US Open 2026: McIlroy makes solid start as weather disrupts day one – live

Key events4h agoScottie Scheffler fires a 2-over 725h agoRory McIlroy shoots 1-under 6912h agoPlay to resume at 09:05 ET after two-hour delay13h agoPreambleMax McGreevy has joined Sam Stevens and Ryder Cowan in the clubhouse on -2. Four birdies and two bogeys for the 31-year-old Oklahoma-born player who has won in Japan but not on the PGA Tour.Ryder Cowan completes a round of 68.

It’s the joint lowest score ever recorded by an amateur at Shinnecock Hills in the US Open. It was also a fine effort after he slipped up midway through the day. He joins Sam Stevens as the clubhouse leader on -2.

Daylight update: the action will probably continue for another 20 minutes. Wyndham Clark will want to eke out every hole he can because he’s in the zone and the conditions are possibly as good as they will be all week.His approach at 6 needs to be played into the setting sun, and it leaks right and long.

A tricky par save coming up.Many hours ago, Rory McIlroy was -3 and it was easy to believe that if he could par his way in he’d lead by the end of the day. It wasn’t to be, however.

He missed the green on those final two holes and made bogey both times. It was still deemed a decent start. Clark is changing the storyline.

Wyndham Clark makes his eagle putt. But Dustin Johnson cannot complete an up-and-down for birdie. We have a solo leader and he is flying.

How low can he go?-6: Clark (14*) -4: Johnson (14*) -3: M. Fitzpatrick (14*) -2: Stevens (F*), McGreevy (17), DeChambeau (14*), Woodland (14*), Rahm (10*)Oh my word.

At the par-5 5th the field is struggling to hit the green – and then Wyndham Clark takes dead aim at the flag. His 197-yard approach has left him 3 feet for an eagle-3.You might say that he is smashing it.

12 months ago, of course, he was caught smashing something else. Namely, the lockers at Oakmont – old wooden ones, beloved by the members. It was a chastening moment and this is some way to improve his reputation.

The Matt Fitzpatrick fightback continues. He opened with two bogeys in his opening three holes, but back-to-back par breakers at 16 and 17 righted the ship. His 74 foot eagle putt at 5 comes up 15 feet short, but he drains it for birdie - a third on the front nine.

He’s now -3.Can Bryson DeChambeau follow him in for birdie? He only has 5 feet and he makes it.

He’s now -2.Big opportunity coming up for Bryson DeChambeau. He’s made a terrible mess of this year’s major championships, missing the weekend in both, but he always had too much quality and pride to let that situation fester.

And he’s a pure boom or bust merchant: his last 10 majors have reaped seven top 10s - and three missed cuts.He’s currently -1 through 13 holes and is playing the front nine. At the 597-yard 5th his drive went 381 yards and he has 207 yards to the pin.

The approach looked good, but it catches a swale and is swept off the back of the putting surface. He’s a funny sausage, twitching away as he hangs over the shot – and then that inelegant but so powerful swipe at the ball.The Wyndham Clark-Dustin Johnson group is on fire.

Clark drains a birdie from 23 feet, Dustin Johnson follows him in from half that distance, and the third man, Gary Woodland, gets to -1 with his own par breaker. Clark and Johnson are now -4 for the week and two strokes clear. They’re stealing a march on the morning starters.

Further to Dustin Johnson’s major championship woes – TV’s Nick Dougherty says that DJ hasn’t opened a major with an under-par round for three years.There’s an odd dynamic outside the ropes. In places, there are pockets of spectators in evidence.

At other times, it feels quiet. And then, occasionally, there is nothing but the loud voice of someone pickled in hospitality.Dustin Johnson has good and bad memories of Shinnecock Hills.

He was the four-shot halfway leader in 2018, but faded to third at the weekend. In recent times, he’s gone 11 major championship starts since his last top 20.-3: Johnson (12*), Clark (12*) -2: Stevens (F), Conners (13), M.

Fitzpatrick (13*), Rahm (10*)The 3rd hole is 497 yards. Dustin Johnson thrashed a 400-yard drive, flipped a wedge close and tapped in for a third consecutive birdie. Playing partner Wyndham Clark did the same thing, give or take 7 yards on the drive, for a bounce-back birdie.

They now lead the championship on -3.The steady Canadian Corey Conners makes it a six-way tie at the top on -2. Laura Davies on TV predicts the next hour and a half will be full of birdies.

It has the feel of a late Thursday or Friday at the Open, when the wind drops and moves are made.It’s a very unusual leaderboard, but two things seem clear. Firstly, 14 of the top 20 are afternoon starters (and conditions might be easing so there appears to have been a draw bias).

And secondly, 15 of the top 20, including all five leaders, started on the 10th tee.-2: Stevens (F), M. Fitzpatrick (12*), Johnson (11*), Clark (11*), Rahm (9*) 15 players on -1Dustin Johnson is defying his recent major championship record.

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