The US Open is as much a mental test as it is physical. Still, the rules violation Shane Lowry found himself in Friday afternoon at Oakmont was so absurd that he and Rory McIlroy could only laugh at it.
An even-par 70 was enough to have Adam Scott just outside the top 10 as the best players in the world were subjected to golf’s toughest test on day one of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club. RELATED: Cam Smith explains how he pulled off one of Oakmont’s most impossible shots Tied for 18th Read more…
There are a lot of spots at Oakmont where you don’t want to hit your golf ball. But there’s one spot at Oakmont where you really don’t want to hit your golf ball because for most of the first round, it was an automatic bogey.
If you weren’t paying close attention, you probably missed what exactly happened to Bryson DeChambeau on the fourth hole at Oakmont during his opening round. Luckily for the two-time US Open champ, a nearby rules official didn’t.
The topic of Rory McIlroy’s driver has been red-hot after his big dog was deemed non-conforming during the week of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
If Oakmont Country Club represents one of the most difficult tests in professional golf, in at least one sense it will be starkly simple: a shot from the fairway means a player can think about how he wants to play the shot to the green, whereas a ball in the rough will suggest he shouldn’t even bother.
Since becoming Malbon’s first PGA Tour ambassador in 2024, Jason Day has transformed from a mild-mannered Nike bot to a high-fashion fit god before our every eyes.
Nick Flanagan is likely the only golfer to ever win a US Amateur and caddie in a US Open at the same course. His connection Oakmont CC is now a lifelong affair; he was given honorary membership after winning the 2003 US Amateur there and the 40-year-old even has an accommodation room named after him within the club’s on-site cabins.
Battle ready after street fighting his way through 38 holes of final qualifying, Marc Leishman hopes a combination of a special connection to Oakmont Country Club and a confident driver will help his quest to become the first Australian professional to win a tournament at the famed Pittsburgh course.
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