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Johnson sets a daunting target at US Open

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) Dustin Johnson handled the worst of the weather and wound up as the sole survivor to par at the U.S. Open, taking a four-shot lead into the weekend at Shinnecock Hills.

Johnson dropped only one shot Friday morning in wind and two hours of light rain that made the course play even longer. He made a 45-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh hole for a 3-under 67.

In perfect scoring conditions in the afternoon, no one could catch him.

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Ian Poulter was one shot behind until a triple bogey on his second-to-last hole. Charley Hoffman was under par until a bogey on his final hole.

Johnson was at 4-under 136, four shots ahead of Hoffman and Scott Piercy.

The weekend will not include Tiger Woods, who shot 72 to miss the cut for the fifth time in his last eight majors. Jordan Spieth joined him with a bogey-bogey finish to miss the cut by one shot.

Fleetwood’s knack: Brit does well in nasty US Open weather

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) The U.S. Open suits Tommy Fleetwood, particularly when conditions get difficult.

You know, wind and rain and chilly temperatures, just like back home in England. Exactly like Fleetwood got on Friday morning at Shinnecock Hills.

Fleetwood posted the best round of the morning at 4-under-66. He did it during the worst weather of the day.

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He trailed leader Dustin Johnson by five shots because Fleetwood opened with a 75, and first-round co-leader Johnson nearly matched Fleetwood’s 66 with a 67.

”I do quite like it in sort of a funny way,” Fleetwood said. ”But I don’t know. I like to think I can control my ball well, but I still feel like I’m getting a lot better at it. And I think that some of the strengths I have, I have a lot of patience … the tougher the conditions, the more I feel like I can grind it out and will my way around a little bit.

”You still got to play well, but all those go together in a good round if everything still ..