OAKMONT, Pa. — Struggles with the putter, including a three-putt to begin the championship, and a few too many trips to the rough that was too penal, “even for a guy like me,” resulted in a rocky three-over 73 Thursday for defending champion Bryson DeChambeau in the first round of the U.S. Open. The two-time Read more…
After finishing a nine-hole practice round Wednesday with a few lob shots from the gnarly rough to the back-right corner of the 18th green at Oakmont Country Club, Adam Scott shook hands with a few volunteers and then signed autographs.
OAKMONT, Pa. — Squaring off against a quartet of PGA Tour players in a playoff in a U.S. Open final qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, June 2, Chase Johnson understood the challenge confronting him. “I definitely was the underdog in the playoff, but I didn’t feel it like that way at all,” said Johnson, a former Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Does size matter? We can make the argument that it does at this week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. We’re talking about physical size, men of height, who can exert enormous torque, or of big bones, solidly built and with sinewy strength. Athletic specimens with sturdy God-given frames and talent to Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Of all the inspired golf rounds Justin Thomas has played in his professional career, one of his greatest, in his estimation, came in the second round of the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. He shot 69. That’s not a typo. That’s a six and a nine. Thomas is the author Read more…
Six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa carried his own bag for 38 holes Monday in a US Open final qualifier and then opted to not disclose the reason why he did it. He did drop a clue or two, however. RELATED: US Open 2025: March Leishman into Oakmont as Final qualifying results, scoring comes in Read more…
Two-time major champion, Australia’s David Graham, has been selected by the Memorial Tournament Captains Club as 2026 honouree at Jack Nicklaus’ signature event at Muirfield Village Golf Club, tournament officials announced Sunday (Monday AEST).
DUBLIN, Ohio — A showdown between two men who have combined to win three of the last four individual titles on the PGA Tour looms for the final round of the Memorial Tournament. If Sunday unfolds with half the entertainment value of Saturday’s third round, it should be quite a show. Then again, it probably Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — Justin Thomas is a little bit tired of being, well … someone other than Justin Thomas. A one-under 71 Saturday in breezy conditions at Muirfield Village Golf Club wasn’t going to be the low score of the third round in the Memorial Tournament, but it was something to build on after he Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – Getting kicked in the “goolies” doesn’t sound like a pleasant experience, so rebounding from said kick has to be something of a badge of honor. That’s the feeling Justin Rose embraced on Friday at Muirfield Village Golf Club after his furious back-nine rally gave him a chance not only for two more Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — Sam Burns played the kind of golf Friday at the Memorial Tournament that every golfer should try to emulate. Burns fired—if that’s the appropriate term in a steady rainstorm—a second-round seven-under 65 at soggy Muirfield Village Golf Club, but more than just the score was noteworthy after he opened with a 76 Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – Max Homa hasn’t felt this comfortable with his golf game since before the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, where he was one of the few bright spots for the American team as a rookie. The best part about this news is that Homa posted a score to reflect that. “I felt like Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – With more than six inches of rain falling in central Ohio over the past few weeks, conditions are predictably soft at Muirfield Village Golf Club for Thursday’s opening round of the Memorial Tournament. That means mud balls that can make a straightforward shot a significant challenge. Rickie Fowler offered a glimpse into Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — Tax Day, April 15, usually is painful for most Americans. For Jim Furyk, it was a day of relief. The former U.S. Open champion underwent hip replacement surgery in Jacksonville, Fla., on that day, and he was walking around without pain Wednesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club, where he serves as a Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — The hour-long dedication to Barbara Nicklaus Wednesday afternoon at the Memorial Tournament was as emotional as one might expect, but amid all the accolades for and anecdotes about the wife of Jack Nicklaus came perhaps one of the most touching moments in the annals of the Honoree Ceremony. It was the debut Read more…
The PGA Tour’s signature event model that Rory McIlroy helped to create in 2022 in response to the LIV Golf League incursion into men’s golf appears to not be working for some players—most notably Rory McIlroy.
DUBLIN, Ohio — The sight of Jack Nicklaus crying on live television last June during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday underscored the momentousness of the news he was trying to share with the help of CBS golf anchor Jim Nantz. It is common practice for Nicklaus, the Memorial founder and Read more…
Jack Nicklaus wrote a congratulatory letter to Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman won the Masters in April and completed the career Grand Slam. Nicklaus is still waiting to hear from McIlroy about his decision to skip this week’s Memorial Tournament. RELATED: Bryson DeChambeau drove a car and a golf ball down the Indianapolis Motor Read more…
It’s time to start taking this Sepp Straka character a lot more seriously after his second victory of the year meant he joined Rory McIlory as the only multiple winners on the PGA Tour this season.
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