US Open 2016 leaderboard live: Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day in the hunt at Oakmont

Follow the latest standings on day one of the tournament

McIlroy plays a shot during a practice round at Oakmont (Getty)

Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the 2016 US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

• Play scheduled to start at 11.45am BST
• Defending champion Jordan Spieth tees off at 1.45pm
• Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett, the Masters champion, are due to start at 1.24pm
• Other British and Irish hopes: Paul Casey (1.02pm), Lee Westwood (1.13pm), Luke Donald (1.13pm), Shane Lowry (1.35pm), Graeme McDowell (6.47pm), Justin Rose (7.09pm)

Check out the leaderboard below for the latest standings...

Thursday's tee times and groupings

Starting from the first hole

11:45 - Denny McCarthy, Aron Price (Australia), Mikael Lundberg (Sweden)

11:56 - a-Nick Hardy, Mike Van Sickle; Tom Hoge

12:07 - Patrick Rodgers, a-Sam Horsfield (England), Andrew Johnston (England)

12:18 - Justin Hicks, Soren Hansen (Denmark), Jason Allred

12:29 - Romain Wattel (France), Kang Sung-hoon (South Korea), Yusaku Miyazato (Japan)

12:40 - Bernd Wiesberger (Austria), Matteo Manassero (Italy), Daniel Berger

12:51 - Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed

13:02 - Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Spain), J.B. Holmes, Kevin Chappell

13:13 - Matthew Fitzpatrick (England), Danny Lee (New Zealand), An Byeong-hun (South Korea)

13:24 - Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Danny Willett (England), Rickie Fowler

13:35 - Chris Kirk, Emiliano Grillo (Argentina), Shane Lowry (Ireland)

13:46 - Mike Miller, Matthew Borchert, a-Charlie Danielson

13:57 - Chase Parker, a-Ryan Stachler, Patrick Wilkes-Krier

17:30 - Peter Hanson (Sweden), Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand), Thitiphun Chuayprakong (Thailand)

17:41 - Billy Hurley III, Jeev Milkha Singh (India), J.J. Henry

17:52 - Brendan Steele, Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark), Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa)

18:03 - Anirban Lahiri (India), Scott Piercy, Jamie Donaldson (Wales)

18:14 - Spencer Levin, Toru Taniguchi (Japan), Carlos Ortiz (Mexico)

18:25 - Ryan Moore, Andrew Sullivan (England), Charley Hoffman

18:36 - Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Sergio Garcia (Spain), Dustin Johnson

18:47 - Webb Simpson, Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland), Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)

18:58 - Ernie Els (South Africa), Jim Furyk, Angel Cabrera (Argentina)

19:09 - Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand), Kim Kyung-tae (South Korea), Kevin Na

19:20 - Jason Day (Australia), Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Adam Scott (Australia)

19:31 - Aaron Wise, Ethan Tracy, Brandon Harkins

19:42 - a-Justin Suh, TJ Howe, Frank Adams

Starting from the 10th hole

11:45 - Andres Gonzales, a-Scottie Scheffler, Derek Fathauer

11:56 - Andrew Landry, Matthew Baldwin (England), DJ Trahan

12:07 - Rob Oppenheim, Dicky Pride, Wes Short Jr.

12:18 - Patton Kizzire, Yuta Ikeda (Japan), David Lingmerth (Sweden)

12:29 - Hideto Tanihara (Japan), Gregory Bourdy (France), Kevin Streelman

12:40 - a-Jon Rahm (Spain), James Hahn, Robert Streb

12:51 - Thomas Aiken (South Africa), Jeff Maggert, David Toms

13:02 - Marc Leishman (Australia), Jimmy Walker, Paul Casey (England)

13:13 - Lee Westwood (England), Luke Donald (England), Martin Kaymer (Germany)

13:24 - Russell Knox (Scotland), Harris English, Jason Dufner

13:35 - Zach Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth

13:46 - Kevin Foley, Gregor Main, Mark Anguiano

13:57 - a-Kyle Mueller, Derek Chang, Richie Schembechler

17:30 - Lee Slattery (England), Miguel Tabuena (Philippines), Daniel Summerhays

17:41 - Sebastian Soderberg (Sweden), Zach Edmondson, Kent Bulle

17:52 - Tony Finau, Alex Noren (Sweden), Jason Kokrak

18:03 - Max Kieffer (Germany), Gary Stal (France), Kevin Tway

18:14 - Cameron Smith (Australia), Steven Bowditch (Australia), a-Derek Bard

18:25 - Jim Herman, Smylie Kaufman, William McGirt

18:36 - Brandt Snedeker, Bill Haas, Billy Horschel

18:47 - Brooks Koepka, Chris Wood (England), Justin Thomas

18:58 - Kevin Kisner, Charl Schwartzel (South Africa), Branden Grace (South Africa)

19:09 - Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose (England), Henrik Stenson (Sweden)

19:20 - Retief Goosen (South Africa), Keegan Bradley, Lucas Glover

19:31 - Andy Pope, a-Sam Burns, Matt Marshall

19:42 - Tyler Raber, a-Christopher Crawford, Austin Jordan