Here's the pin placements for day one - there's still a few tucked away but largely quite safely positioned given the wind that's expected.

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Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington says "you've got to be patient into the greens" at Shinnecock Hills which is hosting this week's US Open.

If there's one golfer you could listen to all day it's Harrington - who has just teed off at Shinnecock Hills..

Gavin Andrews
BBC Sport NI at Shinnecock Hills

At 34,000 square feet the merchandise tent at Shinnecock Hills is substantial.

The fans are in here making the most of it …. Let’s get the golf under way before I buy something I really don’t need

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Graeme McDowell has a US Open on his CV, his memorable triumph at Pebble Beach in 2010 starting a golden period for Northern Ireland with Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy becoming major champions the following year.

McDowell nearly won a second US Open in 2012, but his 10-year exemption from Pebble Beach ended in 2020 and this is his first appearance in any major since then.

The 46-year-old, who came through qualifying, has not been a regular contender on LIV Golf. Can he find some inspiration at Shinnecock?

Shinnecock Hills is one of the toughest tracks on the US Open slate. In the four times it has been held here since 1986, the average winning score has been -1.

For everywhere else in the same time period it is -4.

Even with those averages being massaged a touch by Rory McIlroy's -16 at Congressional in 2011 and Brooks Koepka's same score at Erin Hills in 2018, it highlights the test at this magnificent course.

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Two previous US Opens at Shinnecock Hills ended in controversy as the greens dried out too quickly and some became borderline unplayable - but the USGA will not make that mistake again.

John Bodenhamer, who sets up the course, has put plenty of water on to keep it as soft as possible with the high winds expected, with the mantra being to "let Shinnecock be Shinnecock" with weather offering a natural defence.

"I think the wind this week will impact us more than any other US Open," said Bodenhamer

"We reflected on 2018 and learned a lot from 2018."

And with the winds we're expecting, it will still be one almighty test.

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Scottie Scheffler would become the seventh player in history to complete the career Grand Slam if he is lifting silverware at the US Open on Sunday evening.

Not that he's putting any pressure on himself to achieve a feat managed only by Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

"It's kind of a funny thing," said the American.

"It's like, yeah, if I win this tournament, that would be amazing, but I think then I show up the next week, and it's like, 'OK, now Scottie's won the Grand Slam - he's won all these golf tournaments. Now where do we go from here?'

"So no matter what, I think as a player and as a professional athlete, you're never going to live up to the expectations of people.

"I think sometimes that's a little bit of the fallacy in our sport is like, if I win the U.S. Open, then I'm going to be satisfied.

"I've won all the tournaments, and my career is essentially over, and I've accomplished everything I could want to accomplish. But I think the goalposts are always just moved further and further.

"For me, would it be a dream to win the U.S. Open? Of course. But at the end of the day, the Grand Slam has never been a motivating factor for me. I always just wanted to be the best version of myself, and that got me this far."

Nial Foster
BBC Sport NI at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

156 players in the field, but the biggest player of the day will be the weather.

If it’s not the fog, it’ll be the wind.

If it’s not the wind, it’ll be the fog.

One will hide the target, the other will move it.

Welcome to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Rory McIlroy has had two near misses in the US Open in the last three years, can he finally get over the line? He feels he has the right strategy to win a second US Open title this week.

Rory McIlroy's bid to win a second US Open title will finally get under way shortly.

The six-time major winner, who won this championship in 2011, will play the first two rounds at Shinnecock Hills in New York alongside Ryder Cup team-mates Tommy Fleetwood and Ludvig Aberg.

World number one Scottie Scheffler, who will become the seventh man to complete the career Grand Slam if he wins this week, is playing with defending champion JJ Spaun also in the early wave, although not that early after a two-hour weather delay.

And if you're wondering who else is heading out now, here's the updated tee times..

Starting on hole one:

• 14:19 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Miles Russell (US*), Cameron Smith (Aus)
• 14:30 Brooks Koepka (US), Cameron Young (US), Chris Gotterup (US)
• 14:41 Daniel Berger (US), Keegan Bradley (US), Rickie Fowler (US)
• 14:52 Patrick Reed (US), Andrew Novak (US), Kurt Kitayama (US)
• 15:03 Harris English (US), Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)
• 15:14 Mason Howell (US*), Scottie Scheffler (US), JJ Spaun (US)
• 15:25 Sahith Theegala (US), Jackson Koivun (US), Michael Kim (US)

Starting on hole 10:

• 14:41 Sam Burns (US), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)
• 14:52 Rory McIlroy (NI), Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
• 15:03 Alex Noren (Swe), Maverick McNealy (US), Sepp Straka (Aut)
• 15:14 Max Greyserman (US), Brian Harman (US), Jacob Bridgeman (US)
• 15:25 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tom Kim (Kor), Benjamin James (US)

Gavin Andrews
BBC Sport NI at Shinnecock Hills

A breezy but not so bright start! Fog has rolled in to Long Island and the official line is ‘non-dangerous conditions’ led to play being suspended. The wind is up here at Shinnecock Hills and it still feels warm.

This wasn’t high on the list of expected challenges facing the players on day one at the US Open!

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Firstly, you may notice there's no golf on - and that's because of some heavy fog on Long Island this morning, but don't worry we're starting up again in a few minutes.

We had 40 minutes of play this morning before the dreaded air horns went off to signal play had been suspended due to fog - players not being able to see where the golf balls were landing will do it.

Funnily enough, from fearing high winds at Shinnecock Hills this week, the US Open was suspended because the winds weren't strong enough to blow the fog away...

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Hello golf fans and welcome to major championship number three of the year - it's the 126th US Open at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, New York.

The World Cup may be on but that can take a back seat for a few hours today as the world's best golfers head to the Hamptons to tackle what could be the toughest course hosting the toughest tournament in the sport.

Shinnecock is a devil, especially the undulating green complexes, and with strong winds set to be whipping across the course this is going to be a grind all week long.

We've got Scottie Scheffler making his first attempt at completeing the career Grand Slam, Rory McIlroy looking to win his latest major in the event he won his first, and a host of UK challengers hoping to continue the hot streak from this side of the Atlantic.

It could be carnage, especially today, so buckle up and see how the cream of the crop handle this US Open test - it could be a bumpy ride!