The 126th U.S. Open kicked off Thursday at the famed Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and it didn’t disappoint—well, except for that two-hour fog delay moments after play began very early in the morning.
While the horn sounded at 8:25 p.m. ET and a few groups weren’t able to finish their first round due to darkness, there was plenty of exciting—and surprisingly low-scoring—golf played in Southampton. While Scottie Scheffler struggled a bit in his opening round and Rory McIlroy closed out a solid round with back-to-back bogeys, there are a number of big names at the top of a very crowded leaderboard led by former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark.
