Rickie Fowler leads the 2017 US Open by one shot as the best in the world come unstuck in the deep rough at Erin Hills.
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Rickie Fowler leads the 2017 US Open at Erin Hills by one shot from Paul Casey and little known American Xander Schauffele with Australian Marc Leishman is just a few shots further back after a superb 4-under par opening round.
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Here are some of the best shots from the first round including a great putt from McIlroy before he went backwards, a great hole-out birdie from Leishman and a special eagle putt from Scott to finish his round in style.
2017 US Open first round scores: -7 Rickie Fowler -6 Paul Casey, Xander Schauffele -5 Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka -4 Patrick Reed, Kevin Na, Marc Leishman, Adam Hadwin
Notables: E Adam Scott, +3 Dustin Johnson, +6 Rory McIlroy, +7 Jason Day
Read MoreOne of our readers sent us his preview of the US Open and we thought it was worth sharing. Like the rough at Erin Hills this preview runs a little deeper than others. And we’re assuming it’s all very much tongue in cheek.
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by Sam Bell
Another US Open and another week of players complaining about how difficult the golf course is.
Read MoreOur guide to the five Australians playing at this week’s US Open at Erin Hills.
The US Open is a brutal golf tournament reminds us of the Formula 1 Grand Prix around the old Adelaide street circuit. It turns into a battle of attrition with most leaderboard changes occurring because of driver malfunction rather than any individual brilliance, leaving only a few with enough gas in the tank with the fewest dents to make a dash for the finish line.
Read MoreKevin Na and Lee Westwood have posted a few videos showing how thick the rough is at Erin Hills this week.
The US Open is being hosted by Erin hills this week – an inland course in Wisconsin built in 2006 that looks and plays a little like a links golf course.
Read MoreErin Hills in Wisconsin hosts this week’s US Open. Here are the 18 holes in flyover video mode to get yourself acquainted with the place. It looks majestic. Scorecard below.
And the scorecard:
Read MoreThe US Open tees off this week and the US arm of FoxSports has made this great promo video ahead of Thursday’s first tee time at Erin Hills.
Read MoreFoxSports have all the live coverage of the 2017 US Open from Erin Hills.
Five Australians will be in the 156-man field for the 2017 US Open at Erin Hills, Wisconsin this week but you’ll be needing to be up in the wee hours of the night to catch all the action.
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Don’t bet on Phil Mickelson winning the US Open next week. He won’t be playing.
Phil Mickelson has decided to miss next week’s US Open at Erin Hills so he can attend his 18-year-old daughter’s high school graduation.
Mickelson told reporters that the decision was an easy one as it was always assumed he would be there.
Read MoreDustin Johnson sits down in front of the media after his dramatic US Open victory at Oakmont.
The “one-shot penalty” question didn’t take long to be asked and Johnson was diplomatic in his response as to whether it bothers him at all.
“Seeing as how it didn’t affect the outcome, no,” said Johnson.
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