What the PGA Tour Policy Board apparently approved in May – but didn’t make public until overnight – were additional changes to the FedEx Cup prizemoney distribution, with a new three-tier system that could create more volatility in payouts.
There’s a pause when you mention the name Miles Russell to golf cognoscenti, the length of the silence usually corresponding to the amount of praise to follow regarding the 16-year-old lefty from Jacksonville Beach, Fla. His list of accomplishments already includes winning the Junior PGA Championship, the Junior Players, the AJGA Tournament of Champions and Read more…
The Walker Cup, which showcases some of amateur golf’s best and brightest talents, will be held for the 50th time in September when breathtaking Cypress Point Club plays host. The biennial matches that pit the United States vs. Great Britain & Ireland have provided a stage for fans to see the next generation of stars Read more…
We’re inside a month until the final men’s major of the year, and the 156-player field for the 153rd Open Championship, coming back to Royal Portrush, is slowly but surely filling up. A year ago, the R&A ran into the unusual issue of having too many players qualify for the championship at Royal Troon—159 golfers Read more…
In the run-up to the U.S. Open, the USGA—with a large assist from Golf Channel—has done an impressive job of promoting “Golf’s Longest Day” as a celebration of golf meritocracy, where players at all stations of their careers can earn their way into the national championship. This past year, 47 golfers claimed spots from 10 Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — There are no time outs in golf. But there are rain delays. And the one that created the unforeseen intermission in the final round of the U.S. Open proved exactly what J.J. Spaun needed on a Sunday afternoon that ended in glory but looked for long while like it would be another Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — J.J. Spaun can look back on it now and laugh, U.S. Open trophy firmly in his grasp, fairytale story completed. But the way the 34-year-old journeyman started his Sunday march to a major championship title was anything but ordinary. Or maybe it was all too ordinary if you know what it’s like Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Chances are Philip Barbaree Jr., a native of Louisiana, isn’t actually a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. But when the 26-year-old journeyman pro became a sentimental favorite among locals this weekend at Oakmont Country Club, he figured he might as well thank the crowds for their moral support. As he finished out on the Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — The smile was bright and pure, even if a bogey on the final hole during Saturday’s third round of the U.S. Open left a bad taste in his mouth. How could Justin Hastings not be smiling though? As the only player still in the field at Oakmont Country Club with a little Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — It was an admittedly restless night for Philip Barbaree Jr. It’s hard to sleep when one of the biggest moments of your professional golf life is awaiting at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Barbaree, a 27-year-old who won the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2015, has struggled to try to find his way Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — So now the real fun begins at the 2025 U.S. Open—at least if you’re watching the action from outside the ropes (the competitors themselves might have a different way of describing things at Oakmont). With a 36-hole cut in place after the second round finally wrapped up Saturday morning, 66 professionals and Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — J.J. Spaun’s prior experience in the U.S. Open had been short and anything but sweet, rounds of 77-75 at Torrey Pines in 2021 resulting in a missed cut while playing on a course he was familiar with having played college golf at San Diego State. So upon arriving at big, bad Oakmont Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — There was supposed to be carnage during the opening round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, the USGA potentially facing the question for the first time in a while of whether they “lost” the golf course. That question was jokingly being bandied about early on Thursday, only in the opposite Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Traditionalists have rejoiced at what’s been on display this week at Oakmont Country Club. It’s been a week where fans of old-school, par-is-good-score, hug-the-line U.S. Open setups have been able to come out of hiding without recrimination—and with some rejoicing. Count one former winner at Oakmont among the revelers. On Thursday, Ernie Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — It says something about the cockeyed state of prize money payouts in men’s professional golf that players might be disappointed to hear that for the first time in five years the USGA isn’t increasing the payday at the U.S. Open. Hopefully that feeling evaporates fairly quickly as they absorb the fact that Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — One has a PGA Tour card already locked up. Another is a 17-year-old with a year left in high school. Another gave up competitive golf for seven years to become a dentist. And another is making history for his home country. The 15 amateurs competing in the 2025 U.S. Open each have Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — The uniqueness of Oakmont Country Club is a big part of its allure, the course having developed a mystique all to itself. Think the dastardly rough, the slick greens, the Church Pew bunker, the Pennsylvania Turnpike running through it. Another lesser-known Oakmont eccentricity—but one that could create an intrigue rules discussion during Read more…
Over the past week, the Pittsburgh area has received upwards of 250 millimetres of rain, according to USGA officials – and even more in the proceeding weeks.
A tee time on Thursday at the 2025 U.S. Open was the dream of every one of the 10,202 golfers whose entries the USGA approved back in April. For 156 lucky players, that dream is about to come true. Each of them set to compete at Oakmont Country Club—from defending champion Bryson DeChambeau to 17-year-old Read more…
The USGA prides itself on making the U.S. Women’s Open the biggest championship in women’s golf. The event’s legacy helps establish that tone—this is the 80th edition—and so do the venues that host it. Part of that is also playing for the richest overall purse in the game. For the second straight year, the USGA Read more…
Deciding the national champion in college golf with match play has brought excitement to the sport since the format was adopted to crown a team winner for the men in 2009 and the women in 2015. Golf Channel came on board to televise the finals, which more often than not come down a dramatic final Read more…
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