Jason Day has been battling the injury bug for most of his career, even as a young player. But now he’s 37, a wily PGA Tour veteran by today’s standards, making him even more susceptible to the odd bump or bruise, including ones that occur off the golf course.
Final qualifying went ahead this morning (Monday afternoon in the US) for the 125th US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. So far, Marc Leishman is the only Australian to have locked in a spot for Oakmont in just over a week’s time.
[PHOTO: Alex Slitz] It was an impressive run for Sergio Garcia, but after competing in each of the past 25 straight US Opens, his streak has ended. Garcia bogeyed his 36th hole of the day during US Open qualifying at Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas and it pushed him one shot short of being Read more…
Five-time major champ Rory McIlroy thinks it might be even more difficult for Jordan Spieth to join the Grand Slam club. And McIlroy’s reasoning makes perfect sense.
Rough topped off at five inches. Green speeds of 15 on the Stimpmeter. A renovated golf course with at least one new hole location on each green. Nothing to see here. Just the setup basics for next month’s US Open at Oakmont Country Club.
Rory McIlroy is in North Berwick this week to defend his Genesis Scottish Open title, but many in the golf world are still focusing on the trophy that slipped through his grasp.
Rory McIlroy has heard the criticism directed at his caddie and friend, Harry Diamond. And McIlroy isn’t having it. Diamond has been looping professionally for McIlroy since 2017, although the relationship between the two goes back to childhood, and Diamond served as best man at McIlroy’s wedding in 2018. The duo has enjoyed success in Read more…
Clad in a clean black t-shirt, a pair of jeans and one notable piece of bling, DeChambeau was seen jumping the queue at a Nashville club with the US Open trophy as his VIP pass.
To the untrained eye, it looked like McIlroy had missed a “gimme” with a US Open trophy on the line. Rahm, who was watching on the couch like the rest of us after withdrawing early in the week due to injury, believes it was anything but.
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