The opening round of the U.S. Open at Olympic is in the books, and the course lived up to it's harrowing reputation. Much was made of the two marquee groups heading into yesterday. One consisting of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson, the other Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and defending champion Rory McIlroy.
Of the six, only Woods had a productive day, finishing one-under par. The other five combined for 33-over-par on the day. Michael Thompson is the surprise leader entering the second round with a three-stroke lead. Will any of the big names make a move, or is it Tiger's tournament to win?
Stay tuned all day for up-to-the-second updates and analysis. Here is your leaderboard with their tee times to start the day:
| POS | PLAYER | TODAY | THRU | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Thompson | 12:52 PM* | -4 | |
| T2 | G. McDowell | E | 7* | -1 |
| T2 | T. Woods | 1:18 PM | -1 | |
| T2 | D. Toms | 1:40 PM | -1 | |
| T5 | B. Hossler | 12:30 PM* | E | |
| T5 | J. Bohn | 12:41 PM* | E | |
| T5 | J. Park | 12:41 PM* | E | |
| T5 | R. Karlsson | 2:02 PM | E |
Colsaerts with a beautiful approach on 18 to set up a birdie try and Furyk makes a nice shot out of the sand for his fourth on the par-5.
Watkins misses his birdie to stay at +1. McDowell's third at No. 16 is beautiful to set up a birdie try. Mahan misses a double bogey putt and settles for triple bogey. He falls all the way to +4.
Mahan's fourth only goes about 15 feet and he is still on the rough surrounding the green. Blake Adams falls one roll short of a birdie. Furyk's third goes in the sand and Mahan barely misses a bogey chip.
Hunter Mahan hitting from the edge of the cart path and he chops it into some more deep stuff. Westwood makes his par to stay at +2.
Luke Donald misses a long birdie try on 16. Cabrera misses his as well. Westwood misses his and leaves some work for par. Aaron Watkins has about 15 feet for birdie.
Westwood hits his third out of the rough and it hangs on to the fringe. He can two-putt for par.
McIlroy in more trouble on No. 16 but he gets on the green and needs to two-putt for par.
Here is the current leaderboard:
| POS | PLAYER | TODAY | THRU | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Thompson | 12:52 PM* | -4 | |
| T2 | G. McDowell | E | 7* | -1 |
| T2 | T. Woods | 1:18 PM | -1 | |
| T2 | D. Toms | 1:40 PM | -1 | |
| T5 | J. Furyk | E | 7* | E |
| T5 | B. Hossler | 12:30 PM* | E | |
| T5 | J. Bohn | 12:41 PM* | E | |
| T5 | J. Park | 12:41 PM* | E |
Great birdie putt for McDowell to get back -1! Garcia misses his and Furyk nails his as well to get back to even! All three are even for the day.
The wheels from yesterday continue to fall off for Ishikawa. He's +3 through three holes and +4 overall.
Furyk, Sergio and McDowell are all on the green at No. 15. Furyk set himself up nicely for a birdie chance.
Justin Rose with a nice chip to try to limit the damage. Kuchar with another missed par putt. Poulter nails his par putt to stay around. Mahan with a nice birdie and Martin buries his par putt!
Rory saves par to stay at +9. Donald misses an easy birdie. Casey Martin hits a nice shot out of the bunker to set up a decent putt.
Mahan hits a gorgeous second shot inside 10 feet for a birdie chance. McDowell burns the edge on a birdie putt and Rose still hacking out of the rough. Sergio misses a birdie putt to stay at +3.
Westwood had a decent shot for birdie and Wittenberg with a superb shot out of the bunker to within two feet. Rose at the fifth in some trouble out of the rough. McIlroy badly misses a birdie putt.
Tremendous shot by Luke Donald to get a great birdie chance. McDowell goes way past the hole on his approach. Furyk is on the green but with some work to do.
Sergio with a nice approach on No. 14. Fowler with a nice par putt to try to limit the damage. Watney sinks his par putt to stabilize himself as well.
Aaron Watkins is -1 through seven holes today, getting to +1 overall. Anyone who finishes under par today will be a factor. Today seems to be playing harder than yesterday so far.
Casey Martin misses his birdie but makes par to stay +1 for the day.
McIlroy can't make birdie, he's +9 for the tournament. Sergio hits the fairway with a nice drive as do Furyk and McDowell. Luke Donald birdies to get to +9.
Kuchar bogeys to continue a tough start. Mahan manages his par to stay at +2. Westwood misses his birdie but will stay under on the day.
Matt Kuchar almost holes one from the rough following his double bogey. Justin Rose misses on his birdie and Jim Furyk almost bends his in! Pars for both.
Rickie Fowler with a triple bogey to start his day. He falls back to +5.
McDowell falls back to even with a bogey. That leaves three players under par, none left of those on the course.
