Golf: Justin Rose takes one-shot first round lead at US Open, Tiger Woods 5 back

A vintage display of putting prowess kept Tiger Woods in the hunt for a 16th major title, but it was playing partner Justin Rose who surged into the lead after the first round of the 119th US Open. Rose, who won the title at Merion in 2013, birdied his last three holes to card an opening six-under-par 65, equaling the lowest round ever in a US Open at Pebble Beach set by Woods on his way to a record 15-shot victory in 2000. Woods was nowhere near that kind of form but the Masters champion scrambled superbly and single-putted 11 greens to card a 70, the same score he posted in the first round at Augusta National in April. Rose enjoyed a one-shot lead over former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen and the American trio of Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele and Aaron Wise, with Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Francesco Molinari part of an eight-strong group on three under.