# @treywingopresents on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=j9vQiaR18r0 - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66833102-treywingopresents-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a365180fe8.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T02:25:36.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Trey Wingo (@treywingopresents) — https://gondola.cc/treywingopresents ## Caption The Leaderboard After Round One at Shinnecock Is Full of Past US Open Champions. That Tells You Everything. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Subscribe to support the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thewingonetwork?sub_confirmation=1 Round one of the US Open at Shinnecock Hills is in the books, and it delivered exactly what a US Open should. A two-hour fog delay pushed the start of the day, and once play got underway, the golf course did what it always does at this venue — punish anyone who isn’t completely locked in. Shinnecock Lived Up to the Hype This is the first US Open at Shinnecock since 2018, when Brooks Koepka started five over par and still went on to win, playing four under over his final three rounds. That history matters, because it sets the bar for just how brutal this course can be. A wet, cold spring has kept the course greener than usual — none of the typical biscuit-brown look this venue is known for — but the difficulty has not been softened in the slightest. Harry Higgs, one of the first players out, hit a beautiful drive and a delicate chip into a green, only to watch the ball roll fifty to sixty yards back down the fairway. That’s Shinnecock in a single shot. The forecasted 35 to 45 mile per hour wind gusts never fully materialized, but a steady breeze was enough to shift wind direction throughout the day — flags pointing one way in the morning, the opposite way by afternoon. And notably, the greens are running close to a 10 on the stimpmeter, significantly slower than the 13-plus greens at Oakmont last year. On a course this exposed and rugged, anything faster would make the greens unholdable in the wind. The Leaderboard Tells the Real Story Here’s what validates Shinnecock as a true US Open test — the top of the leaderboard after round one reads like a who’s who of past champions. Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, and Bryson DeChambeau are all near the top, alongside Gary Woodland, the 2019 champion at Pebble Beach. According to Justin Ray, 24 of the last 27 US Open champions were within four strokes of the lead after round one — and Koepka’s five-over start in 2018 was one of just three outliers in that stretch. The Dustin Johnson Surprise Of everyone near the top, Dustin Johnson is the most stunning story. Since joining LIV, Johnson’s major championship form has completely disappeared — his first-round scoring average over his last 11 majors sits above 74, and he hadn’t broken par in a single one of those rounds. At Shinnecock, suddenly, he looks like 2016 Dustin Johnson again. Where this came from is anyone’s guess, but it’s a welcome sight. Wyndham Clark Is on Fire Wyndham Clark’s presence near the top should surprise no one given his recent form. Over his last three PGA Tour starts, he’s posted a win at the CJ Byron Nelson with 11 birdies in the final round, a third-place finish, and an 11th-place result at the RBC Canadian Open. Since the Masters, no player on the PGA Tour has a better strokes gained putting average, and he’s made birdie or better on 32 percent of his holes played over his last four starts. Rahm, Rory, and the Old Guard Jon Rahm — once nicknamed “Destroyer of Worlds” by Justin Ray for his violent, aggressive swing — is showing the major championship form that’s been missing since his move to LIV. Rory McIlroy sits at one-under, and his round was historically significant on its own — it marked his 23rd career round in the 60s at a US Open, second all-time behind only Jack Nicklaus’s 29. Should Rory find his way into contention this weekend, it would mark his second US Open title 15 years after his first at Congressional in 2011, and put him three-quarters of the way to a career double grand slam. Matt Fitzpatrick, one of Trey’s picks heading into the week alongside Rory and Scottie, is also well-positioned — a player who has already won three times this season and has a track record of success on old-school, classic golf courses like Shinnecock. Scotty’s Two-Over Start Scotty Scheffler finished round one at two-over — not the start he wanted, but far from fatal at a US Open this difficult. Given his recurring pattern of slow tournament starts and the precedent Koepka set in 2018, Scheffler remains firmly in contention heading into Friday. What’s Coming Round two resumes Friday, and the weekend ahead is loaded — Shinnecock continues, the USA men’s World Cup team plays, Brazil takes the field, and Scotland is back in action as well. Round one was just the appetizer for what’s shaping up to be one of the most electric sports weekends of the summer. More Straight Facts Homie! 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