The wind has indeed started to hum and it forces Rory McIlroy to back off his 173-yard approach into the 10th, which has already yielded 11 bogeys today.

When he steps back up, he draws one into the heart of the green and mops up from there for an opening par.

Tommy Fleetwood draws a thick lie in the rough, misses the green long and left with his second and can't get up and down, so that's an opening bogey.

Ludvig Aberg only had 99 yards in for his second from the fairway but settles for par after knocking it to 30 feet.

Super tee shot from Sam Burns into the par-three 11th as he sets up six feet for birdie. In it goes.

Tyrrell Hatton is inches away from draining a 22-footer but has to settle for par.

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Watch out for Jackson Koivun this week, who is playing for the final time as an amateur after a stellar college career that statistically was as good as anything we've ever seen.

He won two National Championships in three years with Auburn and is the only player to win all three of college golf's top awards on multiple occasions. He also won six times this season alone!

Data Golf has him as the highest rated amateur on their records and the 21-year-old has already secured a PGA Tour card for the next couple of years - so he's decided to turn pro after the US Open.

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He's given up his amateur spot in the Open Championship in order to go pro now, but he's been so good in college that you suspect he will soon be qualifying for the majors on a regular basis.

Nothing is guaranteed in golf, but the hype could just be real with this young man. So remember the name.

Cruel!

After another lovely approach, Graeme McDowell has a good look for a third straight birdie at 12, but his putt lips out on the right!

His ball was racing towards the hole. Sign of a confident player.

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The wind is getting up!

Good par save from 10 feet for Brooks Koepka on the second - the putter has been the only thing letting him down all season, but that looks to be well on the way to getting hot again.

He may be dressed as a deckchair but he's no slouch on the greens today.

Cameron Young can't save his par though so drops a shot early. It won't be the last.

Find the rough off the tee and it's going to be pretty punitive, as Tyrrell Hatton has found out.

He ends up with 13 feet to save par and can't sink it.

Opening bogey for the Englishman.

Believe it or not, Scottie Scheffler's in a 'slump' as the world number one hasn't one in his last 11 tournaments making it his longest winless drought in three years.

We have to qualify that of course with the fact he's a three-time runner-up and finished in the top 25 of all 12 events he's teed it up in.

So he's still playing golf on a different planet to the rest of them, but he's not found the winning touch...yet.

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As always we're on fashion watch and first up is Brooks Koepka and this pink-and-white number.

He's giving me marshmallow vibes - but are you a fan?

Hit the thumbs.

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Usually we have firm and fast greens at the US Open, and Shinnecock Hills has had some of the firmest and fastest over the years - but not this week.

Green speeds are 10.5 on the stimpmeter, which measures how quick the putting surfaces are, when usually they'd be approaching 12 - which means this week will see the slowest greens in a US Open since 1995.

"Coming here, 10.5 wasn't our aim, we wanted them to run at 11.5 to 12 but with the wind we've had to slow them down to make sure we're able to play," said the USGA's John Bodenhamer, who sets up the course.

High winds expected means greens can't be too short or fast as balls will start to roll away, especially a course like this with such sloping greens. It does mean the USGA can get creative with pin placements though, so it will be no picnic for these players.

When Shinnecock last hosted the US Open, in 2018, Rory McIlroy admitted he was "blown away" by the wind as a disastrous opening round of 80 led to a missed cut.

But the world number two boasts a stellar US Open record since then - with a couple of runner-up finishes - and has tucked away a couple of green jackets.

Out with an iron on the par-four 10th - his opening hole - he finds the fairway.

Ludvig Aberg finds the fairway, too, but Tommy Fleetwood's ball looks to have trundled into the left rough.

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No, not that one.

We’ve actually got five players with ‘Jackson’ in their name for this year’s event.

Amateur Jackson Ormond isn’t quite the youngest in the field at 18 – Miles Russell is just 17 – but was only 10 last time Shinnecock hosted the US Open.

Fellow amateur Jackson Herrington at 20 is also playing his first US Open.

There is a third amateur, but 21-year-old Jackson Koivun is playing his final event before joining the PGA Tour next week.

The most-fancied Jackson is probably Suber, the world number 128, who finished fourth at both the Canadian Open last week and at the Byron Nelson a month ago.

Finally, Van Paris plays his trade on the Korn Ferry Tour and is ranked 704th in the world.

In each of the two previous US Opens at Shinnecock Hills the USGA has come in for criticism over the state of the greens - namely that they have been too quick and at times barely playable.

But this time around the plan is to syringe greens between waves Thursday and Friday, which basically means adding a light layer of water down to hydrate grass leaf blades, preserve turf health and reduce stress on the poa annua putting surfaces.

Due to forecasted winds, the USGA's aim is to also have the greens at the mid 10s (the slowest at a US Open since 1995) on the stimpmeter, down from the 11½ to 12 that was originally planned.

"Look, it's a unique golf course. The members at Shinnecock will tell you they do that every single day. Every single day at this course the members play, they put water on the course at 14:00," said the Northern Irishman.

"So it's a unique golf course, and it seems like it's just something they have to do. My concern was you don't want to look as if you've lost the golf course and you're starting to put water on it, which is I don't think what they're going to do.

"I think, especially with the heaviness of the wind on Thursday, it's probably prudent to do that."

Let's hope it pays off, Michael.

Graeme McDowell's having fun out there! After that opening birdie, he knocks one to eight feet at the par-three 11th and rolls in his eight-footer for a two.

Dream start.

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Tommy Fleetwood has every reason to fancy his chances as he tees it up at Shinnecock Hills again, as his last round here in 2018 was one of the greatest rounds ever seen in major championship golf.

Brooks Koepka won the US Open that year with Fleetwood just missing a late putt to finish one shot back, but you couldn't blame him as he produced a truly incredible round of 63 on Sunday.

He was two shots better than anyone else on the course in that final round, with only 15 players shooting under par - and three players shooting 80 around Shinnecock's punishing fast and firm course.

Fleetwood took it apart though, so don't be surprised if the Englishman sticks in another low one, especially on Sunday - as he's also one of just two men to shoot 63 in the final round of the US Open, and the only one to do it twice!

So if Fleetwood's in touch after three rounds watch out for another flying finish.

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Adam Scott played in his first major Championship at the Open in 2000.

His appearance at Shinnecock Hills, 26 years on from that marks his 100th consecutive major appearance. The 2013 Masters champion becomes only the second player after Jack Nicklaus to accomplish that feat.

Jordan Spieth is on the next-longest run, he makes his 53rd major appearance in a row this week.

Nothing much wrong with Brooks Koepka's grip as he played a beauty out of the bunker, knocking it sone dead for an easy par - you need good hands to play that shot.

Cameron Young also produces a stunning up and down, which you'll need plenty of this week at Shinnecock, while Chris Gotterup shows just how slow these greens are by barely getting it halfway to the hole from 12 feet, but makes his par.