Intro:

Reaction after the second round of the 2015 U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Place Golf Course, University Place, Washington on Friday (19 June).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Phil Mickelson, four-over par for the day, three-over for the tournament, on today's round:

"It was a tough day. It wasn't that far off. I had three three-putts and struggled on that surface area near the hole and I couldn't get the ball in. And I didn't quite hit it quite as well as yesterday, but it wasn't that bad. It was controlled misses that were reasonable misses, but I just didn't get the ball in the hole. I'll have to come out tomorrow and kind of get a good game plan and figure out how to shoot something in the mid 60s and get back in it. Very difficult for anybody to run away with it. But I'm going to have to hopefully get conditions in the morning that are a little bit easier and then progressively get more difficult for the leaders, because that's really my only chance to catch up."