Oakmont, Pa.-JJ Spaun played surprisingly stable hand on Thursday amid rare shots and a wild mix of some shockers in Omont, who was playing a bogie-free on the most difficult courses in the US for 4-under 66 and a shot lead in the US Open.

Patrick Reed Made an albatros -US Open only fourth, as it begins to track such records in 1983-Holting at 5 fourth at a distance of 286 yards. He ended with a triple bogie. Shane Lori made the first eagle on the third hole in Par-4 in Okmont. He shot 79.

Scotty Sheffer made more bogies in a round (6), as he usually makes a tournament and had its highest start (73) at the US Open.

Through all that high entertainment, Spon went out with morning Rarely a nuisance and a bogie woman,

He matched the low early round at the US Open at Omont – Andrew Landry also shot 66 for the last time in 2016 – and it was no secret. Good putting never fails at any US Open, and Spanish brought five equal puts to 7 feet to 16 feet, with four to go with a shovedy.

Spon said, “I didn’t really felt that I am going to show under a bogie-free round 4. I really didn’t know what to expect especially because I have never played here.” “But yes, maybe there are never expectations, the best thing, so I will take it.”

The Omont lived for its reputation with a scoring average of around 74.6, despite a course, it is still relatively soft from rain and medium air that did not rotate for a long time.

And oh, that rough.

Just ask Rory McLero, although he chose not to speak for the fifth straight competitive phase in a major since his Masters win. He had to hack the fourth hole three times to bring him back to the fair, and then he put 30 feet for the most unexpected bogie. He shot 74.

“Even for a man like me, I can’t get out for some time, depending on the lie,” Bryson Decombo said after 73. “It was difficult. It was a cruel test of golf.”

The early era included Maxwell Moldovan who was out for the eagle on the 484-yard opening hole. Finally, Tony Finau hit an approach above green, a sprinkler head and in Grandstand, his title marked by the green paint of the sprinkler. He saved it equally.

As was led to a conclusion in the first round – more than 13 hours of golf – only 10 players managed to break equal. This is less than the early stages in 2016.

Scheffler, a heavy favorite as a number 1 player in the world, who won three of his last four tournaments by combined 17 shots, made a 6—foot Birdi put on his second hole. Then he found church pew bunkers on the third and fourth holes, made both the bogey and the rest of the day was never.

“I made some silly mistakes, but at the same time, I saved some major puts and some good speed in my era,” said the chefler. “But overall, there is a need to be slightly faster.”

Spon, who started his round with ankle-deep rough on the right side of the 10th Green, was running below the 18th Fairway when an audience saw the group scoreboard and said, “JJ Spon. He is under 4?”

The emphasis was on the number, not the name.

But some names were amazing, starting with Span. He lost in a playoff at the Players Championships for Mcilroy, which helped him take him to number 25 in the world, meaning that he did not first go through the US Open qualifying.

Thriston Lawrence of South Africa, who struggled in the Royal Tron in the last summer, had six Birds in a round of 67.

And perhaps Brook Koipka can be counted as a wonder as the five -time prominent champion has not struggled in a major since winning the PGA Championship in 2023, and he missed out on cutting Masters and PGA Championships this year.

He It looked like the old koipkaMuscling around the Omont, they limiting mistakes and closing with two birdies for 68, which left them in a group with the South Korea pair of C Wu Kim and Sungje Im.

“It is good to keep a good phase together. It’s a little late,” Koipka said. “It’s far away … but now it is starting to click. Unfortunately, we are in almost half the way through the season, so it is not ideal, but we are learning.”

Another shot at 69 was a group back with two -time prominent champions John Rahm, who had 11 holes before making a shirt, and with an eagle after it.

“I played some incredible golf to shoot under 1, which we don’t usually say, right?” Rahm said.

The curriculum allowed a lot of Birdi, a lot of enthusiasm, and punished a lot.

Mcilroy shot 4-over 74 in the initial stages of the US Open on 33-41 Thursday in Okmont.

Mcilroy was also bogie-free, at least on its early nine. He then scored three-foot for a bogie at number 1 and wound with 41 on front nine for 74. Sam Burns was excluded from a shot, until 72 felt very bad to play the last four holes in 5 for 72.

Spaun was not immune with this. They just made everything, especially 7 feet or more to five equal puts.

“I think today was one of my best days, which could be me all year,” Spon said. “Changing those puts … It is too large for speed and maintain a round, and it is the kind of that we have.”

Spanish will not know that from experience. This is only his second US Open, and his ninth prominent in 2018. He did not need McLero to go to number 25 in the world on the strength of his playoff defeat in the players’ championship.

“I have not played in a lot,” Spon said “I knew it was going to be difficult. I did my best to grind it all.”

It was a piece in every way, on some other sharp greens. three more days.