/R4 at 2021 Open Championship).
1-for-1 to date with the 36-hole lead/co-lead on PGA TOUR (Won/2020 Workday Charity Open).
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His previous-best 36-hole position in a Major: 2nd/2021 Open Championship (Won). Finished T4 at the 2021 U.S. Open (T35/2019, MC/2020).
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Two-time Major championship winner (2020 PGA Championship, 2021 Open Championship).
The last player to win a Major in three consecutive years was Brooks Koepka (2017-2019).
10 players have won the U.S. Open, PGA Championship and The Open Championship (most recent: Rory McIlroy).
Morikawa is the only player currently in the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking without a win on the PGA TOUR this season; most recent TOUR victory: 2021 Open Championship.
He has five PGA TOUR wins in 68 prior starts (2019 Barracuda Championship, 2020 Workday Charity Open, 2020 PGA Championship, 2021 WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, 2021 Open Championship).
Joel Dahmen (T1/-5) has his first career 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; previous-best 36-hole position: T2, 2019 Wells Fargo Championship (finished 2nd).
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One of three players in the field, along with Aaron Wise and Hayden Buckley, with multiple scores of 68 or better (67-68); entering the week. The last four players to record a 68 or better in each of the first two rounds of the U.S. Open went on to win (Rory McIlroy/2011, Martin Kaymer/2014, Jordan Spieth/2015, Gary Woodland/2019).
One top-10 in eight prior starts in Majors (T10/2020 PGA Championship). Playing in his third U.S. Open (MC/2019, MC/2020).
Dahmen won the 2021 Corales Puntacana Championship, and earned a spot in the U.S. Open via Final Qualifying at the Columbus, Ohio site.
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Jon Rahm (T3/-4), the defending champion, is chasing to become the next player to successfully defend title in a Major championship after Brooks Koepka, 2019 PGA Championship.
Four players this season have successfully defended a title this season, including Rory McIlroy last week at the RBC Canadian Open; the most in a season since 2016-17 (4).
Rory McIlroy (T3/-4) successfully defended his title at last week’s RBC Canadian Open, earning his 21st PGA TOUR title and moving to T31 on the all-time PGA TOUR wins list.
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The last player to win on TOUR and win a Major the following week is McIlroy, 2014 (WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, PGA Championship).
No player since WWII has won the U.S. Open after winning on TOUR the week before.
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Scottie Scheffler (T8/-3), world No. 1 and FedExCup leader, has four PGA TOUR wins this season (WM Phoenix Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Masters Tournament).
