Beijing time Last night, the 119th US Open started as scheduled in Pebble Beach. Li Haotong, the number one golfer in China who played in the Grand Slam for the 10th time, performed well, ending the first round with an 71 stroke , which tied for 40th place.
Li Haotong, who set out early in the morning, grabbed his first bird with a 7-foot putt on the 4th hole. However, he struggled in the next game, and he swallowed three bogeys because of the 5th, 9th and 10th holes. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Li Haotong put the putting out, and made two birdie putts in the 14th and 15th holes, and finally held even par to finish the race in his Pebble Beach debut .
Li Haotong pushes everything from the 17th hole to protect the par
In the first round, Li Haotong's kick-off rate was as high as 79%, ranking 14th among the 156 ball players in the game. Despite his average short shot performance, an average putt count of 1.37 per hole (33rd place in the game), it laid a solid foundation for him to advance to the U.S. Open for the third consecutive year. It is worth mentioning that another Chinese young player and amateur Stanford graduate, Wu Biyuan (Brandon Wu), also gave 71 shots, ranking 40th with Li Haotong.
For other Chinese players, Pan Zhengcong started badly in his fifth US Open, scoring as many as 4 double bogeys and 3 bogeys, only making up for two birdies, and finally finished with 80 strokes (+9), only tied for 149th place. Another Taiwanese player and amateur teenager, Yu Junan, , handed over 4 birdies, 5 bogeys and a double bogey 74 (+9), tied for 98th.
Back to Pebble Beach again, Tiger Woods was far from playing a perfect round, but he was still "very happy" for red letter with 70 strokes (-1).
had 18 holes in the first round, the tigers beat 14 pars, and 3 birdies and 1 double bogey all appeared in the range of holes 4-7. On the 5th hole, he kicked off with a No. 6 iron and scored a "bad shot". The ball fell into the long grass behind the left back of green . It took three shots to save the ball to the green and swallowed +2.
Tiger's 11th hole long push and bird catch
All-day competition, Woods' par green rate was only 50%, but at the critical moment, putting saved him again: he only used 25 pushes for in the whole round of the game, which was the fifth fewest in the game. This is why, after the 10-yard push on the No. 14 hole thrillingly rescued the par, the iconic ↑ "Tiger Fist" ↑ reappeared.
"My iron rod is not good today, and the wedge is not in shape, but I have grasped all the key putts, which is very important to me," Tiger said after the game. He is currently ranked 28th, down from the leader Rose 5 strokes. In the 2008 US Open, the Tigers finally reversed and won the championship when they were four strokes behind in the first round. Will he still perform a miracle this time?
Compared with the "collective struggle" when hosting the US Open in the previous few times, the Pebble Beach in the first round did not reveal its difficult "fangs". As many as 39 players played the red letters with low par. 14 Eagles even appeared on Thursday's Pebble Beach, setting a record for the US Open in 50 years!
One of the eagles belongs to Justin Rose , 518 yards No. 6 hole, "England Rose" successfully hit the green with two shots and shot down eagle. In addition, he caught 5 birds throughout the day, including the last three holes with a hot touch and a finale of 3 birds! Finally, he took the lead in the US Open alone with a 65-under 65. The 65 stroke also tied the Pebble Beach held by Tiger Woods in the first round of the U.S. Open - coincidentally, the one in the same group as Rose this morning was neither the other, nor the Tiger.
Ross' super magical sand pit saver
Before the game, Ross's world ranking had fallen to 4th place, but the 2013 US Open champion is expected to rebound strongly at Pebble Beach and achieve the second Grand Slam title. “It was a really fun day today, and the three birdies on the last three holes turned a good round into a great round."Rose, who ended the game at 7 pm local time, said, "Obviously, I also want my Sunday to end at this time." "
favorite to win the championship and aims to compete for the "three consecutive victories" of the US Open, Brooks Kopka has had big ups and downs: he caught 4 birdies in the first 6 holes, which seemed to "copy" the courage of the PGA Championship to Pebble Beach; however, he then took 3 bogeys, only making up 1 birdie, and finally scored 69 (-2) After finishing the game, he tied for 16th place, four shots behind the top. Just 50% of the fairway rate on the kick-off was the main reason for the world's first round of dumb fire.
For five years, no one has made a hole in the US Open. As a result, on the first day of Pebble Beach, Hole-in-One appeared!
has converted his nationality from South Africa to Slovakia Rory Sabbatini (Rory Sabbatini) On the 3rd hole of 201 yards, the 5-iron was used to hit a low ball trajectory. The ball bounced twice on the green and jumped directly into the hole! The first one-shot hole in the U.S. Open since 2014 was born. This was the 45th one-shot hole in this Grand Slam and the 8th in the history of Pebble Beach hosting the U.S. Open.
Sabatini finally handed over a 72-shot of +1. "I'm not tall, so I can't see the details behind the bunker (green). I told the caddie that I just wanted to play a good ball, and I never expected it to be like this! "The 43-year-old veteran said after the game.
shocked! Lao Mi missed a close putt
Someone made a hole with 202 yards, while others couldn't score a goal within 2 feet. This time it was the turn of unlucky in the US Open again. Phil Mickelson : 3 hole (Lao Mi's 12th hole that day), he faced only 1 foot 8 inches (0.5 meters) 's par putt was too strong, and the small ball was incredibly wiping out the hole! This depressing bogey also made Lao Mi's score finally lock in the black 72 strokes (+1), tied for 58th, 7 strokes behind Ross. The prospect of "Six-time Runner-up" to strive for the first championship of the US Open, casting a shadow.
[Daily Golden Sentence] 30 years old, played in the Grand Slam for the 39th time, Ricky Fowler handed out 6 birds 1 bogey and 66 shots (-5) A perfect start. He is only one shot behind Rose, is it possible that he will achieve his first Grand Slam title at Pebble Beach? -
Tonight, the second round of the 119th U.S. Open will start. Li Haotong will continue to be in the same group as Baba Watson and J.B. Holmes, and set off from the 10th hole at tomorrow morning at 4:25 in Beijing time. Tiger Woods is in the same group as the leader Justin Rose and Jordan Spieth , and kicks off at 23:24 tonight. ◈
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