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It’s another misty morning down San Diego way, though there’s been no need for a delay this time. News of one significant move near the top of the leader board in a minute, but having teased you with that, let’s contemplate the unknowable game that is golf. You can’t work it out. Consider. This morning, the 21-year-old amateur Joe Highsmith, making his US Open debut, few out of the blocks to birdie 1, 2, 4 and 6. He’s +1 overall, four under through six today. Compare and contrast to the new Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, who over his first four holes today has shot 6-4-6-6. That’s two double bogeys and two bogeys. Six over in four holes, and not only that, his belt buckle has snapped and as a result he’s in constant conflict with his trousers. Like the sky above the clouds just had to cry. Gene knows.
The fog caused delays yesterday morning at Torrey Pines, so inevitably 36 late-starting stragglers were forced to come back and complete their first rounds early doors today. Overnight co-leader Louis Oosthuizen tidied up for par on 8, then made another at the 9th to sign for a bogey-free 67. As a result, after 18 holes, the very top of the leader board at the 121st US Open looked like this:
-4: Henley, Oosthuizen
-3: F Molinari, Cabrera Bello
-2: Koepka, Schauffele, Buckley, Matsuyama, Rahm, Hoshino
-1: E Molinari, Gomez, Rodgers, Wolff, Fitzpatrick, Hatton, Hadwin, Bland, Scott, McIlroy, Montgomery, Cantlay, Wu
