Xander Schauffele predicted the US Open could turn “nasty” after an historic day of scoring on the opening day at Los Angeles Country Club.
Schauffele matched Ryder Cup team-mate Rickie Fowler’s eight-under-par 62 to record the lowest score in US Open history and equal the lowest in any men’s major championship, set by Branden Grace in the 2017 Open.
The duo led by five shots after the morning wave was completed on Thursday, but by the end of the day were only two in front of Dustin Johnson and Wyndham Clark, with Rory McIlroy and Brian Harman another stroke back. “It’s not really what you expect playing a US Open, but monkey see, monkey do,” Olympic champion Schauffele said. “I was just chasing Rickie up the leaderboard.
Glad he was just in front of me. [But] it’s just Thursday. It’s literally just the first day of a tournament. It’s a good start.