And here’s Ewan Murray’s latest report on Rory McIlroy’s travails:
That’s all from this liveblog for now. Thanks for following. Bye
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Here’s the latest leaderboard before we wrap up this liveblog. Stay on the site for end-of-play reports around 2.30am BST, 9.30pm ET.
-4 Johnson (15); Landry
-3 Westwood
-2 Piercy (16*), García (15), Lowry
-1 Summerhays (F), Sullivan (15), Scheffler, Streelman, Watson, Lee
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I’m going to head home now but here’s the latest scores on the board. There’s around an hour and a half’s play remaining. One of my colleagues will post an updated leaderboard later, before they head out into the wee small hours of London town.
Andrew Landry -4
Dustin Johnson (12), Lee Westwood -3
Scott Piercy (13) -2, Andy Sullivan -2, Shane Lowry -2
Sergio Garcia (12), Scottie Scheffler (a), Kevin Streelman, Bubba Watson, Danny Lee, Jason Kokrak (14) -1
Eight players E
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Johnson hunches over and grimaces as he watches his birdie attempt slide just left. “Oh!” say the crowd, in unison. García’s effort, from 12 ft, wobbles and misses right. Par for both. It’s been a long day for them. Me too. I may have to make a move shortly as it’s now Saturday in London.
Dustin Johnson has found his remote control. He makes his ball dance to his tune on his approach to the 3rd, telling it to moonwalk back to within 10ft. García is in close attention. Two birdie chances …
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There have been some quite splendid rounds by a couple opf unheralded US golfers a little further down the leaderboard. After double-bogeying the 1st, Jason Kokrak has piled on four birdies, getting his short game singing and climbing up to -1. Meanwhile, Daniel Summerhays has fished six birdies out in round two. He’s ripping it up. He’s -4 for the day and evens for the tournament.
Daniel Summerhays has birdied four of his last five holes, including here on No. 14. He's -4 on his round. #USOpen https://t.co/dK62WRDNtZ
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
Johnson has a knee-trembler to avoid consecutive bogeys. But he dead-eyes it, cool as you like. He stays -3 alongside Scott Piercy, who is playing some zen-like stuff. He’s parred 1,2 and 3 and in a calm, collected manner.
Johnson gives himself a chance of saving par, hacking out of the tangly stuff and landing the ball within 70ft of the pin. García, meanwhile, sends a sumptuous hip up to the left-hand side of the pin, watching it pitch and roll to within a couple of feet. Even for García that’s a certain birdie.
Has that bogey got to Johnson? His drive, a 4-iron on the 2nd, has got tangled in some long, gruesome-looking rough over to the left. García has fared much better. His 3-wood off the tee takes him 300 yards and to within short chip’s length of the pin.
Andy Sullivan went out in 32, scoring three birdies on the way but his surge has been halted by a dropped shot on the 1st. He has a chance to recover that shot on the 2nd but he can’t take it.
“Does Danny Lee warrant a mention?” asks Paul Doesburg. Well, yes. The world No52 dropped just a single shot on the first round, pitching in quite magnificently for a birdie on the 6th. He’ll be well in with a shout if he continues his good form but how he handles the quicker greens will be key.
Dustin Johnson drops a shot! I repeat, Dustin Johnson drops a shot! He’s rubbish him. It’s his first bogey of the tournament but he took his ball oh so close to saving par, swinging it out to the right and watching it curve back in to within a couple of inches before watching it reverse a tad and end up half a foot away. That was some run. He’s back to -3. So Andrew Landry, who has only hit one putt all day – a birdie –leads once more.
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Mickelson’s been saving par all over the shop this round but he’s just missed a short one on 7 to drop back to +5. It’s not happening for him.
Dustin Johnson and Sergio García have both found trouble on the 1st (their ninth of round two). Johnson hacks out to the fairway and clatters a fine iron up to the green. It bounces and holds and gives him an outside chance of saving par but I’d bet money, at least 25 pence, that this will be his first dropped shot of the tournament. He’s been missing birdie putts from much closer then this one. it’s about 20 feet away and across a downhill slope so will require some serious calibration. Sergio has sent his shot onto and through the green. “Hang on!” He tells it. It doesn’t. He’s off into the fringes and may be reversing into the pack of players on even par.
Scott Piercy is still motoring along nicely. He’s begun the homeward stretch with a couple of pars, the 1st hole never an easy par to make. He remains at -3 and well in contention. Cabrera has fallen back to +1, while Furyk, in the same group, has missed the chance to get back up to -2 on the 17th having dropped a shot on the 16th.
Zach Edmondson is probably going to miss the cut. He’s +27 after 30 holes.
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And Johnson misses another chance to take the outright lead! He tickles his downhill putt towards the hole and leaves it short. He never really gave it a chance. Meanwhile, Sergio has contrived to bogey the 18th. He’s back to -1.
Here’s how Piercy found his little purple patch …
Nifty wedge work by Scott Piercy led to the first of two straight birdies that has him one back of the lead. #USOpenhttps://t.co/34iNIBTKjZ
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
Johnson has rattled a wonderful drive down the 18th with a touch of fade, on the subject of which, I’m fading somewhat here. I’m off for a drinks break. Back shortly.
Sergio makes a birdie on 17! Well, it looked like if anyone was going to do it it would be Johnson but he catches the lip of the cup with his putt from 10ft and another chance to lead the US Open eludes him. Sergio centres his 12-footer, no bother. He stays at -4 while García is back up to -2. He often gets birdies in clusters but the 18th doesn’t give them away easily.
Stenson hacked out of the long, whispy stuff and caught a break, the ball bouncing off a hump at the left side of the green and rolling to within 30ft of the pin. He rolls it up and takes a bogey. A very good bogey given the circumstances.
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Johnson has pinged his drive all of 295 yards to the front of the 17th green. He just can’t miss. García just missed it off to the left but he’ll be fine out there. Over on the 5th, Stenson is in all kinds of bother. He’s played out of thick rough 30 yards up the course into even thicker rough. Having dropped two shots already this round he’ll do well not to shed another couple here.
