No one from the top 17 players on the leaderboard after one round has won a major.
Fowler finished his bogey-free round with seven birdies-including three straight at Nos. He kept it in the short grass, the secret to Erin Hills that wouldn't appear to be that hard with some of the widest fairways for this major.
Fowler, who shared the 36-hole lead at the Masters in April, never came seriously close to bogey because he was never in trouble.
A woman who witnessed the crash of a small blimp near the Wisconsin golf course where the U.S. Open is underway says she saw flames as the aircraft deflated and floated to the ground.
But world number three Day had a horror day, including two triple-bogeys, on the way to a 7-over par round of 79 that placed him tied for 151st out of 156 entrants after round one.
"I'm a Rickie Fowler fan, and the golf he produced this morning was handsome", Casey told reporters.
It was the first bogey-free opening round of seven-under-par in US Open history and the total gave him the clubhouse lead by two strokes from Brooks Koepka, Tommy Fleetwood and Brian Harman.
"I know people get caught up with this even par thing", USGA executive director Mike Davis said this week.
T7. Patrick Reed (-4): While never over par, Reed did have two bogeys during his trip around Erin Hills, making for an entertaining round while numerous others up here were mostly mistake-free.
"I just did a good job". If I just make one or two of the good looks I have, it's a couple under.
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The year's second major started without Phil Mickelson, the five-times major victor withdrawing to attend his daughter's high school graduation.
"I was teeing off and I looked up and saw it on fire, and I felt sick to my stomach", Jamie Lovemark said.
Emergency crews have responded to the site of the crash, which was in an open field outside of the course.
"I just didn't putt very well".
Mickelson, who celebrates his 47th birthday on Friday, believes he will have more chances at that elusive U.S. Open trophy, and the next few years are favourable.
- Fowler after his record-setting score of 7 under.
"There's nothing I can hide behind", Day said. Length wasn't the issue. He hit 13 of 14 fairways and 14 of 18 greens.
The U.S. Open will be played next year at Shinnecock Hills, where Mickelson was in position to win in 1995 and 2004.
And then the defending US Open champion missed a 10-foot birdie putt to cap a most forgettable 75 that included just one birdie, three three-putts and six shots out of the knee-high fescue that frame the generous fairways of Erin Hills.
Kyle Dawson covers sports for the Aiken Standard.
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