Much of the talk this week has been how the notoriously challenging course would keep scores in check and, while the layout did bare its teeth, Spaun somehow managed to produce only the eighth bogey-free round in a U.

American J.J. Spaun seized an early one-stroke lead in Thursday's first round of the US Open with Rory McIlroy and other major winners trying to chase him down at Oakmont.Second-ranked McIlroy, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Masters in April,