Scheffler opens with bogeys while McIlroy pars at windy US Open (opens in new tab)

Scheffler, who would complete a career Grand Slam with a victory Sunday on his 30th birthday, lipped out on a six-foot par putt at the par-three second hole after finding a bunker. World number one Scheffler, a four-time major champion, and second-ranked McIlroy, a six-time major winner, began the day seven strokes behind leader Wyndham Clark, the 2023 US Open winner. Whipping winds changed directions to add to Shinnecock's challenge, combining with dense rough and tricky pin positions to tes...