It’s a major week, which means it’s time for our latest Q&A deep dive into the weirdest corner we can find within range of the host venue. A few examples from the recent past: • The Oakmont Turnpike• The controversial political parade at Portrush• Tree Island at TPC Sawgrass• The odd history of Masters pairings• Read more…
Aaron Rai is anything but conventional. He wears two rain gloves. He uses iron covers. He only rocks pink tees. But what we saw at Shinnecock on Wednesday might be his most, um, unique quirk yet. Check it out. RELATED: The Shinnecock greens are so tough Alex Fitzpatrick is practicing with … a VR headset? Read more…
Golf’s major season continues with the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. Situated between the Atlantic Ocean to the south and the waters of Peconic Bay and Long Island Sound to the north, Shinnecock occupies one of the most exposed pieces of terrain in American championship golf. The combination of 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…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — When Jake Amos first saw Arni Sveinsson, it was in the spring, and the high school junior was coming off a long Icelandic winter. Amos was the head coach at East Tennessee State University then, and although he’d never coached anyone from the small island nation, a few Icelandic alumni had vouched Read more…
Former World No. 1 golfer Jon Rahm remained No. 1 in a different ranking when it comes to getting paid. The Spaniard topped Forbes’ list of highest-paid golfers for a third consecutive year with total earnings of $111 million. According to Forbes, Rahm made $101 million of that through on-course earnings including his contract with Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The 2026 U.S. Open is going to be one of the best chipping majors in recent times. I’m convinced of it. The wind means players are going to miss a lot of them; the slopes around the greens mean they’re going to hit some interesting chip shots to get up and down. Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Briefly on Monday, the 2026 U.S. Open counted 21 amateurs in the field when Jack Schoenberger and Bryan Lee were culled from the alternate list to round out the 156-player field at Shinnecock Hills. That would have been the modern-day record for most amateurs competing in a single U.S. Open, topping the Read more…
There’s never a dull day in the world of Jordan Spieth. The three-time major-winning master of disaster has become infamous for getting himself in (and out) of tight spots over the years. That tendency is amplified at the U.S. Open, where the brutal setups turn even golf’s most conservative players into scrambling lunatics. Not to Read more…
Some good golf shots are obvious. Hit it to five feet from 140 yards, and every level of golfer would be happy with it. But do you know what else counts as a good shot? Hitting the same shot to 20 feet. That’s still better than the PGA Tour average. So is a 20-yard bunker 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…
Former U.S. Open champ Wyndham Clark is the reigning king of fun-looking range drills. While some players prefer chasing feels, Wyndham and his coach, Pat Coyner, use obstacles and training aids to get his swing in the positions he wants. Avoid the obstacles, and your swing will be moving the way you want it to. Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — U.S. Open practice rounds are notoriously punishing slogs, the treks often stretching past three hours as players brace for golf’s most unforgiving examination. But on Monday at Shinnecock Hills, fans who made the trip — navigating their own gridlock, Hamptons traffic being what it is — arrived to find a course that Read more…
I’m not going to lie to you good people—these were almost dark days in the kingdom of vibes-land. At the PGA in Aronimink, for the first time ever, the winner did not appear in my guide, and missing out on Aaron Rai felt like the end of an era. Before that, I could brag about Read more…
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