More than 50 players are currently within three strokes of the lead at the U.S. Open, but Bubba Watson and Adam Scott are not among them. Scott, the No. 1 player in the world, and Watson, the Masters champion, are both having some early issues at Pinehurst No. 2.
Scott got off to a solid start, opening the round with four pars before recording a birdie at No. 5. That, however, is his only red number of the day thus far. Following bogeys at Nos. 7 and 9, Scott made the turn at 1-over. He dropped another stroke at No. 13 and is currently 2-over, tied for 56th place.
While Scott's issues have him teetering on the edge of contention, Watson is in serious danger of missing the cut. He made the turn at 3-over and opened the back nine with a double bogey on the par-5 10th hole. Another bogey at No. 14 dropped him to 6-over on the round and eight strokes off the lead. While there is a lot of golf to play before a cut is made, Watson will need to make up some ground. The cut line is currently hovering at 2-over.
Martin Kaymer has had a more successful go of it in the afternoon. He is currently 2-under through 12 holes, tied for a share of the lead. He's one of four players currently at 2-under. Here is a complete look at the U.S. Open leaderboard. A live leaderboard can be found at USOpen.com.
Place |
Player |
Score |
Thru |
T1 |
Kevin Na |
-2 |
F |
T1 |
Graeme McDowell |
-2 |
F |
T1 |
Martin Kaymer |
-2 |
12 |
T1 |
Brendon de Jonge |
-2 |
15 |
T5 |
Keegan Bradley |
-1 |
12 |
T5 |
Seung-yul Noh |
-1 |
11 |
T5 |
Jason Dufner |
-1 |
12 |
T5 |
Dustin Johnson |
-1 |
16 |
T5 |
Fran Quinn |
-1 |
10 |
T5 |
Paul Casey |
-1 |
13 |
T5 |
Brandt Snedeker |
-1 |
F |
T5 |
Henrik Stenson |
-1 |
F |
T5 |
Matt Kuchar |
-1 |
F |
T5 |
Brendon Todd |
-1 |
F |
T5 |
Jordan Spieth |
-1 |
F |
T5 |
Hideki Matsuyama |
-1 |
F |
T5 |
Harris English |
-1 |
14 |
T5 |
Jamie Donaldson |
-1 |
12 |
T19 |
Victor Dubuisson |
E |
16 |
T19 |
Kevin Tway |
E |
10 |
T19 |
Brooks Koepka |
E |
16 |
T19 |
Steve Stricker |
E |
15 |
T19 |
J.B. Holmes |
E |
13 |
T19 |
Henrik Norlander |
E |
F |
T19 |
Lucas Bjerregaard |
E |
F |
T19 |
Marcel Siem |
E |
F |
T19 |
Ian Poulter |
E |
F |
T19 |
Phil Mickelson |
E |
F |
T19 |
Russell Henley |
E |
F |
T19 |
Joost Luiten |
E |
F |
T19 |
Rickie Fowler |
E |
F |
T19 |
Aaron Baddeley |
E |
F |
T19 |
Charl Schwartzel |
E |
14 |
T19 |
Mark Wilson |
E |
16 |
T19 |
Cody Gribble |
E |
9 |
T36 |
Jim Renner |
1 |
10 |
T36 |
Garth Mulroy |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Gary Woodland |
1 |
13 |
T36 |
Francesco Molinari |
1 |
12 |
T36 |
Retief Goosen |
1 |
13 |
T36 |
Louis Oosthuizen |
1 |
13 |
T36 |
Pablo Larrazabal |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Patrick Reed |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Boo Weekley |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Zach Johnson |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Webb Simpson |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Rory McIlroy |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Chris Kirk |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Billy Hurley III |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Oliver Goss |
1 |
F |
T36 |
Zac Blair |
1 |
10 |
T36 |
John Senden |
1 |
16 |
T36 |
Danny Willett |
1 |
10 |
T36 |
Jim Furyk |
1 |
15 |
T36 |
Jimmy Walker |
1 |
16 |
T57 |
Alex Cejka |
2 |
17 |
T57 |
Bill Haas |
2 |
15 |
T57 |
Stewart Cink |
2 |
15 |
T57 |
Ken Duke |
2 |
16 |
T57 |
Graeme Storm |
2 |
17 |
T57 |
Adam Scott |
2 |
14 |
T57 |
Bo Van Pelt |
2 |
11 |
T57 |
Bernd Wiesberger |
2 |
13 |
T57 |
Ryan Blaum |
2 |
11 |
T57 |
