US Open golf 2021: first round – as it happened
- Russell Henley and Louis Oosthuizen share lead
- First round to be completed tomorrow after fog delays start
- Check out the official US Open leaderboard
4.13am BST
A few players - most notably Louis Oosthuizen - will have to come back in the morning to complete their first rounds. Hopefully there won't be more fog, else the second round will slip into Saturday for sure. But here's where we are after the first day's play. Thanks for reading, and see you tomorrow.
-4: Henley (F), Oosthuizen (16*)
-3: F Molinari (F), Cabrera Bello (F)
-2: Koepka (F), Schauffele (F), Buckley (F), Matsuyama (F), Rahm (F), Munoz (14*)
4.11am BST
McIlroy rolls in his birdie putt, and that's a really positive end to a round that looked to be heading south. That par saver from the fringe on 17 could prove a real momentum shifter. He bounces off with a huge smile on his face, whipping up the few spectators that remain. A very acceptable 70. Meanwhile a 71 for DJ, and a miserable 78 for Rose.
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