OAKMONT, Pennsylvania :Pre-tournament favorite Scottie Scheffler headed out early within the U.S. Open second spherical on Friday hoping to play his method into rivalry at Oakmont Nation Membership, the place in a single day chief J.J. Spaun was scheduled to exit with the late starters.
World primary Scheffler, who got here into the 12 months’s third main with three wins in his final 4 begins, opened with a three-over-par 73 that was his worst first-round rating relative to par of his majors profession.
That left Scheffler in a share of forty ninth place, seven photographs behind shock chief Spaun and dealing with a stern problem as he has by no means come again from exterior the highest 30 on the finish of the primary spherical to win an official PGA Tour occasion.
Within the opening spherical, the good Spaun fired a four-under 66 that was the day’s solely bogey-free spherical, and the unheralded American will attempt to construct on his sizzling begin when he heads out from the primary tee at 12:52 p.m. ET (1652 GMT).
South African Thriston Lawrence, who trails by one shot, will exit at 2:20 p.m. from the tenth tee.
5-times main winner Brooks Koepka, one among 14 LIV Golf gamers within the discipline, additionally went out early and began his day two photographs off the tempo and in a three-way share of third place with South Koreans Kim Si-woo and Im Sung-jae.
Spaniard Jon Rahm, a part of a bunch that completed the opening spherical three photographs again of Spaun, additionally began early from the tenth tee.
Holder Bryson DeChambeau and Masters champion Rory McIlroy, who each struggled within the opening spherical, have afternoon tee instances.
