Intro:

Players spoke to the media after their first round of the US Open, at Pinehurst No.2, in North Carolina on Thursday (12th June).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Graeme McDowell, two-under par:

"Yeah, very pleased. You know, this was a golf course where I spent the last few days just preparing myself mentally for the challenge, really, knowing that this golf course wasn't going to give much and it was only going to take. So I really kind of felt like I got my head in the right place the last few days. It wasn't my best ball-striking display this morning, but you don't have to strike it amazing around here, you just have to position the ball correctly at all times, because unless you're Rory McIlroy, and the ball- striking display he put on this morning, that's about the only way you can attack this course."