Australian Cameron John can hardly believe he’s set to feature in the shake-up to a major championship for the first time after another fine round at Birkdale.
Australian Lucas Herbert has paid the price for a poor finish to ‘moving day’ as American Sam Burns took the reins going into the British Open last round.
Bendigo golfer Lucas Herbert leads the British Open after a second-round 62 at Royal Birkdale that equalled the lowest round in major championship annals.
Wyndham Clark survived nerves, Bronx cheers and a final-round 73 to claim a wire-to-wire victory at Shinnecock Hills, finishing one shot ahead of Sam Burns to win his second US Open title.
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Scott says he wished he would have insisted on halting play or consulted with playing partner Sam Burns and simply put their collective feet down and stopped rather than continue in the sloppy conditions a year ago.
Fox was sixth in strokes gained/approach the green, beating the field average by more than seven shots with his split set of Srixon irons. However it was his 15-degree Srixon ZXi 3-wood that struck the deciding blow.
Burns got hotter than Marble Bar in January when he pulled his tee shot badly on the par-4 ninth hole during the third round of the FedEx St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
Upcoming births have both Americans keeping one eye towards home. Both men have vowed to withdraw from the tournament should their wives go into labour.
Obviously, it’s a lot different for average golfers, whose livelihood doesn’t depend on what putter is in their bags. But there are things they can do to make the process of changing more effective, starting with getting custom fit.
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