Here’s the state of play at the end of the first round:
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-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-6: W Clark (F), D Johnson (F)
-5: B Harman (F), R McIlroy (F)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (F), H English (F), S Bennett (F), M Hughes (F)
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Dustin Johnson is making smooth progress. The 2016 US Open champion has circled five birdies and is yet to drop a shot in his opening 14 holes. And Clark has edged one shot closer the lead.
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-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-6: W Clark (16)
-5: D Johnson (14), B Harman (13), R McIlroy (12)
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Brooks Koepka made a subdued start to his bid to win a second straight major and sixth in all. But he’s ended his front nine with a pair of birdies to climb back from +3 to +1. That’s still nine back and only tied 59th but having won the 2018 US Open after an opening 75 he won’t be pressing the panic button yet. Also at +1 is Jordan Spieth and the triple major champion has yet to make a birdie. The good news is that he teed off at 10 so will now tackle LA CC’s easier front nine.
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Time for the scores on the doors. Let’s scan the top nine: six Americans, two Europeans and a South Korean.
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-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-4: W Clark (9), B Harman (7), R McIlroy (7)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (F)
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Thanks Matt. Coming up now, do first-round leaders have a good record of kicking on in US Opens? Me with this report.
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Since the start of the century, we’ve had five examples of players going wire-to-wire i.e. holding the lead after 18, 36, 54 and 72 holes. Tiger did it in 2000 and 2002 while Retief Goosen (2001), Rory McIlroy (2011) and Martin Kaymer (2014) also led from pillar to post. In addition, most US Open winners are never far from the lead after the opening lap. Overall, 17 of the last 24 champions were in the top 10 after day one; six more of those were in the top 20. This century, the only player to win from outside the top 25 after day one is Brooks Koepka, who was only 46th at Shinnecok after a first-round 75. Even then, Koepka was just six back and that’s the biggest deficit made up since Lee Janzen came from seven in arrears after day one in 1998.
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The first round morning wave is complete. Fowler and Schauffele, the two history makers, will tuck into lunch with a five shot advantage over their fellow finishers. A sensational effort.
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-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (F)
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And then there were two! Schauffele’s turn to take aim at a 61 after he makes birdie at his 17th hole (the 8th).
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-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (17)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (15)
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This is remarkable stuff from Rickie Fowler and the Californian now has eight birdies on his card after making his fourth on the spin from short range at 3. Xander Schauffele is in hot pursuit though and birdies at 10 and 11 take the Tokyo Olympic champion to -5, just one back.
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Time for a leaderboard update…
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-6: R Fowler (12)
-5: X Schauffele (11)
-3: M Meissner (10)
-2 J Solomon (F), D Wu (15), S Scheffler (12), S W Kim (11), R Fox (11)
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Here comes Rickie Fowler. He joins the leaders on three under with a birdie at the 7th.
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-3: J Solomon (12), D Wu (9), R Fowler (7) X Schauffele (5)
-2: R Gerard (9), M Homa (6), S W Kim (6), G Charoenkul (3)
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Suddenly we have a three-way tie on -2 as Morales and Solomon pick up shots.
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-2: O Morales -a- (6), J Solomon (6), D Wu (3)
-1: R Gerard (5), H Buckley (4), S Stallings (4), R Sloan (3), F Molinari (2), K Streelman (2)
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With Hollywood a short drive from Los Angeles Country Club, perhaps it’s appropriate that the build-up to this year’s US Open has been laced with talk of plot twists and betrayal. The PGA Tour’s bombshell decision to effectively merge with the rebel LIV Golf organisation, this new entity backed by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, has sent golf into a tailspin. Check out the transcripts from this week’s player press conferences. A cursory “how’s the course playing, John/Scottie?” followed by a barrage of questions on “the big news last week”.
