Rory Mcilroy Among Top Golfers Struggling Through Treacherous Oakmont Rough In Opening Round Of Us Open

All week long, play fans person heard astir nan treacherous conditions that lurk astatine Oakmont Country Club for nan 125th U.S. Open. 

Rory McIlroy was among those golfers who proved why nan people is truthful reliable successful this 3rd awesome of nan season. 

The 2025 Masters champion was genuinely going done it astatine Oakmont during his Thursday round, and it came toward nan extremity of what looked to beryllium a awesome commencement for McIlroy. 

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Rory McIlroy hits his changeable connected nan 17th spread during nan first information of nan U.S. Open. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

McIlroy posted a front-nine 33, birdying his 2nd and 3rd holes while shooting par connected nan rest. However, nan backmost 9 was wherever things started to autumn disconnected nan rails, and Oakmont’s infamous heavy unsmooth played a immense portion successful that. 

His first bogey of nan day came connected Hole 1 (McIlroy began his information connected Hole 10), and things could’ve been overmuch worse connected Hole 4 erstwhile his thrust connected nan par-5 fired to nan correct and landed connected horrible, precocious grass. 

The shot wasn’t visible astatine each arsenic McIlroy took a hack astatine it, and nan consequence was it landing conscionable a fewer feet successful beforehand of him. So, pinch 1 ft successful a fairway bunker, McIlroy swung again but to nary avail. The shot landed a fewer feet to nan correct this time. 

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McIlroy was stepping into his 4th changeable connected a spread that could’ve derailed his full round. But he was capable to get nan shot connected nan fairway conscionable successful beforehand of nan greenish pinch a chance to astatine slightest spell up and down to prevention bogey. 

That’s precisely what he did, needing a 30-foot putt to autumn into nan spread and he sewage it. McIlroy walked distant hoping that was each nan mishaps he would face, but much were coming. 

Holes Nos. 6-8 saw bogey, bogey and double-bogey respectively, arsenic McIlroy couldn’t find immoderate consistency successful his swing. His putting changeable besides didn’t help, missing short putts that could’ve gone down for par. 

Rory McIlroy plays a changeable from a bunker connected nan 17th spread during nan U.S. Open. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

On his second-to-last hole, McIlroy’s tee changeable connected nan 289-yard par-3 went heavy into nan unsmooth down nan green, and he fto disconnected a frustrating swipe astatine it erstwhile his transportation changeable erstwhile again went conscionable a fewer feet successful beforehand of him. 

McIlroy vanished his information 4-over (74), which puts him tied for 64th connected nan U.S. Open leaderboard. 

McIlroy wasn’t nan only 1 dealing pinch nan harsh conditions astatine Oakmont, arsenic 1 of his champion friends, Shane Lowry, was genuinely going done it successful his 9-over 79 connected Thursday. He was moreover spotted throwing a microphone astir nan greenish aft a chunked spot shot.  

Top players for illustration Justin Rose (7-over), Patrick Cantlay (6-over), Matthew Fitzpatrick (4-over) and Wyndham Clark (4-over) were besides among those struggling connected Thursday.

Rory McIlroy walks disconnected nan first tee during nan first information of nan U.S. Open. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

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It will beryllium absorbing to spot nan leaderboard erstwhile those successful nan day decorativeness their rounds, arsenic McIlroy and much could person immoderate activity to do connected Friday to make nan U.S. Open cut. 

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