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Rose shot his second consecutive 71 on Friday at Oakmont and is in perfect position to contend for the US Open title this weekend.

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Same again: Two rounds of 71 put Justin Rose in with a chance

On Thursday he finished with three bogeys in his final five holes to drop out of a share of the lead.

On Friday he got off to a rocky start but finished in style, playing the final 13 holes in two under after starting the round with three bogeys in his first five holes. "I think it's a better 71 than yesterday," Rose said. "Yesterday I walked off the course being a little disappointed where today I'm delighted with 71." Rose also noticed the job fellow Englishman Paul Casey did to give himself a shot at the championship. "When I was going down to the 10th hole I said to my caddie, 'He's three under' and he said 'Well, he hasn't finished yet'," Rose added. "And he finished four under, so 10 shots better than the field average, unbelievable." Rose set the early clubhouse target on two over with Australian Aaron Baddeley and kept moving up the leaderboard even though the only shots he had left to take on Friday were at the practice range. "I'm in great position actually," said Rose, fourth in the Open as a 17-year-old amateur at Birkdale in 1998. "I think it's just, on this course, you can't get ahead of yourself because you never know what's around the corner. "You're fighting for pars, working hard out there, staying patient and doing all the right things. That's all I am really trying to do right now." Rose faced adversity after consecutive bogeys at the fourth and fifth but he responded with a birdie at six and pulled himself together. "I think about not panicking," Rose said when asked how he turned things around. "I had two three-putts but then I made a good putt on six and that turned the round around. "I enjoy the test and the challenge. You have to work hard within yourself to grind out a good score, and I do enjoy that type of golf."