Leaderboard
Dustin Johnson (7), Andrew Landry -4
Scott Piercy (9), Lee Westwood -3
Shane Lowry, Jim Furyk (5) -2
Andy Sullivan (8), Sergio Garcia (7), Scottie Scheffler, Kevin Streelman, Bubba Watson, Danny Lee -1
Seven players E
Furyk sails his approach on the 15th right into within 5ft of the 15th pin. His accuracy is unerring. He gets up after it and knocks it down to climb up to -2. He’s showing no signs of the wrist injury that bothered him in the buildup to Oakmont.
“Two inches,” says Piercy’s caddie as he lines up his putt on the 18th (his 9th on round two). He nods, strolls up to the ball and rattles it home confidently, taking the two inches out of the equation. He’s -3 and right up there breathing down Johnson’s neck.
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Sergio clacks his monster putt uphill to within a couple of feet. Then Johnson, from a similar distance but with more of a left-to-right slope to contend with, crouches, squints and chooses his line. Dink! Off it goes to within a foot. That will be par.
Piercy’s blood’s pumping all right now. He’s landed his approach shot on the 18th within 5ft. He has that to move to -3.
Of course Dustin Johnson lands it on the green 16th green. You didn’t ask the question but he answered it in any case. Sergio’s iron off the tee is blown over to the right somewhat. It just grabs the fringes of the green. But that’s a long old putt for birdie up the 16th. 60ft in fact.
Piercy has birdied 17 to get back to evens for the day and to -2 overall. He’s battling to stay up there and winning. Andy Sullivan is bounding along very nicely too. He’s -1 for round two and evens for the tournament. He’s doing his Ryder Cup chances no harm at all.
Sergio rescues par on 15! His bunker shot was a joy to behold, letting the club float through his hands on its way through to the ball and sending it up on to the green with a spray of sand, where it bounced, slowed up and trundled up to within a couple of feet. He made that look easy. It wasn’t. Johnson, from a foot, makes par again. It’s 28C in Oakmont. Johnson is ice cool.
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Jim Furyk is going very nicely, using his wise head to pick his spots on the lightning quick greens and judging his putts awfully well. He’s copied Els and birdied 12, following it up with par at 13.
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Oh Sergio! He’s pulled a seven-iron way left, from a great position on the 15th fairway, into a little bunker that will take a handy chop out to make par. As for Johnson, he’s picked his spot on the green again, landing the ball within 15ft of the pin. What a day he is having. He’d play a third round after this one if he could.
On the subject of García, here’s Simon McMahon: “You almost do know with Sergio, though … hope, hope, hope, despair. But you never quite know for sure, that’s why we watch sport. Oh Sergio!” Would we have to change the way we write Oh Sergio! if he were to sink a putt for a major? Ooooooh Sergiooooo! Or OH SERGIO! Or just stick with same Oh Sergio? These are the questions Sergio will guarantee we never need to answer, as much as I would love him to.
Johnson misses his chance to assume the outright lead. His putt on the 14th is left to right but he doesn’t connect with any conviction. To be fair, the fear of overjuicing a putt and watching a birdie become a bogey may well lead to some tentative taps around the greens as the weekend rumbles on. Still, Johnson isn’t missing any greens. He’s now like a boxer protecting his unblemished record. He doesn’t look like giving up a bogey but surely he must at some point. It’s how he reacts then that could be key.
Ernie Els has begin the second round as he began the first: in fine fettle. He throws his ball to a fan on the side of the side of the par-five 12th and pumps his fist. He’s -2 for round two and back to +3 for the tournament. Can he keep it up before he runs out of puff?
García and Johnson have both hit fine approach shots on the 14th. They have gettable birdie chances from around 15ft but they’ll be going downhill. Sergio shakes his head as he gives his ball a gentle nudge and watches it wobble to the right and miss by a few feet. He looks at the green as though it’s as unreadable as Infinite Jest. Johnson’s putt is from a different angle to García’s. Perhaps easier. A birdie would take him into the outright lead.
The balls are doing ludicrous things on the greens now, wobbling all over the shop as they come in on what look like steady lines before picking up pace where it looks like there was none and finding new ways to miss. One man who has just controlled a putt all the way home, however, from all of 40ft, is Jim Furyk. He steers home from left to right on 11 in stupendous fashion. He’s back to -1.
On the subject of nearly men Thomas Wahl writes: “I think we need a tier ranking of ‘men’ who win a major based on the number of majors. Maybe one major is a ‘bit of a man’, while two or three majors is a ‘man’, then four to 10 is a ‘full man’ and above 10 is a ‘stud’. Or something like that. Because if we’re using ‘man’ status for wins at a major, Jack and Tiger are a bit more manly than a Couples.”In your rankings, if anyone ever reached 20 would they transcend man and become a god?
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Oh. From a fine position on 15 Piercy has now lost a shot. His birdie putt ended up rolling on such is the speed of the green. He leaves himself too much to do and can only two-putt from there. Back to -1.
Dustin Johnson rattkles home his birdie putt on the 13th and has a share of the lead! He’s -4. Meanwhile, Sergio isn’t always the coolest of customers, but in the sand he’s a natural. His lie in the deep bunker that surrounds the front of on the 13th is awful. His shot is sublime, gently jumping out and landing to the right of the hole before creeping into range and making par possible.
Up on the 15th Piercy has just sent a birdie putt sliding past the hole. It would have been his third in a row. What a recovery he has made since shedding two shots on 10 and 12.
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What a beautiful tee shot by Johnson on the 13th. He lofts a heavy wedge right at the pin that just makes it onto the narrow Hour Glass green. His ball kicks back and shuffles over to the right, giving him a great birdie chance. He’s really at it today. Matsuyama plays an equally splendid tee shot but Sergio dumps his into the bunker. “Must have been the wind,” he sighs.
Oh Sergio! Rotten luck. His 12ft birdie putt on the 12th licks the cup and wobbles out. So, so close. Par. Johnson does likewise. Back on the 1st, Rose has kicked off with a bogey, Mickelson has made par after an adventure over a hill to the side of the green and Stenson has three-putted. That’s not the start he wanted.
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Rose has found some semi-rough just off the left of the 1st green. He had a good view of the pin and was smack bang in the middle of the fairway. His expression tells it all. Disappointment. Mind you, the green is spitting balls out all over the shop in uncompromising fashion, as evidenced as Stenson’s ball rolls off into the thick stuff too.
