OAKMONT, Pa. — Despite his valiant effort to make the cut, Rory McIlroy once again skipped out on speaking to the media following his second round at Oakmont on Friday. Hardly surprising given he was clearly in no mood, as evidenced by his club-throwing and tee-smashing antics. Plus, that’s just sort of his thing now, Read more…
McIlroy insisted he isn’t trying to send any sort of message, nor is he trying to dare the PGA Tour into requiring players to speak to the media after the rounds.
OAKMONT, Pa. — Golf fans wanted carnage this week at Oakmont and carnage is exactly what they’ve gotten over the first 36 holes atthe 2025 U.S. Open. The only drawback to an endless supply of the C-word? It sends a number of the biggest names in the sport home early. RELATED: How the 36-hole cut Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — The pace of play over the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at Oakmont has been, in a word, glacial. It is unavoidable at this event on this golf course, which has proven to be one of the great wars of attrition in recent U.S. Open memory. It’s so slow on Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — It’s a foggy, gloomy and humind morning on Friday at the 125th U.S. Open, but that’s hardly making the course play any easier. In fact, based on some of the lowlights from early in the second round, Oakmont seems to be playing even harder than it did on Thursday. Look no further Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Sassy Brooks Koepka made his triumphant return on Thursday at the U.S. Open, which means one thing – this tournament might be over already. That might seem overreactionary, but the fact is Koepka is back in a spot he has not found himself in at this championship since 2021 at Torrey Pines—inside Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — When asked which golf course is the hardest he’s ever played, Dustin Johnson, who won the U.S. Open here at Oakmont in 2016, answered in his typical, succint manner. “Probably this one,” Johnson said. Johnson, who normally doesn’t have much to add, did add this—Oakmont Country Club is hard in every single Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — For Austen Truslow, chipping one-handed started as a drill nearly a decade ago. The idea was to expose the bounce of his wedge, to use the club the way it’s designed to be used. A few months later, it hit him. “Over time, I just became a better chipper with one hand,” Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — If there were ever a golfer to NOT hold a grudge, it would be Dustin Johnson, who won the last U.S. Open held at Oakmont in 2016 in dramatic fashion. A big part of the reason for that drama, however, was a semi-bogus rules issue that hung over Johnson’s head like a Read more…
Following his career-defining career grand slam victory at the Masters in April, the narrative surrounding Rory McIlroy was that his major floodgates had now re-opened. It has taken less than two months for that narrative to shift to … is Rory ever going to win again? OK, OK, that seems a bit harsh (he did Read more…
One of the most famous comedians on the planet right now, Shane Gillis, made his first trip to the Masters this past April. And based off his scathing review on fellow comedian Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant podcast, it sounds like it will be his last. RELATED: Bryson DeChambeau previews crazy rough at Oakmont Gillis was joined Read more…
Jason Day has been battling the injury bug for most of his career, even as a young player. But now he’s 37, a wily PGA Tour veteran by today’s standards, making him even more susceptible to the odd bump or bruise, including ones that occur off the golf course.
In the least surprising news of this PGA Tour season, Scottie Scheffler carded a bogey-free 68 on Saturday at Muirfield Village that featured four birdies over the last five holes. The unconscious finish put him at eight under and gave him the solo 54-hole lead at the Memorial Tournament. Same old, same old. RELATED: Golf Read more…
Take a scroll on Golf Twitter when Ben Griffin is near the top of the leader board and you’ll inevitably see someone poke fun at his look, the look being Griffin’s gigantic Aviator sunglasses. It’s a look normally reserved for a movie star, not a slender 6-foot-1 PGA Tour pro who used to be a Read more…
As we all know, golf is a very strange game. Just when you think you’re about to play well, you throw up a stinker. And on days when you think you just aren’t going to have it, you throw up a career round. Maddening would be the appropriate word to describe these experiences. Shane Lowry Read more…
After opening with an outrageous two-under 70 and following it up with a seven-under 65 at Streamsong Black, a multi-course resort in central Florida, Tiger Woods’s son Charlie closed out the AJGA’s Team TaylorMade Invitational with an impressive six-under 66.
Unless you were living under a rock, you probably saw and heard that Baseball Hall-of-Famer Ken Griffey Jr. is now a photographer. In his first ever trip to the Masters this past April, he captured one of the lasting images of the week, Rory McIlroy down on his knees with his head in his hands Read more…
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