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The show must go on and this week’s venue – a beefy but strategic 7,423-yard par 70 with five par 3s and three par 5s – looks an intriguing all-round test. But make sure you find a comfy chair; we could be in for some looooong old rounds. With conditions firm and fast, the rough described as “brutal” and a configuration of holes – lengthy par 3s, driveable par 4s and reachable par 5s – that will cause back-ups and delays, rounds will be slow. “I’d be surprised if they’re under six hours,” said Padraig Harrington. Gulp.
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Still, we have a raft of plotlines to keep us entertained: Rory to end his nine-year majors drought? Jon Rahm or Brooks Koepka win their second major of the season? Victory for one of the California locals (Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa)? Matt Fitzpatrick to defend his crown? A first major for Viktor Hovland? Will Jordan Spieth’s imagination be fired? And so it goes on.
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Some of those cats are out early so let’s adjust to Pacific Time (eight hours behind UK), feel the California vibe and watch the film of this year’s US Open unfold. Here are those tee-times, folks.
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Starting at hole one (all times BST)
(* denotes amateur)
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14:45 O Morales (Mex)*, D Germishuys (SA), J Solomon (US)
14:56 R Gerard (US), Katsuragawa (Jpn), M Brennan (US)*
15:07 H Buckley (US), A Svensson (Can), P Larrazabal (Spa)
15:18 C Young (US), D Wu (US), R Sloan (Can)
15:29 R Ishikawa (Jpn), K Streelman (US), M Pavon (Fra)
15:40 S Lowry (Ire), J Thomas (US), T Fleetwood (Eng)
15:51 Sungjae Im (Kor), KH Lee (Kor), JT Poston (US)
16:02 G Woodland (US), Scott (Aus), C Conners (Can)
16:13 C Morikawa (US), M Homa (US), S Scheffler (US)
16:24 D McCarthy (US), J Dahmen (US), A Hadwin (Can)
16:35 M McClean (NI)*, S Power (Ire), R Fox (NZ)
16:46 M Meissner (US), B Brown (Eng), G Charoenkul (Tha)
16:57 A Yang (HK)*, J Schutte (US), A Svoboda (US)
20:15 B Grant (US), V Norman (Swe), C Hoffman (US)
20:26 S Forsstrom (Swe), C Ortiz (Mex), M Moldovan (US)*
20:37 E Cole (US), T Lawrence (SA), A Schenk (US)
20:48 L List (US), W Nienaber (SA), A Del Rey (Spa)
20:59 A Meronk (Pol), H English (US), J Niemann (Chi)
21:10 A Noren (Swe), W Clark (US), A Eckroat (US)
21:21 K Kitayama (US), C Davis (Aus), R Henley (US)
21:32 C Smith (Aus), S Bennett (US), M Fitzpatrick (Eng)
21:43 B Horschel (US), C Kirk (US), B Harman (US)
21:54 B Koepka (US), H Matsuyama (Jpn), R McIlroy (NI)
22:05 S Muniz (Col), N Taylor (Can), T Montgomery (US)
22:16 O Browne Jr (US), D Puig (Spa), K Vilips (US)*
22:27 C Pereira (US), I Simmons (US)*, JJ Grey (Eng)
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Starting from hole 10
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14:45 B Henson (US), R Nagano (Jpn), H Lebioda (US)
14:56 M Kim (US), J Smith (Eng), W Ding (Chn)*
15:07 S Stallings (US), P Summerhays (US)*, L Herbert (Aus)
15:18 J Dantorp (Swe), P Rodgers (US), R Armour (US)
15:29 T Pieters (Bel), A Wise (US), G Sargent (US)*
15:40 B DeChambeau (US), F Molinari (Ita), T Hatton (Eng)
15:51 T Hoge (US), S Garcia (Spa), S Straka (Aut)
16:02 J Rose (Eng), R Fowler (US), J Day (Aus)
16:13 P Reed (US), M Kuchar (US), SW Kim (Kor)
16:24 X Schauffele (US), V Hovland (Nor), J Rahm (Spa)
16:35 M Kaymer (Ger), S Cink (US), M Thorbjornsen (US)*)
16:46 D Horsey (Eng), B Valdes (US), P Barjon (Fra)
16:57 J Gumberg (US), K Mueller (US), B Amat (Fra)*