Johnson’s chip is delightful … until it spins in at the hole and catches a little drop that takes him past Sergio’s ball. Cruel greens these. Johnson does some chuntering. He wants to stay bogey free.
Good news for Sergio! Spain are beating Turkey 3-0. More good news for Sergio! He has a 10-footer for a birdie on the 12th. Johnson has a reasonable chance to get into position for a birdie on the same hole. He’s just off the green but it requires a carefully crafted chip.
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García has just sent his ball off on a huge journey 300 yards up the par-five 12th. He could give himself a birdie chance on this 617-yard monster. He began round one with a bogey, gradually got into his groove, and stuck with it through the rest of the round. Whether he can do that in round two on these super-quick greens is doubtful, though. But, you never know.
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Stenson, who is in a tidy position on -1, has just rattled a 3-wood miles down the centre of the 1st fairway. That’ll put some pep in his step as he tries to stay up at the top through round two. Up ahead of him, Els has swatted his ball out of a trap at the side of the green to within a few feet. That should be a save for par.
Cabrera, Els and Furyk are back out there and making it look easy off the 10th tee. They play three fine shots. Cabrera and Furyk over to the right about 180 yards from the pin, Els over to the left and further back. Today is some work out for these fellas. They’re no spring chickens you know.
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Piercy has just been bitten by Oakmont again. He looks into the middle-distance wearing a confused smile after dribbling a putt up to the 12th that wobbles around the cup. That was Usain-Bolt quick. He’s back to evens already.
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Donaldson’s got an almighty funk on! He hurls his wedge across the fairway and wallops his bag after landing his pitch on the 12th a little further away from the pin than he would have liked. I could understand that reaction had he duffed his shot a yard forwards like a sorry hacker but it was just a little off line. That’s all. Also, he’s birdied 10 and 11 to go +2 overall. He should be in a bright and breezy mood out there. If he were a cartoon character one expects a little black cloud would be hovering over him.
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Colin Montgomerie has just been talking about whether the nearly men, Westwood, Garcia and Stenson can make that final step to a major. He’s man who knows a thing or two about carrying the nearly man tag. García has gone oh so close to saving par on the 10th. His 20ft uphill right-to-left putt turns just past the hole. Bogey. Johnson, who hit the best tee shot, has just watched his birdie putt from 10ft wobble across the green and pick up pace to leave him a knee-trembler for par. His knees hold out. Just! It catches the lip on the way in. Phew. Johnson stays at -3.
Sergio Garcia is back out there with Dustin Johnson! The Spaniard doesn’t make the best of starts. He thrashes his drive over to the left and into some thick, boggy-looking filth that could prove more than a bit problematic. He’s landed somewhere near Hideki Matsuyama. Dustin Johnson is encouraged by a member of the crowd to “aim right!” because he obviously needs advice off punters. He does go right, to open up a line into the 10th pin, which is way out on the left of the green for the second round. He’s not in a great lie though. It’s rough. He hasn’t bogeyed yet. In fact, he shot the first bogey-free round at Oakmont since 1994. Will the old course give him a nibble here?
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Piercy goes this close to recovering the shot he lost on the 10th with a well-weighted 15ft putt on the 11th. It misses by inches. He’ll take par easily enough, mind.
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Tony Finau, who played very steadily in the first round to card 72, is wearing a puzzled look on his face. The reason? He pitched into the 2nd, past the pin with a little spin before watching the ball wave goodbye to the hole as it reversed backwards, found a slope and rode it through to at least 75ft away, almost as far as its starting position. And that’s Oakmont folks. She’s drying out and toughening up. Approach shots will not be afforded the spongy landing they were earlier today. He’ll do well to save par from there.
In terms of the players up at the top, Sergio García and Dustin Johnson will be the next to look out for in round two. They tee off in around 15 minutes’ time. Up on the 1st, Donaldson and Piercy both found the green in two. Donaldson has curled a lovely putt home from 15ft to card a birdie. Lovely stuff! But Piercy makes a royal mess of his birdie putt and can’t clean up. He begins with a bogey and drops down to -1.
Round two begins!
Off we go again! Scott Piercy, who is tied fourth, rattles a lovely tee-shot down the 10th (they’re playing the back nine first) as does Jamie Donaldson, who was in decent form coming into Oakmont and carded 74 in his first round. It’s just non-stop golf today readers.
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Leaderboard after round one
Andrew Landry -4
Dustin Johnson, Lee Westwood -3
Scott Piercy, Shane Lowry, Sergio Garcia -2
Henrik Stenson, Scottie Scheffler (a), Kevin Streelman, Bubba Watson, Danny Lee -1
Seven players evens
Stenson has given himself a fighting chance of saving par on the 9th, chopping his second shot out to the rough and then lofting his third to within 20ft of the pin after a wonderfully relaxed swing at it. Mickelson judges his birdie putt from way downtown very nicely indeed, leaving himself a short putt for par. Rose does something similar. But can Stenson finish with a 68? No. He doesn’t give his right-to-left effort enough juice. He takes a bogey. As does Mickelson. “I pulled it!” he mutters. That’s a disappointing finish. A 74. Rose cards 72.
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Rose and Mickelson are both safely on to the 9th green, Mickelson with a steady iron off the fairway, and Rose with a cultured loft from a tricky slope beside a bunker that flies up into the air and lands closer to the pin than Mickelson’s approach did. That was a beautiful shot from an unconventional stance. Apparently, Rose has been hampered by a back injury. He may well suffer when he is sent straight back out shortly for the second round. Stenson landed his tee shot in some horrible rough. I haven’t seen him since. It would be a shame if his fine work on the first round was undone at the last.
Mickelson has unsheathed the driver and walloped one down the 9th, his final hole of his first round. Maybe he ought to use that more often. Over on the 17th, a pretty easy par four, Day has just three-putted in agonising fashion, watching his par putt kiss the lip and wobble back on to the green. He’s walking round with shoulders slumped like he’s just been told some troubling news. I imagine he’d quite like to go home after he finishes up on the 18th but he has to go again shortly.
