BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open (all occasions native):
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7:30 p.m.
Adam Hadwin of Canada is the chief after one spherical of the U.S. Open.
Hadwin ran off three straight birdies on the finish of the entrance 9 and solely dropped one shot on the again 9 of The Country Club for a 66. He leads by one shot over 5 gamers, together with Rory McIlroy.
Dustin Johnson was “Low LIV.” Of the gamers who had been within the first Saudi-backed occasion final week in London, Johnson had one of the best rating at 68.
Phil Mickelson ended his tough day with a 78. It’s the sixth straight time he hasn’t damaged par within the first spherical of the U.S. Open.
Hadwin acquired into the U.S. Open as an alternate from the Dallas qualifier when Paul Casey withdrew due to an ailing again. It’s the third time within the final six majors a Canadian has held at the very least a share of the lead after any spherical. Mackenzie Hughes was tied for the 54-hole lead within the U.S. Open final 12 months and Corey Conners led the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island after the primary spherical final 12 months.
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7:05 p.m.
Matt Fitzpatrick is thru the primary spherical of the U.S. Open with a rating of 68 after a bogey on the 18th gap dropped him to 2 underneath par for the day.
The 27-year-old Englishman received the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club — the newest of the 17 USGA championships held on the course.
He was 3 underneath on the entrance 9 on Thursday after which had an up-and-down again 9, with three bogeys and two birdies.
Fitzpatrick sank a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 seventeenth gap however then gave the stroke again on No. 18 when he hit his strategy right into a greenside bunker and two-putted for bogey.
Dustin Johnson, the 2016 U.S. Open champion who was in Fitzpatrick’s group, additionally completed at 2 underneath. That had them in a pack tied for seventh, two strokes behind chief Adam Hadwin as he completed his spherical.
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3:45 p.m.
Welcome again to American golf, Phil Mickelson.
The followers have been supportive to Mickelson on the U.S. Open. The golf course? Not a lot. Mickelson missed the primary inexperienced from the green and began his thirty first U.S. Open with a bogey. It actually acquired unhealthy on the par-3 sixth gap when he four-putted from about 18 toes.
Mickelson was 5-over par by means of six holes on the U.S. Open, the one main maintaining him from profession Grand Slam. It in all probability wasn’t the birthday current he had in thoughts. Mickelson turned 52 on Thursday.
Mickelson is the chief chief of PGA Tour gamers taking Saudi riches to play within the LIV Golf sequence. He performed final week for the primary time in 4 months, and there seems to be loads of rust nonetheless in his recreation.
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2:25 p.m.
Joel Dahmen has made it a foursome atop the U.S. Open leaderboard among the many early starters at The Country Club. Dahmen joins Rory McIlroy, David Lingmerth and Callum Tarren at 67.
Conditions are about as light as might be anticipated. There was cloud cowl within the morning that stored the greens protected against crisp and reasonable wind.
And to suppose Dahmen wasn’t certain he can be at Brookline.
Ten days in the past, he was wanting on the forecast and debating whether or not he wished to spend 36 holes within the rain throughout a Monday qualifier in Ohio. In the top, he determined to go. And there was rain late within the day. He made it with one shot to spare.
Phil Mickelson leads the wave within the afternoon. Mickelson had a bogey from the green on the primary gap and is 1 over by means of two holes.
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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 completed had he been taking part in unhealthy.
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 strategy proper of the flag, then flinging the membership to the bottom.
He was 2 underneath 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 following lure, then slammed his membership twice into the bunker in frustration.
But he acquired 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 factor when a participant will get invited to the TV sales space on the U.S. Open after his spherical. But through the spherical?
Defending champion Jon Rahm discovered himself encroaching on NBC after he pulled his tee shot on No. 18 exhausting left and just below the fence that surrounds the tower from which the American telecast originates.
He acquired a drop from the tower, hit the strategy 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 together with his swing throughout the again 9. He pushed a handful of approaches to the fitting 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 to this point left that, after discovering the ball close to Mike Tirico and Co., he truly had take 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, selecting up 4 strokes in 4 holes to maneuver to the highest of the leaderboard. David Lingmerth was additionally at 3 underneath, with a couple of holes to play.
Tarren was nowhere to be discovered on the leaderboard, nonetheless 1 over by means of 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 had been amongst these a stroke again at 2 underneath.
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11:50 a.m.
Rory McIlroy took out his frustration on a sand journey on the strategy to the fifth inexperienced within the first spherical of this 12 months’s event at The Country Club.
The 2011 U.S. Open champion drove into the lip of a bunker on the fitting facet of the 310-yard, par-4 gap. The ball was in deep grass, and McIlroy needed to stand within the bunker under the ball to place a baseball swing on it.
After adjusting his toes a number of occasions — he stored slipping into the sand whereas he took purpose — McIlroy knocked the ball straight into one other bunker beside the inexperienced. That’s when he took two offended 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 taking part in within the U.S. Open for the fourth time. He has by no means made the minimize. 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 underneath. Defending champion John Rahm dropped to 1 underneath 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 begin. The Spaniard is tied for the lead at 2-under par by means of his first eight holes at The Country Club.
Also at 2 underneath 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 attributable to sickness. He was changed within the subject by Patton Kizzire, who tees off within the afternoon.
Also taking part in late are Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed. They are among the many most high-profile gamers who lately introduced they might 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 check in golf with a tee shot good 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 had been crammed principally with chatter and consternation concerning the Saudi-funded insurgent sequence referred to as LIV Golf that’s providing large 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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