U.S. Open Round 1 live updates, leaderboard: Brooks Koepka is ...
The 124th U.S. Open is underway at Pinehurst No. 2 in, well, Pinehurst, North Carolina.
From the jump, the field is chasing top-ranked Scottie Scheffler — who is on a heater not seen since Tiger Woods' heyday. Scheffler will tee off in the afternoon wave (1:24 p.m. ET to be exact) along with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. By then, they'll have a good idea of how difficult the course is playing.
So far, it's been very tough.
Brooks Koepka, who has won this tournament twice, looked like he was making an early run for a third initially. After briefly holding a share of the lead, Koepka made three bogeys down the stretch to drop back to even par. Instead, it was Patrick Cantlay and Matthieu Pavon who grabbed an early share of the lead at 4-under.
Woods, on the other hand, struggled. After a birdie to open his day, he made five birdies in seven holes around the turn to briefly get to 4-over. He'll need a big outing on Friday in order to make the cut, something he failed to do last month at the PGA Championship.
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Thu, June 13, 2024 at 6:35 PM GMT+2
Ludvig Åberg's time at the top didn't last long. Åberg just bogeyed the par-3 6th, which dropped him back to 3-under on the day. He's alone in third now, just a shot back from Cantlay and Pavon.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM GMT+2
Matthieu Pavon's lead is now gone. Ludvig Åberg just tapped in for birdie to get to 4-under, and Patrick Cantlay made his second straight birdie to join them in the lead.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 6:12 PM GMT+2
Neal Shipley from deep! The amateur is just two back now after a quick stretch of birdies at the turn.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM GMT+2
Finally, after a bad stretch from Tiger Woods, we have another birdie.
Woods stuck his approach onto the green from about 260 yards out on the par-5 5th, which set him up for an easy two-putt birdie. He's at 3-over now.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM GMT+2
Matthieu Pavon bogeyed, so his lead is down to just a single stroke. But so did Brooks Koepka, who is once again two back.
Here's a look at where things stand at the top of the leaderboard in the early wave:
1. Pavon -4 (11)
T2. Henley -3 (13*)
T2. Aberg -3 (12*)
T4. Koepka -2 (13)
T4. Cantlay -2 (13*)
T4. Molinari -2 (10*)
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 5:22 PM GMT+2
What a rough stretch for Tiger Woods. He's made five bogeys now in his last seven holes to drop to 4-over. It's been pretty much straight downhill since he opened his day with a birdie.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM GMT+2
We've got a new solo leader in the early wave. Matthieu Pavon just jumped up by two after a huge eagle at the 10th pushed him to 5-under. That's his second of the day.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 4:52 PM GMT+2
Ludvig Aberg and France's Matthieu Pavon have joined Koepka at 3-under. There aren't a lot of birdies out there, but there are a few.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM GMT+2
Another miss on the approach for Tiger leads to another bogey. He drove the ball in the fairway at No. 2, only to need four shots to get down from 187 yards out. After a great start, his round is slipping away.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM GMT+2
There was a traffic jam at 2-under, then Brooks Koepka did Brooks Koepka things — in this case, draining a 30-footer for birdie — to get to 3-under through 10.
The day started with Scottie Scheffler as the favorite. Who would you take now?
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM GMT+2
Two three puts in a three-hole span has Tiger now at +2. He had a look for birdie at No. 1 (his 10th), but left it 10 feet short. Yes, 10 feet short. He missed that for bogey, his third in four holes.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 4:11 PM GMT+2
As players begin to make their turns, here's where we're at:
- Just 14 of the 78 players on the course are under par; 47 are over par
- Brooks Koepka looks dialed in early, something we've seen before.
- Tiger Woods has his putter working. His issue the last few holes has been getting on the green in regulation and giving himself decent opportunities for birdie.
- Not going to happen for Phil Mickelson, again. He's already 5-over after just seven holes.
- Par is a good score.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:49 PM GMT+2
Facing a 57-footer for birdie, Tiger ran it nine feet by the hole. He burned the edge on his par putt and that's back-to-back bogeys to move him to 1-over through eight holes.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM GMT+2
Brooks Koepka loves majors. Heard that before? And now he's atop the leaderboard thanks to a birdie at No. 7. He and Logan McAllister are at 2-under.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:33 PM GMT+2
A drive into the rough, a punch out, a less-than-stellar chip to 19 feet led to a bogey for Tiger Woods at 16. (Though he didn't miss the putt by much.)
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM GMT+2
Well, we jinxed Aberg, because he just bogeyed to move back to 1-under where ... we have a 15-way tie for first!
That includes: Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau and a qualifier by the name of Sergio Garcia.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:22 PM GMT+2
Tiger Woods' iron shots have been leaning to the right all morning, but he was perfect off the tee at 15. He got close to another birdie, but settled for par. His tee shot on 16 wasn't as successful, missing the fairway for the first time this morning.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:19 PM GMT+2
You may not — this U.S. Open is only the third major of his career — but you may recall the 24-year-old Swede finishing second, behind only Scottie Scheffler, at the Masters in April.
Well, after missing the cut at the PGA last month, he's got it going early with a 2-under round to put himself atop the leaderboard.
Yes, it's very early in his career, but he's got the game to win a major.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM GMT+2
Tiger Woods nearly had a disaster on 14, with the ball on his second shot nearly rolling back downhill off the green, but he managed to turn it into a sterling birdie opportunity. He missed the roughly six-to-eight-foot putt, but saved par and kept his cool, looking calm but serious as he retrieved the ball from the hole.
Tiger's playing partners are also through 14. Matthew Fitzpatrick parred the hole, while Will Zalatoris made birdie.
Thu, June 13, 2024 at 2:45 PM GMT+2
After spraying his approach into a bunker on 12, Tiger Woods managed to get up-and-down from about 10 feet to save par.
Then at 13, after a perfect drive, he flew the approach over the green, chipped back on to give himself an 8-footer for par and ... he drained it again.
