The first round of the 2023 United States Open starts today from the north course of the Los Angeles Country Club.
9:51 AM ET–Very special day of golf as generally the Los Angeles Country Club is not open to the public.
10:02 AM ET–Omar Morales, an amateur sophomore from UCLA picks up the first birdie of the 2023 United States Open….Morales, who represents Mexico, birdied the first hole…qualified for the U.S. Open for being in the top five in the U.S. Open qualifying event from the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles…
10:11 AM ET–2018 John Deere Classic champ Michael Kim of Houston, who was born in Seoul, gets an early birdie on the 10th hole to move to -1…
10:14 AM ET–Ryan Gerard of Raleigh, North Carolina birdies the first…tied with Morales and Kim….
10:19 AM ET–Scott Stallings of Worcester, Massachusetts birdies the 10th hole to go to -1…Stallings is a three-time PGA Tour winner. He won at the 2011 Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia, the 2012 True South Classic (now Sanderson Farms Classic) in Jackson, Mississippi, and the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego…
10:26 AM ET–Early birdie for Canadian Adam Svensson of Surrey, British Columbia…Svensson won the RSM Classic on St. Simons Island in Georgia this past November….Svensson is at -1…
10:34 AM ET–Jacob Solomon of San Ramon, California birdies the third…also at -1…
10:48 AM ET–Amateur Michael Brennan makes a fascinating shot on the third hole…maybe the shot of the day…chip shot off the rough and into the hole…but you have to see the angles from how this shot went into the hole to appreciate its greatness…
10:52 AM ET–Three more golfers at -1…they are American Kevin Streelman, Japan’s Yuki Ishikawa and 2018 British Open Francesco Molinari of Italy
10:59 AM ET–Dylan Wu of USA also moves to -1 with a birdie…so does 2019 British Open champion Shane Lowry of Ireland…
11:06 AM ET–10-way tie for the lead at -1…there you have Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Kevin Streelman, Dylan Wu, Jacob Solomon, Omar Morales, Ryan Gerard, Scott Stallings, Ryo Ishikawa, and Michael Brennan…
11:10 PM ET–Ishikawa bogeys to fall back to even par…
11:12 AM ET–New leader as Hayden Buckley of Chattanooga, Tennessee is at -1…
11:14 AM ET–Wu is the first golfer to get to -2…native of Medford. Oregon…
11:18 AM ET–Morales birdies the sixth to get to -2…
11:19 AM ET–Solomon birdies the sixth to get to -2…three-way tie for the lead at the moment…
11:48 AM ET–Mexican amateur from UCLA Omar Morales just misses a long eagle putt…moves to -3 though eight holes with the birdie putt…
11:57 AM ET–Wu birdies the sixth hole to get to -3…Solomon bogeyed the eighth to drop to -1…
12:01 PM ET–Morales and Wu lead at -3…impressive group tied for third at -1….those include Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele, Francisco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Scott Stallings, and Canadians Roger Sloan and Corey Conners….
12:01 PM ET–Total of 16 players under par…others at -1 are Americans Ryan Armour, Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Streelman, Jacob Solomon, Ryan Gerard, and France’s Paul Barjon…
12:05 PM ET–Jacob Solomon birdies the ninth hole to get to -2….
