With another round to go and the U.S. Open hanging in the balance, Harman wasn't about to let go of the chip on his shoulder a day early and had a message for the media at Erin Hills.
Johnson's exit came after world number two Rory McIlroy and world number three Jason Day also missed the cut after disappointing rounds.
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Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who shot a 1-under 71 Friday to get to 3 under, said, "I think the greens are getting US Open-like, but not as firm as they're going to get if we don't get any rain".
Sprinkled through the leaderboard are a few familiar names capable of lighting up the links-style layout with American Rickie Fowler, Englishman Paul Casey and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama all tipped as future major winners.
Winning the U.S. Open is something he has thought about many times, the 26-year-old from Southport said.
Thomas started his record round with birdies on the first two holes.
After parring the sixth, he had a run of three birdies.
Canada's Adam Hadwin is at 2-under after shooting a 2-over 74.
Oosthuizen, who finished second in the US Open in 2015 and lost a play-off for the Open a month later, had to settle for a 68 to finish four under par. On the 12th tee, they told him he might be penalized and he played the final seven holes not knowing how big his lead was.
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"Not every day you enjoy a round of golf with an eight on the card, but I'm a pretty happy man", Casey said. "It was a bit of a roller coaster". "Hopefully I've got a lot of the bad stuff out of my system yesterday and some parts today".
Rory McIlroy and Jason Day never recovered from theirs.
Oosthuizen, whose sole major title to date came at St Andrews in 2010, birdied the first, fourth, seventh and eighth to move to four under par, while 2015 victor Spieth had covered his first 11 holes in level par. "But it will be a pleasure to go out on a Sunday trying to win a major".
At the opposite end of the board it became a first in a Major with the current World No.1, No.2 and No.3 each missing the cut since the World Rankings began in April 1989.
"Oh gosh, Jimmy, be good", he said to caddie Jimmy Johnson when the ball was in the air, and it was close to flawless. He birdied four of his last six holes - he missed two birdie putts of 10 feet and two-putted for birdie on the par-5 seventh - to rally for a 71. Johnson came in with 73, but that was not almost enough, as he finished at 4-over 148 when 145 or better was needed to advance. He said that his 16 years of experience is what allowed him to keep the wheels from falling off on the par-5 14th hole.
Willett shot a 9-over 81 in the first round and then withdrew before his tee time in the second round.
Casey has recorded triple bogeys before in his long and illustrious 17-year pro career but none where he has fought back to share the lead in a Major.
His problems started when he tried to lay up and round the right rough. But he also struggled around the greens, failing to get up and down once in six opportunities. On No. 8 he put his 154-yard approach shot to about two feet.
"It doesn't need to be too much of a change for this golf course to play pretty hard", he said.
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