Scottie Scheffler finally having a bad week is going to cost him winning a second major in what has already been a historic season. It also might cost one gambler $1 MILLION. RELATED: Gambler wins $1.2 MILLION with brilliant Patrick Cantlay bet Scheffler shot 71 on Saturday at Pinehurst No. 2, ending the World No. Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — He had done all the right things but the result was still wrong. It takes a lot for Scottie Scheffler to emote, but he had stayed stoic for too long, so when the putt that should have been good wasn’t Scheffler tossed his putter like a baton, too disgusted to attempt to Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — Amateur Neal Shipley is locked in a tight race for low amateur honors at the 2024 U.S. Open. But through 10 holes of his third round, the Ohio State product seemed to have that race locked up. With five birdies in his first 10 holes, Shipley’s wedge into the par-4 13th green Read more…
There’s no shortage of great pairings at Pinehurst on Moving Day—Scottie Scheffler and Cam Young, Akshay Bhatia and Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton and Tom Kim. Then there’s Bryson and Ludvig, two of the most exciting golfers on the planet. But don’t sleep on Rory McIlroy and Tony Finau. Part of the reason is obvious: McIlroy Read more…
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PINEHURST, N.C. — A good golf swing isn’t just one that works. A good golf swing is one when you understand why it works. For Matthieu Pavon, who comes into the weekend of the 2024 U.S. Open two shots off Ludvig Aberg’s 36-hole lead at five-under, that process took a while. “I failed a lot,” Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — On the shelf running the length of the western wall at Agora Bakery and Cafe in the Village of Pinehurst, while you wait in line to order breakfast, you can peruse or even buy catch purses, stationery, china, bottles of honey or gourmet coffee. Yet my gaze settled on a postcard of Read more…
Rules officials are not there to decide on the validity of the rules, but rather to enforce them and make sure they’re administered equally for all 156 players in the field.
When it comes to the most celebrated rounds in U.S. Open history, Johnny Miller’s 63 is likely at the top of that list. A final-round 8-under par at Oakmont, perhaps golf’s most difficult major venue, with his legendary contemporaries chasing him as he attempted to go back-to-back at Oakmont lives large in U.S. Open lure. Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — Is Patrick Cantlay a crank, or whatever R-rated synonym you want to associate with that description? Depends who you ask. Rory McIlroy thinks so, and we know because he said as much, while fellow critics point to his slow play and rumors of Ryder Cup protests and attempted boardroom hijackings and wonder, Read more…
As predicted by many, Pinehurst No.2 played tougher during the second round of the US Open, where three Australians are through to the weekend and ultra-impressive Swede Ludvig Åberg leads.
Nearly a week after six-time LPGA winner Nasa Hataoka was disqualified from the ShopRite LPGA Classic after she signed an incorrect scorecard because she was deemed to have taken too long to search for her ball, the Japanese star posted on social media a long and critical response.
PINEHURST, N.C. — Are we having fun yet? After two days of sorting through the pretenders and contenders at the U.S. Open—with Pinehurst No. 2 slowly but surely becoming the menace that many players feared earlier in the week—the on-course drama ramps up for Saturday’s third round. Ludvig Aberg carries a one-shot lead after 36 Read more…
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