20:15 R Fisher (Eng), N Echavarria (Col), P Haley II (US)
20:26 N Dunlap (US)*, N Hardy (US), S Stevens (US)
20:37 T Pendrith (Can), N Potgieter (SA)*, R Langasque (Fra)
20:48 A Puttnam (US), V Perez (Fra), A Ancer (Mex)
20:59 P Mickelson (US), P Harrington (Ire), K Bradley (US)
21:10 M Pereira (Chi), E Grillo (Arg), Fernandez de Oliveira (Arg)*
21:21 T Kim (Kor), S Theegala (US), C Young (US)
21:32 S Burns (US), D Johnson (US), K Mitchell (US)
21:43 T Finau (US), J Spieth (US), P Cantlay (US)
21:54 D Thompson (US), MW Lee (Aus), J Suh (US)
22:05 T Moore (US), M Hughes (Can), B Carr (US)*
22:16 P Cover (US), D Nyfjall (Swe)*, F Capan III (US)
22:27 A Truslow (US), C Cavaliere (US)*, A Schaake (US)
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We’ll shut protection with a hyperlink to Ewan Murray’s first spherical report. See you tomorrow!
Leaderboard replace
Right here’s the state of play on the finish of the primary spherical:
-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-6: W Clark (F), D Johnson (F)
-5: B Harman (F), R McIlroy (F)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (F), H English (F), S Bennett (F), M Hughes (F)
Right here’s the McIlroy whiff on the 18th gap. Unusual to assume that he ended the spherical barely shifting the ball with a swing having began it by launching a tee shot 382 yards.
It may be a merciless sport 😫 pic.twitter.com/T5yg6hY6Zv
— Sky Sports activities Golf (@SkySportsGolf) June 16, 2023
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A enjoyable little post-round alternate between the press and the left-handed Brian Harman.
Query: “That sixth gap is one everybody talks about. Does it favor righties or lefties, lefties over righties?”
Harman: “I wouldn’t know. I solely performed it left-handed as we speak.”
Rory McIlroy’s card. That is the fifth straight US Open that he has ended the primary spherical inside three strokes of the chief. On all 4 earlier events he went on to report a prime 10 however he’s but so as to add to his first championship win in 2011.
Robust opening spherical for @McIlroyRory 💪
He at the moment sits simply three pictures again @USOpenGolf. pic.twitter.com/qgsEDPaFpM
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 16, 2023
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McIlroy’s bogey putt: If he misses this will probably be a crushing blow after such a nice day of golf. Right here we go … he’s made it and straight within the center too! A 65 to open his 2023 US Open account, three pictures again of the lead and at the moment tied for fifth.
Wow. Rory McIlroy has missed solely two greens in regulation all day together with on the 18th. The primary miss left him on brief grass. This second time he’s in thick Bermuda tough. It’s his first take a look at from it and … he’s whiffed it! His fourth shot is from deep in that grass and leaves him with 11-feet for bogey. A giant second developing.
Dustin Johnson drops a shot at his 18th gap (the ninth). His bunker escape left him 11-feet for par and the ball refused to drop. Up to date scores:
-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-6: W Clark (F), D Johnson (F), R McIlroy (17)
-5: B Harman (17)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (F), H English (F), S Bennett (F)
The size of the par-three holes has been a major dialogue level all week and Dustin Johnson has turned the ninth into an extended one than even the USGA deliberate. The tee shot is enjoying 184 yards however Johnson has cleared the inexperienced, discovered a bunker by the 18th inexperienced and has a clumsy 30-yard shot coming again.
