LEADERBOARD | SA’s Thriston Lawrence Second After US Open Opening Round

At the US Open, golf's toughest test starts with two (or three) of its longest days

There's no such thing as a quick 18 holes at the U.S. Open, particularly when it's at Oakmont. Players needed more than 5 1/2 hours or more to get through each of the opening two rounds, much slower than what…

SA's Thriston Lawrence in the hunt at US Open, trails J. J. Spaun by one

LEADERBOARD | SA’s Thriston Lawrence second after US Open opening round

US Open: Thriston Lawrence takes the lead after three birdies in a row!

Thriston Lawrence made three birdies in a row to start his second round of the US Open.

Lawrence second at US Open as stars struggle

South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence was a stroke behind the leader, JJ Spaun, after the first round of the US Open at Oakmont. Lawrence’s 67 included six birdies, a double-bogey and a bogey. Spaun, meanwhile, defied Oakmont’s fearsome reputation by conjuring a bogey-free, four-under par 66 – his lowest round in nine Major championship starts. The 34-year-old American equalled the lowest first round of any US Open at Oakmont, a 66 by American Andrew…