The U.S. Open leaderboard has been in near-constant fluctuation during the first round with players picking up and dropping shots quickly as they battle the difficult conditions at Pinehurst. While the course is a challenge, a few players were able to card rounds in the red, including Graeme McDowell who is tied for the lead at 2-under.
U.S. Open leaderboard 2014: Graeme McDowell tied for the clubhouse lead
The afternoon wave is beginning to make its way around Pinehurst and they are all chasing Graeme McDowell and Kevin Na, who are tied for the clubhouse lead.
Andrew Redington
McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion, played a steady round with 15 pars. He dropped only a single shot, with a bogey on No. 4 and picked it right back up with an eagle on No. 5. The fifth hole has been the easiest hole on the course thus far and McDowell took advantage, carding one of three eagles. McDowell birdied the 14th hole to move to 2-under. After the round, McDowell said he doesn’t expect the winner to post many red numbers.
“I think the winner of this tournament will have 10-12 birdies maximum,” McDowell said, via Pinehurst Resort.
McDowell is currently tied for the lead with Kevin Na. Na was more up-and-down on his round, carding three birdies, three bogeys and an eagle. Matt Kuchar and Jordan Spieth both opened with 1-under rounds of 69 while Phil Mickelson got off to a solid start with an even-par 70.
Here is a quick look at the current state of the leaderboard. A live leaderboard can be found at USOpen.com.
Place | Player | Score | Thru |
T1 | Kevin Na | -2 | F |
T1 | Graeme McDowell | -2 | F |
T3 | Alex Cejka | -1 | 6 |
T3 | Brandt Snedeker | -1 | F |
T3 | Matt Kuchar | -1 | F |
T3 | Henrik Stenson | -1 | F |
T3 | Brendon Todd | -1 | F |
T3 | Jordan Spieth | -1 | F |
T3 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 | F |
T3 | Graeme Storm | -1 | 6 |
T3 | Garth Mulroy | -1 | 5 |
T3 | Ken Duke | -1 | 4 |
T3 | Mark Wilson | -1 | 4 |
T3 | Brooks Koepka | -1 | 4 |
T3 | Dustin Johnson | -1 | 4 |
T3 | Jimmy Walker | -1 | 4 |
T3 | Justin Leonard | -1 | 3 |
T3 | Jim Furyk | -1 | 3 |
T3 | Ernie Els | -1 | 2 |
T3 | Steve Stricker | -1 | 3 |
T3 | Martin Kaymer | -1 | 1 |
T23 | Paul Casey | E | 2 |
T23 | Henrik Norlander | E | F |
T23 | Lucas Bjerregaard | E | F |
T23 | Marcel Siem | E | F |
T23 | Phil Mickelson | E | F |
T23 | Ian Poulter | E | F |
T23 | Russell Henley | E | F |
T23 | Joost Luiten | E | F |
T23 | Rickie Fowler | E | F |
T23 | Aaron Baddeley | E | F |
T23 | Oliver Fisher | E | 5 |
T23 | Joe Ogilvie | E | 4 |
T23 | Nicolas Colsaerts | E | 4 |
T23 | Bill Haas | E | 3 |
T23 | Y.E. Yang | E | 3 |
T50 | Kevin Stadler | 1 | 3 |
T23 | Harris English | E | 2 |
T23 | Luke Donald | E | 2 |
T23 | Adam Scott | E | 2 |
T23 | Bubba Watson | E | 2 |
T23 | Charl Schwartzel | E | 2 |
T23 | Darren Clarke | E | 2 |
T23 | Louis Oosthuizen | E | 2 |
T23 | Gary Woodland | E | 1 |
T23 | J.B. Holmes | E | 1 |
T23 | Keegan Bradley | E | 1 |
T23 | Jason Dufner | E | 1 |
T50 | Shane Lowry | 1 | 3 |
T50 | Pablo Larrazabal | 1 | F |
T50 | Patrick Reed | 1 | F |
T50 | Boo Weekley | 1 | F |
T50 | Rory McIlroy | 1 | F |
T50 | Zach Johnson | 1 | F |
T50 | Webb Simpson | 1 | F |
T50 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 1 | F |
T50 | Chris Kirk | 1 | F |
