US Open Golf 2015 Leaderboard: Live Look at Saturday Scores, Overall Predictions

Friday was cut day at the 2015 U.S. Open, and many top names in golf were unable to make it to the weekend, flummoxed and frustrated by the unique layout and tumbling greens at the Chambers Bay golf course in University Place, Washington.

Tiger Woods finished at a dreadful 16 over, defending U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer bowed out at six over and Rickie Fowler's major magic was nowhere to be found, as he finished 14 over for the tournament. World No. 4 Bubba Watson missed the cut as well.

Woods, despite posting a career-worst two-round score of 156, was seemingly undeterred by his play.

"Obviously, I need to get a little better for the British Open, and I'll keep working at it," Woods said, via the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com).

There are, of course, plenty of notable talents still in play on Saturday, including two round-leaderboard toppers Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed (-5) and the excellent Dustin Johnson (-4). Here's a live look at Saturday's scores.

A dark horse to keep an eye on Saturday is Louis Oosthuizen. The South African finished with a dreadful score of 77 on Thursday, rebounded with a 66 on Friday—tied with J.B. Holmes for the lowest score of the round—and birdied two of his first three holes on Saturday. Oosthuizen's been in bad form as of late, getting cut from the Wells Fargo Championship and Crowne Plaza Invitational in May.

He was in danger of missing yet another cut after his awful first round—he happened to be grouped with Woods and Fowler, forming the most surprisingly poor trio of the Open on Thursday—but now appears to have worked out the kinks in his game.

Henrik Stenson is another player toward the top of the leaderboard to keep tabs on. He followed up an opening-round 65 with a 74 on Friday, but he has the talent to work his way back into the competition. PGA Tour noted he's been excellent at hitting his greens as of late:

He's apparently been eating them too, based on his humorous description of the putting greens, via Golf.com:

Only five players have managed to post scores better than 70 in each of the first two rounds at Chambers Bay: Spieth, Reed, Branden Grace, Joost Luiten and Tony Finau. Of those players who have shown the greatest consistency in this tournament, Spieth is the biggest threat to win.

He's accumulated nine top-10 finishes in PGA play dating back to December 4th, including a famous win at the 2015 Masters.

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Spieth is well aware he's not working with the comfort established after some dominant early-round play at Augusta, and he knows low-scoring rounds could be hard to come by on the weekend, via the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com):

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It's playing different. And I'm in a very different position. I'm not going to have a five-shot lead. So given it's a U.S. Open, I imagine they're going to try to bring us back to par. ... So I'll draw some on Augusta, but at the same time, my patience level has to be even that much higher.

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According to the PGA Tour website, Spieth is tied for 19th on the tour in strokes gained from putting (.504 average). He'll need to be at his sharpest to navigate the rugged greens at Chambers Bay, lest he lose out on one of his distinct advantages over the competition.

Despite bogeying three of his final five holes on Friday, Johnson is not to be counted out in this tournament. He's the PGA Tour leader in average distance off the tee—317.6 yards, per the PGA Tour website—and can make up ground (and strokes) in a hurry with his powerful drives. 

ESPN's Jason Sobel notes his performance has been quite fantastic considering the circumstances:

Johnson's driver and 7-iron will keep him at the top of the leaderboard and may well be enough for him to move past the likes of Grace and Reed. However, it feels like this will be the wunderkind Spieth's year, so look for him to come out on top Sunday and begin the talk of his chase for an elusive Grand Slam.

Overall Predictions: Spieth wins, Johnson finishes second