If you played enough golf like Rory McIlroy, you’d think you’ve seen everything that can happen on a golf course. If you’ve watched as much golf as his fans have through the years, you’d think the same. Wrong.
After a flying start to his third round, the wheels came flying off on the eighth hole where Rose’s tee shot found a particularly nasty patch of rough. Iron in hand, Rose swiped at his ball, which exploded off his clubface at a near 90-degree angle, flying into the gallery at head height. Watch it and wince.
Bryson DeChambeau was put on the clock on Saturday at the Open Championship and afterwards shared his thoughts about how the professional game should combat its systemic pace-of-play issue.
While the Pro V1x remains the ball of choice this week, DeChambeau revealed in his post-round press conference at Portrush that he’s working behind the scenes on something revolutionary that could be ready in the not-too-distant future.
Cameras had a close-up view of Lowry’s ball in the rough as he took a practice swing at the 12th hole, and the ball visibly moved after his iron passed through the nearby grass.
With consecutive top-10 finishes among strong fields in his past two starts, Fitzpatrick, 30, is threatening to return to major-championship form. Which is exactly what he’s thinking about.
Shane Lowry unleashing F-bomb rants during golf tournaments is certainly nothing new. He did it at this year’s PGA Championship. He did it at last year’s Open Championship. He, well, you get the point. But what happened on Friday was still a bit shocking from the Irishman.
LIV Golf released a video of the former world No.1 recalling winners of the claret jug going back in time. And he nearly made it all the way to his birth year of 1973.
Schauffele is so unconcerned with the trophies that he’s not even sure where they are, other than the original version of the claret jug, which he had to return this week.
Speaking to the press overnight (Australian time) at Royal Portrush, DeChambeau acknowledged he’s altering his approach to battling wind this week, benching brute force for precision and patience.
Jason Day usually saves his best for major weeks, and that trend continued on Tuesday at Royal Portrush, where the 2015 PGA champ rolled out his first Internet-breaking fit of the week. Feast your eyes.
Australian Golf Digest
