Something is eating Rory McIlroy. How does a guy go from the pinnacle of professional fulfilment to the petulant, club-throwing, tee marker-smashing anger ball that’s been stomping around Oakmont Country Club the last two days? CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL US OPEN COVERAGE McIlroy, who won the Masters two months ago and completed the career Read more…
Adam Scott is hungry to right the wrongs from a missed cut at the 2007 US Open at Oakmont which he concedes was “the worst I’ve ever played in a major.”
Just over a week ago, Adam Scott joined Rory McIlroy for a scouting mission at Oakmont Country Club. Descriptions of the world’s toughest golf course seem credible when you hear two Masters champions played well, and were still given an absolute bollocking by the Pittsburgh area course.
Battle ready after street fighting his way through 38 holes of final qualifying, Marc Leishman hopes a combination of a special connection to Oakmont Country Club and a confident driver will help his quest to become the first Australian professional to win a tournament at the famed Pittsburgh course.
The World No. 1 has been a dominant force these past few years while becoming the bane of golf gamblers around the world. But he should have been their favourite player to bet on.
 It’s the championship that one of golf’s great major winners needs to complete the career Grand Slam. Yet Phil Mickelson, approaching age 55, is cognisant that the sun has almost set on his US Open career.
Jason Day has been battling the injury bug for most of his career, even as a young player. But now he’s 37, a wily PGA Tour veteran by today’s standards, making him even more susceptible to the odd bump or bruise, including ones that occur off the golf course.
Wyndham Clark has been extremely frustrated with the way he’s played in the majors since his triumph at the 2023 US Open. Those frustrations boiled over in a big way on Sunday at Quail Hollow, where a final-round 74 sank him into a tie for 50th.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler has captured a third career major in dominant fashion at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, marking the Texan’s first big title outside the Masters.
Australian golfer Lucas Herbert will channel his energy into qualifying for the US Open and Open Championship after issuing a classy response to being overlooked for an invitation to the PGA Championship next week at Quail Hollow.
Five-time major champ Rory McIlroy thinks it might be even more difficult for Jordan Spieth to join the Grand Slam club. And McIlroy’s reasoning makes perfect sense. Â
 Rough topped off at five inches. Green speeds of 15 on the Stimpmeter. A renovated golf course with at least one new hole location on each green. Nothing to see here. Just the setup basics for next month’s US Open at Oakmont Country Club.
Australian Golf Digest
