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LEFT-HANDER WEIR LEADS WITH A 64
Mike Weir shot a 64 at Bethpage Black to take the clubhouse lead as the rain-delayed first round of the US Open neared completion.
The left-handed 2003 Masters champion from Canada posted eight birdies undone by a double bogey at the par-four sixth hole to sign for a six under par round, two shots clear of Sweden's Peter Hanson with former world number one David Duval three shots behind following a 67.
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It could have been much better for Weir as he reached the sixth, his 16th of the round, at six under and on course for a US Open record round of 62. The six at the sixth put paid to that but he rallied with a birdie, birdie finish.
Former world number one Duval, who suffered an alarming dip in form following his victory at the 2001 Open Championship at Lytham, had led a charge among the second wave of starters in the 156-man field as they finally got their first rounds under way in drying conditions on still soft greens.
Graeme McDowell shares lead on one-under-par 69
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Clearing skies and warm temperatures helped the late starters at Bethpage Black steal a march on their earlier rivals as Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell held a precarious share of the clubhouse lead halfway through the rain-delayed first round of the 109th US Open.
McDowell, coming off a final-round 63 at the St Jude Classic in Memphis last Sunday, posted a one-under-par 69 after opening-round play resumed on Friday morning following Thursday's wash-out on Long Island, while defending champion Tiger Woods suffered a nightmare finish to his first round.
Peter Hanson of Sweden and former Masters champion Mike Weir of Canada were taking their turn at the top of a fluid championship leaderboard, having reached four under par after 11 and nine holes respectively. That gave them a one-stroke lead over Colombia's Camilo Villegas, who had played 11, with American duo Sean O'Hair and Kenny Perry both two under after 10.
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McDowell's 69 gave him a share of the early clubhouse lead alongside American amateur Drew Weaver but Thursday's late-starting half of the draw were finding conditions much easier as they finally got their first rounds under way in drying conditions on still soft greens. The Northern Irishman was certainly not getting carried away.
"I've led a few majors after day one," McDowell said. "It's not really what I'm trying to do. I'm just trying to stick around for the weekend. I'm trying to position myself as well as I possibly can and compete in Sunday afternoon."
Joining McDowell and Weaver at one under was an ever-growing group including England's Ross Fisher, after 10, Denmark's Soren Hansen, who had played 11, last year's runner-up Rocco Mediate, who had reached the 11th and world number two Phil Mickelson, having played 10.
Also at one under were Adam Scott of Australia, after 11, and Americans Anthony Kim and David Toms, both of whom were playing the 13th.
Those low scores could spell trouble for world number one Woods, who had been at level par with four holes to play but finished his round with a run of double bogey, bogey, par, bogey to leave him with a four-over 74.
"I was even par with four to go," Woods said. "I was right there where I needed to be, and two bad shots and a mud ball later, here we go and I'm at four over par."
United States Open
championship scoreboard
BETHPAGE STATE PARK
Black Course, Farmingdale, New York
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 70
64 Mike Weir (Can)
66 Peter Hanson (Swe)
67 Ricky Barnes, Todd Hamilton, David Duval
68 Rocco Mediate
69 Phil Mickelson, Sean O'Hair, Adam Scott (Aus), Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Lucas Glover, David Toms, Drew Weaver
70 Ross Fisher (Eng), Kyle Stanley, David Smail (Nzl), Soren Hansen (Den), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Jeff Brehaut, Fred Funk, Johan Edfors (Swe), Ian Poulter (Eng), Ryan Moore, Cameron Tringale
71 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Michael Sim (Sco) (pictured above), Matt Kuchar, Tom Lehman, Trevor Murphy, Kevin Sutherland, John Mallinger, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Kenny Perry, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Camilo Villegas (Col), Brandt Snedeker
72 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Ben Curtis, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Ben Martin, Hunter Mahan, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Azuma Yano (Jpn), Vijay Singh (Fij), Jim Furyk, Ryan Blaum, K J Choi (Kor), Thomas Levet (Fra), Lee Westwood (Eng)
