Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth getting destroyed at US OpenRory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth getting destroyed at US Open
The fast greens and tricky rough of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills are giving headaches to some of golf’s biggest names. Thursday morning’s marquee group of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson struggled just to get through the back nine after starting the day at No. 10. McIlroy and Spieth finished the first half of their rounds at 7-over and 4-over, respectively. Mickelson also ended his his first nine at 4-over. Spieth bogeyed his first hole and triple-bogeyed his second. But he recovered a bit after that, shooting even on 15 through 18. McIlroy bogeyed 11 and 12 before double-bogeying 13 and 14. McIllroy birdied 15, but he smacked his third shot on the par-5 16 straight into the
