US Open live updates: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry among the early tee times
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The 125th edition of the
US Open
gets underway this morning as 156 players prepare to navigate their way around Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania in what world number one
Scottie Scheffler
described as 'probably the hardest golf course that we'll play, maybe ever'.
Irish eyes will be on
Rory McIlroy
and
Shane Lowry
who are paired together, along with
Ryder Cup
teammate Justin Rose and will tee-off at 12.40pm.
We will bring you updates from around the course throughout the day and update our leaderboard below as rounds begin.
Notable tee times
12.29pm: Xander Schauffele, Jose Ballester, Bryson DeChambeau
12.40pm: Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose
6.25pm: Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
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Shane Lowry reflects on his previous appearances at the US Open 🗣️
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf)
Not long to go now
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Find your favourites and their tee times.
TEE TIMES (US unless stated, * denotes amateur)
Off 1st tee (10th tee Friday times in brackets)
11.45am (5.30pm)
Matt Vogt (a), Kevin Velo, Trent Phillips
11.56am (5.41pm)
Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz (Mex), Doug Ghim
12.07pm (5.52pm)
Evan Beck*, Maxwell Moldovan, Justin Hicks
12.18pm (6.03pm)
Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Keegan Bradley
12.29pm (6.14pm)
Xander Schauffele, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (Esp), Bryson DeChambeau
12.40pm (6.25pm)
Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland
12.51pm (6.36pm)
Akshay Bhatia, Matt McCarty, Robert MacIntyre (Sco)
1.02pm (6.47pm)
Cam Davis (Aus), Davis Thompson, Thomas Detry (Bel)
1.13pm (6.58pm)
Richard Bland (Eng), Trevor Gutschewski*, Lanto Griffin
1.24pm (7.09pm)
Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Sam Stevens, Ryan Gerard
1.35pm (7.20pm)
Thriston Lawrence (RSA), Noah Kent*, Thorbjørn Olesen (Den)
1.46pm (7.31pm)
Jinichiro Kozuma (Jpn), Cameron Tankersley*, Chase Johnson
1.57pm (7.42pm)
Philip Barbaree, Riley Lewis, Brady Calkins
5.30pm (11.45am)
Frederic LaCroix (Fra), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Sam Bairstow (Eng)
5.41pm (11.56am)
Byeong Hun An (Kor), Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox (NZ)
5.52pm (12.07pm)
Victor Perez (Fra), Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Schenk
6.03pm (12.18pm)
Min Woo Lee (Aus), Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka
6.14pm (12.29pm)
Sam Burns, Nico Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy
6.25pm (12.40pm)
Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
6.36pm (12.51pm)
Corey Conners (Can), Jason Day (Aus), Patrick Reed
6.47pm (1.02pm)
Joaquin Niemann (Chl), Bud Cauley, Daniel Berger
6.58pm (1.13pm)
Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Tony Finau, Chris Kirk
7.09pm (1.24pm)
Ben James*, Rasmus Højgaard (Den), Stephan Jaeger (Ger)
7.20pm (1.35pm)
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Justin Hastings (Cym)*, Laurie Canter (Eng)
7.31pm (1.46pm)
Frankie Harris*, Emilio Gonzalez R (Mex), Roberto Díaz (Mex)
7.42pm (1.57pm)
Grant Haefner, Joey Herrera, George Kneiser
Off 10th tee (1st tee Friday times in brackets)
11.45am (5.30pm)
Zac Blair, Scott Vincent (Zim), Alistair Docherty
11.56am (5.41pm)
Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA), Jordan Smith (Eng), Eric Cole
12.07pm (5.52pm)
Tom Kim (Kor), JJ Spaun, Taylor Pendrith (Can)
12.18pm (6.03pm)
Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Adam Scott (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
12.29pm (6.14pm)
Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Maverick McNealy
12.40pm (6.25pm) Shane Lowry (Irl)
, Justin Rose (Eng),
Rory McIlroy (N Irl)
12.51pm (6.36pm)
Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim (Kor), Lucas Glover
1.02pm (6.47pm)
Cameron Smith (Aus), Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson
1.13pm (6.58pm)
Niklas Norgaard (Den), Brian Campbell, Justin Lower
1.24pm (7.09pm)
Davis Riley, Jackson Koivun*, Johnny Keefer
1.35pm (7.20pm)
James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Michael La Sasso*
1.46pm (7.31pm)
Joakim Lagergren (Swe), Mason Howell*, Chris Gotterup
1.57pm (7.42pm)
Zach Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, Lance Simpson*
5.30pm (11.45am)
Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan (Ita), Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)
5.41pm (11.56am)
Bryan Lee*, Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Preston Summerhays
5.52pm (12.07pm)
Erik van Rooyen (RSA), Max Greyserman, Matt Wallace (Eng)
6.03pm (12.18pm)
Russell Henley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA), Nick Taylor (Can)
6.14pm (12.29pm)
Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp), Dustin Johnson
6.25pm (12.40pm)
Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Sungjae Im (Kor), Sepp Straka (Aut)
6.36pm (12.51pm)
Cameron Young, Tom Hoge, JT Poston
6.47pm (1.02pm)
Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon (Fra)
6.58pm (1.13pm)
Marc Leishman (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng), Nick Dunlap
7.09pm (1.24pm)
Matthew Jordan (Eng), Yuta Sugiura (Jpn), Carlos Ortiz (Mex)
7.20pm (1.35pm)
Ryan McCormick, Trevor Cone, Zachery Pollo*
7.31pm (1.46pm) J
ames Nicholas, Tyler Weaver (Eng)*, Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)
7.42pm (1.57pm)
Austen Truslow, Harrison Ott, George Duangmanee
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What number wins the 125th U.S. Open? 👀
📸
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel)
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At the last two U.S. Opens at Oakmont, in 2007 and 2016, missing the short grass was penal. The fairways were framed by six feet of intermediate cut, mown to roughly 1 inch, which gave way to 20 to 25 feet of graduated cut, mown to a height of three and-a-half inches. Beyond that graduated cut was the rough itself, some five inches or higher.
