[LIVESTREAM]!!TV]** U.S. Open Golf 2024 Live Broadcast Free on 13 June 2024

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Follow live updates from day one of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, as Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele bid for their second major of the year

U.S. Open starts today at Pinehurst No. 2, North Carolina.

Split tees off first/10th for 156-strong field.

Opening groups tee off: 6.45am ET (11.45am BST)

Third major of 2024 features Masters winner Scottie Scheffler and PGA champion Xander Schauffele.

One name is conspicuous by his absence from those events at Valhalla — Scottie Scheffler.

The Masters champion was favorite to win the PGA too, despite some uncertainty over his form given he had just returned following the birth of his first child.

Come the Friday morning however, Scheffler was arrested and taken to jail following an incident involving his car and a police officer on the roads into the course.

Scheffler somehow made his tee time and shot a 66, but he paid for that on Saturday with an off-color 2-over 73. He rallied to eventually finish tied-eighth (-13).

All charges against Scheffler were subsequently dropped last month, since when Scheffler has won the Memorial Tournament to take him over a record $24 million in earnings for 2024 the year. He is also the first player since Tom Watson (1980) to win five times on the PGA Tour before the U.S. Open.

So in short, it’s hard to look beyond Scheffler making up for lost time at Valhalla, now we’re checking in around Pinehurst.

Valhalla was beaten up as a course over four days of the 2024 PGA Championship in May.

It started on day one, with Xander Schauffele shooting a record-equaling major low of 62; breaking the course record by a stroke in the process.

Low scores became expected but so too did Schauffele blowing another chance at bagging his first major. But not this time. The 30-year-old kept the lead and kept things together. He birdied the 18th on his final round to finish 21-under and win by a stroke from Bryson DeChambeau, who was watching from the range hoping for a playoff.

Viktor Hovland charged to third (-18) as Collin Morikawa’s second major challenge of the year stalled on the final round (T4 -15). Shane Lowry and Justin Rose both caught the eye to finish tied-sixth on 14-under.

Following this major at Pinehurst, the Open Championship will take place at Troon on the west coast of Scotland in little more than a month’s time.

Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1 was awaiting the birth of his first child while at Augusta National in April. He was also the big favorite to repeat his 2022 Masters success.

In the end, he did that with relative ease. Scheffler had at least a share of the lead from the Friday onwards and bar a rare double-bogey at the 11th on Sunday, never looked like losing his grip at the top.

He finished 11-under, four strokes ahead of an impressive Ludvig Aberg with Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa tied-third (-4)

Pinehurst No. 2 has hosted four of golf’s majors in the past, as well as the 1951 Ryder Cup — which was won by the United States — and the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.

The PGA Championship came in 1936, won by Denny Shute, while this year is the fourth time the U.S. Open has been in town.

Australia’s Michael Campbell won in 2005, while Martin Kaymer of Germany was the last winner in 2014.

But arguably the most iconic victory came in 1999, when Payne Stewart putted home on the 18th to win his second Open and third major. He died later that year in an airplane accident, at the age of 42.

A statue of his celebration now lives beside the 18th green.

Here’s who has triumphed and where over the last seven years of the U.S. Open — we’ve gone back seven years to highlight Brooks Koepka’s achievement of winning this major in consecutive years.

You have to go back to Curtis Strange (1988-1999) for the previous time that happened. Here’s the list:

2023 (Los Angeles CC) — Wyndham CLARK (by 1 stroke)

2022 (The Country Club) — Matt FITZPATRICK (1)

2021 (Torrey Pines) — Jon RAHM (1)

2020 (Winged Foot) — Bryson DECHAMBEAU (6)

2019 (Pebble Beach) — Gary WOODLAND (3)

2018 (Shinnecock Hills) — Brooks KOEPKA (1)

2017 (Erin Hills): — Brooks KOEPKA (4)

Only one of these players won’t be in action at Pinehurst — and that is Jon Rahm, who withdrew on Wednesday due to a foot infection.

After the traditional, major season-opening Masters at Augusta National usually held in April, and then the PGA Championship that takes place in May, comes the U.S. Open Championship.

It is the third leg of the Grand Slam and the final major held in the United States each year. Staged by the USGA, it has been hosted by more than 52 different courses since its first 72-hole format in 1898.

The U.S. Open is often seen as the trickiest of the four majors, with the Open Championship in the UK finishing the quartet.

Pinehurst in 2024 looks set to live up to that reputation.

We’ll have plenty for you through our comprehensive coverage from Pinehurst over the coming four days — but I also want to open the floor to you.

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