Phil’s fiasco (and others) have exposed a deepening rift between the ruling body and the game’s best players, who once even considered a boycott of the US Open.
Jason Day has come close to winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on several occasions. But those near misses may have prepared the Australian to win a US Open on the Monterey Peninsula instead.
Players, PGA of America officials and architecture gurus say a US PGA Championship at Bethpage Black will add an element of excitement – and terror, for some – during a New York spring.
Greg Norman’s 105th completed design, KN Links – Cam Ranh, has added even more bite to the notion that Vietnam is the must-visit golf destination of South-East Asia.
Though golf calls its crowds “galleries”, implying culture and sophistication, it isn’t always the case at New York-area Majors. And yet there’s one golfer that New York fans love unconditionally.
Sure Shinnecock Hills is wonderful, but it has plenty of company and for those with access, golf is the antidote, not the apotheosis, of the fevered Hamptons vibe.
The 10 courses at Mission Hills Haikou are now a little easier to reach thanks to the direct flights now on offer with Hainan Airlines between Sydney and Haikou.
Australian Golf Digest
