U.S. Open

This year's affair is set with a loaded field featuring most of the best golfers in the world. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and PGA Championship winner ...

- Featured Holes (11-13) -- 11 a.m. on USOpen.com, U.S. Open mobile app Be sure to stick with CBS Sports for live coverage throughout the third major of the year, and check out the U.S. Open live leaderboard coverage in Round 1. - Featured Holes (11-13) -- 9 a.m. on USOpen.com, U.S. Open mobile app - Featured Holes (11-13) -- 9 a.m. on USOpen.com, U.S. Open mobile app - Featured Groups -- 7:25 a.m. on USOpen.com, U.S. Open mobile app We here at CBSSports.com are thrilled to bring you wall-to-wall coverage of the U.S. Open all week long. Here's how you can watch as much U.S. Open as possible during the week. - Featured Groups -- 7:25 a.m. on USOpen.com, U.S. Open mobile app Mickelson returned to action last week and enters The Country Club still seeking a U.S. Open to round out his career grand slam. Neither is the favorite at Brookline, though. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas are both looking to double up. The third major of the 2022 golf season has arrived with controversy swirling behind the scenes.

The U.S. Open began Thursday at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Here's where (and when) to watch the action.

2:31 p.m./8:46 a.m. – Daijiro Izumida, Japan; (a) Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Belgium; Sebastian Söderberg, Sweden 1:36 p.m./7:51 a.m. – Luke List, Augusta, Ga.; (a) Austin Greaser, Vandalia, Ohio; Corey Conners, Canada 12:41 p.m./6:56 a.m. – (a) Maxwell Moldovan, Uniontown, Ohio; Yannik Paul, Germany; M.J. Daffue, South Africa 2:09 p.m./8:24 a.m. – Jim Furyk, Jacksonville, Fla.; (a) Nick Dunlap, Huntsville, Ala.; Adam Hadwin, Canada 1:58 p.m./8:13 a.m. – Danny Lee, New Zealand; (a) Keita Nakajima, Japan; Nick Taylor, Canada 1:25 p.m./7:40 a.m. – Joohyung Kim, Republic of Korea; Séamus Power, Republic of Ireland; Min Woo Lee, Australia 8:13 a.m./1:58 p.m. – Francesco Molinari, Italy; (a) Laird Shepherd, England; Stewart Cink, Atlanta, Ga. 8:57 a.m./2:42 p.m. – (a) Caleb Manuel, Topsham, Maine; Keith Greene, DeBary, Fla.; Ben Silverman, Juno Beach, Fla. 7:40 a.m./1:25 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Patrick Cantlay, Jupiter, Fla.; Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla. I am. But I think he has come back and shown some remorse about how he's handled some things, so I think he's learned from that. Tiger Woods will not play in the U.S. Open, saying his “body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf.”

Live leaderboard (as of 8:55 a.m. ET)1 Collin Morikawa -2 (5)1 Russell Henley -2 (4)Four golfers tied at -1The 2022 U.S. Open begins Thursday from The ...

That's going to play as basically a 100-yard shot for the pros, I think, and that's just ... *chef's kiss.* He has a solo second and a T8 at the first two major tournaments this year, and this course is a really nice setup for him. The 2022 U.S. Open will be available via streaming on Peacock with exclusive windows as well as featured groups. In what has been somewhat of a downturn of a season after last year’s best-in-class form, this is the perfect opportunity for Rahm to get back on track. He has bogeyed Nos. 1, 3 and now 4, with a par at No. 2. None of this is secret anymore — hell, two decades have passed — but in Boston, old habits die hard, and when one guy from the neighborhood tells a story about another guy from the neighborhood, it’s best not to blab. Curtis Strange won the last U.S. Open at The Country Club, which was held in 1988. Like Southern Hills, designer Gil Hanse has been working with The Country Club to prepare for this U.S. Open. The ball rams into the jar and Leonard takes off running. “See over there,” the caddie says, pointing to a spot on the green. Those are the stories in the annals. A Rory or JT or Speith or Rahm. I think they all have a good chance.

Mexico's Abraham Ancer has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to an illness, tournament organisers said on Thursday ahead of the opening round.

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U.S. Open 2022: Abraham Ancer's withdrawal also means Rickie Fowler becomes the first alternate for the 122nd U.S. Open.

His buddy Jordan Spieth, who it was reported by the Golf Channel was battling a stomach bug, wasn’t seen until about 45 minutes before his tee time on Thursday, but did arrive at The Country Club and does appear ready to tee it up. So Rickie will need to rely on another competitor’s misfortune to find himself in the field this week. Ancer was replaced by Patton Kizzire, who was the first alternate, having been the first man out from the Roswell, Ga., U.S. Open qualifying site.

U.S. Open 2022 live updates: The latest news and analysis from our writers at the 122nd U.S. Open at Brookline.

