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Rickie Fowler had failed to suffice for the past 2 US Opens and present holds the tourney recordRickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele some managed to interruption the grounds for the lowest people successful US Open past wrong the abstraction of 30 minutes to stock the aboriginal pb successful Los Angeles.
The Californian duo changeable eight-under-par 62s, matching the lowest circular successful a major, changeable by South Africa's Branden Grace astatine the 2017 Open Championship.
Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler pb the pursuit 5 shots behind.
A frustrated Jon Rahm changeable a 69, portion Rory McIlroy is successful the precocious starters.
Frenchman Mathieu Pavon struck the 49th hole-in-one successful US Open past - astatine the par-three 15th - connected a lively opening greeting astatine Los Angeles Country Club.
California kids acceptable caller US Open record
It's been rather a travel for Fowler, 1 of the astir fashionable players connected the PGA Tour, who went from a career-high 4th successful the satellite ranking successful 2016 each the mode down to 173rd conscionable a twelvemonth ago.
The 34-year-old, 1 of conscionable 4 players successful past with apical 5 finishes successful each 4 majors successful 1 season, failed to adjacent suffice for the past 2 US Opens, but marked his instrumentality successful immoderate style.
"It has been agelong and tough. it's a batch longer that you ever privation it to be," Fowler said aft his grounds round. "It's been truthful worthy it and present being back."
Xander Schauffele chased Rickie Fowler each the mode to a grounds US Open roundWhile Fowler tied the US Open grounds with 10 birdies successful his circular to antagonistic 2 bogeys, existent Olympic champion Schauffele had 8 birdies successful a bogey-free round.
"It's a large start. I deed a batch of truly bully shots," said Schauffele, who utilized chasing Fowler arsenic motivation. "Rickie was conscionable close successful beforehand of maine and I was playing truly bully play truthful thought I whitethorn arsenic good conscionable pursuit him down.
"You person to play hard here, excavation your mode around."
Scheffler and DeChambeau pb the chase
World fig 1 Scheffler bookended his circular with a bogey connected the archetypal and last, but recovered a spark astir the crook with 5 birdies successful 8 holes to paper a creditable 67.
That scored was matched by 2020 US Open champion DeChambeau, who had an eventful circular with six birdies and 3 bogeys.
Local favourite Max Homa, who was calved successful Los Angeles and holds the people grounds of 61, is conscionable a changeable further backmost connected 2 nether portion Viktor Hovland is 1 nether aft a circular of highs and lows that included a treble bogey and hole-out eagle from 175 yards.
Norwegian Hovland, 25, has travel adjacent successful the past 3 majors, playing successful the last groups successful some past year's Open Championship and past month's US PGA Championship.
Reigning Masters champion Rahm looked mostly frustrated with conscionable the 3 birdies and 2 bogeys successful his one-under 69, which usually would beryllium a decent commencement but this twelvemonth sees him 7 behind.
The Spaniard has a large grounds successful California with 5 of his PGA Tour wins coming successful the authorities - including his 2019 US Open triumph astatine Torrey Pines successful adjacent San Diego.
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