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US Open leader pegged back as former champ surges
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Former champion Wyndham Clark has seen his four-shot overnight lead halved as the first round of the US Open concluded early on Friday morning at Shinnecock Hills.
Clark, the 2024 victor and one of four previous winners occupying the top four places heading into round two, parred his remaining two holes after returning at 6.35am local time to sign for a six-under-par 64.
U.S. Open Thursday recap: Rahm, Johnson, DeChambeau start fast on Day 1
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Some of LIV Golf’s biggest names – including Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau – excelled in tough conditions Thursday at Shinnecock Hills
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau came to Shinnecock Hills with points to prove, and through the majority of the first round of the 126th U.S. Open, all three are doing exactly that.
Play was halted at 7:05 a.m. local time when fog swallowed the course, with a two-hour suspension before resuming at 9:05 a.m. Officials had already slowed green speeds and modified hole locations ahead of expected wind gusts approaching 40 mph, and the delay pushed the schedule back with the first round spilling into Friday morning.
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Dustin Johnson melts down at US Open, goes from contention to cut line
For a moment at the 2026 U.S. Open, Dustin Johnson appeared set to contend at a major for the first time in years. Then, in a matter of five holes, his second round Friday, June 19, turned into a disaster.
After pulling to within one shot of U.S. Open leader Wyndham Clark with a birdie at No. 10, Johnson completely melted down and went from contention to possibly needing a late push to just make the cut for the weekend.
The sequence began with a double bogey on the par 3 11th in which he hit his tee shot into a bunker and watched the ensuing bunker shot trickle back into the sand thanks to the tricky greens at Shinnecock Hills. Back-to-back bogeys followed as Johnson's round began to unravel.
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