BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all instances native):
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1:15 p.m.
Rory McIlroy slammed his membership twice in a bunker. Later, he chucked an iron throughout the green.
Imagine what he would possibly’ve carried out had he been enjoying dangerous.
Despite his issues down the stretch, McIlroy completed his opening spherical at The Country Club on Thursday tied for the U.S. Open lead. He shot 3-under 67 to complete even with Callum Tarren and David Lingmerth with a lot of the morning rounds full.
McIlroy closed with a bogey on No. 9 — his solely bogey of the day — after flying his method proper of the flag, then flinging the membership to the bottom.
He was 2 below when he reached the drivable par-4 fifth, however he blocked his drive proper and ended up with a horrible lie – the ball in deep grass simply above a bunker. Perched atop mounds of sand within the bunker, McIlroy barely made contact and knocked it into the subsequent lure, then slammed his membership twice into the bunker in frustration.
But he bought up and down from the sand, sinking a putt of 13 toes to save lots of par.
McIlroy goes for his fifth main title however his first because the 2014 PGA Championship. He got here to Brookline on the heels of a victory on the Canadian Open final week.
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12:45 p.m.
It’s often a superb factor when a participant will get invited to the TV sales space on the U.S. Open after his spherical. But in the course of the spherical?
Defending champion Jon Rahm discovered himself encroaching on NBC after he pulled his tee shot on No. 18 arduous left and just below the fence that surrounds the tower from which the American telecast originates.
He bought a drop from the tower, hit the method to 21 toes and made the putt for a birdie to shut his day at 1-under 69. He had simply saved par after an equally wild drive on No. 17.
A heck of a end for Rahm, who struggled along with his swing throughout the again 9. He pushed a handful of approaches to the proper and missed three drives within the left tough. At one level after a miss on No. 15, he commented, “I don’t know what’s going on there.”
He saved his wildest swing for the final tee field, crusing the shot thus far left that, after discovering the ball close to Mike Tirico and Co., he really had a superb have a look at the inexperienced from 130 yards.
“If that doesn’t scream to you it’s the Open,” then nothing will, he stated. “Sometimes you play good golf and can’t get things going and sometimes you get a break.”
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11:55 a.m.
Callum Tarren is the primary one within the clubhouse and within the lead after a spectacular end within the first spherical of the U.S. Open at The Country Club.
The 31-year-old Englishman shot a 3-under-par 67 on Thursday, choosing up 4 strokes in 4 holes to maneuver to the highest of the leaderboard. David Lingmerth was additionally at 3 below, with just a few holes to play.
Tarren was nowhere to be discovered on the leaderboard, nonetheless 1 over via 13 holes when he birdied the fifth and seventh holes after which made eagle on the 557-yard, par-5 eighth gap.
Amateur Stewart Hagestad and majors winners Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy have been amongst these a stroke again at 2 below.
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11:50 a.m.
Rory McIlroy took out his frustration on a sand journey on the method to the fifth inexperienced within the first spherical of this 12 months’s match at The Country Club.
The 2011 U.S. Open champion drove into the lip of a bunker on the proper facet of the 310-yard, par-4 gap. The ball was in deep grass, and McIlroy needed to stand within the bunker beneath the ball to place a baseball swing on it.
After adjusting his toes a number of instances — he stored slipping into the sand whereas he took goal — McIlroy knocked the ball straight into one other bunker beside the inexperienced. That’s when he took two indignant swings, sending sand flying.
McIlroy managed to hit his subsequent shot onto the inexperienced and made a 12-footer to save lots of par.
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10:45 a.m.
Amateur Stewart Hagestad had back-to-back birdies on the seventh and eighth holes at The Country Club to maneuver right into a tie for the lead early in Thursday’s first spherical.
The 31-year-old Californian is enjoying within the U.S. Open for the fourth time. He has by no means made the lower. He additionally performed within the Masters twice and was the low newbie at Augusta in 2017.
Hagestad was tied with reigning British Open champion Collin Morikawa. Matthew NeSmith was additionally at 3-under par.
2011 U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy was amongst these a stroke again at 2 below. Defending champion John Rahm dropped to 1 below after a bogey on the ninth gap.
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9:45 a.m.
Jon Rahm’s protection of his U.S. Open title is off to a superb begin. The Spaniard is tied for the lead at 2-under par via his first eight holes at The Country Club.
Also at 2 below are 2020 PGA champ Collin Morikawa, South Carolina’s Matt NeSmith and Sebastian Munoz of Colombia.
All 78 gamers from the morning rounds are on the course. Earlier within the day, Abraham Ancer pulled out as a result of sickness. He was changed within the area by Patton Kizzire, who tees off within the afternoon.
Also enjoying late are Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed. They are among the many most high-profile gamers who lately introduced they’d play within the new LIV Tour.
The new sequence and the way it would possibly influence skilled golf has been a scorching subject this week at The Country Club, which is internet hosting the U.S. Open for the primary time since 1988.
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6:50 a.m.
Finally, golf is the main focus once more within the U.S. Open.
Michael Thorbjornsen opened the 122nd version of the hardest take a look at in golf with a tee shot excellent of the primary fairway at The Country Club. The newbie who performs at Stanford grew up about 10 minutes away from Brookline.
The U.S. Open dipped into the alternate checklist for the primary time. Abraham Ancer of Mexico withdrew due to an sickness. He was changed by Patton Kizzire.
Next in line if anybody else withdraws is Rickie Fowler.
The days main into the U.S. Open have been stuffed principally with chatter and consternation concerning the Saudi-funded insurgent sequence known as LIV Golf that’s providing massive riches to Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and a dozen others who’re within the U.S. Open.
The PGA Tour has suspended them, though the U.S. Open is run individually and is honoring the open nature of its championship.
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