Stenson birdies the 8th! Just. He gets up and walks after the ball after giving it a shaky little nudge from about 15ft away. He thinks he’s undercooked it but on and on and on and on it goes, stopping for a little rest before falling into the cup with a pleasing little rattle. Earlier there was a swoosh as Mickelson swipes at his third from the bunker, sand spraying out around his hulking figure, as the ball squirted out and rolled up to within 12ft of the pin. It’s a testing bogey putt. But he passes the test. He drops to +3. Rose saves par to remain at +2, while Stenson is looking down at them from up high after climbing up the leaderboard to -2.
@GreggBakowski Big Henrik long hitter if the putter stays hot he'll be in the mix glimpses of late 2013 form when he blitzed all around him
— John McEnerney (@MackerOnTheMed) June 17, 2016
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Well done Angel Cabrera. The 2007 champion here holes out on the 18th to card 70. Over on the 8th, Stenson has hit a towering 3-iron to within 15ft of the hole, Rose has found the rough and Mickelson has lived up to his ‘Lefty’ nickname by going miles left into some scarily long filth. Only Bubba Watson and Ernie Els have birdied 17 today. It’s a terrifying par three. Mickelson gets some club on the ball as he sweeps it through the jungle. The result? He’s in the bunker at the back-right of the green.
Sergio García, who will tee off for round two in around 15 minutes, has just been having a wee chat about the course and his form.
It didn’t look great early on. I had a couple of bad swings early on. It was nice to hit two really good shots on 4 though. I started to give myself good birdie chances and some decent pars. I hit my driver really, really well today. I only missed twice. Every time you win you have extra confidence [he won the Bryon Nelson in May] . I felt that last week I didn’t practice too great. But then I settled down well and started to hit the ball quite nicely again.”
He’d be a very popular winner wouldn’t he? We can but dream.
The world No1, Jason Day, appears to have been having an internal battle with himself for the most part of the day. Having sunk down to +5 he finally made a birdie on the 14th. That may have steadied him. He’s been in such fine form coming into the tournament that perhaps a strong finish to round one will lead to him remembering that he just has to let it flow. Maybe he’ll have a resurgence in his second round as he finally eases up and relaxes.
After 14 holes, World No. 1 Jason Day has his first birdie of the #USOpen. https://t.co/J95OiP0uPE
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
Stenson pushes his 12ft birdie effort on 7 down the hill with the kind tentative tap you would afford a stranger on a train who needs to wake up because it’s the last stop. It’s not enough, rolling to within inches. Still, that’s par. He remains -1.
Stenson has dropped a shot on the 6th but he’s trying to shake it off very quickly. His irons are hot and he’s been peppering pins with remarkable regularity today. His approach on the 7th arrows in, lands with a dull thud and holds up to give him a birdie chance.
Spare a thought for poor Zach Edmondson. While much has been made of how Oakmont has been a tamer beast today, he’s stumbled round in +19. His card is fair glowing with bogeys and doubles. Poor lad.
Sergio’s putt is a fine one. He knocks it uphill, over a hump and on its way to within 3ft. Johnson can’t find a final birdie but he’s only a foot away. Sergio posts 68. Johnson 67. But they have little time to dwell on their rounds. They’ll have to start their second in just about 20 minutes’ time.
Sergio’s swing is little wild on the 18th. He’s not happy. His ball glides into the green but is way out west, miles from the cup. He’ll have a monster putt to get to within range to safely find par. Johnson’s approach is far superior. He’s within 20ft and won’t have too much of a gradient to deal with. If he holes that he’ll be joint leader of the US Open. he plays in his own little bubble. Unshakeable.
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Mickelson has just been punished after going fro the pin from the lush stuff up on a hill just off the 6th green. He tries to land the ball just past the fringe but it grazes it and then sticks there. Oh dear. His first-nine approach of playing cautiously was perhaps the best approach. Since trying to spice his game up his his score has crept up. He takes bogey and moves to +2.
Thwack! Sergio connects with the sweet spot off the tee on the 18th. Can he finish a fine round on a high? He’s landed in the semi-rough just in front of a trap to the right of the fairway. His next shot will need control, as the green is an undulating tease. Johnson has played a magnificent tee-shot too. He has a fair chance of ending his first round as joint leader. He’s made three birdies and not let Oakmont take a single shot off him. He’ll want his card to stay unblemished.
Sergio centres it! He’s back to -2. Elsewhere, I see the day has caught up with Els. He’s dropped back to +4 after double-bogeying the 12th, bogeying the 13th, birdying the 14th and bogeying the 15th in an action-packed but quite draining mid-point to his back nine.
Sergio has a 30ft eagle putt after creaming his drive to the green on the 17th. He stands over it, glances up at the cup, and sends it on its way. How is it? Not bad. it misses to the left but leaves him a 5ft putt for birdie. It’s teh kind of putt Sergio has been making today. Yes, I probably have jinxed him haven’t I?
Dustin Johnson is only 91 yards from the 17th and has a good chance of a birdie if he aims for the flag. He opts to play safe. A bit too safe, in fact. His ball hangs in the air and lands some distance past the pin at the back-left. That’ll be a two-putt that requires some concentration. He could have made his life less stressful. Maybe he overclubbed.
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Thanks to Tom for freeing me up to get some sustenance inside me. I had a moussaka in case you’re interested. Oh, for pudding? A Lion bar. I don’t mess around. I’ve just sat down to see Henrik Stenson clambering up the leaderboard with a supremely well-judged putt from the right side of the 4th green for an eagle. I see Sergio has dropped a shot since I departed too. He’ll have a chance to get back to -2 after walloping a drive down the 17th right up to the green.
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Eagle for Henrik Stenson! A three on the par-five fourth, his 13th of the round, puts the Swede right into contention on two under, while Piercy ends on two under. A personal best. And with that I’ll hand you back to Gregg, who’s eaten some food and even brought me a cup of tea – a measure of the man.
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Onto the par-three 16th, García chips deftly from just off the green with his second shot falling just a yard or two wide of the cup, but makes par easily enough. His partner Johnson attempts a 66ft putt for birdie but he misjudges the run of it badly and falls a good way short. An uncharacteristic little error, but it doesn’t knock him off the stride. The still-tricky putt is beautifully nudged in for par.
Jason Day, meanwhile, is five over back on 12.
García finds the green with a fine second shot on the par-four 15th, which puts him within reach of birdie, but he can’t follow it up with his putter, straying wide of the cup and ends up three-putting. Prompting some of the usual eye-rolling:
Dustin Johnson also falls a fraction short with an uphill birdie putt but his par has him two shots ahead of the Spaniard.