6:48 a.m.: The action is officially underway at The Country Club! Michael Thorbjornsen, a 20-year-old amateur from Massachusetts teeing it up at Brookline (sound familiar?) had the honor of hitting the first tee shot off the first tee. What a great thrill for the 58-year-old. 8:03 a.m.: Hideki Matusyama sticks his tee shot at the par-3 11th hole, which is playing as the easiest hole on the course thus far, to grab a share of the lead. A tough early bogey from Spieth ... and just by the eye test, he doesn't look 100 percent post-stomach bug. Again, just like Spieth, people were down on Morikawa on the eve of the U.S. Open because he admitted to some reporters he was having trouble hitting a fade. Hopefully the Mighty Quinn's friends and family screenshotted that shot of the leaderboard while he was up there. And speaking of struggles, Hideki just double bogeyed the par-4 12th hole after that birdie at 11. 8:30 a.m.: Russell Henley is the first player to 2-under, birdieing the 10th and 12th holes early in his round. 9:14 p.m.: Maybe not the biggest name but qualifier Harry Hall with a beautiful shot on the par 3 11th just north of the hole. 8:40 a.m.: Henley has company at the top, as Collin Morikawa just rolled another nice birdie putt in at the fifth hole. Adam Scott doesn't put enough on it and the ball will find its way to the bottom of the steep eighth incline. Of course, the beauty of a U.S. Open are the never-ending storylines that its competitors present itself.

The U.S. Open dipped into the alternate list for the first time on Thursday after Abraham Ancer of Mexico withdrew because of an illness.

He came up 1 shot away from getting into a playoff for the last spot in the U.S. Open field at Admiral's Cove earlier this month. Fowler finished tied for second at the U.S. Open in 2014, but has not played in the event since 2020. The U.S. Open dipped into the alternate list for the first time on Thursday after Abraham Ancer of Mexico withdrew because of an illness.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The 2022 U.S. Open most certainly has not been supersized.

It’s possible here because of the severe bunkering front and left, a 10-foot drop off in back into gnarly brush and a downhill tee shot to a green that slopes back to front. But a look at recent history shows that a supersized course is not a guarantee of keeping the numbers down. There are big doglegs — the famed 17th hole (Think Francis Ouimet and the celebration at the 1999 Ryder Cup ) measures only 375 yards but has a massive crook in the middle guarded by a tree line on the left and four bunkers that jut into the left side of the fairway. That’s a distinction that has long been reserved for the most picturesque hole in golf, the seventh at Pebble Beach with its green jutting into the pacific. Some suspected the course setup there was impacted by the previous year, when Rory McIlroy tore up 7,574-yard Congressional and won with a record score of 268. They are heavily sloped — from back to front, or sideways In total, the putting surfaces average only about 4,400 square feet per green, the second-smallest green complex, behind Pebble Beach, in championship golf. But The Country Club’s welcome back was really triggered in 2013. Some might say its length — a modest 7,254 yards — is more reasonable than in the recent past. “Probably my favorite U.S. Open venue I’ve been to.” Scheffler and 155 others will be forced to think their way around a course filled with blind tee shots. It has a drivable par-4, a reachable par 5, and will also feature a par-3 that could play less than 100 yards. After a week of handwringing about the future of the sport and the defections to the breakaway LIV Tour, the actual golf starts Thursday on a course that will remind some of the old days.

The 122nd U.S. Open gets underway Thursday with the national championship taking place at one of the oldest golf courses in the United States.

The major championship record is poor, but take out his missed cuts at the PGA Championship and The Players Championship, and Cantlay has unbelievable this year. McIlroy has top 10s in three of his last four majors and three straight U.S. Opens. The fact that he hasn't captured one of these coveted championships since 2014 is obscene given some of the low rounds he's shot, but he finally seems to be back to form. This is the best Rory has played entering a major in quite a while, and he's even coming off a title defense at the RBC Canadian Open. McIlroy also seems to feel like he has the game of golf on his back given his staunch support of the PGA Tour and the traditions of the game. If he plays his game, he'll be in the mix, and we've already seen him this season hang with the big dogs with wins at The Players Championship and the Sentry Open plus top-five finishes at the Masters and the RSM Classic. Brookline is going to demand precisely what Smith can bring: a killer short game for its lightning-quick greens and precision off the tees for the numerous blind shots golfers will be making this week. J.T. is one of the three best iron players on the planet, and his hot putter has translated to wins and near wins for the last two months. He's playing the best golf of his career and has paired an ever-present confidence that nobody in the world is better than him with a wisdom that can only be attained with age and experience. The Olympian has pulled out of the 122nd U.S. Open citing health concerns. Four days of major championship golf on a menacing course in a terrific city. Behind them are Adam Scott, Max Homa and a 75% Jordan Spieth. For those of you not in the know, the three-time major winner is experiencing some tummy issues -- pro move not wearing white pants. Those two legends of the game make way for new ones as world No. 3 Rory McIlroy begin his quest for major No. 5 in the early hours of the first round. For all the nonsense that's happened this week, what better Day 1 story could there be than a lifelong journeyman whose son is serving as caddie leading after the first 18 holes?

Instead, the golfing world will watch with great fascination those golfers — such as Phil Mickelson — who have defected from the PGA Tour and signed with the ...