Hunter Mahan |
2 |
12 |
T57 |
Rod Pampling |
2 |
12 |
T57 |
Daniel Berger |
2 |
F |
T57 |
Scott Langley |
2 |
F |
T57 |
Erik Compton |
2 |
F |
T57 |
Miguel Jimenez |
2 |
F |
T57 |
Justin Rose |
2 |
F |
T57 |
Nicholas Lindheim |
2 |
F |
T57 |
Nicolas Colsaerts |
2 |
16 |
T57 |
Simon Griffiths |
2 |
10 |
T57 |
Joe Ogilvie |
2 |
16 |
T77 |
Hyung-Sung Kim |
3 |
13 |
T77 |
Shane Lowry |
3 |
15 |
T77 |
Justin Leonard |
3 |
15 |
T77 |
David Gossett |
3 |
11 |
T77 |
Toru Taniguchi |
3 |
13 |
T77 |
Azuma Yano |
3 |
11 |
T77 |
Oliver Fisher |
3 |
16 |
T77 |
Y.E. Yang |
3 |
15 |
T77 |
Chris Thompson |
3 |
9 |
T77 |
Jason Day |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Sergio Garcia |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Stephen Gallacher |
3 |
F |
T77 |
David Toms |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Thongchai Jaidee |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Jeff Maggert |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Shiv Kapur |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Smylie Kaufman |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Clayton Rask |
3 |
F |
T77 |
Graham Delaet |
3 |
13 |
T77 |
Ernie Els |
3 |
13 |
T77 |
Luke Guthrie |
3 |
10 |
T98 |
Andres Echavarria |
4 |
16 |
T98 |
Hunter Stewart |
4 |
10 |
T98 |
Ryan Palmer |
4 |
12 |
T98 |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Chad Collins |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Roberto Castro |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Matt Jones |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Angel Cabrera |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Kenny Perry |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Craig Barlow |
4 |
F |
T98 |
WC Liang |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Matt Dobyns |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Maverick McNealy |
4 |
F |
T98 |
Casey Wittenberg |
4 |
16 |
T112 |
Kevin Streelman |
5 |
12 |
T112 |
Niclas Fasth |
5 |
17 |
T112 |
Kevin Stadler |
5 |
15 |
T112 |
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano |
5 |
11 |
T112 |
Cory Whitsett |
5 |
10 |
T112 |
David Oh |
5 |
17 |
T112 |
Rob Oppenheim |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Brian Stuard |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Andrea Pavan |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Kevin Kisner |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Lee Westwood |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Billy Horschel |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Kevin Sutherland |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Justin Thomas |
5 |
F |
T112 |
Geoff Ogilvy |
5 |
13 |
T127 |
Christopher Doak |
6 |
10 |
T127 |
Hudson Swafford |
6 |
17 |
T127 |
Darren Clarke |
6 |
14 |
T127 |
Donald Constable |
6 |
10 |
T127 |
Bubba Watson |
6 |
15 |
T127 |
Steven Alker |
6 |
F |
T127 |
Sam Love |
6 |
10 |
T127 |
Matt Every |
6 |
F |
T127 |
Ryan Moore |
6 |
F |
T127 |
Nick Watney |
6 |
F |
T127 |
Maximilian Kieffer |
6 |
F |
T127 |
Brian Campbell |
6 |
F |
T127 |
Lucas Glover |
6 |
13 |
T140 |
Luke Donald |
7 |
14 |
T140 |
Brett Stegmaier |
7 |
F |
T140 |
D.A. Points |
7 |
F |
T140 |
Jonas Blixt |
7 |
F |
T140 |
Brady Watt |
7 |
F |
T140 |
Will Grimmer |
7 |
F |
T146 |
Andrew Dorn |
8 |
9 |
T146 |
Cameron Wilson |
8 |
F |
T146 |
Aron Price |
8 |
F |
T146 |
Robby Shelton |
8 |
F |
T146 |
Nick Mason |
8 |
F |
T146 |
Anthony Broussard |
8 |
F |
T152 |
Bobby Gates |
9 |
F |
T152 |
Robert Allenby |
9 |
F |
T152 |
Tom Lewis |
9 |
F |
155 |
Kiyoshi Miyazato |
11 |
17 |
156 |
Brandon McIver |
12 |
F |