Scottie Scheffler battled his way to a 1-over 71 at the U.S. Open. That was a slight improvement on his first-round 73 but still not the type of performance that’s made him the game’s dominant player the past three years.

The world No. 1 shot even par Saturday, his best U.S. Open round in his last seven, and sits at 4 over with only an outside chance Sunday.

Scheffler, despite not having his best stuff, grinded out a 1-over-par 71 in Friday’s second round to keep himself in contention, at 4-over par, to win his second major of the year, and the third leg of a career Grand Slam. He spent much of the day hovering around the cut line, which was projected to be 5-over while he was playing.

A day after a rather animated— and extremely frustrated —Scottie Scheffler pounded golf balls following his round, the World No. 1 was back at Oakmont's practice range in great spirits. Scheffler had only taken one shot less on Saturday, but having a one-year-old in tow made all the difference.

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler endured a frustrating second round at the US Open, a harsh mental and physical challenge, but vows he's not out of the title hunt at Oakmont. Scheffler, coming off three wins in his past four starts,

Scottie Scheffler kept coming back to the same answer when asked in different ways how a day that began with optimism at the U.S. Open turned into a 5 1/2-hour slog that left him well off the front page of the leaderboard.

World No. 1 and defending PGA Championship winner, Scottie Scheffler, believes that this week's U.S. Open, hosted at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, will be quite the test.

Rory McIlroy recovered from a nightmare start to his second round to sneak through to the weekend at the US Open as defending champion Bryson DeChambeau suffered a shock early exit.

Scottie Scheffler has been such a big favorite in golf that he had to get rid of his Venmo account. Turns out he was getting requests from fans who either paid him a few bucks for their betting wins or were asking for refunds.

Scottie Scheffler may have to do something special this weekend at the U.S Open if he wants to win his fourth major.

Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa among those challenging world No 1 Scottie Scheffler for US Open victory at Oakmont; Watch throughout the week live on Sky Sports