US Open Golf 2016: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Thursday

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Published: June 16, 2016

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The 2016 U.S. Open's opening round was cut short by heavy rain on Thursday at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

Two separate weather delays preceded the torrential downpour that halted play for the day at 3:51 p.m. ET. Among the players who did tee it up, unheralded American Andrew Landry was atop the leaderboard at three under par:



Landry began his championship on the back nine and has a birdie putt at his 18th hole, the par-four ninth, for a round of 66. He's hit 10 of 14 fairways and 13 of 18 greens in regulation.

Luke Elvy of CBS highlighted the stakes at play for what could be the final stroke of Landry's first round:



PGATour.com's Mike McAllister noted how Landry has seldom gone low in any of his prior outings on the big circuit:



Following a bogey-free 33 on his opening nine, the 28-year-old went on a run of three straight birdies from Nos. 2 through 4, the second of those set up by this beautiful approach:



But the current clubhouse lead belongs to amateur Scottie Scheffler, who posted an impressive round of one-under 69 and hit 12 of 18 greens in regulation.

The University of Texas standout carded consecutive bogeys at Nos. 18 and 1 but responded with birdies at the par-five fourth and par-four seventh to get to red figures.

Golf Channel's Justin Ray referred to the history Scheffler made with his low number:



Wet conditions have caused Oakmont's lightning-fast greens to be more receptive, yet the inclement weather has also made an already lengthy course even more daunting for the shorter hitters.

One powerful star who's hung tough is Bubba Watson, whose roller-coaster round has featured five birdies and three bogeys in the first 10 holes, capped by an absolutely ridiculous birdie at the 10th:



If Watson can keep rolling the rock that well, h...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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