1 / 36

Tough rough!

2 / 36

A winner two weeks ago, Francesco Molinari carded a 75

3 / 36

Aaron Baddeley started strongly but faded to a four over 74.

4 / 36

Charl Schwartzel had to dig deep to find his ball just off the fairway.

5 / 36

Schwartzel then had to dig it out of the fescue jungle

6 / 36

"I know my ball is here somewhere."

7 / 36

"Get innnnnnnnnn."

8 / 36

Jordan Spieth has a moment on his way to shooting an eight over 78

9 / 36

Defending champion Brooks Koepka waits for a ruling.

10 / 36

Patrick Reed plays from the long stuff.

11 / 36

Hideki Matsuyama gouges one out of the rough

12 / 36

Tyrrell Hatton punches clear.

13 / 36

"What the .... "

14 / 36

"Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here all week."

15 / 36

"Gooooooooo."

16 / 36

"Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive .... ha ha ha ha ... Stayin' Alive."

17 / 36

Wind was an issue for most, but not Dustin Johnson

18 / 36

"Thank God that's it for the day."

19 / 36

Pat Perez gives himself a love tap on the back of his head with the putter

20 / 36

Close, but no cigar for Adam Scott.

21 / 36

Cameron Smith in No Man's land

22 / 36

Adam Scott plays a straight bat

23 / 36

Matt Jones heads left

24 / 36

"Sit baby, sit"

25 / 36

WTF. Rahm misses a tiddler

26 / 36

Caddie Adam Hayes consoles his man Jon Rahm who finished with a 78

27 / 36

Tiger Woods was frustrated ....

28 / 36

and disappointed for most of his round

29 / 36

A narrow miss for Emiliano Grillo

30 / 36

Looking for Dustin Johnson's ball early in his round.

31 / 36

Graeme McDowell sarcastically makes a fist pump after holing a birdie putt

32 / 36

Tiger hits from well wide of the fairway to parts unknown.

33 / 36

Russell Henley looking for his groove thing

34 / 36

DJ on top of his game and the world

35 / 36

"See you tomorrow. I heading back to my boat."

36 / 36

Cameron Smith watches his drive anxiously off the 6th tee

Tough rough!

1 / 36

A winner two weeks ago, Francesco Molinari carded a 75

2 / 36

Aaron Baddeley started strongly but faded to a four over 74.

3 / 36

Charl Schwartzel had to dig deep to find his ball just off the fairway.

4 / 36

Schwartzel then had to dig it out of the fescue jungle

5 / 36

"I know my ball is here somewhere."

6 / 36

"Get innnnnnnnnn."

7 / 36

Jordan Spieth has a moment on his way to shooting an eight over 78

8 / 36

Defending champion Brooks Koepka waits for a ruling.

9 / 36

Patrick Reed plays from the long stuff.

10 / 36

Hideki Matsuyama gouges one out of the rough

11 / 36

Tyrrell Hatton punches clear.

12 / 36

"What the .... "

13 / 36

"Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here all week."

14 / 36

"Gooooooooo."

15 / 36

"Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive .... ha ha ha ha ... Stayin' Alive."

16 / 36

Wind was an issue for most, but not Dustin Johnson

17 / 36

"Thank God that's it for the day."

18 / 36

Pat Perez gives himself a love tap on the back of his head with the putter

19 / 36

Close, but no cigar for Adam Scott.

20 / 36

Cameron Smith in No Man's land

21 / 36

Adam Scott plays a straight bat

22 / 36

Matt Jones heads left

23 / 36

"Sit baby, sit"

24 / 36

WTF. Rahm misses a tiddler

25 / 36

Caddie Adam Hayes consoles his man Jon Rahm who finished with a 78

26 / 36

Tiger Woods was frustrated ....

27 / 36

and disappointed for most of his round

28 / 36

A narrow miss for Emiliano Grillo

29 / 36

Looking for Dustin Johnson's ball early in his round.

30 / 36

Graeme McDowell sarcastically makes a fist pump after holing a birdie putt

31 / 36

Tiger hits from well wide of the fairway to parts unknown.

32 / 36

Russell Henley looking for his groove thing

33 / 36

DJ on top of his game and the world

34 / 36

"See you tomorrow. I heading back to my boat."

35 / 36

Cameron Smith watches his drive anxiously off the 6th tee

36 / 36

Gallery: Reputations blown away at U.S Open

it was a tough day at the office for the 156-man field playing the first round of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. High winds, long rough and some controversial pin positions sent scores soaring. Here's how the Getty Images team of photographers saw the day unfold.

Gallery: Reputations blown away at U.S Open

By Getty Images Jun 15 2018 11:41AM

By Getty Images

Jun 15 2018 11:41AM

it was a tough day at the office for the 156-man field playing the first round of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. High winds, long rough and some controversial pin positions sent scores soaring. Here's how the Getty Images team of photographers saw the day unfold.

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