T50 | Billy Hurley III | 1 | F |
T50 | Oliver Goss | 1 | F |
T50 | David Oh | 1 | 6 |
T68 | Andres Echavarria | 2 | 5 |
T23 | Hudson Swafford | E | 5 |
T50 | Niclas Fasth | 1 | 4 |
T50 | John Senden | 1 | 4 |
T50 | Stewart Cink | 1 | 3 |
T50 | Graham Delaet | 1 | 1 |
T68 | Bobby Gates | 2 | 5 |
T68 | Brendon de Jonge | 2 | 3 |
T68 | Daniel Berger | 2 | F |
T68 | Erik Compton | 2 | F |
T68 | Scott Langley | 2 | F |
T68 | Justin Rose | 2 | F |
T68 | Miguel Jimenez | 2 | F |
T68 | Nicholas Lindheim | 2 | F |
T68 | Steven Alker | 2 | 5 |
T68 | Casey Wittenberg | 2 | 5 |
T68 | Victor Dubuisson | 2 | 3 |
T80 | Shiv Kapur | 3 | F |
T80 | Jason Day | 3 | F |
T80 | Sergio Garcia | 3 | F |
T80 | Stephen Gallacher | 3 | F |
T80 | David Toms | 3 | F |
T80 | Thongchai Jaidee | 3 | F |
T80 | Jeff Maggert | 3 | F |
T80 | Smylie Kaufman | 3 | F |
T89 | Chad Collins | 4 | F |
T89 | Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 4 | F |
T89 | Roberto Castro | 4 | F |
T89 | Matt Jones | 4 | F |
T89 | Angel Cabrera | 4 | F |
T89 | Kenny Perry | 4 | F |
T89 | Craig Barlow | 4 | F |
T89 | WC Liang | 4 | F |
T89 | Matt Dobyns | 4 | F |
T80 | Clayton Rask | 3 | F |
T89 | Kiyoshi Miyazato | 4 | 4 |
T89 | Maverick McNealy | 4 | F |
T100 | Rob Oppenheim | 5 | F |
T100 | Brian Stuard | 5 | F |
T100 | Kevin Kisner | 5 | F |
T100 | Andrea Pavan | 5 | F |
T100 | Lee Westwood | 5 | F |
T100 | Billy Horschel | 5 | F |
T100 | Kevin Sutherland | 5 | F |
T100 | Justin Thomas | 5 | F |
T108 | Matt Every | 6 | F |
T108 | Ryan Moore | 6 | F |
T108 | Nick Watney | 6 | F |
T108 | Maximilian Kieffer | 6 | F |
T108 | Brian Campbell | 6 | 17 |
T118 | Anthony Broussard | 8 | F |
T113 | Brett Stegmaier | 7 | F |
T113 | D.A. Points | 7 | F |
T113 | Jonas Blixt | 7 | F |
T113 | Brady Watt | 7 | F |
T113 | Nick Mason | 7 | 17 |
T118 | Robby Shelton | 8 | F |
T118 | Cameron Wilson | 8 | F |
T118 | Aron Price | 8 | F |
T118 | Will Grimmer | 8 | 17 |
T123 | Robert Allenby | 9 | F |
T123 | Tom Lewis | 9 | F |
125 | Brandon McIver | 12 | F |
T3 | Retief Goosen | -1 | 1 |
T50 | Geoff Ogilvy | 1 | 1 |
T126 | Lucas Glover | E | 1:47 PM |
T126 | Hyung-Sung Kim | E | 1:58 PM |
T126 | Francesco Molinari | E | 1:58 PM |
T126 | Toru Taniguchi | E | 1:58 PM |
T126 | Bernd Wiesberger | E | 1:58 PM |
T126 | Jamie Donaldson | E | 1:58 PM |
T126 | Hunter Mahan | E | 1:58 PM |
T126 | Kevin Streelman | E | 2:09 PM |
T126 | Bo Van Pelt | E | 2:09 PM |
T126 | Rod Pampling | E | 2:09 PM |
T126 | Ryan Palmer | E | 2:09 PM |
T126 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | E | 2:09 PM |
T126 | Seung-yul Noh | E | 2:09 PM |
T126 | Luke Guthrie | E | 2:20 PM |
T126 | Ryan Blaum | E | 2:20 PM |
T126 | Azuma Yano | E | 2:20 PM |
T126 | Danny Willett | E | 2:20 PM |
T126 | Cory Whitsett | E | 2:20 PM |
T126 | David Gossett | E | 2:20 PM |
T126 | Kevin Tway | E | 2:31 PM |
T126 | Donald Constable | E | 2:31 PM |
T126 | Fran Quinn | E | 2:31 PM |
T126 | Christopher Doak | E | 2:31 PM |
T126 | Jim Renner | E | 2:31 PM |
T126 | Simon Griffiths | E | 2:31 PM |
T126 | Sam Love | E | 2:42 PM |
T126 | Chris Thompson | E | 2:42 PM |
T126 | Cody Gribble | E | 2:42 PM |
T126 | Hunter Stewart | E | 2:42 PM |
T126 | Andrew Dorn | E | 2:42 PM |
T126 | Zac Blair | E | 2:42 PM |
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