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The record-breaking duo of Rickie Fowler and his fellow American Xander Schauffele, setting a new championship record of 62 and some 30-minutes apart from each other on the opening day of the U.S. Open. It is only a third time in the history of the four men’s majors someone has shot 62 and Fowler and Schauffele now joining South African Branden Grace who posted golf’s then lowest round during the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Hereunder, is all the facts, figures and informaton ...

This week is the 50th anniversary of Johnnie Miller’s then record-setting round of 63 to capture the 1973 US Open. Miller was honoured early in the week by the USGA, and speaking of that amazing final round at Oakmont. Now a day later after Miller was honoured the record low score has been beaten. Firstly, Rickie Fowler took possession of a new record US Open low of an eight-under 62 that included 10 birdies and two bogeys, but his ownership of the record lasted less than 30 minutes when he ...

Rickie Fowler, 34, and runner-up in the event nine-years ago, grabbed the official course record, posting 10 birdies in an eight-under 62. In doing so, Fowler became the first player in U.S. Open history to shoot a 62, and one fewer than Johnnie Miller’s closing 63 to win the 1973 and 73rd U.S. Open at Oakmont. MORE TO FOLLOW

The prize purse for this week’s 123rd U.S Open has been advised as $US 20m, the richest of the four men’s majors and also now matching the series of ‘elevated’ events on the PGA Tour. The U.S. Open is up $US 2.5m on last year and, by comparison, in 2021, the purse was $12.5 million. Of course, prize money in the men’s pro game has jumped appreciably since the Saudi-funded LIV Golf arrived with its $25 million purses ($20 million for the 54-hole individual competitions). It ...

Players Advisory Committee member Shane Lowry has broken his Canadian Open ‘no comments’ silence to speak of the shock news to greet men’s pro golf, and his call for ‘chill’ when addressing last week’s hastily-arranged players meeting in Toronto. Lowry, and among five Irish teeing-up in tomorrow’s commencing U.S. Open, was approached last Friday by a PGA Tour media officer for comments following his second round. However, his response was: ‘Tell the guys, I’ll speak ...

Five-time major winning Brooks Koepka reckons the more chaos, the easier it gets for the champion American. Koepka tee-up in this 123rd hosting of the U.S. Open a favourite to make it three U.S. Open titles to match his trio of PGA Championship triumphs. And that could have easily been two major victories in 2023 from as many events, had he not folded over the final round of the Masters. But in this first major championship since the shock news that greeted the golf world earlier last week, Koepka ...

Seamus Power’s had his first look at this week’s ultra-exclusive Beverly Hills located U.S. Open host course and reckoned it’s ‘cool’. Power, 36, is teeing-up in a second straight U.S. Open and also just a seventh showing at the game’s highest level, since making his majors debut at last year’s Masters. It’s not only a first look at the host L.A. Country Club for the West Waterford golfer but also for albeit a small handful of players in this year’s 123rd hosting of the U.S. Open ...