Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is hosting the U.S. Open and has been built into quite the challenge for the field.
There's no way around it, Tiger Woods had an abysmal opening round at Shinnecock Hills on Thursday.
A three-time U.S. Open champion, Tiger carded a triple and two double-bogeys en route to an 8-over par 78, putting himself in 98th place and in danger of missing the cut. Playing alongside the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world, Dustin Johnson shot a 1-under par to tie the lead while Justin Thomas split the difference, shooting 4-over.
Tiger tees off at 8:02 a.m. ET off the back-nine first alongside Johnson and Thomas, once again. Follow along as we track Tiger's round shot-by-shot while also providing breaking news updates for the tournament.
Hole 16 - Par 5
Here comes the rain. Tiger goes driver here and finds the right fairway, but its not where he wanted to go. He lays up with is second shot to just under 100 yards. His approach finds the green and Tiger puts a little English on it as his ball spins back a few feet to set up a birdie look.
Hole 15 - Par 4
Tiger goes with an iron here and finds the fairway on No. 15. The pin is in the back of the green, away from the six bunkers that guard the front portion, so he should be able to go for it and get a rare birdie look here. He finds a bunker off his approach, and his out releases to about four feet. Par. Even thru 6 (8-over for the tournament).
Hole 14 - Par 4
Tiger goes 3-wood off the tee and just like yesterday finds the fescue. Forced to lay-up out of the thick stuff, his shot trickles down the fairway in front of a bunker, leaving 144 yards to get up and down for par. This one finds the green but its not close, leaving a lengthy look at par. He misses this one, leaving a two-putt bogey. Even thru 5 (8-over for the tournament).
Hole 13 - Par 4
Tiger plays it safe with an iron off the tee and peppers the fairway. Tiger pulls pitching wedge for his approach and gets it to about 20 feet below the hole. Safe to say we won't be seeing another four-putt double-bogey here. Tiger hit a great putt here but just had a little too much juice. Two-putt par. 1-under thru 4 (7-over for the tournament).
Hole 12 - Par 4
Tiger hit his driver really well early in his round Thursday, but on his third hole today he misses left in the fescue. Tiger's approach goes short of the green and right in the first cut rough. Tiger does a great job to get up-and-down for par, landing his pitch just below the hole and converting the putt. 1-under thru 3 (7-over for the tournament).
Hole 11 - Par 3
It's windy today at Shinnecock. From 153-yards Tiger's tee shot finds the green and rolls a few feet closer to the cup, leaving another look at birdie. Tiger played the break here just about perfectly, but didn't have the right speed. Two-putt par. 1-under thru 2 (7-over for the tournament).
Hole 10 - Par 4
And we're off again! Tiger goes iron off the tee and absolutely smokes it, catching a downhill slope and leaving just 100 yards to the pin. He absolutely STICKS his approach, leaving for a tap-in birdie on the opening hole. 1-under thru 1 (7-over for the tournament).
Leaderboard update: Russel Henley was tied for the lead after his Thursday round and birdied No. 1 and No. 3 on Friday to take the early lead at 3-under par.