Wyndham Clark has been requested after his 64 if he’d had any inkling that LA CC would go well with him this week. “Yeah, I did,” he mentioned. “I got here right here Tuesday of final week, performed a apply spherical with a buddy of mine and he confirmed me round. I felt like there have been a variety of holes that match my eye. I preferred the greens and I beloved the design of the golf course. I normally play good on programs the place I really feel snug and I just like the design of it.”
No eagle for Dustin Johnson on the eighth. However a two putt birdie eases him into solo second on -7, only one behind the long-time leaders.
Frustration for McIlroy on the sixteenth. He torched his drive 370 yards and had a brief iron to the inexperienced on the 529-yard par-four however the method got here up simply wanting the placing floor. It’s his first missed inexperienced in regulation all day. In the meantime, Dustin Johnson thrashes his method to the entrance fringe of the inexperienced of the par-five eighth (his 17th) – an eagle would tie the lead.
Wyndham Clark has solely made seven pars as we speak. Seven birdies and one eagle tussled with three bogeys on his option to a six underneath 64 that he accomplished with a 24-foot par breaking putt on the final.
May Rory McIlroy catch the leaders? After opening the again 9 with 5 straight pars he units up an 11-foot birdie alternative on the 124-yard par-three fifteenth and takes it. He’s six underneath for the spherical however he has three powerful holes to return. The sixteenth ranks fourth most tough thus far as we speak and the seventeenth is first in that record. His drive at 16 finds the golf green.
A fast quiz query: What do present co-leader Xander Schauffele and one in every of as we speak’s two gap in a single stars Matthieu Pavon have in frequent? Reply: each have household histories that embody a variety of soccer. Schauffele had one grandfather who performed for Austria and one other who performed for VfB Stuttgart, and Pavon is the son of Michel Pavon who performed soccer for Toulouse and Bordeaux (he received Ligue 1 with them in 1999).
Bear in mind Sam Bennett from the Masters? Then an beginner, he was third at midway and ended the week sixteenth. He has since turned skilled, was twentieth final week within the Canadian Open and is now 5 underneath via 16 holes after holing a fragile birdie putt from eight ft on the sixteenth.
Slinging his manner up the chief board. 🎯🐥@sammy_golf24243#USOpenpic.twitter.com/plVBENP5y8
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 16, 2023
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Dustin Johnson took the conservative route on the 315-yard par-four sixth. He didn’t assault the inexperienced from the tee however his 75-yard method from the golf green arrange a kick-in birdie. He’s six underneath with three to play and, like Fowler and Schauffele earlier within the day, he’s ending his spherical on the entrance 9.
Rory McIlroy reaches the 632-yard par-five 14th. “He likes this gap,” says his placing coach Brad Faxon TV commentary as he tees it up. “Fore!” shouts McIlroy because the tee shot flies left of the golf green. It solely reaches the tough however pops up within the air after which disappears.
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Dustin Johnson is making easy progress. The 2016 US Open champion has circled 5 birdies and is but to drop a shot in his opening 14 holes. And Clark has edged one shot nearer the lead.
-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-6: W Clark (16)
-5: D Johnson (14), B Harman (13), R McIlroy (12)
Useless. Middle. 🐥@DJohnsonPGA strikes right into a share of third. #USOpenpic.twitter.com/VwgR7fxRpt
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 16, 2023
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A primary backward step for the afternoon pace-setter Brian Harman. He drops a shot on the 502-yard par-four thirteenth, the primary take a look at in a troublesome stretch of six holes to shut the again 9. It features a quartet of par-fours over 490 yards and a par-five that’s 628 yards. He slips again right into a tie for third with Clark and McIlroy on 5 underneath.
After a vibrant begin, Poland’s Adrian Meronk, who we talked about earlier, has slipped again into the pack. He was -2 via the eighth and is now degree par via the fifteenth. It completes a hat trick of early thrives. He was -2 via seven holes on the Masters and -1 via six on the PGA Championship.
One other par breaker for Wyndham Clark. A birdie on the 632-yard par-five 14th which implies he’s performed the three lengthy holes in simply 10 blows as we speak. He’s 5 underneath for the spherical.
