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The 124th US Open has begun and we're set to witness a championship for the ages with the return of the demanding Pinehurst No.2.

Martin Kaymer won here ten years ago, triumphing by eight strokes as one of just three men under par. The greens will test players to the maximum this week in what is sure to be a high scoring championship once again.

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is favorite for the title but it's wide open - so who will prevail? Follow our live updates all week from Pinehurst No.2 at the 2024 US Open.

We've got the likes of Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa and Ludvig Aberg out this morning with the huge grouping of Rory McIlroy, Scheffler and Xander Schauffele teeing off in the afternoon.

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2024-06-13T16:14:06.262Z

Cantlay joins the leaders

What a putt from the American - he joins the leaders at -4. That's just the second birdie so far today at the par-3 6th. The tee shot wasn't bad either. He then gets to work on the 20-footer and judges the break perfectly. 

2024-06-13T16:10:26.544Z

Aberg hits the top

Aberg continues to look impressive. They're saying there aren't many birdies out there - which is true - but the Swede has found five of them. He joins Pavon at the top on -4 courtesy of a birdie at the par-5 5th. 

2024-06-13T16:00:27.783Z

Greens to receive water

That's what we're hearing. They'll get some water every night. A painful smile from Morikawa who could be racking up a bit of a number here. He's chopped out greenside and the ball has rolled back to his feet. The same happens when he tries to putt the ball up the slope. 

Koepka, who looked so in control early on, drops a shot and shows a bit of anguish there. He's not alone. There are some painful expressions all around. 

2024-06-13T15:54:23.066Z

Short game test

Koepka asks his 7-iron to sit at the par-3 15th. It does not. Aberg is 11/11 for fairways, and finds another on the 4th. The Swede has looked the most impressive player out there today. 

Back to the par-3 6th where we find Woods. He hits a beauty over the flag but it rolls on through. It's really not easy out there. More short game skills required, maybe a putter for Woods. 

2024-06-13T15:46:41.924Z

Pavon remains in front

Pavon avoids dropping his second shot in two holes in decent fashion- rolling in a 20-footer at the 12th. He keeps his nose in front by one. 

2024-06-13T15:41:14.230Z

Woods stops the rot

Woods does make a birdie to stop the rot. However, no sooner does Pinehurst No.2 give you a chance on the 5th, then it looks to take one back on the 230-yard par-3 6th. Can Woods somehow get another birdie before his day his done? +2 wouldn't be a bad day's work. 

2024-06-13T15:32:07.769Z

Pinehurst Bites Back

Pavon and Koepka both drop shots to move back to -4 and -2, respectively. Let's be honest, it didn't quite look right for a player to be at -5. 

2024-06-13T15:28:03.816Z

Eagle chance for Woods

That's more like it. A long iron into the par-5 5th and it's a beauty. A nice two putt birdie and it'll stop the bleeding. Could do with rolling it in, mind you. 

2024-06-13T15:23:00.608Z

Leaderboard check

Scrolling down the leaderboard and it's good to see Daniel Berger back playing after a long spell battling injury. I'd quite like to see Berger and Kjettrup playing together at the weekend. 

Some big names are struggling: Mickelson (+7), Theegala (+6), Thomas (+6), Dustin Johnson (+4). 

2024-06-13T15:18:59.629Z

Woods struggling 

He was joint leader early on, but he's suddenly nine shots back. On the bogey train is Woods, his latest dropped shot coming at the 4th. What he wouldn't do for an eagle at the par-5 5th. It could be a short stay in North Carolina for the 15-time Major champion. 

2024-06-13T15:14:05.976Z

Big Move! 

Pavon two clear with an eagle at 10 - jumps to -5. 

2024-06-13T15:05:24.895Z

Three at the top

Koepka makes a very good save from the trap at 11. He's been joined at the top (-3) by Aberg and Pavon. Finau battling at the long par-4 2nd, some 508 yards. He's going to have about eight feet for par. Watching Aberg and Koepka going about their business and you could be forgiven for thinking it's not so hard out there, but everyone has their hand down, grinding. 

