The US Open is as much a mental test as it is physical. Still, the rules violation Shane Lowry found himself in Friday afternoon at Oakmont was so absurd that he and Rory McIlroy could only laugh at it.
An even-par 70 was enough to have Adam Scott just outside the top 10 as the best players in the world were subjected to golf’s toughest test on day one of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club. RELATED: Cam Smith explains how he pulled off one of Oakmont’s most impossible shots Tied for 18th Read more…
If you weren’t paying close attention, you probably missed what exactly happened to Bryson DeChambeau on the fourth hole at Oakmont during his opening round. Luckily for the two-time US Open champ, a nearby rules official didn’t.
After finishing a nine-hole practice round Wednesday with a few lob shots from the gnarly rough to the back-right corner of the 18th green at Oakmont Country Club, Adam Scott shook hands with a few volunteers and then signed autographs.
Just over a week ago, Adam Scott joined Rory McIlroy for a scouting mission at Oakmont Country Club. Descriptions of the world’s toughest golf course seem credible when you hear two Masters champions played well, and were still given an absolute bollocking by the Pittsburgh area course.
The topic of Rory McIlroy’s driver has been red-hot after his big dog was deemed non-conforming during the week of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
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…
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