PINEHURST, United States — Rory McIlroy sank a birdie putt from just inside 20 feet at the 18th hole to finish a five-under-par 65 first round and match Patrick Cantlay for the lead at the US Open on Thursday.
World number three McIlroy, chasing his first major victory since the 2014 PGA Championship, delivered a bogey-free round at Pinehurst, defying its dome-shaped greens, sandy waste areas and wiregrass.'I'm delighted with the start,' McIlroy said. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts on the 10th green during the first round of the 124th US Open at Pinehurst Resort on June 13, 2024, in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
'McIlroy was second in last year's US Open, his fifth top-10 effort in a row at the US Open with each better than the last.An afternoon feature group with the world's three top players was dominated by McIlroy, with world number one Scottie Scheffler, the Masters champion, firing a 71 and second-ranked Xander Schauffele, who won last month's PGA Championship, on 70.Scheffler has five PGA Tour wins this year, the most by any player at this stage since Tom Watson in 1980.
Fires Bogey-Free 65 To Share US Open Lead With Cantlay
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