US Open at a glance
Sungjae Im, of South Korea, hits out of the Church Pews bunker on the third hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — A brief look at the first round Thursday from the U.S. Open at Oakmont (all times EDT):
LEADING: J.J. Spaun at 66, matching the lowest start to a U.S. Open at Oakmont.
TRAILING: Thriston Lawrence of South Africa at 67.
SOARING: Brooks Koepka (68) and Jon Rahm (69) were among 10 players who broke par in the first round, one fewer than the first round in 2016 at Oakmont.
SINKING: Sixteen players failed to break 80, including PGA Tour winner Matt McCarty.
STRUGGLING: Scottie Scheffler had five bogeys in his round of 73, matching his highest start in a major championship. He shot 73 in the opening round of the 2021 Masters.
SILENT TREATMENT: Masters champion Rory McIlroy shot 41 on his back nine for a 74 and declined to speak to the media for the fifth straight competitive round at a major since he completed the career Grand Slam.
THE RAREST SHOT: Patrick Reed holed out a 3-wood from 286 yards on the par-5 fourth hole for only the fourth albatross in the U.S. Open since it began keeping such records in 1983.
THE EAGLES LANDED: Shane Lowry on No. 3 and Maxwell Moldovan on No. 1 both holed out long fairway shots for eagle. Lowry was the first to make an eagle on No. 3 at Oakmont.
KEY STATISTIC: The scoring average was 74.633, the highest for the opening round of a U.S. Open since 2018 at Shinnecock Hills (76.47).
NOTEWORTHY: Five players in the top 10 on the leaderboard are either making their U.S. Open debut for playing it for only the second time.
QUOTEWORTHY: “Honestly, I don’t even know what I’m doing on the course. Kind of hitting good but feel like this course is too hard for me.” — Si Woo Kim after a 68.
TELEVISION: Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Peacock), 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (NBC), 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Peacock).
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