This year the graduated cut has been eliminated. The intermediate cut will transition immediately to full-blown rough, kept at a uniform five inches. Some of that rough might be more trampled-down by spectators than others. But if a drive strays beyond the short grass, it is bound to be in a world of hurt.
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Don't take our word for it. Justin Thomas relayed the following story to Golf Digest. 'It's not like every time you hit it in the rough, you're grabbing lob wedge and hit it out,' he said after his practice round on Monday. 'You have to think, how far can I hit this?'
Thomas saw this first-hand from his Monday playing partner, Jackson Koivun, a rising junior at Auburn University. 'Jackson had a lie on 15 today that we were kind of thinking, is it a 6-iron? Open up a 6, or could you hit 7?' Thomas said. 'He tried to hit 6-iron, and it looked like he could, and he hit it like four feet in front of him.'
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So much talk about 'what would X handicap shoot at Oakmont'…
Why don't we find a way to make it happen? Have a 5, 10, 18 whatever handicap play Monday after the
— Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34)
12 minutes ago
This quote from Jack Nicklaus is very instructive. 'A difficult golf course eliminates a lot of players,' the four-time champion said. 'The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open, and a lot of them know it.'
To scare young golfers with aspirations of making a career as a professional pictures of the rough at a US Open venue are shown to determine if they have the moral fibre to take on the physical challenge.
Oakmont is a doozy of that genre. Henry C Fownes, founder and designer, built a monster, the prevailing conditions, firm, fast, heavily sloping greens with rough in which you could lose a toddler. The rain of recent days at the venue have made the greens a little kinder but the rough is lush and punitive.
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Course architect Gil Hanse provides an in-depth look at Oakmont's back nine for the U.S. Open. ⛳️🚁
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel)
That'll be the front nine for the Irish pairing shortly.
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Hello and welcome to the Irish Times live golf blog of the 125th US Open from Oakmont Country Club.
John O'Sullivan
here and I'll take you through several hours of play before handing over to Ciarán Kirk in the late afternoon.
US Masters champion Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry will play together for the first two rounds. The Irish duo have been drawn to play together at 12.40pm Irish time and at 6.25pm on Friday (1.25pm local) alongside former champion Justin Rose.
The good friends, who have won six Majors between them, practised today at Oakmont and won a PGA Tour team event together in New Orleans last year. They start on the 10th tee. World number one Scottie Scheffler will play with Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa at 6.25pm on Thursday and 12.40pm on Friday.
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What are today's tee times?
Rory McIlroy
and
Shane Lowry
will play together for the first two rounds of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club.
The Irish duo will go off the 10th tee at 12.40pm Irish time today(7.40am local), and off the first tee at 6.25pm on Friday (1.25pm local) alongside former champion Justin Rose.
World number one Scottie Scheffler will play with Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa at 6.25pm on Thursday and 12.40pm on Friday.
Selected tee times
First round (US unless stated)
Off 1st tee (10th tee Friday times in brackets)
12.29pm (6.14pm) Xander Schauffele, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio (Esp), Bryson DeChambeau
6.25pm (12.40pm) Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
Off 10th tee (1st tee Friday times in brackets)
12.18pm (6.03pm) Ludvig Åberg (Swe), Adam Scott (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)
12.40pm (6.25pm) Shane Lowry (Irl), Justin Rose (Eng), Rory McIlroy (N Irl)
6.14pm (12.29pm) Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp), Dustin Johnson
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