Official US Open weather update: “Round 1 remains suspended. Next update: 8:00am. ET.” That’s 1pm UK so we’ll know more in around five minutes. Players currently in the practice areas, working on some chipping and putting.
The very early starters did get a couple of holes in at least. No-one is under par though with the eight-way tie for the lead on evens including Jackson Suber and amateur Ethan Fang. Last June, American Fang won the 130th Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s. Both have played just a single hole. Fellow Americans James Nicholas and Caleb Surratt occupy the top two slots on the leaderboard after both managed to par the first two holes.
Let’s go! Oh, maybe not. The weather on Long Island isn’t behaving and play is currently suspended. Players were taken off at 12.05pm UK time due to fog.
The official line is that we’ll get another update in just under 10 minutes.
Preamble
What a time to be a New Yorker.
The Knicks have just won their first NBA championship since 1973, there’s a World Cup in town and one of its most famous golf courses is staging this week’s US Open.
Shinnecock Hills, in the Hamptons don’t you know, is the only US Open venue to host the tournament in three different centuries. And while there’s only one road in and out for those making the trip to Long Island, the traffic chaos just adds to the theme of the week: don’t expect anything to come easy.
In the four US Opens staged since 1986 only three men have emerged from the wreckage with scorecards totting up to an under-par total. Shinnecock is hard, brutal at times, and a windy forecast for this links-style, exposed piece of property – particularly in today’s first round – could see scores rocket. Not that it’s unusual.
In 2018, none of the last 45 players to tee off in round three broke the par of 70, while in 2004 the final-round scoring average ballooned to a mighty 78.7 with the par-3 7th needing to be watered between groups with conditions bordering on the impossible.
As usual, there’s a plethora of storylines waiting to be written. Will Scottie Scheffler become just the seventh player to complete the Grand Slam (a first US Open would complete his set)? Can Rory McIlroy add a seventh major, a record for any European player? And is this the week when Tommy Fleetwood or Tyrrell Hatton – second and sixth respectively at Shinnecock in 2018 – win a first major title?
Let’s find out!
Tee-off times
All times BST, (x) denotes amateur, US unless stated.
Starting on Hole 1
11:35 James Nicholas, Taylor Montgomery, Caleb Surratt
11:46 Ethan Fang (x), Jayden Schaper (Rsa), Jackson Suber
11:57 Chase Kyes (x), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Alejandro Tosti (Arg)
12:08 Carl Yuan (Chn), Brandon Wu, Jimmy Stanger
12:19 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Miles Russell (x), Cameron Smith (Aus)
12:30 Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup
12:41 Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
12:52 Patrick Reed, Andrew Novak, Kurt Kitayama
13:03 Harris English, Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)
13:14 Mason Howell (x), Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun
13:25 Sahith Theegala, Jackson Koivun (x), Michael Kim
13:36 JB Holmes, Filippo Celli (Ita), Jackson Ormond (x)
13:47 Jake Peacock, Vaughn Harber (x), Kaito Onishi (Jpn)
17:30 Niklas Norgaard (Den), Rocco Repetto Taylor (Esp), Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can)
17:41 Laurie Canter (Eng), John Parry (Eng), Bryan Lee (x)
17:52 Chris Kirk, Max McGreevy, Jake Knapp
18:03 Harry Hall (Eng), Michael Brennan, Andrew Putnam
18:14 Davis Thompson, Preston Stout (x), David Puig (Esp)
18:25 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Corey Conners (Can), Ryan Fox (Nzl)
18:36 Ryan Gerard, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin
18:47 Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Xander Schauffele
18:58 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Nico Echavarria (Col), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
19:09 JT Poston, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel
19:20 Arni Sveinsson (x) (Ice), Taihei Sato (Jpn), Marcelo Rozo (Col)
19:31 Nick Hardy, Cole Hammer, Jack Schoenberger
19:42 Marek Fleming (x), Tom Kim (Kor), Giuseppe Puebla (x)
Starting at Hole 10
11:35 Chandler Phillips, Harry Higgs, Hamilton Coleman (x)
11:46 Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jackson Herrington (x), Cooper Dossey
11:57 Peter Uihlein, Eric Lee (x), Sam Stevens
12:08 Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Bel), Ben Silverman (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
12:19 Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell, Graeme McDowell (NIrl)
12:30 Im Sung-jae (Kor), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)
12:41 Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
12:52 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
13:03 Alex Noren (Swe), Maverick McNealy, Sepp Straka (Aut)
13:14 Max Greyserman, Brian Harman, Jacob Bridgeman
13:25 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tom Kim (Kor) Ben James
13:36 Brandon Holtz (x), Ryuichi Oiwa (Jpn), Dylan Wu
13:47 Greyson Leach, Logan Reilly (x), Robbie Higgins
17:30 William Mouw, Ryder Cowan (x), Hennie du Plessis (Rsa)
17:41 Adrien Saddier (Fra), Jackson Van Paris, Ugo Coussaud (Fra)
17:52 Neal Shipley, Matti Schmid (Ger), Bud Cauley
18:03 Pierceson Coody, Zac Blair, Kevin Roy
18:14 Aaron Rai (Eng), Collin Morikawa, Jason Day (Aus)
18:25 Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)
18:36 Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland
18:47 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Alex Smalley, Shane Lowry (Ire)
18:58 Akshay Bhatia, Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Min Woo Lee (Aus)
19:09 Justin Rose (Eng), Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp)
19:20 Ben Kohles, Johnny Keefer, Matt McCarty
19:31 Angel Hidalgo (Esp), Mateo Pulcini (x) (Arg), Spencer Tibbits
19:42 Matthew Robles (x), Jake Sollon, Manav Shah