Two holes further on, Piercy is losing his mojo a bit and makes a hash of a simple putt and a chance to gain another stroke on his fellow contenders is squandered.
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Afternoon everyone. So this is where we are:
1 Landry (F) -4
=2 Westwood (F); Johnson (14) -3
=4 Lowry (F); Piercy (16); García (14) -2
=7 Scheffler (F), Streelman (F), Watson (F), Lee (F), Cabrera (12), Scott (11) -1
Right. Tom Davies is going to offer me some relief to get fed and watered for 30 minutes. Dustin Rose tapped home on the 14th after this glorious approach shot to move to -3 alongside Westwood. García made par so he’s still keeping it together well enough. Can’t always be said of him.
.@DJohnsonPGA is now tied for second at -3 after this approach shot. #USOpen https://t.co/vlDRqIRykf
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
Mickelson’s powers of recovery aren’t strong enough to lead him to a par on the 2nd. He splashes out well enough and makes the green in three. Two putts. And bogey. That’s put a dampener on what was a decent start. Still time though. Cheer up Phil.
Mickelson wears the mildy irritated look of a very hungry man who has just been told that the restaurant has run out of food. Having dropped back to evens at the 1st, he’s dragged his second shot, a long-iron, way out to the left on the 2nd and buried his ball in a whole heap of sandy trouble.
It appears Els did not make two double-bogeys earlier. It was just the one. The TV coverage was very late to show the clip so I assumed he’d suffered repeated woe. He’s still going backwards, mind, just not as fast as I first thought. A couple of players who are heading in the right direction are Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia, playing partners today. They have both bothered the cup by mere centimetres on the par-three 13th. Their long and short games are singing. Johnson hasn’t dropped a shot all day. He is the picture of equilibrium.
Cabrera, who is playing withe Els and Furyk in the silver club, is giving it a right good go now. The 2007 champion here sends his short-iron on the 11th hurtling into the air before landing, reversing and parking up within 5ft of the 11th flag. He’ll have that for -1. Earlier, on the 9th, he chipped in for evens. It was a beauty. You can watch it here …
Angel Cabrera still has the magic at Oakmont. This chip-in got him back to even par. #USOpenhttps://t.co/i8Y4yJppDw
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
Sergio García, whose approach shot on the 12th landed in the trap to the right of the green, looks like he’ll avoid any damage and keep his momentum intact. With knees bent, he flops the ball out beautifully, placing it on the green as well as he could have done with his own hands. He’ll have a 5ft putt for par.
Oh Ernie! He’s hit a little hump after making a lovely, relaxed start to his round. His card reads, bogey, double-bogey for 9 and10. That’s him back to +1.
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… Scott Piercy is now joint leader of the US Open! He’s birdied the par-three 13th. What an afternoon he’s having, he’s aggressive with his putting strokes and is making the most of Oakmont while her greens are as tame as it is possible for them to be.
Mickelson makes a birdie! It’s a routine putt. He had Rose’s putt, that missed by inches, to guide him before he pushed the ball home. The big names are lining up nicely behind the leaders. Speaking of which …
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Phil Mickelson may have found that magic. Having played a routine tee shot on 18, landing just over the trap on the right side of the fairway and giving himself a fair distance to go, he nails his long-iron up to the green, landing it 6ft from the pin in a sumptuous spot. That’ll be an easy uphiller. Straight too. Rose follows suit, landing about 5ft behind Mickelson. Day meanwhile, sends his hurtling over the green into the semi-rough. He’s having a battle with his own brain out there.
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Hello, what’s this? Sergio is on it! He bends a terrific little putt in on the 11th after swishing an approach to within 8ft. He’s -2 and on something of a mini-march. He’ll have Dustin Johnson for company there too. His playing partner birdies 11 and trots off to 12 happy with his work so far today.
Scott shakes his head and stares dolefully at the hole is back to level par after dropping a shot at the fiendish 258-yard par-three 8th. He was expecting a right-to-left break. The green didn’t give. Damn you Oakmont!
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Mickelson is holding it all in. He takes par on the 17th. He’s playing ever so safe. Perhaps that’s a result of his dropped shot on the 10th (his first hole of the day). Oakmont bit him and now he’s got the fear. Maybe he’ll try to conjure something magical on the way in. He’s evens, as is Rose, who went for the green on the 17th and found some thick stuff at the back of it. It’s a tricky hole the 17th. It tempts players to overeach themselves in the hope of a birdie. Rose was almost lured into doing so but recovers. Mickelson wasn’t having any of it. I’ll take my par, thank you very much. Maybe he’s got the right attitude.
Sergio dead-eyes his 8ft putt on the 10th to go -1. He’s looking good. Could he even avoid a meltdown?
Day escapes with a six on the 7th. He’s +3, seven shots off the lead. Sergio García has been gradually getting into the groove here. He’s definitely got some pep in his step now. His muscular drive on the 10th is followed up by a delightful approach shot. He may, just may, get into negative figures. He’ll join Dustin Johnson if he does. He goes within a foot of a birdie after reading a left-to-right downhill putt from 20ft ever so well.
Jason Day is in the midst of a crisis on the 7th. The world No1 has gone from one bunker to another after connecting directly with the ball after a poor approach shot and catching too little sand. The result is that the ball has buried itself deep in the golden stuff on the other side of the green. Oh dear! He fluffs his shot and watches it trickle back into the sand for a third attempt to find the green. Finally, he blasts clear and has an 8ft putt for a double bogey.
Shane Lowry, whose short game was terrific during his round of 68, has been talking about the challenge that Oakmont poses and how best to play it.
If you’d have told me last Sunday I would shoot 68 round this course I’d have laughed at you. You’re going to hit bad shots round here but you have to make the most of it. I hit a lovely pitch to within 3-4ft [on the 17th] and gave myself a great chance of getting in under par. If you miss the green on the wrong side you have to get yourself back in the position where you can make a bogey. This week is all about trying to keep the doubles off the scorecard.”
So, sounds like he’s limiting risks and taking the chances when he sees them. That’s how Leicester won the Premier League in the second half of the season. Not a bad approach.
