Former champion Wyndham Clark was grateful for an early two-hour fog delay as it allowed him to take advantage of relatively benign conditions late in the day to soar to the top of the US Open first-round leaderboard on six under.
Fearing wind gusts of up 35mph, organisers set up the Shinnecock Hills course to ensure the fearsomely-fast greens could hold the balls on the putting surfaces – but when it did not blow as hard as expected, it made for easier scoring.
