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Casey shined on Friday, shooting a four-under-par 66, the low round of the tournament, to vault into contention at the season's second major.

After digging himself a hole on Thursday, Casey dug in on Friday, firing five birdies with just one bogey to lie at three over 143 after 36 holes.

"A 66 is way beyond my expectations and I am still a bit surprised at the score I shot," Casey said. "This is right up there in terms of my best round ever. If I had kept the bogey off the card, without a doubt it would have been.

"But I consider the US Open to be the toughest test in golf. This is possibly the toughest golf course I have played and I feel very, very lucky to have shot 66 on it."

Dougherty, who led after the first round on two under, was two clear of the field after a birdie on the 13th, his fourth hole, but immediately ran into trouble at the next.

A three-putt bogey there was followed by a double bogey six on the next, and another dropped shot on the 18th took him out in 38.

At one over for the tournament Dougherty was two behind Angel Cabrera of Argentina, who was level for his round and one under for the tournament, the only player in the field in red figures.