Patrick Cantlay has found himself at the centre of the politics between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, but was able to put his full concentration on his golf game at the US Open on day one
Patrick Cantlay has flown out of the blocks at the US Open, becoming the early clubhouse leader in testing conditions at Pinehurst No. 2.
He soon cancelled this out though as three pars were followed by a frustrating bogey at the par-three 15th, as he failed to make up for a wayward tee shot that was pulled down the left of the 206-yard hole.READ MORE: US Open chief offers blunt response to LIV Golf stars and addresses possible qualification path
A second-straight birdie followed at the first hole, before he followed up three-straight pars with back-to-back birdies at the fifth and sixth. Cantlay then played one of the best approaches of the early wave at the par-four eighth, firing in a superb iron shot from the fairway to within four-feet, which he tapped in for another birdie.
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