Mother nature has made quite an impact on the 116th US Open at Oakmont.
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He prepared on a course that was firm and bouncy, with greens that lived up their hype as the fastest in the land.
“It was much easier than it was in the practice rounds because of the rain”. It was hard to keep the ball on the green. Carefully laid US Open game plans didn’t work.
Hoge spent a few hours on the golf course Friday, leaving early in the afternoon. The balls that had been taking big bounces and rolling out were now stopping and backing up.
Of the three, only Day was in the back half of the field, which, because of the three weather delays Thursday that backed up the tournament, had to play almost two full rounds Friday. The nine players who completed the opening round Thursday, including 19-year-old Scottie Scheffler and his 69, had the entire day off Friday.
“I think at any level in any profession, you go through times of being inadequate”, Summerhays said.
Jordan Spieth finished with an opening-round 72. But Thursday’s rain led to soft scoring conditions, and a lot of red numbers were posted as a result.
Dustin Johnson, who three-putted on the last hole to lose the Open a year ago at Chambers Bay, completed a marathon 36 holes of golf Friday at 4-under par, good enough to move him into a tie with Landry.
The crown of “best player never to have won a major” sits on the head of Dustin Johnson at the moment.
OAKMONT- After a series of events triggered by weather variability, golfers in this year’s U.S. Open suddenly found themselves needing to adjust quickly at Oakmont Country Club.
We’ve launched a new BBC Sport newsletter ahead of the Euros and Olympics, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. He is so long as well, and he is able to apply more spin into these quick greens.
“This course is about hitting the quality shot at the right time”, Watson said on FS1 after his round.
Jason Day hasn’t played up to what we all were expecting of him. The talented Aussie shot a 6-over 76 with just one birdie on his scorecard.
Rain and the resulting wetness slowed greens from their usual frenetic pace, widened narrow fairways and made the tough rough trickier to navigate.
Play was suspended at 8:48 p.m. Friday due to darkness. No matter how close you are to the hole they re tough to putt.
Long-hitting American Dustin Johnson and England’s former world No. 1 Lee Westwood, each seeking a first major title, carded 67s while Spaniard Sergio Garcia was among a group on 68. Piercy was in contention heading into the weekend at the Masters before faltering a bit on the weekend.
Veteran Phil Mickelson, a record six-time runner-up in this tournament, started his bid to complete his major collection with a 74. Whether the reduced field begins that round in threesomes, or goes off both the first 10th tees to make sure they can squeeze in 18 holes, remains to be seen. I find that the guys that are moaning about it are the guys that are going to be going home early.
He probably won’t be the only one, but there’s scant evidence that a good night’s sleep is going to make a difference at Oakmont.
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Landry, the world No.624 from Texas playing in his first major, bested golfing titans Gary Player and Ben Hogan in posting the lowest US Open first round at Oakmont with a 66. Who’s on your short list?