73 Nick Watney, Brian Gay, Billy Mayfair, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Justin Rose (Eng), Bo Van Pelt, Briny Baird, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Steve Stricker, Peter Tomasulo, Shawn Stefani, Tyson Alexander, Michael Welch (Eng), Retief Goosen (Rsa), John Merrick, Casey Wittenberg, Stewart Cink, Nick Taylor, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Ryan Spears, J J Henry, J.B. Holmes, Andres Romero (Arg), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Tim Clark (Rsa), Steve Allan (Aus)
74 Chris Kirk, Cameron Yancey, Tiger Woods, Gary Woodland, J.P. Hayes, Bronson Burgoon, Martin Laird (Sco), Craig Bowden, Stephen Ames (Can), Rodney Pampling (Aus), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Darren Clarke (NIrl), George McNeill, Sang-moon Bae (Kor), Andrew Parr (Can), Doug Batty (Nzl), Luke Donald (Eng), James Kamte (Rsa)
75 Zach Johnson, Darron Stiles, Matt Bettencourt, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Simon Khan (Eng), Charlie Wi (Kor), Robert Allenby (Aus), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Paul Casey (Eng), Cortland Lowe, Carl Pettersson (Swe)
76 Colby Beckstrom, Chris Stroud, Clark Klaasen, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Heath Slocum, Ben Crane, Vaughn Snyder, Cameron Beckman, Ken Duke, Matt Nagy, Eduardo Romero (Arg), Stuart Appleby (Aus), Padraig Harrington (Irl), D.J. Trahan
77 Kaname Yokoo (Jpn), Richard Bland (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Michael Campbell (Nzl), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Nathan Tyler, Scott Gutschewski, Angelo Que (Phi)
78 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Mike Miles, Josh McCumber, David Erdy, James Nitties (Aus), Simon Dyson (Eng), Charlie Beljan, Matthew Jones (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Clinton Jensen, Kevin Silva, Rickie Fowler
79 Eric Axley, Boo Weekley, Greg Kraft, Shintaro Kai (Jpn)
80 Drew Kittleson, Chad Campbell, Andrew Svoboda, Steve Conway, Sean Farren
81 David Horsey (Eng), Kyle Peterman, Scott Lewis
83 Josh Brock
LEFT-HANDER WEIR LEADS WITH A 64
Mike Weir shot a 64 at Bethpage Black to take the clubhouse lead as the rain-delayed first round of the US Open neared completion.
The left-handed 2003 Masters champion from Canada posted eight birdies undone by a double bogey at the par-four sixth hole to sign for a six under par round, two shots clear of Sweden's Peter Hanson with former world number one David Duval three shots behind following a 67.
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It could have been much better for Weir as he reached the sixth, his 16th of the round, at six under and on course for a US Open record round of 62. The six at the sixth put paid to that but he rallied with a birdie, birdie finish.
Former world number one Duval, who suffered an alarming dip in form following his victory at the 2001 Open Championship at Lytham, had led a charge among the second wave of starters in the 156-man field as they finally got their first rounds under way in drying conditions on still soft greens.
Graeme McDowell shares lead on one-under-par 69
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Clearing skies and warm temperatures helped the late starters at Bethpage Black steal a march on their earlier rivals as Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell held a precarious share of the clubhouse lead halfway through the rain-delayed first round of the 109th US Open.
McDowell, coming off a final-round 63 at the St Jude Classic in Memphis last Sunday, posted a one-under-par 69 after opening-round play resumed on Friday morning following Thursday's wash-out on Long Island, while defending champion Tiger Woods suffered a nightmare finish to his first round.
Peter Hanson of Sweden and former Masters champion Mike Weir of Canada were taking their turn at the top of a fluid championship leaderboard, having reached four under par after 11 and nine holes respectively. That gave them a one-stroke lead over Colombia's Camilo Villegas, who had played 11, with American duo Sean O'Hair and Kenny Perry both two under after 10.
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McDowell's 69 gave him a share of the early clubhouse lead alongside American amateur Drew Weaver but Thursday's late-starting half of the draw were finding conditions much easier as they finally got their first rounds under way in drying conditions on still soft greens. The Northern Irishman was certainly not getting carried away.
"I've led a few majors after day one," McDowell said. "It's not really what I'm trying to do. I'm just trying to stick around for the weekend. I'm trying to position myself as well as I possibly can and compete in Sunday afternoon."
