Should Mickelson win, he’d become just the second player in US Open history to do so on a special exemption. The only player who has accomplished that feat was Hale Irwin in 1990 at Medinah.
Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley expressed support for the findings of the USGA and R&A’s distance report, which notably called the trend of increasing driving distance “detrimental to the game.”
Only two weeks after the Women’s Open, the US Open is also scheduled for California, at Torrey Pines in San Diego. State, county and USGA officials have made no announcements regarding fans at the men’s event.
The Callaway Epic, the company’s most successful driver franchise since the introduction of the Great Big Bertha in 1995, looks to have three new models on the verge of being introduced to start the new year.
TaylorMade put two new drivers on the conforming list of golf clubs published by the R&A this week, both apparently follow-ups to the current SIM line of drivers.
Ko hasn’t won a tournament since 2018 and earlier this season she fell outside the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time since her first year as a professional.