2024-06-13T14:50:28.207Z

Leader in trouble

Koepka finds the sandy waste area off the 11th tee but he somehow manages to muscle that one out - how do they always do that? Pinehurst No.2's green says no, and guides the ball, which went straight at the pin, into a greenside bunker. 

Lucky to have not found a grassy clump with his wayward drive, unlucky not to leave himself a very makable putt. 

2024-06-13T14:46:08.236Z

Brooks Leads At -3

Here's Brooks Koepka rolling in that birdie at 10 to take the outright lead. Koepka became the first LIV player to win a Major when he won the PGA Championship last year. You wouldn't bet against him winning his third US Open here this week. He's got that Major strut going on and a fierce determination that we normally see from him in Major Championships.  

2024-06-13T14:36:46.486Z

All change at the top

Well, not quite all change - Brooks is still there. In fact, he's just rolled in a birdie at 10 to take the lead by one. In behind him we have a group of five players on -2, including Edoardo Molinari. 

Woods, meanwhile, has slipped back at +2 with three bogeys in the space of four holes. 

2024-06-13T14:24:53.024Z

Willie Mack starts well

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Willie Mack III has also made a good start. The 35-year-old sits in the large group at -1. 

2024-06-13T14:17:51.713Z

Aberg in the mix

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Ludvig Aberg is playing in his first US Open and finds himself right up there. It's no longer a surprise. The Swede, who finished second at the Masters in April, is the real deal.

2024-06-13T14:16:10.345Z

Koepka looking strong 

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Brooks Koepka is currently leading at -2 and looking very much in control of his game. 

2024-06-13T14:14:50.518Z

Woods +1

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Woods was grinding early but has dropped back to +1. He's found the center of the fairway down the 1st (his 10th). 

2024-06-13T14:12:54.993Z

Pictures from Pinehurst 

Time for some pictures from Pinehurst, North Carolina, where the sun in shining everything is looking rather splendid... 

2024-06-13T14:08:45.561Z

Elsewhere...

Sahith Theegala would very much like to start his opening round again. He's started as follows: 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5... That's +7 through six holes. Ouch. Phil Mickelson is +5. The  US Open is the one Major Lefty hasn't won and it doesn't look like he'll be getting his hands on it on Sunday.  

2024-06-13T14:01:37.090Z

Shipley from downtown 

Those trousers.... and that hair. Nice putt, Neal. 

2024-06-13T13:51:51.119Z

Back-to-back bogeys 

Woods slips to +1 after a sloppy three putt at the par-3 17th. He's seething. Frenchman Matthieu Pavon joins Koepka atop the leaderboard on -2. 

2024-06-13T13:45:01.859Z

Koepka to -2

Brooks does get his birdie. He's actually putting on a bit of a stripe show alongside Collin Morikawa. Sadly, Collin pulls his putt from about 3 foot rather badly. Brooks to -2 and Morikawa stays -1. 

2024-06-13T13:35:48.040Z

Woods back to level

His first dropped shot of the day is because of an errant tee shot. He's forced to chip out sideways and can't up-and-down it from 60 yards, his 15-footer from beyond the hole just shaving the edge of the cup. 

2024-06-13T13:30:59.216Z

Koepka right there

Brooks Koepka just misses out on an opportunity to get to -2. The LIV player is looking for a hat-trick of US Open titles this week to go with his three PGA Championships. That would tidy things up nicely. Must be annoying having an odd number of Majors. 

2024-06-13T13:26:51.498Z

15-way tie 

No sooner do we post highlights of the leader than the Swede makes his first bogey of the day, and that's now 15 players sharing the lead at -1. 

2024-06-13T13:21:31.021Z

Leader highlights

As promised, a few highlights from your leader at -2. Aberg has made a fine start to his first US Open. 

2024-06-13T13:19:42.043Z

Safe par for Woods

Woods cosies one up to the 15th to make a nice par from distance. If he ever decides to retire and ditch senior golf, he'd surely be quite handy on a bowls green - his feel is incredible. 

