Eight years after Tiger Woods gave Min Woo Lee a private lesson at the Sage Valley Invitational amateur event in South Carolina, the pair played a practice round on Tuesday at the 124th US Open at Pinehurst No.2.
Our US Open 2024 preview for Pinehurst includes Adam Scott’s longevity, Aussies in the field, tee-times in AEST and the TV broadcast schedule for the 124th edition.
In his press conference at Pinehurst overnight (Australian time), McIlroy told the gathered media that he may be on the verge of a breakthrough, having gone winless in majors since the 2014 PGA at Valhalla.
This all seems pretty bad for the players but pretty compelling for us viewers at home. Pros furious over greens and botched shots is exactly what the US Open is all about.
According to multiple reports from the grounds this week, grandstand seating around Pinehurst No.2 has been collapsing on fans this week after the construction company used screws that were too short in an effort to cut costs.
At world No.61, Scott narrowly secured his start at Pinehurst this week only when the USGA said it was prepared to remove Grayson Murray, who passed away last month, from their ranking criteria if it were to affect any player who might have qualified via the top-60 category.
Fifty years after “The Massacre at Winged Foot” and on the eve of this year’s US Open at Pinehurst No.2, almost everything has changed – including the USGA’s philosophy surrounding a course’s playing characteristics.