Golfing history was made on day two at the US Open right at the last moment

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Golfing history was made on day two of the US Open at Pinehurst No.2 – and it came late on Friday afternoon.

After two days of pulsating golf in North Carolina, Ludvig Aberg holds a one-shot lead, with the Swede sitting at five under.

Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Cantlay and Thomas Detry are one shot back, with Rory McIlroy in close proximity at three under.

However, there was also drama at the other end of the scoreboard. Scottie Scheffler made the cut by one shot, and Tiger Woods missed out after failing to take advantage of numerous birdie opportunities on day two.

There was also record-breaking drama late on the ninth hole late in the day.

Francesco Molinari ace makes golfing history

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Francesco Molinari stood on the ninth tee – his final hole – in need of a hole-in-one to make the cut.

The Italian, before his tee shot, was seven-over-par, two shots back of the magic plus-five number.

Molinari then proceeded to make an ace to take himself back inside the cut line.

Golf stats guru Justin Ray has confirmed it’s the first known instance in US Open history of a player making an ace to make the cut.

He wrote on X: “Francesco Molinari’s ace at 9, his last hole of the round, moved him inside the cut line. There is no known instance in U.S. Open history of a player making an ace on his last hole to get inside the 36-hole cut number.”

Change your plans, Francesco!

Molinari’s weekend plans quickly changed after his ace on the ninth hole.

The Italian will now tee off alongside Brooks Koepka, who fell out of contention on Friday.

If the 41-year-old somehow plays his way onto the leaderboard ahead of the final round, his hole-in-one could become one of the all-time great US Open stories.

His ace is all the more extraordinary considering just how difficult it is to access Pinehurst’s tricky hole locations.

As Tiger Woods highlighted on Thursday, the pins are placed to repel balls rather than feed down towards the hole.

Nevertheless, it is a special moment that will go down in the competition’s history.