The U.S. Open is underway at Pinehurst No. 2, and no one was expecting an easy time.
SMU’s Bryson DeChambeau and Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg are in contention while Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth got off to slow starts.
Ludvig Aberg, of Sweden, waves after making a putt on the fifth hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C.The greens at Pinehurst No. 2 are the signature of this Donald Ross course that hosts the 124th edition of the U.S. Open which started Thursday morning. They go by any variety of names — upside-down cereal bowls, inverted saucers, turtlebacks or domes.
He still tied for eighth at Valhalla and was a runner-up the following week at Colonial. He won last week at the Memorial Tournament, his fifth victory in his last eight tournaments. His tee-to-green, and chipping, should come in handy at Pinehurst No. 2.Spieth became the youngest player since Bob Jones in 1923 to win the U.S. Open with his one-stroke victory in 2015 at Chambers Bay. The win made him the sixth player to win the U.S. Open and Masters in the same year.
. In 2022, he came within a putt on the 72nd hole of forcing a playoff with eventual champion Matt Fitzpatrick. He finished T-6 in 2020. Zalatoris was sidelined most of the 2023 season after undergoing back surgery., has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the game since tying for 23rd in his U.S. Open debut at The Country Club in 2022. The 21-year-old claimed a pair of PGA Tour events in 2022: the Wyndham Championship and Shriners Children’s Open.The Fargo, N.D., native will make his seventh U.S.
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