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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Patrick Reed should have guessed his putt from 15 feet to save par on the 18th hole Friday was not going to go in. The way his up-and-down round had gone, he was due for a bogey.

Reed’s card in the second round of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay was a mixed bag featuring an eagle, five birdies and six bogeys. It left him with a round of 1-under 69, putting him in a tie for the 36-hole lead with Masters champion Jordan Spieth at 5-under. One shot back are Dustin Johnson and Branden Grace.

“It was a disappointing round,” Reed said. “It was just too many bogeys. When I made a birdie I gave it back right away. I have to clean that up.”

Johnson, who had shared the first round lead with Henrik Stenson of Sweden, hung on for a 1-over 71 on Friday.

“[Saturday] is going to be a good test,” Johnson said of the third round. “I imagine they’re going to set it up pretty hard. But I have a good game plan and I have to stick to it.”

Johnson was having a decent day until he got to the par-4 14th. He had a tap-in for birdie at the par-4 4th hole and made a 2-footer for another birdie at the par-4 7th. When he drained a slow downhill putt from 15 feet for birdie at the par-4 11th, he was 7-under par and leading the tournament.

But he bogeyed the 14th and closed with bogeys at the par-3 17th, where he missed a short putt for par, and the par-4 18th, where his drive lodged in a fairway bunker. The back-to-back bogeys dropped him into a tie for third at 4-under with Grace.

“I gave a few back coming in,” Johnson said. “It was really tough out there. I thought I played pretty well. When I got into trouble, I felt like I hit good shots and got myself out of it. I just didn’t hole the putts like [Thursday]. I had a lot of good looks even on the bogeys I made. I feel like I’m putting it well. Sometime they go in and sometimes they don’t.”

Reed, who shares the 36-hole lead for the first time at a major, was unhappy with the pin placement on the 18th hole, saying he hit a good second shot into the green, but couldn’t make a regular putt to get the hole. He wound up three-putting for bogey.

“I had to play Mickey Mouse golf,” he said.

Nonetheless, he likes his position going into the weekend.

“It’s definitely going to be a tournament that anyone has a chance to win,” Reed said. “Until the 72nd hole is done, it’s anybody game. The main thing for me is to stay focused.”

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