After two days of grumbling that the setup lacked teeth, Shinnecock Hills and the USGA found their nerve, leaning into everything the course is capable of, and perhaps announcing what the final day intends.
Wind dominated round one at Shinnecock Hills and the numbers tell a wild story. From tee shots travelling 121 yards further downwind than into it, to the seventh green repelling two thirds of the field, here are five ways the conditions shaped day one at the US Open.
Sam Burns, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood and a strong English contingent headline the 2026 Canadian Open at TPC Toronto. Here’s your essential preview.
Tommy Fleetwood explains why the 9-wood is his go-to club at Augusta National. Learn how high-lofted fairway woods are reshaping approach shots at the Masters.
Frankie Fleetwood stole the spotlight at Augusta National’s Par-3 Contest last year and continues to impress in 2026. See how the Fleetwoods are lighting up the course.
Experience at Augusta National isn’t just about knowing the course. Top players reveal how managing energy and focusing on essentials can give them an edge during Masters week.
Whether there should be more to winning the PGA Tour’s flagship event – whether or not they are playing in a “major” championship – has been revived as a topic of debate, initiated by the tour and its tournament promotional campaign proclaiming “March is going to be Major”.
If Fleetwood – one of the pro golf’s few true ‘good guys’ – being accused of dabbling in the dark arts struck you as odd, you weren’t alone. In fact, Fleetwood himself was surprised by the interpretation of events on Sunday, offering a very simple explanation for the delay.
Aaron Rai survived a playoff against the reigning FedEx Cup champion in Tommy Fleetwood and the lowest round of Rory McIlroy’s DP World Tour career to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
DP World India champion Tommy Fleetwood had only recently broken through for a long-awaited maiden PGA Tour win at the season-ending Tour Championship when his son, Frankie, set him a new challenge.
Tommy Fleetwood got the bounce of a lifetime out of a forest at Delhi Golf Club, the site of this week’s DP World India Championship, which features such a narrow course that nearly 50 per cent of the players this week left a driver out of their bag.
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