5-7 p.m. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 1:14 p.m. 1:03 p.m. 12:52 p.m. 12:41 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Those storylines will take precedent for much of the early rounds, and potentially longer if any defectors stay in contention late into the tournament. (Though some golfers, such as 2016 U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson, have special exemption for future events). Despite the PGA Tour's suspension of said golfers, each of the four majors — the other three being the Masters, PGA Championship and British Open — have autonomy in deciding who qualifies for their respective events. For instance, Rory McIlroy — winner of last week's RBC Canadian Open — took a shot at LIV head man Greg Norman while expressing disappointment in Mickelson, one of the tour's biggest names.

Shortly before Round 1 got underway, the Mexican pulled out of the year's third major championship due to an illness.

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Defending champion Jon Rahm is one of the favorites, along with McIlroy, PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and Masters winner Scottie Scheffler. As of 7:55 ...

Plenty of PGA mainstays are also in Boston, led by Rory McIlroy, the 2011 U.S. Open champ, who has been outspoken in opposing LIV Golf. This time, he’s doing it with Saudi money. Men’s golf remains at the center of the sporting universe this week, as the world’s top players converge on the Country Club in Brookline, Mass. for the 122nd U.S. Open. After a tumultuous stretch that’s seen multiple star players defect from the PGA Tour in favor of the lucrative, Saudi-backed LIV Golf International Series, the USGA can only hope that the competition now seizes the spotlight.

Anticipation has reached a fever pitch with play beginning as Rory McIlroy looks to win back-to-back tournaments while capturing his first major championship ...

CBS Sports is offering live coverage of the 2022 U.S. Open from start to finish Thursday, so be sure to follow Round 1 with us. While Tiger Woods will not be in attendance as he continues to rehabilitate ahead of The Open Championship, Phil Mickelson is playing his first event in the United States since February while shrouded in controversy. Early TV coverage: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on USA Network, fuboTV (Try for free) Anticipation has reached a fever pitch with play beginning as Rory McIlroy looks to win back-to-back tournaments while capturing his first major championship since 2014. Do you smell it? Can you feel it?

Or, at least, it will stall until 1:47 p.m., when Phil Mickelson arrives on the first tee. Mickelson, the face of LIV Golf, is still searching for that one ...

#USOpen pic.twitter.com/SPHHNf0VkG June 16, 2022 But forgive them if they are a bit distracted. Something else is on their minds -- about 7.2 miles down the road. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/bvMv8siUG0 June 16, 2022 Make the putt. Use the wind to fade it. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/P1phSsip4E June 16, 2022 Mickelson, the face of LIV Golf, is still searching for that one missing piece of his Grand Slam résumé -- a U.S. Open win. That's a bounce-back birdie for @JordanSpieth. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/sd9LQbcbAi June 16, 2022 Good luck 💪— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/4hWCHPYOmk June 16, 2022 BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Perhaps the talk of LIV Golf vs. the PGA Tour will subside for a few days, with the start of the U.S. Open at The Country Club officially here.

Defending champion Jon Rahm found himself encroaching on NBC after he pulled his tee shot on No. 18 hard left and just under the fence that surrounds the tower ...

Jon Rahm’s defense of his U.S. Open title is off to a good start. He has never made the cut. That’s when he took two angry swings, sending sand flying. The 2011 U.S. Open champion drove into the lip of a bunker on the right side of the 310-yard, par-4 hole. ___ David Lingmerth was also at 3 under, with a few holes to play. ___ “If that doesn’t scream to you it’s the Open,” then nothing will, he said. A heck of a finish for Rahm, who struggled with his swing across the back nine. He had just saved par after an equally wild drive on No. 17. But during the round? ___

McIlroy's tee shot sailed right and buried in thick rough just outside the right lip of a fairway bunker. McIlroy was forced to take a whack at it while ...

Quite the save to keep his momentum and worthy of a fist pump. Apparently, getting his anger out did the trick because McIlroy exploded his next shot 15 feet past the hole and sank the par putt. McIlroy was forced to take a whack at it while standing in the bunker.

Full 2022 U.S. Open tee times for Round 2 on Friday at The Country Club in Brookline, featuring Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and more.

Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 2:42 p.m. – (a) Caleb Manuel, Keith Greene, Ben Silverman 1:58 p.m. – Adam Schenk, (a) Stewart Hagestad, Grayson Murray 12:41 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, (a) Travis Vick 12:30 p.m. – (a) Michael Thorbjornsen, Erik Barnes, Matt McCarty 8:24 a.m. – Jim Furyk, (a) Nick Dunlap, Adam Hadwin 8:13 a.m. – Danny Lee, (a) Keita Nakajima, Nick Taylor 2:31 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, (a) Fred Biondi, Harry Hall 1:58 p.m. – Francesco Molinari, (a) Laird Shepherd, Stewart Cink 12:41 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Denny McCarthy, (a) Sam Bennett 8:35 a.m. – Sam Stevens, (a) Ben Lorenz, Davis Shore But it turns out the oddsmakers were on to something.

U.S. Open 2022: Rory McIlroy made a crucial, momentum-saving par at the par-4 fifth hole that he'll look back very fondly if he goes on to contend.

If the Northern Irishman goes onto contend at this U.S. Open, we will undoubtedly look back at this moment as one that saved his tournament. Turns out, that expletive paled in comparison to his reaction that would ensue. He let out an expletive when he arrived to find his lie.

