The 24-year-old Spaniard seized the moment in what has quickly become one of his favourite events.
A year that already is among the most memorable of Steve Stricker’s career added another chapter today when he won the US Senior Open in dominant fashion at Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s win brings to light a tale of irony and redemption.
With an unlikely birdie on his “bogey hole,” the former Texas A&M golfer beat Matt Fitzpatrick on the second hole of their sudden-death playoff to claim his second European Tour title.
The feeling going into the week was that if the USGA couldn’t get Pebble Beach right, perhaps it shouldn’t even bother showing up at Winged Foot next year.
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.
It will be McDowell’s first Open Championship start since 2016, He should have a home course advantage, as he’s played Portrush “between 300 and 500 times”.
There is still a great deal of work ahead for Kaymer if, at 34, he wants to get back to anywhere close to where he once was in the golf pantheon.
Grinding out Major No.4 will boost his confidence more than any runaway victory would.
Today proved to be a coronation for Koepka. A wild, chaotic coronation.
If you’ve been following Conor’s various impressions over the past year or so, you’ll immediately recognise these two caricatures.
There’s young and there’s youngish. McIlroy is extremely aware of the difference.
It’s probably not a stretch to say that the behind-the-scenes bonding exercise that Els orchestrated this past week was far more enjoyable and productive than the on-course battering many of his duos sustained.
It would be irresponsible to try to compare one improbable comeback to another. We did so anyway.
Does the Zurich Classic of New Orleans still work, or should it be scrapped?