Joining McDowell and Weaver at one under was an ever-growing group including England's Ross Fisher, after 10, Denmark's Soren Hansen, who had played 11, last year's runner-up Rocco Mediate, who had reached the 11th and world number two Phil Mickelson, having played 10.
Also at one under were Adam Scott of Australia, after 11, and Americans Anthony Kim and David Toms, both of whom were playing the 13th.
Those low scores could spell trouble for world number one Woods, who had been at level par with four holes to play but finished his round with a run of double bogey, bogey, par, bogey to leave him with a four-over 74.
"I was even par with four to go," Woods said. "I was right there where I needed to be, and two bad shots and a mud ball later, here we go and I'm at four over par."
United States Open championship scoreboard
BETHPAGE STATE PARK
Black Course, Farmingdale, New York
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 70
64 Mike Weir (Can)
66 Peter Hanson (Swe)
67 Ricky Barnes, Todd Hamilton, David Duval
68 Rocco Mediate
69 Phil Mickelson, Sean O'Hair, Adam Scott (Aus), Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Lucas Glover, David Toms, Drew Weaver
70 Ross Fisher (Eng), Kyle Stanley, David Smail (Nzl), Soren Hansen (Den), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Jeff Brehaut, Fred Funk, Johan Edfors (Swe), Ian Poulter (Eng), Ryan Moore, Cameron Tringale
71 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Michael Sim (Sco) (pictured above), Matt Kuchar, Tom Lehman, Trevor Murphy, Kevin Sutherland, John Mallinger, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Kenny Perry, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Camilo Villegas (Col), Brandt Snedeker
72 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Ben Curtis, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson, Ben Martin, Hunter Mahan, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Azuma Yano (Jpn), Vijay Singh (Fij), Jim Furyk, Ryan Blaum, K J Choi (Kor), Thomas Levet (Fra), Lee Westwood (Eng)
73 Nick Watney, Brian Gay, Billy Mayfair, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Justin Rose (Eng), Bo Van Pelt, Briny Baird, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Steve Stricker, Peter Tomasulo, Shawn Stefani, Tyson Alexander, Michael Welch (Eng), Retief Goosen (Rsa), John Merrick, Casey Wittenberg, Stewart Cink, Nick Taylor, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Ryan Spears, J J Henry, J.B. Holmes, Andres Romero (Arg), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Tim Clark (Rsa), Steve Allan (Aus)
74 Chris Kirk, Cameron Yancey, Tiger Woods, Gary Woodland, J.P. Hayes, Bronson Burgoon, Martin Laird (Sco), Craig Bowden, Stephen Ames (Can), Rodney Pampling (Aus), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Darren Clarke (NIrl), George McNeill, Sang-moon Bae (Kor), Andrew Parr (Can), Doug Batty (Nzl), Luke Donald (Eng), James Kamte (Rsa)
75 Zach Johnson, Darron Stiles, Matt Bettencourt, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Simon Khan (Eng), Charlie Wi (Kor), Robert Allenby (Aus), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Paul Casey (Eng), Cortland Lowe, Carl Pettersson (Swe)
76 Colby Beckstrom, Chris Stroud, Clark Klaasen, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Heath Slocum, Ben Crane, Vaughn Snyder, Cameron Beckman, Ken Duke, Matt Nagy, Eduardo Romero (Arg), Stuart Appleby (Aus), Padraig Harrington (Irl), D.J. Trahan
77 Kaname Yokoo (Jpn), Richard Bland (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Michael Campbell (Nzl), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Nathan Tyler, Scott Gutschewski, Angelo Que (Phi)
78 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Mike Miles, Josh McCumber, David Erdy, James Nitties (Aus), Simon Dyson (Eng), Charlie Beljan, Matthew Jones (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Clinton Jensen, Kevin Silva, Rickie Fowler
79 Eric Axley, Boo Weekley, Greg Kraft, Shintaro Kai (Jpn)
80 Drew Kittleson, Chad Campbell, Andrew Svoboda, Steve Conway, Sean Farren
81 David Horsey (Eng), Kyle Peterman, Scott Lewis
83 Josh Brock
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