12:07 PM ET–Two-time PGA Tour winner Kevin Streelman moves to -2 after birdieing the sixth hole…Streelman won the 2013 Tampa Bay Championship and the 2014 Travelers Championship…
12:11 PM ET–Xander Schauffele birdies the 12th…has two birdies in the first three holes…Olympic champ is second and one back of Morales…
12:11 PM ET–Wu bogeys thee eighth and drops to -2…
12:22 PM ET–Solomon birdies the 10th and is tied with Morales at -3…
12:23 PM ET–Impressive long birdie put by Ishikawa on the seventh moves him to -1…
12:23 PM ET–Fascinating that Solomon and Morales are playing together and both leading at -3…
12:35 PM ET–Wu birdies the eighth to get to -3 and tied with Solomon and Morales…
12:36 PM ET–Remember if Morales happens to win the U.S. Open he gets zero prize money (winner gets $3.6 million) because he is an Amateur
12:38 PM ET–Two other golfers are at -2 and one back of Wu, Morales and Solomon…they are Gerard and Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul…
12:40 PM ET–Morales bogeys the 11th and drops to -2…two-way tie for the lead…there you have Americans Dylan Wu and Jacob Solomon…
12:51 PM ET–Conners birdies the sixth after bogeying the fourth to return to -1
12:51 PM ET–Olympic champ Xander Schauffele of USA has short birdie putt on the 14th hole to get to -3…
12:55 PM ET–Currently 18 golfers under par…Schauffele, Solomon and Wu are at -3, Fowler, Morales, Gerard, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, Charoenkul, and American Mac Meissner are at -2…Americans Bryson DeChambeau, Max Homa, Ryan Armour, and Denny McCarthy, along with Spain’s Sergio Garcia, Canada’s Adam Svensson and Corey Conners, France’s Paul Barjon and Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa are at -1…
1:01 PM ET–Homa birdies the sixth to get to -2…
1:02 PM ET–Fowler birdies the 16th hole to get to -3…has four birdies and one bogey in first seven holes…
1:29 PM ET–Fowler bogeys the 17th hole…no longer in the lead…at -2 and one back of Schauffele, Solomon and Wu…
1:30 PM ET–Barjon birdies the 15th to get to -3 and a share of the lead…
1:30 PM ET–Charoenkul birdies the sixth to get to -3…
1:41 PM ET–Fowler birdies the 18th hole and returns to -3…tied for the lead with Barjon, Charoenkul, Wu, Solomon, and Schauffele…
1:47 PM ET–Charoenkul bogeys the seventh…drops to -2…
1:50 PM ET–Solomon birdies the 15th hole to get to -4 and a one stroke lead…
1:55 PM ET–Barjon no longer in the lead as he drops a shot…
1:56 PM ET–Ryan Gerard delivers with long birdie putt on the 14th hole to get to -3…
2:06 PM ET–Fowler birdies the first hole to take the lead at -4…
2:16 PM ET–Solomon bogeys the 16th…drops to -3…
2:19 PM ET–Wu bogeys the 14th to drop to -2…
2:23 PM ET–Fowler birdies the second to go to -5…remember Fowler started on the 10th hole today…
2:26 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the first to go to -4….long birdie putt where the ball moved around the hole before going in…
2:28 PM ET–Fowler leads at -5, Schauffele alone in second at -4, Solomon alone in third at -3…
2:28 PM ET–Eight golfers at -2 and three strokes back of Fowler…there you have Americans Max Homa, Mac Meissner, Ryan Gerard, Dylan Wu, New Zealand’s Ryan Fox, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim, Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa, and Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul…
2:31 PM ET–Scheffler birdies the 12th and moves to -2…
2:31 PM ET–Meissner great approach shot on the 10th…
2:32 PM ET–Solomon has his second straight bogey and drops to -2…
2:32 PM ET–Homa bogeys the 12th and drops to -1…
2:34 PM ET–Hole in one for France’s Matthieu Pavon on the par three 15th hole…
2:37 PM ET–Fowler birdies the third to get to -6…now has four straight birdies…
2:38 PM ET–eagle by Norway’s Viktor Hovland on the second moves to -1…
2:40 PM ET–Meissner birdies the 10th to get to -3…
2:43 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the second to go to -5…
2:57 PM ET–New Zealand’s Ryan Fox birdies the 12th to get -3…
2:57 PM ET–Meissner bogeys the 11th to drop to -2…
3:14 PM ET–Fox bogeys the 13th to drop to -2…
