Before anything else, I would like to say three positive things: 1. The children love Bryson. In the time I spent following Bryson DeChambeau in his third round at the Open, just one child was guilty of punk-ish predilections, and I only heard about the kid secondhand – apparently, the precocious little snot-nosed guttersnipe shouted Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — It took nine years for someone to shoot the second 62 in Open Championship history … and about 15 minutes for someone to shoot the third. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, because the story of what Sam Burns did at Royal Birkdale on Friday has an angle that’s even better Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Some quick math says that in non-major play in 2025 and 2026, Sepp Straka, a two-time European Ryder Cup team member, has only missed three cuts in 31 tournaments. A handful of those didn’t have cuts, sure, but many did, and that’s obviously a very good made-cut percentage, and a big reason Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — When you Google the life expectancy of a person with cystic fibrosis, as David Howard did—and as anyone would do after they have been diagnosed—what you find is that you can die as soon as your mid-20s. That’s grim news to digest as a child and goes a long way to explaining Read more…
From Travis Smyth’s blunt first-tee confession to Bryson DeChambeau refusing all TV interviews, here are 19 things learned from four straight hours in the Open Championship media room at Royal Birkdale.
SOUTHPORT, England — There’s a funny contrast between the image of Scottie Scheffler—an image that is largely true, I think—of an athlete uniquely focused on the present, totally undistracted by the baubles of fame, and obsessively competitive in a way that seems to be motivated by the joys of competition rather than its rewards, and Read more…
Forget the stats and the odds. Here’s your definitive, tongue-in-cheek ranking of the top 41 contenders at Royal Birkdale, from Matt Fitzpatrick at No.1 down to Bryson DeChambeau at No.41.
My favorite Lee Trevino story, before I knew about the 1971 Open Championship, came from a Tony Jacklin quote about playing with him at the ’72 Open in Muirfield. Trevino was famous for his nonstop chatter, and Jacklin was sick of it, so when they were paired together on the weekend, he decided to nip Read more…
Some finishes fade with time. This one hasn’t. Nine years after Jordan Spieth’s extraordinary final round at Royal Birkdale, we look back at the bizarre, brilliant 13th hole sequence that could have ended his 2017 Open dream and instead ignited the most electric run of his career. From a horror drive into the dunes to a 22-minute rules odyssey and a heroic bogey, it remains one of the strangest and most captivating stretches in major championship history.
Golfpocalypse is a collection of words that runs prior to each week’s PGA Tour event, mostly ABOUT that event. Reach out with your hottest takes on absolutely anything at [email protected]. We’ll publish the best emails here. Ladies and gents, we embark now on a very special time of year, when golf’s best head to Scotland, Read more…
The hierarchy of American soccer fans is constructed in tiers of legitimacy, with all the pride and fussiness that entails, so let me come clean up top and say that I am not one of the die-hards—I’m just some guy who has really enjoyed this World Cup. The global spirit always makes the tournament fun, Read more…
Chris Gotterup came from five back to card a stunning nine-birdie, zero-bogey 62 and claim his third win of the year at the John Deere Classic, capitalising when Ben Kohles found the water at the last. An emotional Gotterup called it his “fifth major.”
For better or worse, I’m not a good sports fan when it comes to prospects. I don’t watch the NFL draft in the Giants offseason, I couldn’t care less about whatever high schoolers Jon Scheyer is recruiting at Duke, and I skip past any mention of minor leaguers while reading about my precious Yankees. (Yes, Read more…
A playful PGA Tour preview breaking down the John Deere Classic field, key contenders, course setup at TPC Deere Run and the ever-unpredictable Spieth storyline.
From the outside, there was something very funny about two recent Rory Moments, which is a phrase somebody smarter than me should trademark; there’s got to be a way to make money from the reliable way he appears out of nowhere, like a grinning whack-a-mole, every time you sense he’s been quiet just a bit Read more…
“Man, they definitely didn’t want me to win.” —Wyndham Clark SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The best joke I made while following Wyndham Clark at Shinnecock Hills on Sunday as he pulled out a one-shot victory at the 126th U.S. Open was an accident. It came on the eighth hole, when Clark put his drive in the Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — On Friday afternoon, it appeared very likely that someone would narrow the four-shot lead Wyndham Clark (seven under) held over Xander Schauffele and Matt Fitzpatrick (three under), all of whom finished in the morning wave. Sam Stevens, Sam Burns, Rory McIlroy, and even Tom Kim hovered at or near three under for Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — At the end of play on Friday at the 2026 U.S. Open, there were 21 players at even par or better, led by Wyndham Clark at seven under. None of them are currently playing for LIV Golf. That’s notable—and maybe just a little disastrous—at a crucial time for a league in flux. Read more…
It’s tempting to view Dustin Johnson as a figure of golf’s past. For moments during the first 36 holes at Shinnecock Hills, however, the laid-back American has shown glimpses of his best.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The first piece of content with any real traction from the 2026 U.S. Open was posted by the championship’s X account at 6:56 a.m., and concerned an approach Harry Higgs attempted on Shinnecock Hills’ 10th hole—his first of the day: What looked in the air like a prelude to a reasonable birdie Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Arguably the most intriguing development in televised golf this year is the emergence of Jim Furyk as a Golf Channel analyst. This second career is still in its infancy; he debuted at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, and the U.S. Open will be only his third tournament in the booth, along Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
