▲ Tom Kim hitting an iron shot
Tom Kim finished the first day of the U.S. Open, the third major championship of the men's golf season, in a tie for 18th place.
Kim recorded an even-par score with four birdies, two bogeys, and one double bogey in the first round held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.
The first round was suspended due to inclement weather and resumed later, but play could not be completed before sunset. Kim currently sits in a tie for 18th place, six strokes behind the leader, Wyndham Clark of the United States.
Fifty players who were unable to complete their first round are scheduled to play their remaining holes before the start of the second round.
Im Sung-jae finished at 4-over par, tied for 92nd, while Kim Si-woo had a sluggish start at 7-over par, tied for 133rd.
Wyndham Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, finished the first day as the sole leader at 6-under par with two holes remaining. Jon Rahm (Spain) and Dustin Johnson (USA), who play for LIV Golf, were at 2-under par with their first rounds incomplete, placing them in a tie for second, four strokes behind Clark.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) struggled at 2-over par, tied for 49th, while world No. 2 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) sits in a tie for 9th at 1-under par.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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