3:30 PM ET–Fowler birdies the 6th hole to improve to -7 and two stroke lead on Schauffele…
3:37 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the fifth hole to improve to -6 and one stroke back of Fowler…
3:46 PM ET–World number one Scottie Scheffler of Ridgewood, New Jersey has his fifth birdie in his last eight holes…improves to -4 and all alone in third place…two back of Schauffele and three back of Fowler…
4:01 PM ET–Fowler birdies the eighth to go to -8…
4:07 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the seventh to improve to -7…one back of Fowler…
4:16 PM ET–Fowler finishes 18 holes with a first round score of 62…
4:25 PM ET–Schauffele birdies the eighth to tie Fowler…both at -8…four strokes up on Scheffler, who is alone in third place…
4:26 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys 18th hole to drop to -3…
4:38 PM ET–Just like Fowler, Schauffele shoots a first round score of 62…
4:58 PM ET–Paul Barjon of France birdies the eighth and improves to -4…four strokes back of Schauffele and Fowler…
5:08 PM ET–Barjon bogeys the ninth and finishes at -3…tied for third place with Kim, Scheffler and DeChambeau…
6:11 PM ET–Sam Burns gets hole in one on the 15th hole…joining Matthieu Pavon of France…only the third time in US Open history that two players have had a hole in one on the same hole on the same day according to Dan Hicks of NBC Sports…
6:37 PM ET–To put the scores of 62 by Schauffele and Fowler into perspective…only once since 1983 has a player had a round of 62 in a major tournament…that was South Africa’s Branden Grace at the 2017 British Open…never before have there been two scores of 62 at a major on the same day…
6:39 PM ET–Wyndham Clark of Denver, Colorado birdies the eighth hole to move into sole possession of third place at -4…
6:43 PM ET–Brian Harman of Savannah, Georgia birdies the seventh hole and tied with Clark at -4 and in third place…
6:50 PM ET–No doubt that the North Course at the Los Angeles Country Club has been anything but difficult for the players today…
6:54 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the seventh and is -4…
7:09 PM ET–Harman birdies the eighth and is -5, three strokes back of Schauffele and Fowler…Harman is a lefthander and no lefthander has ever won the United States Open…
7:15 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the eighth and is -5…McIlroy of Holywood, Northern Ireland is performing in Hollywood…the four-time major champion and world number three is three strokes back of Schauffele and Fowler and tied with Harman for third place…McIlroy’s major wins have come at the 2011 United States Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 PGA Championship and 2014 British Open…
7:33 PM ET–Wyndham Clark birdies the 12th to improve to -5…three back of Schauffele and Fowler…
7:38 PM ET–Long birdies putt by Harman on the 10th moves to -6…
8:32 PM ET–Harman bogeys the 13th to drop to -5…
8:39 PM ET–Two-time major champion Dustin Johnson of Columbia, South Carolina birdies the fifth hole and improves to -5…Johnson’s majors came at the 2016 United States Open and 2020 Masters…
8:41 PM ET–Clark birdies the 16th to improve to -6…all alone in third place…
8:54 PM ET–Johnson birdies the sixth hole to improve to -6…
9:02 PM ET–Clark bogeys the 17th to drop to -5…
9:05 PM ET–Sam Bennett of Madisonville, Texas, who was the low amateur of the Masters, is now at -5 and three back of Schauffele and Fowler after a birdie on the 16th…has back-to-back birdies…
9:12 PM ET–McIlroy birdies the 15th…to improve to -6…
9:16 PM ET–Clark has long birdie putt on 18th hole to improve to -6…
9:20 PM ET–Harman has long birdie putt on the 16th hole to improve to -6…
9:32 PM ET–Bennett bogeys and drops to -4…
9:36 PM ET–Johnson birdies the eighth to improve to -7…
9:37 PM ET–Harman bogeys the 17th and drops to -5…
9:49 PM ET–Johnson bogeys ninth and finishes -6…
10:01 PM ET–McIlroy in all sorts of trouble on the 18th hole…bogeys final hole to drop to -5…
10:12 PM ET–Welcome back tomorrow for day two action of the 2023 United States Open…
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