{"id":714433,"date":"2026-06-19T23:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/714433\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:08:10","slug":"former-byu-golfer-zac-blair-posts-solid-score-in-1st-round-at-u-s-open-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/714433\/","title":{"rendered":"Former BYU golfer Zac Blair posts solid score in 1st round at U.S. Open \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Utah native and former BYU standout Zac Blair turned in a steady opening round of 1-over 71 on Thursday at the 126th U.S. Open, leaving him in a tie with a slew of others in 29th as Round 1 was suspended due to darkness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Blair, playing in his fifth U.S. Open after qualifying for the third straight year (this time as co-medalist at 8-under in Ohio), navigated a demanding day on the famed Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (Par 70) without major fireworks but also without the big mistakes that plagued many in the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Blair, 35, displayed disciplined ball striking and smart management of the tricky fescue rough and firm, fast greens as he set himself up for a solid chance of advancing when the field is cut after Friday\u2019s second-round action. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Utah native and former BYU standout Zac Blair turned in a steady opening round of 1-over 71 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[40544,427,99],"class_list":["post-714433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-byu-cougars","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}