US Open Golf: Live updates from the first round at The Country Club, Brookline

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Finds the heart of the first green and his putt grazes the left edge from 25 feet or so. Puts another par in the bank and stays at two-under. Morikawa does likewise on the 11th, remaining at three-under.

His short game bails him out after that poor second and he stays in red figures. McIlroy sends his drive at the 1st sailing down the right side of the fairway. More reasons to be cheerful for McIlroy fans. 

Rolls in his putt on the 18th green to reach the turn at two-under, just one behind the leaders. No bogeys and seven of nine greens in regulation found. Last week's winner looking serene at Brookline. 

Walking it in. @McIlroyRory moves to within one of the lead. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/o6MextXuhk

Has fanned approaches on the 9th and 10th out to the right, and faces an uphill task to get up and down to stay at one-under. 

Morikawa's iron shot is right over the top of the pin, but his second releases to the back of the green. These holes at the start of the back nine are testing. 

It's another fairway and green found, and he uses the pitch in the green and some spin to feed his second back to pin high. Will be a 20-foot birdie putt or so for birdie to turn at two-under. 

That's a splendid front nine of 33 by last year's Open Champion and he has the lead on his own at three-under. 

Or he did for a few minutes, until NeSmith joins him with a birdie on his own. 

Cut the par four down to size with a booming drive over the corner of the dog leg which left him just 54 yards. Played a good one, but the birdie try from seven feet or so slips by. 

And I'll leave you in the