There are a lot of spots at Oakmont where you don’t want to hit your golf ball. But there’s one spot at Oakmont where you really don’t want to hit your golf ball because for most of the first round, it was an automatic bogey.
It wasn’t the opening round they were hoping for, but the elder McIlroy did provide one of the early highlights of the tournament, chipping in from the rough on the seventh hole for a long par save.
Thanks to the magic of smartphones and social media, we were brought an amazing highlight that took place during one couple’s nuptials. It involves a golfer chipping the wedding ring to the groom. And absolutely nailing it.
Facing a gnarly lie in some rough on the 18th hole, Woodland hit one of the worst shots of his life and gave the perfect weekend-golfer reaction to sum it up