[ad_1] More than 10 percent of the 2024 U.S. Open field were amateurs. Only three of them are going to be around for the weekend. There were 16 amateurs who teed it up at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina for the 1,000th USGA championship, including those making their first major championship start and others…
[ad_1] PINEHURST, N.C. Pinehurst No. 2 gave players fits on Friday — some more than others. The course played firm and fast on a hot day. Balls were on the green and then they weren’t. Lip outs and three jacks and all the misery typically associated with a U.S. Open. There won’t be any 62s…
[ad_1] After 36 holes of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, tournament debutant Ludvig Aberg holds the outright lead at 5 under thanks to rounds of 66-69. The Swedish star missed the cut at the PGA Championship last month. Bryson DeChambeau (67-69), Thomas Detry (69-67) and Patrick Cantlay (65-71) are…
[ad_1] PINEHURST, N.C. — On a day when the most decorated player of his generation failed to make the cut at the 2024 U.S. Open, the most decorated player of the year nearly suffered the same fate. Tiger Woods hit the ball well and appeared spry, but failed to get his putter going when it…
[ad_1] Rory McIlroy Continues Quest for Fifth Major Championship PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA | Before and during major championships, questions whirl around Rory McIlroy much as squawking seagulls hover overhead when the fishing boats return to port. Will this be the one he wins to take his total of major victories from four to five? Will…
[ad_1] Sepp Straka had a hole-in-one on the par-3 ninth hole at Pinehurst No. 2 on Friday and that was no doubt cool to see. But Franceso Molinari one-upped him late in the day. Playing the back nine first, Molinari stood on the tee box on the ninth hole, which was playing 194 yards, at…
[ad_1] Bryson DeChambeau stands out as a showman supreme and one of golf’s most popular players. PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA | Watching Bryson DeChambeau play golf while attempting to reinvent how the game is played brings to mind what P.T. Barnum once said. “No one ever made a difference being like everyone else,” said Barnum, an…
[ad_1] Rory McIlroy at his best is quite the player to behold and he has shown glimpses of that this season, especially at the US Open at Pinehurst. McIlroy hit an incredible low stinger to keep his ball below the treeline and out of the wind. He also landed it on the fairway and saw…
[ad_1] PINEHURST, N.C. – Boo Weekley, the Yoda of the Florida Panhandle, once dropped some knowledge on Bryson DeChambeau that he’s taking to heart this week at the 124th U.S. Open: the center of the green never moves. That philosophy has been paying dividends for the 30-year-old LIV golfer at Pinehurst No. 2, where the…
[ad_1] We have seen a few great examples of players trying to take the incredibly tough greens at Pinehurst No 2 out of play, but few came off like this Sepp Straka ace. Teeing off at the Par 3 No 9 at Pinehurst No 2, Straka made perfect contact and the ball dropped onto the…
