Blog#332 US Open 2026 First, Second & 3rd Rounds.

Thursday June 25, 2026 Blog#332 US Open 2026 First, Second & 3rd Rounds.

FIRST ROUND Delay of 6:30AM at 7:05 to 9:05start due to heavy fog. (*starts on 10)

Wind 15-27MPH. AM. Wind died down in PM and scores reflect it.

*1 W Clark-6 64 Birdies 1st 2 holes then 1 bogie, 1 eagle 3 more birdies.

*2 D Johnson-4 66 Starts with 2 bogies on 1st 3 holes, then 7 birdies 1DB last 15.

*3 M Fitzpatrick-3 67 Birdies 3 of 1st 5 holes then 3 bogies 2 birdies on 16 & 17.

3 G Woodland-3 67 Two bogies 5 birdies.

*5 J Rahm-2 68 Bogie free RD 2 birdies. (RD2 78/ 7 bogies 1 DB 1 birdie CUT)

5 S Stevens-2 68 Birdies 3 of his 1st 5 holes then 2 bogies 1 DB 3 more birdies.

2 D Johnson-2 thru 15. Starts with 2 bogies on 1st 3 holes then 4 birdies 1 to 4, DB on 6.

*9 R McIlroy-1 69 Birdies 1st 2 holes then bogies his 4th & 7th, eagles #15 for lead-3.

*9 L Aberg-1 69 Birdies 4th hole & 6th hole then 1 more birdie 2 bogies.

*9 B James-1 69 Birdies 1st hole then 1 more with 1 bogie. Nice start again.

*9 B Harman-1 69 Birdies his 6th hole then bogies 7th and 1 more birdie.

*18 T Fleetwood E 70 Bogies his 1st hole then 4 birdies 3 more bogies.

*18 B DeChambeau E 70 Birdies 2 of 1st 4 holes, then 4 bogies in RD2 to shoot 75.

*30 H Higgs+1 71 Two bogies front9, DB 3 birdies back.

30 X Schauffele+1 71 Four bogies 3 birdies.

30 S Burns+1 71 Three bogies 2 birdies.

46 S Scheffler+2 72 Another bad start+3 front9.

46 P Reed+2 72 was up with leaders until DB on #10 and bogie on 14.

108 C Gotterup+5 75 Two DB’s, 6 bogies, 5 birdies.

*128 SW Kim+7 77 DB on 1st hole then 5 bogies next 8, +7 front9.

136 J Niemann+8 78 On 6th hole penalized 2 strokes for throwing his club, turned a 9 into 11.

ROUND 2 Less wind better overall conditions.

1 W Clark-7 69 Starts with 8 pars, bogie front9, builds 5 stroke lead with birdies on 12&13

2 M Fitzpatrick-1 70 All pars front9, 2 bogies on back with birdies on 16 & 18 to stay in 2nd.

2 X Schauffele-3 66 One bogie 5 birdies up 28 spots.

2 T Kim-3 67 Only 1 bogie with 45 birdies to offset DB #16 RD1.

6 C Morikawa-2 65 Moved from #66 with 7 birdies 2 bogies.

7 H Higgs-1 68 One of his best RDs of this year.

7 S Burns-1 68 Moves up 27 spots with 4 birdies 2 bogies.

7 S Theegala-1 67 good Rd despite 3 bogies to move up 39 spots.

7 J Thomas-1 68 Moves up 13 spots with four birdies 2 bogies.

Only 10 players under par for 2 Rounds.

11 R McIlroy E 71 Terrible back9 with 3 bogies and 1 DB.

11 S Scheffler E 68 Good comeback but 1 DB & 4 bogies.

22 L Aberg +1 72 Zero birdies 2 bogies to fall out of top 10.

46 D Johnson+3 77 Quad bogie on #15 but makes birdie on 16 to just make cut.

46 J Neimann+3 Birdies 5 of 1st 6 holes, then 2 more to make cut.

60 C Gotterup+4 69 Bounces back from poor RD1.

CUT+4 Missed Reed,DeChambeau,Hovland+5,Lowry,Rahm,Cantlay+6,Koepka+10.

ROUND 3 Stronger winds, higher scores. Only Scheffler-1 and E Grillo -par.

1 W Clark-7 70 Despite 4 bogies, has 1 eagle 16 to maintain lead.

2 S Scheffler-1 69 Only 1 bogie but also only 2 birdies.

2 S Srevens-1 72 Four bogies 2 birdies but still stays in hunt.

2 S Theegala-1 70 One birdie & 1 bogie to move up 5 spots.

2 T Kim-1 72 Despite 6 bogies stays in top 2.

Only 5 players under par for 3 Rounds. Looks like Clark is uncatchable and only a

A super performance by Scheffler or complete collapse by Clark will change that.