Callum Tarren and David Lingmerth also shot a 3-under to sit atop the leaderboard with McIlroy. The 2011 U.S. Open champion showed frustration on a pair holes ...

Lingmerth was in the same qualifier and had to play 36 holes and then some because of a 5-for-1 playoff for the final spot. That went to Hayden Buckley — he was among those at 68 on Thursday — and Lingmerth was first alternate. He couldn't save par on that one and had to accept a 67 — not a bad start, and no apologies for his few outbursts of emotion. Dahmen debated whether to go a 36-hole qualifier 10 days ago in Ohio. The U.S. Open is hard and he has been beat up from travel and pedestrian results. But now it's time for golf, and there a vibe of relief that focus could turn to a U.S. Open that first came to Brookline more than a century ago. For McIlroy, it was his second straight major — and third time in his last four U.S. Opens — he opened with a score par. He hit that into another bunker, and then twice slammed the club into the sand out of frustration. Collin Morikawa, trying to win a major for the third straight year, thought he might be able to take it deep — at least by U.S. Open standards — when he birdied the ninth hole to reach 3 under. Even with a good start, and coming off a victory last week in the Canadian Open, it doesn't figure to be easy. “It's hard not to get frustrated because I'm walking up there going, ‘Just come back into the bunker.' The thickest rough on the course is around the edges of the bunker. McIlroy has become a leading voice on the PGA Tour over the last few years, particularly with his rebuke of the Saudi-funded series that is disrupting golf. “You're going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don't really encounter any other week,” he said.

Rory McIlroy shot an opening-round 3-under 67 at the U.S. Open on Thursday, saying he is not motivated by the threat of the LIV Golf Invitational Series but ...

"Again, some of these reactions that maybe you saw out there today, whether it be hitting the sand on 5 or the club throw on 9, you just have to be so precise and so exact at this golf tournament, maybe compared to some others," McIlroy said. It was the 21st victory of his career, which moved him past Norman in career wins. He pushed his approach shot to the right of the green and threw his club in frustration. But, yeah, you're going to encounter things this week that you don't usually come across the other weeks of the year, and you just have to try to accept them as best you can." After making birdies on Nos. 7 and 8 to move to 4-under, McIlroy lost his cool again on the par-4 ninth, his final hole. "I'm just being me. "I gave the sand a couple of whacks because I'd already messed it up, so it wasn't like it was much more work for [caddie] Harry [Diamond]," McIlroy said. The margins are just so fine in this tournament, and I think you can sort of see that out there with some of the reactions." "You're going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don't really encounter any other week," McIlroy said. It was an eventful opening round for McIlroy at the golf course outside Boston. He started on the back nine and carded a bogey-free, 2-under 33. It's certainly a different mindset when you get off to a good start, and yeah, I've just got to keep it going." With an opening-round 3-under 67, McIlroy put himself in great position to do just that.

Rory McIlroy made another bold statement at the U.S. Open. This time it was with his golf.

Lingmerth was in the same qualifier and had to play 36 holes and then some because of a 5-for-1 playoff for the final spot. That went to Hayden Buckley — he was among those at 68 on Thursday — and Lingmerth was first alternate. But now it’s time for golf, and there a vibe of relief that focus could turn to a U.S. Open that first came to Brookline more than a century ago. For McIlroy, it was his second straight major — and third time in his last four U.S. Opens — he opened with a score par. He couldn’t save par on that one and had to accept a 67 — not a bad start, and no apologies for his few outbursts of emotion. Dahmen debated whether to go a 36-hole qualifier 10 days ago in Ohio. The U.S. Open is hard and he has been beat up from travel and pedestrian results. He hit that into another bunker, and then twice slammed the club into the sand out of frustration. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going, `Just come back into the bunker.’ The thickest rough on the course is around the edges of the bunker. McIlroy has become a leading voice on the PGA Tour over the last few years, particularly with his rebuke of the Saudi-funded series that is disrupting golf. Collin Morikawa, trying to win a major for the third straight year, thought he might be able to take it deep — at least by U.S. Open standards — when he birdied the ninth hole to reach 3 under. Even with a good start, and coming off a victory last week in the Canadian Open, it doesn’t figure to be easy. “You’re going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don’t really encounter any other week,” he said.

At the third major of the year, the hottest fashioned trend is the bold-patterned shirt. There are also few Massachusetts-themed accents.

Brooks Koepka, and other Nike-sponsored players, honored that with the crustacean on his shoes. At the third major of the year, the hottest trend is the bold-patterned shirt. It's a big sports weekend in the Boston area. Rory McIlroy finished his round with a share of the lead while rocking a floral print shirt. That includes Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. Scottie Scheffler is trying to become the seventh different player to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same calendar year. The 2022 U.S. Open is underway at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Reigning champ Jon Rahm is trying to defend his title.

While on the 18th hole at The Country Club, the Spanish golfer saw his tee shot sailing left with the ball landing under the TV tower. As he began heading over ...

I am 100% sure I saw the two kids that stole it." "I recognized the two kids that were running the opposite way with a smile on their face. As he began heading over to the area, Rahm saw two youngsters pick up the ball and run away with it.

A bizarre situation on The Country Club's 18th hole didn't keep the defending champ from making a closing birdie on Thursday.

