Wyndham Clark kicked off the Travelers Championship with a stellar six-under 64, two strokes behind early first-round leader Austin Eckroat. But instead of talking about his great round, the highlight of his post-round talk with the media was about something else he kicked last week – the lockers in the Oakmont Country Club locker room.
By the end of the US Open, those remaining on the course looked more like prisoners than golfers, while those who finished, beelined for the nearest watering hole.That included Jordan Spieth.
Sprinting to the finish long before the final groups is probably not how Brooks Koepka envisioned his US Open ending after he shot a two-under 68 on Thursday. But it turned out to be the prudent move. No, seriously, Koepka quite literally sprinted down the 18th hole in order to complete his final round, the Read more…
Spaun’s 64-foot, walk-off putt didn’t just win the US Open and change the 34-year-old’s life forever; it got a full grin out of Hatton looking on during a perfectly timed press conference.
Against a brutal start, arguably golf’s most unforgiving venue, punishing weather and a leaderboard of formidable contenders, Spaun prevailed through sheer determination in one of the most chaotic final rounds in recent major championship memory.
Adam Scott conceded he didn’t adapt to the brutal final round weather conditions and the significant delay in play for squandering a golden chance to win a second career major at the US Open.
You don’t win a US Open without fine iron play. Spaun employed a split set of Srixon irons, while his putter is from perhaps the hottest putter company in golf.
Adam Scott can cement his legacy as an icon of Australian golf and take a place among the game’s greats after playing his way into the final group for championship Sunday at the US Open.
Seldom is a player who joined the LIV Golf League so unequivocally positive about making the leap into the golf unknown, joining an upstart tour that offered unprecedented riches and unanticipated question marks. But while Leishman has missed major-championship golf, he otherwise has no regrets or recriminations since he went to the land of shotgun starts and team standings.
McIlroy insisted he isn’t trying to send any sort of message, nor is he trying to dare the PGA Tour into requiring players to speak to the media after the rounds.
Something is eating Rory McIlroy. How does a guy go from the pinnacle of professional fulfilment to the petulant, club-throwing, tee marker-smashing anger ball that’s been stomping around Oakmont Country Club the last two days? CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL US OPEN COVERAGE McIlroy, who won the Masters two months ago and completed the career Read more…
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