Brooks Koepka<\/a> (+800). The two-time defending US Open champion is four shots back after shooting a 2-under 69 on Thursday. Koepka struggled at times in the first round, only hitting half of the fairways on the course and only reaching 12 of 18 greens in regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a battle if you\u2019re not going to hit fairways,\u201d Koepka said after his round. \u201cConsidering how I hit it coming in, I\u2019m pretty pleased. I didn\u2019t shoot myself out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rory McIlroy (+800) is an equal second choice with Koepka after shooting a 3-under 68 to start his tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I did what I wanted to do, which was hit it in the fairways for the most part, hit a lot of greens and when I didn\u2019t I was able to get it up and down,\u201d McIlroy told reporters. \u201cI did everything you need to do in a US Open.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fowler (+950) and Schauffele (+950) are also among the betting favorites after the first round.<\/p>\n
Play continues for all golfers on Friday. After the second round, only the top 60 players (and anyone tied for 60th position) will make the cut and continue on to the final two rounds of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Justin Rose birdied his final three holes to card a 6-under-par 65 and take a one-shot lead after the first round of the US Open at Pebble Beach. Four players are tied for second place at five-under, including Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele, Louis Oosthuizen, and Aaron Wise. Rose Scrambles to Stay on Top The strong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":106965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Justin Rose Ties Scoring Record to Take US Open Lead<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n