I just saw a lot of them get close and not go in, and to hit two wayward drives in the last two holes and somehow end up with two birdie putts and making the last one -- it's more the fact of making putt to break par on the first round of the U.S. Open. It's quite a big deal." The defending U.S. Open champ had concerns on the hole before when he wasn't sure if his tee shot or provisional was in bounds, but he wound up being OK and making par. I recognized the two kids that were running the opposite way with a smile on their face," Rahm said laughing. Rahm was in good spirits about it after, because the unusual occur didn't keep him from making a closing birdie. As if the USGA's setup of The Country Club isn't hard enough, apparently, players this week need to be on the lookout for a couple of golf ball bandits. Moments earlier, Rahm arrived at where his tee shot on the par-4 18th had settled in the left rough.

Joel Dahmen has made it a foursome atop the U.S. Open leaderboard among the early starters at The Country Club.

He was replaced in the field by Patton Kizzire, who tees off in the afternoon. Jon Rahm’s defense of his U.S. Open title is off to a good start. He has never made the cut. The 2011 U.S. Open champion drove into the lip of a bunker on the right side of the 310-yard, par-4 hole. David Lingmerth was also at 3 under, with a few holes to play. “If that doesn’t scream to you it’s the Open,” then nothing will, he said. A heck of a finish for Rahm, who struggled with his swing across the back nine. But during the round? He was 2 under when he reached the drivable par-4 fifth, but he blocked his drive right and ended up with a terrible lie – the ball in deep grass just above a bunker. He shot 3-under 67 to finish even with Callum Tarren and David Lingmerth with most of the morning rounds complete. Mickelson had a bogey from the fairway on the first hole and is 1 over through two holes. He played last week for the first time in four months, and there appears to be plenty of rust still in his game.

Defending champion Jon Rahm, PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and two-time major title-holder Collin Morikawa are all only three strokes back at 1 under, ...

T42. Joaquin Niemann, Sam Burns, Bryson DeChambeau, Corey Conners and eight others (+1): After an eagle on the par-5 eighth, it appeared that Niemann would threaten the first page of the leaderboard as he stood at 2 under for the day. It felt as if he was all over the place Thursday as he carded four birdies to offset four bogeys. In his five U.S. Open appearances, he has five top-10 finishes; however, he has yet to truly contend as his average deficit entering the final round has been 5.4 strokes. While Young was in a similar spot as Spieth from a statistical standpoint, Cantlay was not as his iron play was simply dreadful. Having been in the final pairing at the 2022 PGA Championship, it is possible the heartache from Southern Hills leads to jubilation in Brookline. He has been knocking on the door for what seems like an eternity and on paper the 2022 version of Fitzpatrick is different. He will need this area of the bag to rebound as he has had some trouble backing up one great round with another. Leading the field in strokes gained tee to green, there is still room for improvement as the 34-year-old ranked 60th in strokes gained putting in Round 1. The Canadian is in the midst of a sneaky strong season, which at one point included three consecutive top-10 finishes but has yet to taste contention in a major championship. He continued his fine play Thursday at The Country Club, but it was not without some head scratching moments. Defending champion Jon Rahm, PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas and two-time major title-holder Collin Morikawa are all only three strokes back at 1 under, and they will look to ascend up the leaderboard in Friday's second round. Dropping a shot late in his round, McIlroy would later be matched by by Joel Dahmen, MJ Daffue and a pair of European counterparts at 3 under.

Phil Mickelson struggled in the first round of the U.S. Open, carding an 8-over 78. He's tied for 144th place.

Mickelson was playing in the U.S. Open after being indefinitely suspended by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan a week ago. Mickelson has been runner-up at the U.S. Open a record six times. "I really enjoyed the test; I think it's just a spectacular golf course," Mickelson told reporters in the players' parking lot after the round. But then Mickelson yanked his tee shot into the thick rough on the right side on No. 12, needed two shots to get back to the fairway and carded a double-bogey 6 to drop to 7 over. Mickelson was one of 17 tour players who competed in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London without a conflicting-event release. Playing for the first time in the U.S. since missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January, Mickelson had bogeys on three of the first five holes and then four-putted from 12 feet for a double bogey on the par-3 sixth.

With the focus finally shifting away from Saudi-backed rival league, who's going and who's staying on the PGA Tour, Hadwin opened with a 4-under 66 on a breezy ...

Lingmerth was in the same qualifier and had to play 36 holes and then some because of a 5-for-1 playoff for the final spot. For McIlroy, it was his second straight major — and third time in his last four U.S. Opens — he opened with a score under par. But now it's time for golf, and there a vibe of relief that focus could turn to a U.S. Open that first came to Brookline more than a century ago. No other major is more open — roughly half the 156-man field has to qualify — and it showed. Dahmen debated whether to go a 36-hole qualifier 10 days ago in Ohio. The U.S. Open is hard and he had been beat up from travel and pedestrian results. That went to Hayden Buckley — he was among those at 68 on Thursday — and Lingmerth was first alternate. He couldn't save par on that one and had to accept a 67 — not a bad start, and no apologies for his few outbursts of emotion. His previous low score in a major was 68 on three occasions, most recently the first round of the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park. He hit that into another bunker, and then twice slammed the club into the sand out of frustration. Even with a good start, and coming off a victory last week in the Canadian Open, it doesn't figure to be easy for McIlroy or anyone else. “It's hard not to get frustrated because I'm walking up there going, ‘Just come back into the bunker.' The thickest rough on the course is around the edges of the bunker. BROOKLINE, Mass. — Adam Hadwin wasn't officially in the U.S. Open until eight days ago.

