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.
Rory McIlroy has reached the saturation point when it comes to discussing his driver. The non-conforming driver at the PGA Championship? He’s a “little pissed off” the results were leaked and would like to move on. The recent issues off the tee that resulted in him playing a game of driver hot potato the last Read more…
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.
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.
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.
As accomplished sports administrator Chris Heck packed his bags to move home to the US from the UK after a successful stint with English soccer team Aston Villa FC, he made sure to squeeze in one more dream golf trip
Reigning US Open champions are always busy in the lead up to returning to the national championship. But when you’re YouTube content king Bryson DeChambeau, the hustle seems to reach a new level. MORE: Phil Mickelson says there’s a ‘high likelihood’ this could be his last U.S. Open It’s approaching a year since DeChambeau tamed Read more…
It’s the championship that one of golf’s great major winners needs to complete the career Grand Slam. Yet Phil Mickelson, approaching age 55, is cognisant that the sun has almost set on his US Open career.
Australian Golf Digest