The report breaking rounds of Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele are the tales of the day. However how do the sector scores evaluate to the previous? Stats man Justin Ray has the reply:
The sector scoring common as we speak at LACC is at the moment 71.39.
That may be the bottom first spherical scoring common by a U.S. Open discipline all-time – by practically a full shot.
Document is 72.29 at Baltusrol in 1993.
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) June 16, 2023
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The sector scoring common as we speak at LACC is at the moment 71.39.
That may be the bottom first spherical scoring common by a U.S. Open discipline all-time – by practically a full shot.
Document is 72.29 at Baltusrol in 1993.
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) June 16, 2023
Whereas on my final break I made a decision to do some digging about Paul Barjon’s background on New Caledonia. He lived on the South Pacific islands till he was 16 (having been born in France). There have been solely three programs to play and he has mentioned lately: “It was powerful to evaluate how good you’re while you play on a small island.” A a number of winner in Canada, he performed the PGA Tour final 12 months however misplaced his card.
As Dave tucks himself into mattress, the sector continues to tuck into LA CC. Each shot underneath the cardboard is nearly actually important as a result of it’s laborious to see how the course might be this weak at any stage later within the week.
Harman pars 11 to remain at -6 however Clark drops a shot up at 13 to drop again to -4 alongside English. And with that, I’ll hand again to Matt to steer this ship to the end.
That’s 4 birdies in 5 holes for Brian Harman who hits -6 and closes the hole on the joint leaders to only two. His newest pink circle comes at 10 by way of a birdie putt from 13 ft. He finds the inexperienced at 11 however is a few 50 ft away.
The birdies carry on coming for Wyndham Clark, a wonderful winner of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hole final month. The 29-year-old hasn’t completed higher than seventy fifth in six main begins however he’s now tied fourth right here on -5 after his newest birdie at 12. The American-dominated leaderboard additionally options Harris English in sixth. He’s one thing of a US Open specialist after fourth at Winged Foot in 2020 and third at Torrey Pines in 2021.
-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-6: B Harman (10)
-5: W Clark (12), R McIlroy (10)
-4: H English (13)
Brooks Koepka made a subdued begin to his bid to win a second straight main and sixth in all. However he’s ended his entrance 9 with a pair of birdies to climb again from +3 to +1. That’s nonetheless 9 again and solely tied 59th however having received the 2018 US Open after a gap 75 he received’t be urgent the panic button but. Additionally at +1 is Jordan Spieth and the triple main champion has but to make a birdie. The excellent news is that he teed off at 10 so will now sort out LA CC’s simpler entrance 9.
Slight technical hitch right here however there’s been nothing improper with Rory’s entrance 9 play. It’s been exemplary. He can’t drain his lengthy birdie attempt at 9 however that’s an outward half of 5-under 30. Now can he make additional inroads on leaders Fowler and Schauffele on the course’s more durable 9?
Lighting up LACC 👏@McIlroyRory shoots his lowest opening 9-hole rating in his main profession. pic.twitter.com/0yufqhKMvW
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 15, 2023
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Not a lot to shout about for the defending champion, Matt Fitzpatrick. The Sheffield golfer began off with a pair of bogeys and stays at 2-over after following a birdie at 6 with a bogey at 7 and two pars. That’s an outward 37 that leaves him two again. Fitzpatrick confirmed admirable honesty in his pre-tournament interview, saying this in regards to the state of his sport: “I actually don’t assume it’s pretty much as good because it was final 12 months.”
On the ninth gap, a par 3, Rory performs a strong tee shot to about 25 ft away.
Brian Harman, the unassuming left-hander, fancies a bit of historical past too and he’s roared to -5 after birdies at 1, 2, 6, 7 and eight. He’s obtained some historical past on this occasion because of a tied second place at Erin Hills in 2017. Harman additionally completed sixth in final summer season’s Open at St Andrews though they’re his solely two prime 10s in 28 begins within the majors.
