Casey's day as Dougherty falls away

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Englishman Casey carded a four-under-par 66 - the lowest round of the tournament - to trail leader Angel Cabrera by three shots.

Dougherty, who led after the first round on two under, was unable to continue where he left off and signed for a disappointing 77 - leaving him five adrift.

"A 66 is way beyond my expectations, and I am still a bit surprised at the score I shot," Casey said afterwards.

"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."

Another Englishman, Justin Rose, shot a second consecutive 71 to stand at two over alongside Aaron Baddeley.

Cabrera, who shot a first-round 69, is one shot clear of Bubba Watson.

Tiger Woods struggled to a round of 74 and is five shots off of the lead, while Phil Mickelson missed the cut by a shot after a 77.