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Justin Thomas, who earlier sliced a drive horribly on the 17th, makes par! His ball landed near a little building, where the grass was flat. His pitch into the green was actually routine in the end. He two-putts and stays -1.
“Darn it!” Mickelson has missed a few birdie chances now. The greens are messing with his mind. This time, a 15ft downhill putt doesn’t turn in on the 16th when he’s sure it will. He’ll make par, mind. But it looks like he’ll have to battle to getup the leaderboard today.
Leaderboard
Andrew Landry (F) -4
Lee Westwood (F), Scott Piercy (10) -3
Shane Lowry (F), Ernie Els (7) Ethan Tracy (5) -2
13 players on -1
Ernie Els is rolling back the years and having a lovely time at Oakmont. His putter is doing exactly what he tells it. He pushes a 10ft effort along a perfect right-to-left line happily into the cup on the 7th. There’s nothing like a wise old head you know. He’s -2 and has Shane Lowry and Ethan Tracy for company. After his hat-trick of birdies on the 3rd, 4th and 5th, Scott Piercy has just kept it steady, defending his advantage if you like. He’s made five pars since and is trundling along nicely.
"Silky." Ernie Els gets it to -2. #USOpen https://t.co/MWvHVaeeT0
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
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Justin Thomas’s day is about to get a whole lot gloomier. Having birdied the 16th to go to -1 having not dropped a shot, he tries to clatter his drive all the way to the green. He doesn’t. It’s a horrible slice, in which his club almost leaves his grip and the ball is sent hurtling over hill and towards a different zip code.
Adam Scott recovered after finding the sand on the 4th. He’s having a very balanced day. He’s parred 5 too. Meanwhile, Sergio hasn’t dropped a shot since the 3rd and his driver is singing, he’s nailed it on the 9th to the middle of the fairway, as has Dustin Johnson, who is bobbing along nicely at -1 for the day.
Rose and Stenson have sent their drives hurtling past Mickelson’s on the supremely tough 519-yard par-four 15th, the second most difficult hole on the course. Mickelson has the advantage of being on the fairway despite being well back. But the distance leads him to overjuice his approach and he bounces through the green to a little slope of thicker stuff just off it. Uh oh! Rose has trouble too. He finds the huge bunker hugging the green on the right. Stenson, meanwhile, has no such adventure. He fires his iron up to the front of the green and watches it bounce once, twice and hop on to within 5ft. A fine shot. He should get back to evens from there.
“Thanks for the encouragement,” Day tells his caddie, before pinging a 180-yard iron up on to the elevated green on the par-four 5th. I think he was kidding but you never know with Day. He’s admitted to feeling the strain since assuming the role of world No1. I hope he’s not heading for a Falling Down moment. It lands safely at the back of the green, perhaps a little further from the hole than he’d like. He has a nice uphill putt back up to the cup so he shouldn’t have a second blemish on his scorecard unless he manages to mess it up horribly.
Stal’s carded 33 for the first nine, holing a downhill 10-footer for par in fine fashion, the ball obediently turning left just a foot before it dropped. Meanwhile, the 2007 US Open champion, Cabrera, has just dropped his first shot, on the 6th, to fall back to +1. Not a bad start by any means.
A little update from our golf correspondent …
Those finishing first round this morning will play round two early Saturday morning. Round two Friday AM times from 1430 today.
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) June 17, 2016
That’s local time, so 7.30pm BST.
Oh Phil! Mickelson is left staring at the hole and muttering “that’s terrible” to himself after misreading his birdie putt to the left. Par.
Mickelson has tuned up his iron game. He’ll fancy his chances of a birdie on the 14th having dropped in a perfectly-placed wedge that lands, spins and rolls back to within 10ft. Rose goes close from 25ft on the same hole after making a fine fist of a devilish downhiller.
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“Damn it! Cut!” roars Adam Scott on 4 as his ball plugs itself in the sand of a fiendish bunker just shy of the green. He took a risk by trying to put too much fuel on his shot and get to the green in two, and he’s paid for it. He’s had a fine start. But he’ll be looking at par, when he’d have liked a birdie.
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There are birdies dropping all over the place! Justin Rose has sent a crescent-shaped putt round the long way on the 13th to go to -1. Gary Stal has made two on 16 to climb back up to -2 for the day and Graeme McDowell has birdied the 3rd to go to -1, while Sergio is back at even figures after making friends with his putter again. It sends home a 10-footer on the 6th.
Imagine Tom Watson wearing these?
Mickelson played the 684-yard 12th a wee bit too conservatively. He took fairway woods off the tee and with his 2nd shot too. The upshot was that he left himself a 200-yard third, which he landed just off the back of the green. The powers of recovery in his left hand are strong, though. A fine pitch and a dead-eyed 10ft putt later, he’s made par. The 13th poses no such trouble. It’s a 181-yard tiddler. Phil’s safely on the green.
Justin Rose has made the steadiest of starts to his first round, making par on 10 and 11. The scoreboard will show that he is continuing on cruise control but he was unlucky not to get a birdie after jazzing his golf up on the 12th. A magnificent approach wedge, flung up into the air from around 140 yards, is oh so close to the cup as it pitches past the hole and spins past it as though doping the moonwalk. It leaves him a tricky 8-footer, which is impossible to read. He misses by an inch. Par again.
“I am a huge Phil fan,” writes Olga Grkavac, “but worry that 36 holes are too much for him on this already demanding course and he will get too tired. I would love to be wrong, however. What a shot on two! I am watching the Fox coverage with an open mind. They were horrible last year.”
Geoff Ogilvy has had a more interesting morning than most. He had a nightmare on the 1st, carding six, but shook those shots out of his system one at a time with birdies on the 2nd and 3rd before scoring a hat-trick with a confident 15-footer on the 4th to go to -1. His putter’s shedding sparkledust out there.
Leaderboard
Andrew Landry (F) -4
Lee Westwood (F), Scott Piercy (6) -3
Shane Lowry (F), Gary Stal (7) -2
14 players on -1
They’re picking up birdies this morning. It’s not been as horrific as many expected.
Dink! Plop! García birdies the 4th after avoiding the ignominy of missing from inches. He’s back to evens. Els, who I quite fancy here, has a left-to-right putt on the 3rd from 15ft after his lovely approach that involved some confused chat with his caddie as to yardage. He looks up, steadies himself, and sends it home. Lovely shot.
