Rain suspends 1st round of US Open

Woods was two strokes behind the early leaders 8211; Americans Jeff Brehaut and Ryan Spears,Swede Johan Edfors and Canadian Andrew Parr 8211; after only 3-1/4 hours of golf was possible.

Journeyman Brehaut,who has never won on the PGA Tour,had completed 11 holes,Spears three,Edfors four and Parr three.

Among the other early starters,US Masters champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina was level after six holes and 2006 winner Geoff Ogilvy of Australia one over after five.

Weather permitting,the first round will resume at 0730 local time 1130 GMT on Friday. However,rain has been forecast for the next five days at Bethpage.

Jeev five-over after 8 holes

The inclement weather threw Jeev Milkha Singh8217;s campaign in complete disarray with the Indian going five-over after eight holes before rain dropped curtains on the opening round of the US Open golf tournament in Farmingdale.

On a truncated day when just four players returned sub-par scores at the soggy Bethpage Black,Jeev began with a bogey and that became a recurring theme. He dropped another stroke on the third and parred the next before shooting a bogey hat-trick on those par-four holes.

The Indian,battling a rib injury,had barely parred the eighth hole when steady rain made play impossible and Jeev returned with an unfinished business.

Jeff Brehaut,Johan Edfors,Andrew Parr and Ryan Spears were going one-under before the rain suspension.