By Lou Aguila (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Jun 15, 2013 09:35 AM EDT

A sunny weather on Friday was supposed to give golfers a 'perfect' playing condition to wrap up the first and second round of competition. Everyone thought it would be a flawless, high-scoring day of Grand Slam golfing until Merion, the course, gave them a run for their money.

Merion was simply unforgiving all day long, having players average 74.6 strokes with only three players at under par after 36 holes.

Clubhouse leaders Phil Mickelson and Billy Horschel, both at 1-under 139, were the first ones to finish 18 holes on Friday while Justin Rose, Luke Donald and Steve Stricker completed their assignments just before darkness.

However, there are still 68 players that need to finish their second round Saturday morning before the organizers will reduce the playing field when they make their 36-hole cut at 8 over.

Despite playing with an elbow injury, Tiger Woods is still in contention for his first Grand Slam title in five years after shooting an even-par 70, tied with former US Open winner Rory McIlroy and four others. Historically, Woods is playing better golf after going over par through 36 holes, yet none of which ended with a title. Nevertheless, he's still just four strokes behind the leaders with 36 more holes to go.

Pre-tournament favorite Graeme McDowell took the hardest fall yesterday, shooting a lackadaisical 13 over through two rounds. Other victims of Merion's Friday Horror are Jose Maria Olazabal (+16), David Toms (+12), Angel Cabrera (+15), Jim Furyk (+16) and Darren Clarke (+15), who will likely miss Saturday's cut.

Play will resume at 7:15 ET a.m ET. Coverage of the second and third round of the 2013 US Open begins at 8 a.m on ESPN and 4 p.m on NBC.

2013 US Open Tee Times (Round 2 and 3)

Merion GC Tee #11

Group Time Players
79 10:00 am Clarke, Darren Olazabal, Jose Maria Toms, David
80 10:11 am Cabrera, Angel Lawrie, Paul Ogilvy, Geoff
81 10:22 am Donald, Luke Kaymer, Martin Westwood, Lee
82 10:33 am Furyk, Jim Johnson, Zach McDowell, Graeme
83 10:44 am McIlroy, Rory Scott, Adam Woods, Tiger
84 10:55 am Fdez-Castano, Gonzalo Jaidee, Thongchai Olesen, Thorbjorn
85 11:06 am Els, Ernie Fox, Steven Simpson, Webb
86 11:17 am Guthrie, Luke Ogilvie, Joe Stanley, Kyle
87 11:28 am Pepperell, Eddie Teater, Josh Tsukada, Yoshinobu
88 11:39 am Hwang, Jung-gon Loar, Edward Madsen, Morten Orum
89 11:50 am Bettencourt, Matt Homa, Max Knox, Russell
90 12:01 pm Hadwin, Adam Herman, Jim Nieporte, John
91 12:12 pm Brown, Brandon Murray, Grayson Smith, Jesse
92 3:45 pm Kresge, Cliff Tambellini, Roger Yip, Ryan
93 3:56 pm Karlberg, Rikard Parry, John Ueda, Yui
94 4:07 pm Hanson, Peter Mahan, Hunter Watney, Nick
95 4:18 pm Casey, Paul Glover, Lucas Haas, Bill
96 4:29 pm Baddeley, Aaron Lingmerth, David Sabbatini, Rory
97 4:40 pm Coetzee, George Laird, Martin Siem, Marcel
98 4:51 pm Hoffman, Charley Huh, John Kelly, Jerry
99 5:02 pm Garrigus, Robert Moore, Ryan Stenson, Henrik
100 5:13 pm Khan, Simon Palmer, Ryan Potter, Jr., Ted
101 5:24 pm Kim, Michael Stefani, Shawn Thompson, Nicholas
102 5:35 pm Doak, Chris LaBelle II, Doug Svoboda, Andrew
103 5:46 pm Hutchison, Randall Sutherland, Kevin Weibring, Matt
104 5:57 pm Hahn, John McElyea, Cory Nelson, Ryan

Merion GC Tee #1

Group Time Players
53 9:45 am Hicks, Justin Howell, David Stuard, Brian
54 9:56 am Goya, Estanislao Hedblom, Peter Steele, Brendan
55 10:07 am Fraser, Marcus Leishman, Marc Senden, John
56 10:18 am Hoffmann, Morgan Langley, Scott Williams, Chris
57 10:29 am Thompson, Michael Weaver, Michael Wittenberg, Casey
58 10:40 am Choi, K.J. Molinari, Francesco Pettersson, Carl
59 10:51 am Chappell, Kevin Donaldson, Jamie Piercy, Scott
60 11:02 am Points, D.A. Streelman, Kevin Van Pelt, Bo
61 11:13 am Bae, Sang-Moon Grace, Branden Henley, Russell
62 11:24 am Horschel, Billy Matsuyama, Hideki Spieth, Jordan
63 11:35 am Alker, Steven Goggin, Mathew Presnell, Alistair
64 11:46 am Hall, Gavin Harmon, Matt Kim, Bio
65 11:57 am Crick, Brandon Fischer, Zack Sullivan, Ryan
66 3:30 pm Colsaerts, Nicolas Johnson, Dustin Watson, Bubba
67 3:41 pm Bradley, Keegan Mickelson, Phil Stricker, Steve
68 3:52 pm Kuchar, Matt Rose, Justin Snedeker, Brandt
69 4:03 pm Clark, Tim Oosthuizen, Louis Schwartzel, Charl
70 4:14 pm Cink, Stewart Garcia, Sergio Harrington, Padraig
71 4:25 pm Dufner, Jason Poulter, Ian Weekley, Boo
72 4:36 pm Day, Jason Fowler, Rickie Manassero, Matteo
73 4:47 pm Fujita, Hiroyuki Jacobson, Fredrik Yang, Y.E.
74 4:58 pm Karlsson, Robert Peterson, John Stallings, Scott
75 5:09 pm Blake, Jay Don Campbell, Michael Jobe, Brandt
76 5:20 pm Hearn, David Van Zyl, Jaco Weir, Mike
77 5:31 pm Collins, Wil Phelan, Kevin Varner, III, Harold
78 5:42 pm Hughes, Mackenzie Pan, Cheng Tsung Sisk, Geoffrey

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