2024-06-13T13:13:03.899Z

15th tee , Woods, 6-iron...

Woods is on to the par-3 15. Finds the putting surface, some 35 feet away. Anything on the green is good on this hole as the run off is quite severe - as Zalatoris is about to find out. 

Sergio Garcia is going along nicely at -1 and there are a few other notable names on the leaderboard, including Cantlay and Finau (also both -1). 

2024-06-13T13:07:00.595Z

A word on the crowds...

They're the knowledgable type here, the type you get at The Open. Polite applause, a few oohs and aahs when the players miss in the wrong places. It's making for a terrific atmosphere early on here. 

Woods misses a good opportunity at the 14th to get to -2, millimetres wide after a decent approach. 

2024-06-13T12:56:20.699Z

Another eagle on 5

Corey Conners makes eagle on 5. This is a hole players are really going to need to take advantage of by the looks of it. 

2024-06-13T12:50:58.892Z

Woods grinds out par

After a sloppy putt from off the green, Woods cleans up again from mid range. Two loose irons could have cost him there but he grinds out pars. He stays at -1 and heads to the 14th tee (his fifth) where we've already seen a couple of eagles. It's another good drive, too.

Someone called Ludvig Aberg, meanwhile, hit the top (-2). More on him shortly...

2024-06-13T12:44:19.912Z

2024-06-13T12:42:29.268Z

Feature group all long

The early feature group of Fitzpatrick, Woods and Zalatoris have all gone through the back of the 13th. It will be interesting to see how they play their third shots - there are many different options. None of them are in what you'd call big trouble. For the club golfer with chipping yips, it might be a different story. Tie lies, fast greens... I'm putting all day long. 

This is going to be one of the most entertaining aspects of this week. I find myself almost willing these guys to miss the greens - great to watch. 

2024-06-13T12:33:20.893Z

Chances on 5

Another eagle drops on the 5th. Anyone getting off to a rocky start at least has the 5th to put things right. Frederik Kjettrup with a saucy three (see what we did there?) Meanwhile, a Woods escape of old - terrible iron shot with his approach into a bunker. He plays a beauty of a third over another trap and rolls in a 12-footer for par. That took us back a good few years. Vintage. 

McAllister remains in the lead at -2. There are a lot of players at -1, so many in fact that we're not going to list them! Not yet. Back to Woods who's on the tee at the 13th. Iron finds the short stuff and he'll have the perfect line in to attack the flag. 

2024-06-13T12:23:01.465Z

What a shot

Here's that shot that got Logan McAllister to the top of the leaderboard - and what a beauty it was. I'm not sure we'll see too many better ones this week, although Cantlay has just holed a bunker shot. 

2024-06-13T12:20:04.622Z

Struggles for Manassero 

It's great to see the Italian back in Major action, especially after his long struggles. However, he's endured a horror start at Pinehurst. He started on 10, where he made an 8 and he followed that up with a double at 12 and a bogey at 14. It all adds up to +6.  

2024-06-13T12:12:14.656Z

New leader! Logan Mac

Logan McAllister makes the first eagle of the week and he's -2 through five holes. Matt Fitzpatrick cleans up from five feet - drops back to level. A good bogey in the end. 

2024-06-13T12:10:24.045Z

Putter from off the green

Fitz is putting from off the green. We see this more at The Open, which we have to look forward to - that's next month at Royal Troon. Anyway, the former US Open champ will probably wish he'd had a chip as that putt has rolled off the green. He makes amends with a chip to give himself a slippery putt for bogey. 

Over to Woods who's putting from a different zip code. It's superb. 60 feet, maybe, and it rolls out to just a few inches. Good start from the 15-time Major champion. 

2024-06-13T12:05:07.917Z

Woods wide with approach

Tiger safely aboard the 2nd green but he's a long way from the flag. In cricketing terms, that's a wide. Talking of cricket, anyone watching the T20 World Cup. No? Thought not. 

