The six-time major winner, a dozen holes into his first round at the U.S. Open, had pushed his approach way to the right, bounding it off the pavement, after sailing his drive into the tall grass left of the fairway. McIlroy, gripping his wedge in a parted sea of smartphone-clutching fans, soared his third shot over a greenside bunker and made the 18-foot putt for par, pumping his fist as the ball fell in at punishing Shinnecock Hills. McIlroy, who started on the back nine in the U.S. Open’s split-tee format, bogeyed his final two holes to finish with a 1-under 69.