The opening round of the U.S. Open has been suspended due to heavy fog.Play was suspended at 7:05 a.m. ET with another update at 8:00 and gloomy conditions persisting.Marshals look on through the fog before play was called offGettyWith gusts of up to 36 mph expected later in the day, what was already a challenging course could be brutal for the world’s best golfers.Scottie Scheffler is favorite to triumph — the 15th consecutive time the World No. 1 has come into a Major as the man to beat.Rory McIlroy, who has self-admitted struggles at Shinnecock Hills, is next ahead of LIV Golf‘s Jon Rahm.The world No.2 missed the cut on his only previous competitive outing at the 134-year-old property in the Town of Southampton, New York.Having won the title at Bethesda in 2011, McIlroy has had a love-hate relationship with the event, and what happened at Shinnecock in 2018 had a lasting effect.The Northern Irishman refused to speak to the media after opening with an 80 and missed the cut by two shots.More to follow…