J.J. Spaun emerged as the surprise early first-round U.S. Open leader on Thursday at Oakmont Country Club where Rory McIlroy was two shots back, defending champion Bryson DeChambeau opened with a bogey and Scottie Scheffler had yet to start.

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For the actual U.S. Open participants, bogey golf is not what they have in mind but that's what 50-year-old Justin Hicks was doing Thursday in the first round. He opened with two bogeys, then had two pars, then got back to bogey golf with a double on the fifth. three straight bogeys followed by another double had him at 9 over at the turn.

The toughest test in golf is underway at the course reputed to be the toughest in America. Matt Vogt has hit the opening shot at Oakmont to start the 125th edition of the U.S Open.

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It’s no stretch to say Alistair Docherty is simply happy to be at the U.S. Open, but the journeyman player is looking for more than just a good memory out of this trip to Oakmont.

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DeChambeau followed what his fellow SMU alum, the late Payne Stewart, accomplished 25 years earlier by winning the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. He is looking for his third U.S. Open title. Kim, a Dallas resident, in entering his fourth U.S. Open. His career best finish came in 2023 in Los Angeles (-8).