McIlroy challenges Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau with a difficult test awaiting the world’s best players at Oakmont Country Club
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RoryMcIlroywillbeginhisUSOpenquestinagroupwithtwoRyderCupteammatesandfriendsinShaneLowryandJustinRoseatOakmontCountryClub.
TheMasterschampionhasbeenstrugglingforforminrecentweeksafterhismonumentalvictoryatAugustainApriltocompletethecareergrandslam,buthispairingforthefirstandsecondroundscouldprovidearelaxedatmosphereforthe36-year-old.McIlroy’sdriverwasflaggedasnon-conformingfollowingatestbeforethePGAChampionshipandhehasbeensearchingforasparkeversince,whichledtoamissedcutattheCanadianOpenlastweek.ButtheNorthernIrishmanwillfindcomfortatOakmontafterfinishingasrunner-upinthelasttwoUSOpens.
WorldNo1ScottieSchefflerwillhopetoextendhisdominantstreakafterwinsatQuailHollow,forhisthirdmajortitle,andtheMemorial,andtheTexanwillbejoinedbyViktorHovlandandCollinMorikawaonThursdayandFriday.
BrysonDeChambeaudefendshistitleaftervictoryatPinehurstNo2lastJune,andhe’llbejoinedb
