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Give Dustin Johnson plenty of credit for intestinal fortitude. After the disastrous finish at Chambers Bay last year, he could have come into this year’s U.S. Open quaking in his golf shoes and hoping he wouldn’t fall apart again. But there was no fear in any part of Johnson’s game Friday, as he played 36 holes and shot four under par in the two rounds to move into a tie for first...
Published: June 17, 2016
The first round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in western Pennsylvania was supposed to be about deep rough, fast greens and high scores. Instead, after rain soaked the course Wednesday night, the golfers who teed off in the morning sessions found soft greens that created some lower-than-expected scores. But the story of the first round was just in its formative stages, and that’s...
Published: June 16, 2016
While the Masters is the first major tournament of the year and much is made of the pristine beauty of Augusta National and its near-perfect golfing conditions, there is no tournament that tests golfers like the U.S. Open. While there are still several months to go in the golf season, the U.S. Open is in many ways a final exam because the course is set up in such a difficult manner. The course...
Published: June 15, 2016
The U.S. Open is a severe grind for the best golfers on the tour. It is almost always the toughest tournament of the year in terms of course conditions, and the conditions at Oakmont Country Club in Western Pennsylvania include the deepest rough imaginable and perhaps the most difficult greens that golfers will see all year. Throw in the history of both the event and the Oakmont course, and you have...
Published: June 15, 2016
The best in the world will be teeing off in the U.S. Open Thursday at Oakmont, and golf fans should be able to see spectacular golf at the venerable Western Pennsylvania course throughout the first day of the tournament. However, those who are going to concentrate on either the morning session or the afternoon session might be better off coming in a bit later and placing their attention on...
Published: June 14, 2016
Which one of the Big Three will assert himself at Oakmont Country Club this weekend and win the 2016 U.S. Open? Will Dustin Johnson overcome years of frustration and finally win his first major championship? Will it be more heartbreak for Phil Mickelson, or is this the year he breaks through at the year’s second major? Here’s our look at how the U.S. Open will play out for the top...
Published: June 14, 2016
The U.S. Open is usually the spot on the golf tour where the best golfers in the world show they are human. That’s because the United States Golf Association has no interest in making things easy and seeing the tour’s top players reel off birdie after birdie and bring its selected course to its knees. The USGA is not about to give the game’s best a pass. Instead, it wants the conditions...
Published: May 14, 2016
Jason Day did not have the kind of round he was hoping for on Saturday, but he just may have played the kind of golf that will earn him a wire-to-wire first-place finish at The Players Championship. After dominating the course in the first two rounds when he got to 15-under and did not have one bogey, the No. 1 player in the world struggled badly in the early part of the round and slipped to four over...
Published: May 9, 2016
The Players Championship is often referred to as the fifth major because of its prominence on the PGA Tour. It is not the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open or PGA Championship, but this tournament regularly brings out the best players on the tour, and golf fans often see the best golf of the year at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It’s a huge tournament that is worth 600 FedEx Cup...
Published: April 10, 2016
So much of what happens Sunday at the Masters will depend on the wind. Throughout the first three rounds, the wind at the Augusta, Georgia, course has not been howling. However, it has been gusting, and those bursts have impacted everything in the first major tournament of the year. The wind affects the players’ stance and setup, the mental approach to each shot, the flight of the ball and, perhaps...