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Johnson avoids bogey bug, starts Open with 67

OAKMONT, Pa. -- Dustin Johnson played 18 holes without a bogey, the only player to do so in the first round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont, where his 3-under-par 67 left him one off the lead held by

It was Johnson's third straight U.S. Open opening round in the 60s and it will be the ninth consecutive U.S. Open round in which he will be among the top six players.

"I like the golf course; I've liked it since the first time I saw it last Tuesday,'' said Johnson, who was runner-up to Jordan Spieth at Chambers Bay a year ago.