Phil Mickelson would qualify as controversial in every conceivable way, even before he took on the PGA Tour and defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.

Then, he'll get a week off before heading to Pumpkin Ridge in Portland for the first U.S.-based LIV event at the end of the month. Curry's articulate thoughts on the Phil-to-LIV matter were quite the juxaposition with the next catcaller, who was positioned in one of the hospitality tents off 14 fairway and was clearly overserved. "The tour that was so incredibly good to him for 20-plus years, and he's completely tainted his legacy. His final score of eight-over 78 has him positioned in a tie for 144th, 12 shots off the lead of Adam Hadwin and just five shots shy of dead last. The tour would have taken care of him if he was really in that dire need." Phil's the one who is trying to take down the PGA Tour." "I thought he'd get booed out of the place, to be honest with you." Then, somewhat stunningly, came a real, live "boooo" in Mickelson's direction as he strolled to the par-3 sixth tee. Then again, this was the man's 52nd birthday, and this is the U.S. Open, which has caused him the most pain over the course of his three-decade career. Once they quieted, boo-er No. 2 let Mickelson know he was "dead to him." For the last 20 years and then some, he has been among the most beloved players in the sport. His Kiawah like pre-shot process was yielding Centurion-like results, but the Bostonians still opted for a positive-vibes-only approach.

The 2022 U.S. Open has no shortage of storylines this year — but only a few of them have to do with who will take home the third major of the 2021-22 PGA ...

5-7 p.m. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 2:31 p.m. 2:20 p.m. 2:09 p.m. 1:58 p.m. 1:03 p.m. 1:09 p.m.: McIlroy just misses a par save for his first bogey of the day on Hole 18. Can Woodland secure another U.S. Open title? Really solid showing for a player who is still seeking his first win on the PGA Tour. Hadwin led the pack for much of his round. He was less than pleased about it.

Here are the things that caught our eye—and caught us off guard—during the first round of the 2022 U.S. Open.

I recognized the two kids that were running the opposite way with a smile on their face," Rahm said laughing. Still, this is a guy who has lost to a total of four players over his past four U.S. Opens. And yet he got beaten by more than half the field on Thursday. Despite the bizarre situation, Rahm responded by making birdie to shoot 69 and put himself in great shape to defend his title. Oosthuizen, who finished T-2, solo second and T-3 in the final three majors of 2021, withdrew at this year’s Masters before finishing T-60 at the PGA, and now he’ll need a miracle to make the cut after opening with 77. You could say that the 39-year-old South African isn't LIVing at the top of major leaderboards anymore. The winner of the 2015 Memorial, Lingmerth has fallen to No. 592 in the Official World Golf Ranking. But he certainly didn’t play like that during a bogey-free 67. And Rahm thinks he knows who the culprits are. Look, the guy’s a PGA Tour winner and he finished T-9 at the Players Championship earlier this year. And that came 11 years ago at Congressional. But there he was on Thursday going out in a scorching four-under-par 31 and finishing at that number to take a one-stroke lead after 18 holes. Remember when this guy was seemingly in the hunt at every major last year? The six-time major champ struggled from start to finish shooting an eight-over-par 78 that included a four-putt from 16 feet on No. 6. BROOKLINE, Mass. — Day 1 at the U.S. Open is in the books, and there were plenty of things that left us scratching our heads.

Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C. is the leader after one round of the U.S. Open. Hadwin ran off three straight birdies at the end of the front nine and only ...

Lingmerth was in the same qualifier and had to play 36 holes and then some because of a 5-for-1 playoff for the final spot. That went to Hayden Buckley — he was among those at 68 on Thursday — and Lingmerth was first alternate. Dahmen debated whether to go a 36-hole qualifier 10 days ago in Ohio. The U.S. Open is hard and he had been beat up from travel and pedestrian results. He couldn't save par on that one and had to accept a 67 — not a bad start, and no apologies for his few outbursts of emotion. But now it's time for golf, and there a vibe of relief that focus could turn to a U.S. Open that first came to Brookline more than a century ago. For McIlroy, it was his second straight major — and third time in his last four U.S. Opens — he opened with a score under par. No other major is more open — roughly half the 156-man field has to qualify — and it showed. Even with a good start, and coming off a victory last week in the Canadian Open, it doesn't figure to be easy for McIlroy or anyone else. He hit that into another bunker, and then twice slammed the club into the sand out of frustration. His previous low score in a major was 68 on three occasions, most recently the first round of the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park. "It's hard not to get frustrated because I'm walking up there going, `Just come back into the bunker.' The thickest rough on the course is around the edges of the bunker. Adam Hadwin wasn't officially in the U.S. Open until eight days ago.

Jon Rahm began his U.S. Open title defence with a 1-under 69, a solid score Thursday at The Country Club that ended with a par and a birdie.

