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.
After finishing a nine-hole practice round Wednesday with a few lob shots from the gnarly rough to the back-right corner of the 18th green at Oakmont Country Club, Adam Scott shook hands with a few volunteers and then signed autographs.
Six years is both a long time and a short time. Yes, 2031 may sound like a fake year, but it’ll be here before you know it. And Dustin Johnson is already planning ahead in a way that few would expect. While speaking to the AP’s Doug Ferguson, DJ admitted that he’s already thinking about Read more…
Just over a week ago, Adam Scott joined Rory McIlroy for a scouting mission at Oakmont Country Club. Descriptions of the world’s toughest golf course seem credible when you hear two Masters champions played well, and were still given an absolute bollocking by the Pittsburgh area course.
Over the past week, the Pittsburgh area has received upwards of 250 millimetres of rain, according to USGA officials – and even more in the proceeding weeks.
As he prepares to make his US Open debut at Oakmont Country Club, Griffin spoke about how he came to use (and the benefits of) a ball brand that hadn’t won the on the PGA Tour in two decades, why he feels the winning score at the US Open will be over par and the one mistake amateurs make with their golf-ball selection.
Very few people will ever know what the true relationship was between Arnold Palmer and O.J. Simpson. As two sporting icons, were they friends, or merely fellow “actors” shooting very corny Hertz commercials together in the mid-1980s? What we do know is that their lives became unintentionally tangled in the most bizarre way on a Friday in June nearly 31 years ago.
Despite the top two players in the world having to give up their drivers after creeping into nonconforming status ahead of the PGA Championship and the surrounding hubbub from certain quarters suggesting the driver test needed to be rethought, the USGA will not be changing its plans for testing at next week’s US Open.
Australian Golf Digest