2024-06-13T11:57:25.220Z

WOODS STRIPES IT AGAIN

Tiger looks very confident with the big stick this morning. He hits another bomb fade, 176mph ball speed and is in perfect position at the tough par 4 11th.

Fitzpatrick has missed the fairway right into the wire grass while Tom McKibbin has just got to one-under.

2024-06-13T11:54:39.336Z

MICKELSON AND FOWLER OFF

Rickie Fowler has split the fairway at the 1st while playing partner Phil Mickelson has pushed one up the left.

2024-06-13T11:52:39.366Z

WOODS BIRDIE!

He rolls in a gentle left-to-righter from just outside 10ft to get off to the perfect start.

Here's his opening drive from earlier:

2024-06-13T11:51:17.719Z

OUCH AGAIN FOR ZALATORIS

Just like Manassero earlier, Zalatoris has putted it up to the green from behind the 10th and it's rolled straight back down to his feet.

2024-06-13T11:50:49.437Z

JUSTIN THOMAS...A SNEAKY OUTSIDER THIS WEEK?

It seems odd to describe JT as an outsider but that's what the betting odds were showing. It's going to be a ball striker's paradise this week and he is 6th in tee-to-green and 5th in approach-the-green on the PGA Tour this year.

The two-time Major champion has hit a delightful shot into the 1st and will have a good look at birdie.

2024-06-13T11:49:03.921Z

ZALATORIS...OUCH

The American knifes one through the back of the 10th green and he's now in danger of dropping at least one stroke here.

Fitzpatrick, with his cross-handed chipping, has hit a gorgeous one inside 3ft. That'll be an opening birdie for the 2022 champ.

2024-06-13T11:47:25.284Z

LOVELY PITCH SHOT FROM WOODS

He hits a delightful, spinny pitch shot from the waste area and he'll have around 10ft for an opening birdie. Solid start.

2024-06-13T11:45:26.818Z

TIGER WITH THE PINK/WHITE STRIPES TODAY

Wearing his new Sun Day Red apparel, of course.

The logo has 15 stripes for his 15 Major wins, which he is hoping will need replacing one day.

2024-06-13T11:43:29.973Z

TIGER WAYWARD WITH 2ND SHOT

He hits a high, slice with a 3-wood into the par 5 10th and it's gone into the native stuff. Looks to have found a good lie, though.

Matt Fitzpatrick hit a stunning 3-wood into the green, coming up just shy. He'll have a good birdie look you'd imagine.

2024-06-13T11:41:49.271Z

GREAT PAR SAVE FROM CAM SMITH

The Aussie is favored to do very well this week and he's just holed a good 10-footer for par on the long par 5 10th. 

It took that group a good 20 minutes to play the opening hole...six hour rounds seem likely.

2024-06-13T11:38:54.064Z

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THIS 

2024-06-13T11:35:32.875Z

MORE BIG NAMES UP NEXT

We have Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa and Brooks Koepka teeing off in five minutes.

Cameron Smith is just up ahead of the Woods group, playing alongside Sam Burns and Lucas Glover.

2024-06-13T11:33:12.605Z

TIGER WOODS GETS GOING

Will Zalatoris up first and he stripes a drive down the middle. The 2022 champion Matt Fitzpatrick does the same and Woods absolutely stripes one.

Despite all the surgeries and his 48-years-of-age, Woods is comfortably the longest with a high, bomb fade.

2024-06-13T11:25:00.299Z

TIGER READY TO GO

It's a beautiful morning at Pinehurst and the star grouping of Woods, Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris are ready to off the 10th tee.

It's a long par 5 to start (over 600 yards) but at least presents a good opportunity to get away with a par.

Scoring is already proving high with Matteo Manassero propping the field up at +3 after two holes.

2024-06-13T08:31:49.488Z

Good morning from Pinehurst No.2. What a day we have in store here, with Tiger Woods out this morning and then the huge grouping of McIlroy, Schauffele and Scheffler this afternoon.