"It really taught me to make a lot of birdies," he said. The South African was the seventh-to-last player to get into the first Korn Ferry Tour event in the Bahamas. He tied for 15th. "If that doesn't scream to you it's the Open," then nothing will, he said. "I think now I've finally this week probably started feeling the freedom," he said. Spieth had two pars, three birdies and four bogeys on the front nine. Rahm's first ball was in play, he hit wedge out of the rough to 12 feet and missed the birdie putt. The rough wasn't very thick and Rahm only had 125 yards to cover the bunker in front of the green. I recognized the two kids that were running the opposite way with a smile on their face," he said. Rahm got relief from the TV tent and good fortune kept coming his way when he took his drop. But he saw a marshal finally signaled the ball was safe. Rahm pulled his driver on the par-4 17th hole and said to his caddie, Adam Hayes, "That might be out-of-bounds." The second one was more of a hook.

Phil Mickelson shot 8-over 78 and walked off the course tied for 145th in the 156-player field at the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday.

Mickelson is only 13 months removed from a remarkable late-career surge — the PGA Championship he won last year at Kiawah at a record age of 50. When he mercifully tapped in for his double-bogey 5, he was 5 over with the meat of the golf course still ahead. It was right out of a Boston fan's playbook. This marked the sixth straight time he's failed to break par in the opening round of the U.S. Open. The quiet buzz spilling out of the grandstand and luxury suites grew louder as Happy Hour approached. Earlier, Mickelson had missed par saves from 7 feet on No. 1 and 8 feet on No. 3. And the next. Asked his brother and caddie, Tim, to take a look at the comebacker. He stopped and stared. He turned 52 on Thursday. He shot 8-over 78. He walked off the course tied for 145th in the 156-player field.

Plus, he has been immune from the endless chatter and speculation of the Saudi-backed rival league that consumed attention all week at The Country Club in ...

He couldn’t save par on that one and had to accept a 67 — not a bad start, and no apologies for his few outbursts of emotion. But now it’s time for golf, and there a vibe of relief that focus could turn to a U.S. Open that first came to Brookline more than a century ago. No other major is more open — roughly half the 156-man field has to qualify — and it showed. For McIlroy, it was his second straight major — and third time in his last four U.S. Opens — he opened with a score under par. Even with a good start, and coming off a victory last week in the Canadian Open, it doesn’t figure to be easy for McIlroy or anyone else. He hit that into another bunker, and then twice slammed the club into the sand out of frustration. Nick Taylor, also from Abbotsford, was tied for 79th at 3-over 73 and Roger Sloan of Merritt was 6-over 76 to finish the day tied for 79th. “It’s hard not to get frustrated because I’m walking up there going, ‘Just come back into the bunker.’ The thickest rough on the course is around the edges of the bunker. His previous low score in a major was 68 on three occasions, most recently the first round of the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park. “You’re going to encounter things at a U.S. Open, whether they be lies or stuff like that, that you just don’t really encounter any other week,” he said. Thursday was a reminder he’s pretty good at his day job, too. But yeah, in certain instances it definitely felt a little more relaxed than last week.”

I did a lot of good things,” Canadian says of his opening-round 66.

“Sixty-six at a U.S. Open to take the first-round lead is incredible. Corey Conners bogeyed his final hole of the day to shoot a 1-over 71. He’s now got a “completely different” release pattern, which finally took hold at the beginning of 2022. “Not much better of a start to a U.S. Open I don’t think that you can ask for,” Hadwin said. Just doing a lot of good things.” Hadwin made a bogey on the par-4 third hole but rattled off five birdies in a six-hole stretch before making the turn.

Defending champion Jon Rahm found himself encroaching on NBC after he pulled his tee shot on No. 18 hard left and just under the fence that surrounds the tower ...

Here's everything you need to know on how to watch Phil Mickelson tee it up at the 2022 U.S. Open.

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Phil Mickelson faces missing the cut at the US Open after enduring a torrid first round, with Adam Hadwin impressing as the surprise early leader at The ...

Pursuing his first major triumph in eight years, McIlroy looked fired up throughout, with a frustrated club throw on the final hole adding to his reaction four holes prior. A scintillating front nine saw Tarren sink three birdies and an eagle at the eighth hole. He arrived at the first tee to cheers from a large crowd gathered to watch. "I'm kind of pinching myself," Tarren told reporters. Playing on his 52nd birthday, Mickelson struggled to an eight-over 78, with only seven players of the 156-man field carding a lower score. Mickelson -- one of 17 players suspended by the PGA Tour

Do you take the players known only to golf eggheads and ranked 592nd, 445th, 296th, 130th or 105th? Do you take the English bloke ranked 445th whose clubs got ...