Andrew Landry is quite the celebrity today. Look, there’s even a tweet dedicated to his history-making Oakmont round.
Andrew Landry's 66 is the lowest #USOpen first round in Oakmont history. Friday's digest: https://t.co/a0u7ZfPvFo pic.twitter.com/ltzWOnTzeM
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2016
García’s round may be on the up after a poor start in which he bogeyed two and three. His eagle attempt, a left-to-right putt from 30ft on the 4th, trickles up to within a foot of the hole. Even García would do well to mess that up. Johnson, in his group today, should birdie the hole, but his shoulders slump as he misses a six-footer. He makes par, mind.
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“This book is ridiculous!” huffs Ernie Els to his caddie as he tries to work out how far he has to the hole from his second shot on the 3rd. They look like a couple of lost hikers. Well, whatever they work out between them it ends nicely. His long iron bounces off the little hump on the right of the green and rolls on to the green to give him an outside birdie chance.
Jason Day, the world No1, has sand in his shoes and a bogey to boot after an eventful opening to his US Open challenge. His drive on the 1st was loose, his approach wasn’t much better, and his putting couldn’t salvage the situation. Here’s what he had to say before the tournament. Not the best mindset. Take it easy Jason. Let a little zen into your life.
“I’ve never been more stressed in my life than right now. It’s just because being No.1 in the world, having a lot of expectations on you, having to practice so hard to keep that No.1 spot, trying to win as many tournaments as I can puts a lot of stress and pressure on your shoulders. Sometimes your immune system gets a little heated, and you’re more susceptible to getting some illnesses that way. So it is what it is.”
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Scott Piercy has begun at a fierce pace. He’s collecting birdies like a seven-year-old collects Panini stickers. He sinks a delightful 20-footer on the 5th to join Westwood in second place on -3. And hello, what’s Mickelson up to here? After a much improved tee shot on the 11th, he’s inches away from an eagle. His perfectly-weighted wedge in from 140 yards drops out of the grey Oakmont sky, bounces, spins to the left just a tad, and rolls to the lip of the cup. He acknowledges the crowd as though to say, “right, now I’ve begun.” Yes, hello Phil.
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Phil Mickelson drops a shot at the 10th, his first hole today. He gave himself too much to do after his poor drive. Chin up Phil! Over on the 3rd, Dustin Johnson has a vexed look on his face after watching a 10ft birdie attempt inch towards the hole but not far enough. He gave it very little juice but still, yesterday that would have crept home. The greens are definitely slower after all the rain but they will quicken as sun warms up.
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There have been a couple of early movers since the second bunch of first-round golfers went out today. Scott Piercy, the world No67, has birdied the third and fourth. He’s enjoying himself out there. It’s not easy to make four at a 615-yard beast such as the 4th. But he’s stayed clear of the Church Pews and done just that. France’s Gary Stal has had an interesting start to his round too. He’s opened par, birdie, birdie, bogey to find a cosy spot on the leaderboard with the group at -1.
The English qualifier Lee Slattery has holed a putt on the 15th that began in a different timezone. It’s quite magnificent. From over 70ft from the pin he sends it out left, watches it scoot over the hill and creep in to the right before plopping into the hole for a birdie. Wonderful. He’s evens.
Phil Mickelson would dearly love to win this tournament to complete the career grand slam. But he’ll have to hit better tee shots than his opening one on the 10th here – somewhat of a slice – if he’s going to avoid bother on his way round this weekend. He looks to have got lucky with his lie off the fairway, though. I expect he can make the green. In his group today are Justin Rose, who knocks a steady iron down the fairway, and Henrik Stenson who does likewise.
Ángel Cabrera, the 2007 champion when the US Open was last played here, wallops a drive down the 1st to enthusiastic applause. He has Ernie Els and Jim Furyk for company today. There’ll be no social media chat and lols among that lot. They’ll have proper conversations. Here’s a reminder of how Cabrera won it back in 2007.
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Dink! After a wayward approach shot that found a nasty little bunker just off the 2nd green, Dustin Johnson splashes out quite brilliantly to send the ball rolling down the little hill towards the pin, which it kisses briefly before teasingly trickling on to leave him with a 5ft putt to save par. Meanwhile, García’s putter can’t save par on the same hole. A 10ft left-to-righter inches up to the hole but not close enough.
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The reigning champion, Jordan Spieth, is nestled in the pack on +2. He had a first round punctuated with birdies and bogeys but he didn’t let Oakmont bite him as McIlroy did. He’s still very much in the running to defend his title.
An Irishman who hasn’t had a fine opening round is Rory McIlroy. He was in very honest mood as he spoke after his disappointing 77, to leave him on +7.
I’m struggling with my swing, left to right. You come here expecting a tough test mentally. For me to get back into this tournament I’m going to have to hole every putt within 10ft that I look at … I needed to be consistent, I need to work at it on the range. The nice thing is, I’ve got a lot of time to figure it out on the range. I’d be more worried if I had to go straight back out there and fix it on the golf course.”
Shane Lowry has had a fine opening round and has put himself right up there on Lee Westwood’s shoulder. He made three birdies on the back nine, including a quite magnificent drive from tee to the fringes of the green on the 17th to set up a chip and putt for a splendid birdie.
García sinks a 20ft putt to save par on the 1st! How do you like that? It’s been a round of recoveries in this group. Johnson tickles a 7ft par putt home after a delicate chip on to the green from 30 yards that set it up very nicely indeed. Hideki Matsuyama makes par also.
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“Surely Sergio is going to win a major soon?” muses Colin Montgomerie as García connects sweetly with a drive on the 1st to kickstart his latest challenge. Montgomerie himself used to be the subject of that particular question – he never answered it, either, poor chap. García’s second shot is nothing like the quality of his first, though. He’s dumped it into the rough just off the green. He’s playing with Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama today, both of whom have been talked about as potential winners here. Johnson takes three shots to reach the green, too. He found some semi-rough in an awful lie.
“Hi Gregg, An American fan here,” writes Olga. “Doesn’t the schedule today doom the older players who missed their tee times yesterday – like Phil? I am not sure he ever had a chance at Oakmont anyway, but now even less so” Hmmm. I’m not so sure Olga. Conditions are particularly difficult in and around the rough so hitting the very narrow fairways is key. But the greens are at least slower. Shots are landing and sticking near the pins today whereas yesterday they were flying through without so much as a backwards glance.
