JJ SPAUN could be seen fighting back tears after winning the first Major of his career with an incredible performance at Oakmont! The “hardest course in the world” has fully lived up

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. After going even on the front nine, DeChambeau went 3-over on the back.

Golf expert Ben Coley has his eye on six players in their respective three-balls ahead of the first round of the US Open.

“Overall definitely not out of the tournament. Today was I think with the way I was hitting it, was easily a day I could have been going home and battled pretty hard to stay in there,” Scheffler said. “I’m 4 over. We’ll see what the lead is after today, but around this golf course I don’t think by any means I’m out of the tournament.”

The US Open's $800 million makeover includes a reinvented Arthur Ashe Stadium, center, its primary venue. Renderings courtesy the United

The name of Jon Rahm looms ominously on the US Open leaderboard, but second-round threeball punters should concentrate on another Major-winning LIV golfer who is in the mix with 54 holes to play.