Clark completes first round with two-stroke US Open lead (opens in new tab)

The 32-year-old American, who won the 2023 US Open at Los Angeles Country Club, was among 50 players who did not conclude their first rounds Thursday due to a two-hour morning fog delay, but Friday skies were clear at the restart. Clark set the lowest first-round score in a US Open at Shinnecock, breaking the old mark off 66 by Angel Cabrera, Shigeki Maruyama and Jay Haas in 2004 and Nick Price in 1995. Clark owned a four-stroke overnight lead through 16 holes but compatriot Dustin Johnson, a...