McIlroy will quickly be becoming a member of Harman at -5, three off the lead, after plonking his method on the par-5 eighth to round 30 ft away. His eagle attempt cosies as much as the opening in order that’s a sure birdie.
Frenchman Paul Barjon is the shock title within the main bunch. He was requested earlier what was it in regards to the course that was pleasing to his eye. “It’s good. I like sort of a linksy type. There’s not an entire lot of bushes. There’s a couple of across the tee bins and a pair holes on the entrance 9 of bushes. However sort of jogs my memory somewhat little bit of again dwelling once I performed British Newbie and all these programs. However I’m excited to see the scores when it companies up somewhat bit. We had somewhat drizzle this morning and I feel it softened the greens up somewhat bit. So I feel that’s most likely explains additionally why the scores are pretty low.”
May he repeat the US Open heroics of Gregory Havret at Pebble Seaside – one other California venue – and make a title problem? Havret completed runner-up that week in 2010, dropping by a single stroke to Graeme McDowell. It clearly appears extremely unlikely that Barjon can keep within the hunt provided that he’s been plugging away with out a lot success on the Korn Ferry Tour this season. However he does have some California kind although after ending tenth within the 2022 American Categorical at La Quinta.
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Time for the scores on the doorways. Let’s scan the highest 9: six Individuals, two Europeans and a South Korean.
-8: R Fowler (F), X Schauffele (F)
-4: W Clark (9), B Harman (7), R McIlroy (7)
-3: B DeChambeau (F), S Scheffler (F), S W Kim (F), P Barjon (F)
Dustin Johnson, a double main champion, and fellow big-hitting American, Tony Finau, are pootling alongside properly. Each are at -2 after 7. Nevertheless it’s not such excellent news – but – for Jordan Spieth. The 2015 US Open winner was a well-liked choose this week when it grew to become clear that LA CC was a course that lent itself to mind relatively than brawn however he’s +1 after 7 and has missed a kind of brief putts (at 15) that someway proceed to journey him up.
Rory has no such hassle along with his brief birdie putt at 7 and that places him in a three-man group on -4 (tied third) alongside Individuals Wyndham Clark and Brian Harman.
McIlroy couldn’t make birdie at 7 however he’s hit a stunner of a tee shot on the lengthy par-3 eighth. That’s inside three ft and he marches – sure, that’s very a lot the Rory on the cost march – down the golf green, all prepared to finish the job along with his putter. May Rory do one thing daft right here and even problem the 2 leaders? He has the tougher 9 nonetheless to return however on this form of temper he’s harmful.
Rory’s tee shot on the brief par-4 sixth lands within the thick stuff however he controls what your or I might name a chop out to perfection. The ball pops up onto the inexperienced and even has the cheek to roll again somewhat from a slope, stopping about seven ft away. He’ll have that to get to -4 alongside Wyndham Clark, who additionally exhibits nice scrambling abilities to stand up and down for birdie at 8. Rory’s birdie attempt is a quick breaker however he units it out too extensive and has to accept par to stay at -3.
The most well liked man on the course is Sam Burns. The American has gone birdie-eagle-birdie at 14, 15 and 16. Right here’s the meat in that par breaker sandwich…
One other one! @Samburns66 makes an ace at No. 15! #USOpenpic.twitter.com/yuKBbllHW0
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 15, 2023
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A fast look behind the numbers to see how Fowler and Schauffele arrived at their stupendous 62s. These are stay Strokes Gained stats by the best way.
Rickie Fowler
Placing: 1st
Round The Inexperienced: twenty fourth
Strategy: third
Off The Tee: sixteenth
Tee To Inexperienced: 2nd
Xander Schauffele
Placing: third
Round The Inexperienced: eighth
Strategy: 1st
Off The Tee: twenty ninth
Tee To Inexperienced: 1st
So, no-one has putted higher than Fowler whereas Schauffele’s method play leads the sector.