It was Langer’s record 12th senior major championship, to go with two Masters titles. It was his second US Senior Open victory, 13 years after his first. It also marked his record 11th season with multiple victories, his having won the Chubb Classic earlier this year.
Should Mickelson win, he’d become just the second player in US Open history to do so on a special exemption. The only player who has accomplished that feat was Hale Irwin in 1990 at Medinah.
Tiger Woods and Ernie Els are headed to Melbourne as captains of the USA and International Teams respectively for the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from December 9-15.
Although David Graham’s greatest playing days were more than a generation ago, he had one characteristic that would have made the Aussie a natural in modern golf’s technology-driven world: an obsession with equipment.