If after five Us Open at Winged Foot and 750 players, only two managed to finish under par, the first day of this year's edition ended with a strangely positive result with 21 players capable of winning the mythical field, considered
one of the toughest tests in golf.
Among this large group of privileged people, two Spanish golfers stand out who are involved in the fight to win the second major of the season.
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
finished the first 18 holes with -2, thanks to a card with four birdies and an eagle, which gave him a provisional place among the top ten in the tournament, meanwhile
Jon Rahm
after the first round located in 14th place ended up handing out a -1 card.
Despite a promising start with two birdies in his first three holes, Barrika's could not maintain that rhythm of success and the rest of his lap was more of fighting and maintaining the result.
The truth is that the Canary Islands and the Basque are respectively three and four strokes behind the surprising head of the tournament, led by
Justin Thomas
with 65 strokes.
It has taken 91 years and 2,160 recorded laps for a player to get to sign 65 strokes in a US OPEN in this field.
The USGA surprised again with much more accessible conditions on this first day than what the bets reflected.
The rectors of the United States Open will regulate the New York route, increasing its difficulty as the outcome of the tournament approaches.
Regarding the rest of the Spanish players,
Adrian Otaegui
closed in 33rd place with +1, while Sergio García returned to sign a disappointing performance with a +4 that takes him to 92nd place. The young amateur
Eduard Rousaud,
who debuted in the tournament and the important appointments, he did it with 76 strokes, +6 (position 120).
Nor were they able to highlight players of the stature of
Tiger Woods
or
Dustin Johnson,
current world number one, both with +3 or
Phil Mickelson
with an exaggerated result of nine strokes over par.
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