Five storylines to follow at the US Open

NEW YORK, June 15 : Five storylines to follow as the world's best players descend on Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, this week for the June 18-21 U.S. Open:

SCHEFFLER'S GRAND SLAM BID

World number one Scottie Scheffler, a two-times Masters winner who won last year's PGA Championship and British Open, will get his first crack at completing the coveted career Grand Slam of golf's four majors.

A win for Scheffler would make him only the seventh man to win all four of golf's blue-riband events, joining Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.

Scheffler has seven top-10 finishes in 12 starts on the PGA Tour this year, including a win at La Quinta in January to open his season and a trio of runner-up finishes at the Masters, Cadillac Championship and RBC Heritage.

EUROPEAN DOMINANCE

When Englishman Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship a month after Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy retained his Masters title in April, it marked the first time in the era of the four current major championships that the season's first two majors had been won by Europeans.

The pair will lead the European charge in New York, where McIlroy's winning Ryder Cup teammates Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick will hope to keep the momentum after each notching up wins this season.

SCOTT SET TO JOIN NICKLAUS IN RARE 100 CLUB

When Australian Adam Scott tees off in the opening round on Thursday he will join golfing great Jack Nicklaus as the only men to play in 100 consecutive majors.

Scott's remarkable streak, which includes a triumph at the 2013 Masters, began at the 2001 British Open. Nicklaus played in 146 consecutive majors from the 1962 Masters to the 1998 U.S. Open.

KOEPKA IN DOUBT

Brooks Koepka was