The more you do it, the more you get used to it.” They all got golf clubs, so it was the second U.S. Open I’ve played in, and the second time, no golf clubs.” He got it solved by Monday with help from some of those 38 million helpful souls: Canadians. Five holes in with no wind, defending champion Jon Rahm had himself a moment when, he said, “I was thinking, ‘We’re going to blow the roof off this place.’ ” Reigning British Open champion Collin Morikawa, a two-time major winner at 25, called it “gettable,” a word shelved if not condemned at most U.S. Opens. Both shot 1-under 69s. “This has been a year in the making, really,” Hadwin said. “It’s been eight years since I won a major, and I just want to get my hands on one again.” I wasn’t all-American. I wasn’t the best. But I’m pretty stubborn, and I’m not one to give up.” There have been some tough days, not going to lie, and you kind of start asking yourself those questions. Do you take the English bloke ranked 445th whose clubs got stuck at the Toronto airport so he had to walk around here Sunday with just a wedge? I think because of that, I’m a bit more at ease.” The group stood thick and populous beneath Hadwin’s 66 even though it lost Fitzpatrick, the hip pick of cognoscenti, when he bogeyed No. 18. Do you take the players known only to golf eggheads and ranked 592nd, 445th, 296th, 130th or 105th?

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — For one day at least, the U.S. Open was wide open.

“If that doesn’t scream to you it’s the Open,” then nothing will, he said. He took his drop and left himself a 12-foot birdie putt to finish with a 69. “But I’ll take the 4 and run any day of the week.” But he got up and down from the sand, making a 13-footer to save par. “Even though I’m standing up here slightly frustrated that I bogeyed the last, it’s a great start to the tournament,” he said. Johnson shot 68 to sit in a seven-way tie for seventh after 18 holes. “I never expect it to get easier,” he said. In his attempt to win a major for the third straight year, Collin Morikawa made the turn at 3 under but didn’t make another birdie. He missed the ninth green -- his 18th hole -- and settled for his only bogey of the round. Defending U.S. Open champion John Rahm also salvaged a 69 after driving wide left on the last two holes. But the best thing he can do for the legacy circuit is to keep winning. The other was four-time major winner Rory McIlroy, who slammed and tossed aside his clubs during the round but also made enough shots with them to remain just one stroke off the lead.

The 2022 U.S. Open has myriad streaming options in 2022. The Sporting News breaks down how cord-cutters can tune into the action:

2:42 p.m. 2:31 p.m. 2:20 p.m. 1:47 p.m. 1:36 p.m. 1:25 p.m. 1:14 p.m. 1:03 p.m. 12:30 p.m. USOpen.com, alongside Peacock, will also provide morning and afternoon coverage of featured groups every day of the tournament. That will serve as a prominent backdrop to the U.S. Open, an event that has plenty of its own interesting storylines. But digital streaming continues to serve as a versatile option for viewers.

Adam Hadwin leads the field at 4-under par as the second round of the U.S. Open gets underway Friday at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

2:42 p.m. – (a) Caleb Manuel, Topsham, Maine; Keith Greene, DeBary, Fla.; Ben Silverman, Juno Beach, Fla. 1:58 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Vincennes, Ind.; (a) Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif.; Grayson Murray, Raleigh, N.C. 12:41 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Aiken, S.C.; Patrick Rodgers, Jupiter, Fla.; (a) Travis Vick, Hunters Creek Village, Texas 8:24 a.m. – Jim Furyk, Jacksonville, Fla.; (a) Nick Dunlap, Huntsville, Ala.; Adam Hadwin, Canada 8:13 a.m. – Danny Lee, New Zealand; (a) Keita Nakajima, Japan; Nick Taylor, Canada 8:57 a.m. – Isaiah Salinda, South San Francisco, Calif.; Sean Jacklin, Scotland; (a) Charles Reiter, Palm Desert, Calif. 1:58 p.m. – Francesco Molinari, Italy; (a) Laird Shepherd, England; Stewart Cink, Atlanta, Ga. 12:41 p.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Las Vegas, Nev.; Denny McCarthy, Rockville, Md.; (a) Sam Bennett, Madisonville, Texas 8:46 a.m. – Daijiro Izumida, Japan; (a) Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Belgium; Sebastian Söderberg, Sweden 8:35 a.m. – Sam Stevens, Wichita, Kan.; (a) Ben Lorenz, Peoria, Ariz.; Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn. 7:51 a.m. – Luke List, Augusta, Ga.; (a) Austin Greaser, Vandalia, Ohio; Corey Conners, Canada 6:56 a.m. – (a) Maxwell Moldovan, Uniontown, Ohio; Yannik Paul, Germany; M.J. Daffue, South Africa

This year's winner is still making a lot of money, as is par for the course for the U.S. Open.

The winner is going to take home $3.15 million. The Masters posted a reported $15 million in prize money, with Scottie Scheffler taking home $2.7 million for the win. The U.S. Open still boasts the biggest prize money payout, beating out the 2022 Masters, which paid out a total of $15 million. The winner takes an 18 percent of the total prize purse, which will be worth $3.15 million. Among the four majors, the U.S. Open is still king of the majors when it comes to prize money. Traditionally, the U.S. Open has yielded the highest payouts for the winner, and this year, that won't change: The winner will be taking home just north of $3 million at The Country Club.

A potentially rowdy Friday might be a little more subdued in the Boston area given what happened in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

The morning wave features some rather large names to need to make a move in order to have a serious shot on the weekend. And then there is Rory McIlroy, also among the three-under crew thanks to his second straight strong start in a major championship. Having said that, the top of the leader board is a bit lacking in star power, though we know it's way too early to start talking like that.