US Open : TEE TIMES/Leaderboard
While there were scattered T'Storms forecast overnight, round 1 at the old Country Club in Brookline Massachusetts's will be partly cloudy, with a breeze from the SW up to 25kph as the day progresses, rain will not be an issue.
Play gets underway at 6.45 EST with 57 year old qualifier Fran Quinn hitting the first tee shot off the 10th, and 2018 US Amateur champion from Boston, Micheal Thorbjornsen off the 1st. It's the 122 edition of the US national men's championship.
It's the 4th time TCC as it's known, has hosted and the first since 1988. The controversial 1999 Ryder Cup was here as was the 2013 US Amateur.
Jon Rahm has had a mediocre year at best so far, is the defending champion. Rory McIlroy got hot last weekend to defend his RBC Canadian Open title, and will be a hot favourite amongst the many local fans of Irish descent. He was 2nd at the Masters in April and his last major was 11 years ago when he won this championship at the Congressional CC.
Matt Fitzpatrick who is in great form won the US Amateur here in 2013.
Corey Connors who is ranked 2nd to Jon Rahm in "ball striking" was in the semi finals that year and the finals in 2014. He is one of the 6 Canadians, the others as I mentioned yesterday, Mac Hughes, Adam Hadwin, Roger Sloan, Nick Taylor and Ben Silverman.
Remember Tony Jacklin? He won the US Open 52 years ago at Hazeltine. His 30 year old son Sean has Monday qualified at Jupiter in Florida, Tony has lived in Bradenton for years. It's Sean's 2nd PGA Tour start and his first professional major. He was named after the late great Sean Connery, who played in many pro-ams with Tony in their hey days.
He is just one of the many storylines. The questions surrounding the suspended players, non more so than Phil Mickelson have all been asked and answered.. so far... with the players less concerned than the media about their status. Brooks Koepka, more forthright than most scolded the media room for "throwing the US Open under a black cloud" with their constant obsession with LIV and less about play that starts in 45 minutes..
The total purse for the 156 who have made it is $17,500,000.
Bryan Angus
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