Oh Rory! McIlroy has rueful look on his face as he plucks his ball from the 18th hole. He’s bogeyed the 16th, 17th and now the 18th to end his first round on +7. He’s 11 shots behind the leader already. He’ll have to battle hard to come back from there. He’ll have to hit better irons off the tee too.
Leaderboard
Andrew Landry -4 (F)
Lee Westwood -3 (F)
Shane Lowry -2 (17)
Scottie Scheffler (a) (F), Kevin Streelman (F), Bubba Watson (F), Danny Lee (F) -1
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Hello everyone, Gregg here. Thanks to Lawrence for providing a couple of updates earlier. I’m here for the long haul now. Lee Westwood will hope to be in the mix at Oakmont for the long haul too. Following on from the leader Andrew Landry’s birdie finish to record a quite wonderful 66 finish to take him to -4, Westwood finished with a couple of birdies to card a 67 and second place at the 116th US Open. He had a couple of wobbles after a fine start yesterday, but he’s recovered brilliantly. I’ll post the leaderboard and then we can all motor on. The second bunch of players, who were due to go out yesterday afternoon, will be under way shortly. The weather is sticky and the greens are much slower so they could fancy their chances of bothering the top end of the leaderboard.
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Jordan Spieth has recovered a shot this morning, racing in a birdie putt on the par-three sixth to move back to +1. Meanwhile, the diminutive Frenchman Romain Wattel has finished his round, dropping a shot this morning having been even through 15 holes overnight.
There can’t be many days at a major which start with a birdie putt on the 18th, but that’s exactly how leader Andrew Landry began this morning at Oakmont following last night’s suspension in play. He cooly holed the 10-footer for a four-under-par 66. So far only two other players are in the clubhouse below par: amateur Scottie Scheffler and Kevin Streelman, both -1.
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Hello!
It’s going to be a busy day at Oakmont. Thursday’s stormy weather led to three delays, the early suspension of day one’s play and a load of frustrated golfers who are yet to finish or start their first rounds. There was also a surprise leader in world No624, the Texan Andrew Landry. In truth, it never really got going. There were flashes of quality here and there – Danny Lee, Lee Westwood and Bubba Watson spring to mind – but the weather really didn’t help anyone to find their groove. In fact, as it stands only seven plays are under par. Sixty-nine of the 156 players in the US Open started but were unable to finish their opening rounds – among them Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson and Danny Willett – while 78 were unable to tee off and will do so today at the revised times below. It may be a little hectic – particularly as players are teeing off on the 1st and 10th – so Oakmont may resemble a golfing Spaghetti Junction at times. But we should see uninterrupted play at least. It’s going to be bright, which will please those golfers who may have to go round the block more than once. For now the focus is still on round one. We’ll deal with round two when we get there later this afternoon/evening. I’ll be back with regular updates from 2pm BST but my kind colleagues will provide the odd score update until then. See you soon.
Leaderboard
Andrew Landry (17) -3
Bubba Watson (14), Danny Lee (13) -2
Scottie Scheffler (a) (F), Kevin Streelman (16), Lee Westwood (13), Harris English (12) -1
Romain Wattel (15), Gregory Bourdy (16), Daniel Berger (15), Matt Fitzpatrick (13), Martin Kaymer (13) Russell Knox (12), Shane Lowry (11), Zach Johnson (11) E
Round one tee times (local time/BST)
Off 1st tee
8am/1pm: Peter Hanson (Swe), Tim Wilkinson (Nzl), Thitiphun Chuayprakong (Tha)
8.11am/1.11pm: Billy Hurley (USA), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), JJ Henry (USA)
8.22am/1.22pm: Brendan Steele (USA), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa)
8.33am/1.33pm: Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Scott Piercy (USA), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
8.44am/1.44pm: Spencer Levin (USA), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
8.55am/1.55pm: Ryan Moore (USA), Andrew Sullivan (Eng), Charley Hoffman (USA)
9.06am/2.06pm: Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Dustin Johnson (USA)
9.17am/2.07pm: Webb Simpson (USA), Graeme McDowell (Nir), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
9.28am/2.28pm: Ernie Els (Rsa), Jim Furyk (USA), Angel Cabrera (Arg)
9.39am/2.39pm: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), KT Kim (Kor), Kevin Na (USA)
9.50am/2.50pm: Jason Day (Aus), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Adam Scott (Aus)
10.01am/3.01pm: Aaron Wise (USA), Ethan Tracy (USA), Brandon Harkins (USA)
10.12am/3.12pm: Justin Suh (USA, a), TJ Howe (USA), Frank Adams (USA)
Off 10th tee
8am/1pm: Lee Slattery (Eng), Miguel Tabuena (Phi), Daniel Summerhays (USA)
8.11am/1.11pm: Sebastian Soderberg (Swe), Zach Edmondson (USA), Kent Bulle (USA)
8.22am/1.22pm: Tony Finau (USA), Alex Noren (Swe), Jason Kokrak (USA)
8.33am/1.33pm: Max Kieffer (Ger), Gary Stal (Fra), Kevin Tway (USA)
8.44am/1.44pm: Cameron Smith (Aus), Steven Bowditch (Aus), Derek Bard (USA)
8.55am/1.55pm: Jim Herman (USA), Smylie Kaufman (USA), William McGirt (USA)
9.06am/2.06pm: Brandt Snedeker (USA), Bill Haas (USA), Billy Horschel (USA)
9.17am/2.07pm: Brooks Koepka (USA), Chris Wood (Eng), Justin Thomas (USA)
9.28am/2.28pm: Kevin Kisner (USA), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Branden Grace (Rsa)
9.39am/2.39pm: Phil Mickelson (USA), Justin Rose (Eng), Henrik Stenson (Swe)
9.50am/2.50pm: Retief Goosen (Rsa), Keegan Bradley (USA), Lucas Glover (USA)
10.01am/3.01pm: Andy Pope (USA), Sam Burns (USA, a), Matt Marshall (USA)
10.12am/3.12pm: Tyler Raber (USA), Christopher Crawford (USA, a), Austin Jordan (USA)
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