And if his hot pink trousers were not enough, he did it in style. Koepka had the outright lead with four holes left in his round before a bogey on the par-3 sixth hole. "I did feel very comfortable with my swing, but that fifth shot on 18 was my best shot of the day". Cameron Champ, who just finished his junior year at Texas A&M, birdied his last hole for a 69.
"I got a massive break", he said.
Nick Rogness felt as nervous as anyone at the U.S. Open - not because of a golf club in his hand but the diamond ring in his pocket.
Two shots might separate the top 12 players - with just eight shots spread across the entire field - but the leaderboard is devoid of high-profile players and marquee names. This marks the first 36-hole lead/co-lead for Harman on the PGA Tour.
Also starting strong was Justin Thomas with tap-in birdies on his opening two holes to reach 4 under. Not everyone can take advantage. "(It's tough to get through) a U.S. Open or any major without some kind of hiccup".
The boyish 24-year-old shot a first-round 59 at the Sony Open in Hawaii to become the youngest among the eight players who have broken 60 on the PGA Tour. He was 10 under.
Si Woo Kim, who captured The Players Championship a month ago, had a 70 and was at 5-under 139 along with a pair of U.S. Open newcomers. That shot hit halfway up and trickled back down the hill.
Even with the course drying out, there simply was not enough wind to frighten anyone on their game. There were several incredible moments from Thomas' record-setting afternoon, a few of which can be seen below.
"Yeah, 12 under, I'd have about a 10-shot lead in most Opens", he said.
Harry Kane's equaliser 'huge moment' for England - Gareth Southgate
In the marines, they are life and death situations and we took as much as we could from the game and stood up to be counted. Gareth Southgate's side had taken the lead in the 70th minute when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had fired beyond Craig Gordon.
He rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on No. 5 from the edge of the green that broke so severely that he stood with his toes facing the hole and rapped the ball toward his left foot. Rocking a pair of hot pink slacks on Saturday, he made two bogies, nine birdies and an eagle in his record-breaking round.
A rattled Casey added another bogey at the 15th to extend his miserable run before hitting the turbo-charger and firing off five consecutive birdies.
Similar scoring had initially appeared a possibility at Erin Hills, which became the longest course in major championship history at 7,845 yards in the first round and featured such thick fescue grass that patches had to be chopped down on four holes on Tuesday.
"It was a good display, all my own fault, of what can happen if you get out of position on this golf course". "My goal heading into this season was to take everything I was already doing, and just to make it all work a little bit better".
Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who shot a 1-under 71, says "I think the greens are getting U.S. Open-like, but not as firm as they're going to get if we don't get any rain". He shot 75 and missed the cut. But a 675-yard par-5, nobody's hitting to that.
"Showed up for the last six holes, anyway", he said.
Thomas started his record round with birdies on the first two holes.
Now, he's still very much in play, at six under after shooting a 73.
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