Weather supposed to come in tomorrow morning before Tiger tees off. The guys who went out Thursday morning may just have gotten lucky with the draw.

I'm surprised by the lack of HE'S BACKs itt. I'm no fanboy, but I thought he played a very solid round today. It looks to me like this course sets up for him (experience, shot making, and imagination) quite well. Unless the weather brutally disadvantages the morning groups, I look for him to be in this thing late.

You're not allowed to root for Tiger or you'll get a wet blanket thrown on you.

Finau tid right?

Squandered opportunity for Fowler or Rahm to create some real separation with that favorable morning draw (should be at or near the top). That is going to be the easiest it plays for them. Rose, Casey, Phil, Spieth, Oousthuizen, Hatton, Grace all took a dump in prime conditions.

you guys never learn

Looking pretty damn difficult already. Going to be an interesting day.

love this... up all night golf

Not talking about dj. Didn’t think he stood a chance here. But you basically hit on every player you named.

on the tee, from sexytown USA, some bloke in designer slacks

It's not downright nasty but it's already hard. This is going to be a US Open day. Anything under E will be good. Guys that hit fairways have an advantage. Some player notes from yesterday.

Tiger's ball striking is on right now. He just does not look comfortable with the putter. Nobody is surprised.

Aphibarnrat is maybe the most fun player to watch live. He just pulls driver on everything. Also he is fatter than me which makes me happy.

Watched Spieth tee off at 5, 11, and 15. He doesn't look comfortable. When he's dominated he kind of just feels on another plane of existence. This ain't it.

Zach Johnson has a real chance this weekend. He's playing Zach Johnson golf at a good level and the course sets up well for him. He was very close to being -4 yesterday.

Finau is a fun sweat for the weekend as he really put the hammer down coming in 16-18 yesterday and seems like he's just got "it" out there. Kind of the opposite of Spieth mentally.

Pat Perez had a nice round but did not like his tee shot at 11. He turned around and screamed "****ing ****y **** ****!" while walking toward a bunch of small children. I kind of love him.

Adam Scott looked like he was completely collapsing on the back 9. Just could not hit any club off the tee. And he was +2 on the back nine in the later part of the day. It was honestly kind of amazing that he didn't shoot 39 on the back.

It's fun to see guys like Todd Hamilton and Calc out here getting after it with the exemption.

Darren Clarke looks really scary bad. Like, 100 lbs overweight and looked like he was hammered. I saw him on 3 and immediately thought he was going to shoot 80. I was wrong, 82.

Thomas Pieters was doing the old "bounce the ball on the iron club face" trick for a solid 5 minutes while waiting for someone to find a ball on five. I've never seen someone so good at that.

The "no readmittance" policy is a bummer. I would love to get off the course and go have a beer/relax in town and then come back but alas. Thanks for nothing, R&A.

Other than that the staff are almost disconcertingly friendly and accommodating. Only the galleries following Tiger (who has like 8 extra stewards assigned to him) get on people.

Funny exchange while watching groups go thru and tee off at 11. A group of 5 quite intoxicated Scottish bros were REALLY enjoying their day and using the Mercedes Benz signs behind the tee box as a bar for their beers.

Steward comes up: "Lads, Mercedes paid 1 million pounds for these signs. Can't be using them as your bar."

Drunk Guy pointing at his labeled beer cup: "How much did Stella pay?"

Steward: *Chuckles and walks away*

Looking forward to D2! Headed out now.

Goat kanen

awesome loosekanen

I just had AAXX and nut dimes on an A46(2 dime flop) this colossal clown regular is betting his hand(2449) like quads... J turn, 4 river

i wish i was in scotland!!!

Awesome trip report. I agree about pat Perez. I love him.

No re-admittance policy is weak for this tournament considering a whole day is like 14 hours. Just means people won't show up early.

come on, Mick Fleetwood!

I like this guy Olesen's style

Why can’t I find DJ on the leaderboard?

This was definitely a thing on Thursday. I was there from Sandy Lyle on the front 9 until Tiger finished and that was a solid 13 hours. Luckily there are plenty of places to lounge/sit/watch/eat/be alone. Still, the crowds didn’t really pick up until around noon. Plus side of that? If you can get there before 8 you have almost unlimited access to watch anybody out there. Phil’s whole gallery was only like 75 people yesterday almost solely because he went out early.

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fleetwood -1 on zee day, and on the green with another chance fuh baaaa

back-to-back buuhhds for Fleetwood

Calgon take me away to birdie land!

Weather coming in bad now. Real rain and winds picking up.

If this round is delayed due to weather, and I don't see your fat ass out preemptively squeegeeing the 8th fairway, there's gonna be hell to pay.