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… and ah sure, there’s Spieth flaying his tee shot at 11 into deep bother down the suitable. Oh Jordan. Good good fortune with that. Elsewhere, a few huge early birdies. Viktor Hovland rakes one in from the perimeter at 10, an enormous swinging right-to-left 52-footer that earns an enormous roar from the gallery. The well-liked Norwegian strikes again to degree par. And he’s going spherical with Scottie Scheffler, who makes birdie too, however in additional conventional taste, discovering the centre of the fairway ahead of guidance in an uphill 20-footer. He’s +2 and right here he comes!
If any individual has the combo of street-fighting savvy and short-game magic to carry Oakmont at arm’s duration, it’s certainly Jordan Spieth. The 2015 champ has been appearing indicators of rising from his fresh droop, and shot 70 the day prior to this, a maximum applicable begin to his hunt for a 2nd US Open. He’s began as of late in trademark taste: a unfastened tee shot that leads to the thick stuff, necessitating the taking of medication. Once he chips out, he spins his manner from 100 yards to 5 ft, and tickles within the putt to avoid wasting his par. If he can get the motive force behaving – admittedly a large if for the Seve-esque wild guy – he’ll be in with a shout this week.
Conditions are similar to the day prior to this. Warm however no longer oppressive; somewhat little bit of moisture within the air to stay the path responsive; no longer a lot in the best way of wind. On Sky Sports, David Howell suggests as of late’s scoring shall be very an identical too. So don’t be expecting too most of the lads ripping it up: just one participant used to be bogey-free the day prior to this, the chief JJ Spaun, and his spherical used to be simplest the second one bogey-free card within the final 1,037 US Open rounds at Oakmont.
Scottie Scheffler used to be uncharacteristically sloppy the day prior to this. But then Oakmont can do this to a golfer, even the sector’s easiest. He’s a ways from out of rivalry after the day prior to this’s three-over 73, however he can’t have the funds for the similar once more. His first shot of the day is a using iron that splits the 10th fairway. Big couple of hours bobbing up for the sector primary.
The 2017 and 2018 champion Brooks Koepka completed strongly final evening with birdies at 17 and 18. He’s no longer began so smartly this morning, alternatively. His opening tee shot at 10 drifts into tough down the suitable. He can’t achieve the fairway along with his 2nd, and even though he offers himself a possibility of redemption through wedging to 10 ft, the putt’s overlooked, and the errant pressure has value him a gap bogey. He’s -1.
Preamble
Day one wasn’t precisely carnage – the path used to be slightly comfortable and receptive after rain previous within the week, whilst there used to be little wind – however until storms come on the weekend, one thing no longer but positive, it’s no longer going to get any more uncomplicated. And in spite of all of it, there have been simplest ten gamers in a box of 156 who completed the primary spherical below par.
-4: JJ Spaun
-3: Thriston Lawrence
-2: Kim Si-woo, Brooks Koepka, Im Sung-jae
-1: Ben Griffin, Thomas Detry, Jon Rahm, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, James Nicholas
However there are only a few big-name gamers no longer on that checklist who’ve performed themselves out of it. Not Scottie and Bryson at +3, nor Rory and 54-year-old Phil the Thrill at +4. But the margins for error are smaller now. Should make for an excellent Moving-into-Moving-Day Day! Actually, let’s no longer make {that a} factor. Here are the tee instances (USA until said, all instances BST, (a) denotes newbie). It’s on!
Starting at hollow 1
11.45 Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan (Ita), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)
11.56 (a) Bryan Lee, Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Preston Summerhays
12.07 Max Greyserman, Erik van Rooyen (Rsa), Matt Wallace (Eng)
12.18 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Russell Henley, Nick Taylor (Can)
12.29 Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm (Spa), Jordan Spieth
12.40 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Sepp Straka (Aut)
12.51 Tom Hoge, J. T. Poston, Cameron Young
13.02 Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)
13.13 Nick Dunlap, Marc Leishman (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng)
13.24 Matthew Jordan (Eng), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Yuta Sugiura (Jpn)
13.35 Trevor Cone, Ryan McCormick, (a) Zachery Pollo
13.46 James Nicholas, (a) Tyler Weaver (Eng), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)
13.57 George Duangmanee, Harrison Ott, Austen Truslow
17.30 Zachary Blair, Alistair Docherty, Scott Vincent (Zim)
17.41 Jacques Kruyswijk (Rsa), Jordan Smith (Eng), Eric Cole
17.52 Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Taylor Pendrith (Can), J. J. Spaun
18.03 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Adam Scott (Aus)
18.14 Ben Griffin, Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak
18.25 Shane Lowry (Irl), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Justin Rose (Eng)
18.36 Patrick Cantlay, Lucas Glover, Si-Woo Kim (Kor)
18.47 Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson, Cameron Smith (Aus)
18.58 Brian Campbell, Justin Lower, Niklas Noergaard (Den)
19.09 Johnny Keefer, (a) Jackson Koivun, Davis Riley
19.20 James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, (a) Michael La Sasso
19.31 Chris Gotterup, (a) Mason Howell, Joakim Lagergren (Swe)
19.42 Zachary Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, (a) Lance Simpson
Starting at hollow 10
11.45 Sam Bairstow (Eng), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Frederic Lacroix (Fra)
11.56 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox (Nzl)
12.07 Jacob Bridgeman, Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Schenk
12.18 Brooks Koepka, Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Justin Thomas
12.29 Sam Burns, Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy
12.40 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
12.51 Corey Conners (Can), Jason Day (Aus), Patrick Reed
13.02 Daniel Berger, Bud Cauley, Joaquin Niemann (Chi)
13.13 Tony Finau, Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Chris Kirk
13.24 Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Stephan Jaeger (Ger), (a) Benjamin James
13.35 Laurie Canter (Eng), (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den)
13.46 Roberto Diaz (Mex), Emilio Gonzalez (Mex), (a) Frankie Harris
13.57 Joey Herrera, George Kneiser, Grant Haefner
17.30 Trent Phillips, Kevin Velo, (a) Matt Vogt
17.41 Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz (Mex), Doug Ghim
17.52 (a) Evan Beck, Justin B. Hicks, Maxwell Moldovan
18.03 Keegan Bradley, Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
18.14 Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele
18.25 Wyndham Clark, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Gary Woodland
18.36 Akshay Bhatia, Robert MacIntyre (Sco), Matt McCarty
18.47 Cameron Davis (Aus), Thomas Detry (Bel), Davis Thompson
18.58 Richard Bland (Eng), Lanto Griffin, (a) Trevor Gutschewski
19.09 Ryan Gerard, Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Sam Stevens
19.20 (a) Noah Kent, Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Thorbjoern Olesen (Den)
19.31 Jinichiro Kozuma (Jpn), (a) Cameron Tankersley, Chase Johnson
19.42 Philip Barbaree, Brady Calkins, Riley Lewis
