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The first day of the US Open has really set up the tournament, with Adam Hadwin a shot clear on 4-under-par. But with a host of big names lurking just ...

We’ve had seven winners all-time who trailed by seven or more shots after round one – 101 players shot 73 or lower on Thursday, keeping them in that historic shouting distance. The first round scoring average of the last ten U.S. Open champions was 69.1. Perhaps even more telling, 21 of the last 23 winners of this championship were inside the top-20 after 18 holes. Or maybe a more fired up one as people drowned their sorrows in beer? Yeah we have Rory, Rahm, DJ and other stars at the top of the leaderboard, but we also get total randomers On the par-3 11th he three-putts and drops back to one-under. He is on the move with two birdies in four holes. It would not be surprising to see that go up to five or six come days end. Both US champions of the past, Rose and Johnson both have putts slide by to fall back to one-under. Two similar shots can leave a straight forward trap shot or an unplayable ball in the lip. With a sensational par putt on the 9th he is out in 32 and three shots clear. Well he split the fairway and nearly found the green in two, before hitting a couple of pitch shots, and four-putting. To be fair, so much has gone his way today already that it isn't surprising to see the golfing god's take something away.

While defending champion Jon Rahm and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy are firmly in contention sitting just one stroke off the lead, it is the name at the ...

You have to give them credit, the two big surprises currently in a tie for first at 4 under look extremely comfortable. The short game continues to impress for the two-time major champion. Morikawa fired a 4-under 66 for the low round of the day and commands the solo lead at 5 under as of now. A tremendous approach shot into his final hole was good enough to push Hayden Buckley into a share of the lead. Joel Dahmen has reached 5 under and has tied Collin Morikawa at the top. T16. Xander Schauffele, Will Zalatoris, Davis Riley and four others (-1): His U.S. Open resume is fantastic on paper, but this presents the best opportunity to date for Schauffele. In his five prior top-10 finishes, he had yet to truly contend; however, with 36 holes remaining, he is only four strokes off the pace. Only four men have beaten him in his last four U.S. Open appearances and he has his work cut out for him if he doesn't want to add substantially to that total. T13. Sam Burns, Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Hadwin and Beau Hossler (-2): Burns was one of three players to sign for a 67 in the morning wave, and the next logical step in his career progression is weekend contention in a major championship. T8. Scottie Scheffler, Nick Hardy, Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers and Brian Harman (-3): Carrying the momentum of his birdie-birdie finish from Thursday, Scheffler sure looked like the world No. 1 on Friday. While it did not begin without a hitch, the Texan put together the best approach performance of his career from a strokes gained perspective. T3. Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Aaron Wise, Hayden Buckley and Beau Hossler (-4): Rahm played alongside Morikawa the first two days and was probably overshadowed by him. He had lost strokes with his putter in every start since the Masters, and so far this week at The Country Club, he has gained more than three strokes with the flat stick. Make no mistake, though: Morikawa is in for a battle over the final 36 holes with names like McIlroy, Rahm and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler all within shouting distance.

An awesome mix of established PGA Tour veterans, former major championship winners, great underdog stories and even a local favorite are in contention after two ...

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