The 124th U.S. Open is underway at Pinehurst No. 2 in, well, Pinehurst, North Carolina.
From the jump, the field is chasing top-ranked Scottie Scheffler — who is on a heater not seen since Tiger Woods' heyday. Scheffler teed off in the afternoon wave along with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. Scheffler opened with two bogeys through six holes, but he birdied the seventh to get back to 1-over. Instead, it was McIlroy who pushed ahead early in that group. He made back-to-back birdies early to jump to 2-under.
Brooks Koepka, who has won this tournament twice, looked like he was making an early run for a third initially.