As if playing in the U.S. Open for the first time—and making it to the weekend—wasn’t enough, 17-year-old Miles Russell somehow made his dad Joe’s Father’s Day Sunday even better as he made his way up the 72nd fairway at Shinnecock. No, he didn’t make a crazy final-round charge or hole out from 191 yards. Read more…
Joaquin Niemann was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the first round of the US Open for “serious misconduct” at the par-4 sixth hole at Shinnecock Hills.
You cannot win the U.S. Open at Shinnecock on the first hole on Thursday, but you can absolutely lose it. Just ask Tiger Woods. Let’s take you back to 2018, when, believe it or not, the Tiger optimism was at an all-time high. After missing the entire 2016-’17 season due to another back surgery, Woods Read more…
Weather was always expected on Thursday of the 126th U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock. Just not the type of weather that’s already halted play early in the first round on Long Island. A half hour into the opening round, play was suspended due to fog, with players holding in place for 15 minutes. Because the Read more…
Given how long he’s been World No. 1, it’s not often you get a chance to talk smack to Scottie Scheffler. When you do get the opportunity to do so, though, you better make the most of it. That’s just what Gary Woodland did on Wednesday at Shinnecock. Of course, this smack-talking opportunity arose in Read more…
The U.S. Open at Shinnecock. That just sounds right. It’s been eight crazy years in the sport of professional golf, so it feels good to return to a place where times were once simpler and the only drama involved a guy hitting a moving ball and another guy saying the USGA “lost the golf course” Read more…
There are, quite literally, only two players in recent memory who could be the talk of a major championship without even being in the field: Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. Unfortunately, they both remain firmly in the conversation for all the wrong reasons. On this week’s episode of The Loop podcast, we discussed why that Read more…
In the non Brooks Koepka going back-to-back division, the two lasting images from the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock involve guys who finished at eight over and 16 over, respectively. The first being Zach Johnson, the second being Phil Mickelson. Eight years later, we’re still thinking about both moments, Johnson for his infamous “lost the Read more…
As a wise man once said of professional golf, you have to harness in the good energy and block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. This is not the advice Haotong Li’s psychologist gave him recently, but it seems to be what he’s doing this week at the RBC Canadian Open. Li, who entered Read more…
As I state at the bottom of every Stupid Golf Problem column I write, I need reader questions. That was the whole intent of this thing when I first started it. I expected some crazy ones. This is a big country full of golfers of all shapes and sizes who meet all types of people Read more…
It’s officially national open SZN on the PGA Tour, starting this week with the RBC Canadian Open and then rolling on next week with the U.S. Open. Before you know it, we’ll be waking up early to catch morning coverage of the Scottish and British Opens, too. It’s a great time of year to be Read more…
The Sunday before “Golf’s Longest Day,” AKA U.S. Open Final Qualifying Day, often doubles as an episode of The Amazing Race for many top-level tour pros. There has unfortunately already been some bad travel luck for some, while others, like Ben Kohles, were able to reach their final destination in time. Kohles, who was slotted Read more…
Ever since he tore up the locker room at Oakmont, golf fans have been looking for reasons to dunk on Wyndham Clark. He served up a reason on a silver platter immediately after his Byron Nelson win with one simple comment. Open some grape? Welcome to Cringe City, USA, folks, where Wyndy C is the Read more…
By Scottie Scheffler standards, it’s been a frustrating season. That frustration boiled over on Thursday at the Memorial Tournament, specifically at the par-3 16th. The World No. 1 went out in two under 34, but gave shots back at the 10th and 14th holes. Getting home in even par would have been perfectly solid for Read more…
After a nice break from big-time events, we’re right back on the Siggy train this week at the Memorial Tournament, where Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young are all in the field. Scheffler is going for the rare three-peat, something only Tiger Woods has accomplished at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village (1999-2001). Only one of Read more…
Earlier this week, I played in a golf outing at the West Point Golf Course in West Point, N.Y., site of the United States Military Academy. If you ever get the opportunity to play the course (it’s public), or go to an Army Football game, or simply visit the campus, I cannot recommend it enough. Read more…
If Mel Reid could scheme up a scenario for the final round on Sunday of the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera, it would probably sound quite similar to the one many golf fans would scheme up in their own heads. Nelly Korda vs. Charley Hull. “Let’s bring that Solheim Cup energy a little bit earlier,” Read more…
We’ve had John Smoltz on The Loop podcast before, but only over Zoom. Earlier this month, we got a chance to meet him in person, which is a whole different ball game, no pun intended. It’s in person where you get to see just how much passion, appreciation and love Smoltz has for golf, which Read more…
A few weeks ago, I received a FaceTime from my brother. He was playing golf with three of our high school buddies. It was the last thing I needed at the time, as I was in full dad mode, power-washing my deck. I reluctantly answered. “You’re not going to believe this,” my brother said, with Read more…
We’re back in Texas this week for the Charles Schwab Challenge, though there will be no Scottie Scheffler. However, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas and Ludvig Aberg are all in the field, giving this staple on the PGA Tour schedule some solid star power. Both Fowler and Thomas are guys our experts have their eyes on, Read more…
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