Updates from the opening round at Shinnecock HillsOfficial US Open leaderboard | Sign up for The RecapAnd you can email Scott with your thoughts 2.58pm BST A birdie in this morning’s marquee group! Rory McIlroy is the first to put a red number on his card, knocking his second at 15 to 15 feet, then rolling in one of the straighter putts he’ll have today. He moves back to +5. Spieth and Mickelson par, making that this group’s first bogey-free hole of the day. Onwards and upwards! And at the top of the leader board, joining Charley Hoffman at -2, is Matt Kuchar, who follows his opening hole birdie with a second at 5. Three top ten finishes in the majors last year for the popular Floridian, including that runner-up slot at Birkdale. Could this be the time, and the set-up, for the steady, dependable, level-headed Kuch? 2.51pm BST It’s not as though Gregory is alone in his pain. The USGA wanted tough, after the low scoring at Erin Hills last year … and they’ve got it! We already know about the travails of Phil, Jordan and Rory, so here are some other big names out there struggling: Rickie Fowler (+2 after 5*), Bubba Watson (+3, 6), Jason Day (+3, 6), Danny Willett (+3, 6), Charl Schwartzel (+3, 6*), Marc Leishman (+3, 5*), Louis Oosthuizen (+4, 7). It’s not quite carnage yet, but it’s in danger of getting very messy. Continue reading…
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