As was the case a year ago when he won at Erin Hills, the 2018 US Open champion Brooks Koepka takes home the biggest first-place cheque in Major-championship history.
Golf Channel’s formidable trio of Frank Nobilo, Brandel Chamblee and David Duval ripped into the USGA for its course setup of Shinnecock Hills for the third round of the US Open.
Phil Mickelson has long been a master of spin, with his wedges and his words. But Saturday at the US Open, he flubbed the latter big time with a preposterous explanation for his rules indiscretion.
There won’t be any 63s in this US Open. The winning score will NOT be 16-under par. Which, whether they admit it or not, is a relief to officials at the USGA.