By Amy Tennery
SOUTHAMPTON, New York, June 18 (Reuters) – Organisers suspended play at the U.S. Open on Thursday due to fog, as the first round of the major at Shinnecock Hills got off to a slow start in Southampton, New York.
A thick blanket of fog hovered over the venerated course in the fashionable beach town east of New York City, where a long line of standstill traffic held up ticketholders while a handful of players got the action going at eye-wateringly early tee times.
No player had gotten further than the second hole when organisers suspended play at 7:05 a.m. and spectators milled about the grounds while other golfers practiced on the putting green.
The event kicked off with American Scottie Scheffler eying history, on the hunt for a career Grand Slam.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in Southampton, New York, additional reporting by Frank Pingue; Editing by Toby Chopra)
