Phil Mickelson, out of the public eye for more than two months in the wake of inflammatory comments about the upstart Saudi-backed golf league, has filed for a release from the PGA Tour to play in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event
The cumulative points leader from the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season will earn an invite to the USGA’s flagship event, beginning at the 2023 US Open at Los Angeles Country Club.
The USGA has recently made The Country Club’s routing for the 2022 US Open public, and the layout will debut a combination and sequencing of holes never used before.
In addition to giving Oakmont seven future championships, the USGA designated the course as the second US Open “anchor” site, along with Pinehurst Resort.
After a tough second round at Torrey Pines that left him one outside the cut line, Cameron Smith did a quick interview. Emphasis on “quick,” because it ended rather abruptly after the question in question.
During the four biggest weeks of the year, this man shows up time and again, to the point where not a single soul is surprised to see him back in one of the final two groups at a Major for the second time in the past five weeks.