US Open Golf 2015: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Friday

The young stars of the game are taking over at the U.S. Open. 

Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed will head into the weekend tied atop the leaderboard, offering fans a scintillating final pair as Spieth looks to win his second straight major and Reed looks to take his first. 

Jason Sobel of ESPN.com pretty succinctly summed up the youth movement taking place at the U.S. Open:

Here's the leaderboard after two days of action at Chambers Bay.

Spieth went into the clubhouse earlier in the day atop the leaderboard after shooting an impressive three-under 67. In fact, the only issues he had on the day came at the 18th, a hole and layout he clearly did not enjoy.

After the hole, the Fox Sports 1 cameras picked him up calling it the "dumbest hole I've ever played" while adding "it's not a par four." 

It didn't keep him from finishing the day atop the leaderboard, however. 

Meanwhile, Jason Day—who was in Spieth's group—had quite the scare, collapsing at the No. 9 hole, the pairing's final hole of the day. Day managed to recover to finish the hole—though he was clearly still not himself—which meant he didn't have to withdraw from the tournament.

While Spieth and Day were the stories early in the day, all eyes were on Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson and Reed later in the session. Reed certainly didn't disappoint, especially on No. 12, as the U.S. Open on Twitter shared:

Chris Kirk left his mark on No. 10, meanwhile:

Johnson and Stenson—who were tied atop the leaderboard after each shooting a 65 on Thursday—both struggled on Friday. Johnson shot a 71, keeping him just a stroke off the lead, while Stenson really struggled, shooting a disappointing 74.

The world No. 1, Rory McIlroy, found himself nine strokes off the lead after shooting his second consecutive two-over 72. Not even the great McIlroy seems likely to overcome that deficit. Likewise, Phil Mickelson found himself eight strokes off the lead after a disappointing 74 dropped him well down the leaderboard. 

And last year's winner Martin Kaymer missed the cut after shooting a 74, taking him to six over for the tournament. 

But no one fared worse than Tiger Woods. Well, to be fair, three players fared worse than Woods, who shot a 76 a day after shooting an astonishing 80, for the first two rounds. At 16 over, he found himself tied in 150th place with Lucas Glover and Seuk Hyun Baek.

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It's safe to say Woods' game is in utter disarray at the moment. 

But the young guns of golf are more than making up for the void Woods once left in the game. Spieth is quickly becoming the brightest young star the game has seen in years, while Reed is certainly no slouch. The two playing together Saturday represents more than just a round of golf between the two leaders in the clubhouse.

It also represents the future of golf. If that doesn't get golf fans excited, well, nothing will.