Harrington and Monty share early lead

Padraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie took a share of the early lead while defending champion Tiger Woods lagged behind at the United States Open today.

Woods, bidding for his third win in four years, was one over par after nine holes at Olympia Fields near Chicago and to that point was coming off second best in his duel with world number two Ernie Els, who turned in a one under 33.