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123rd U.S. Open Championship – Fact Sheet (June 15-18, The Los Angeles (Calif.) Country Club (North Course) PAR AND YARDAGE The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course will be set up at 7,423 yards and will play to a par of 35-35–70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions. The Los Angeles Country Club (North Course) Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 3 35 Yardage 590 497 419 228 480 330 284 537 171 3,536 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 35 Yardage 409 290 380 507 623 124 542 520 492 3,887   ARCHITECTS George ...

Richie Ramsay’s primed to celebrate the big FOUR ZERO heading to the final round of the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed in Stockholm. Ramsay, who turns 40 next Thursday, kept himself in contention for a fifth Tour title, posting a third round 69 to remain in third place at 13-under-par on the Ullna course just to the north of the Swedish capital. England’s Dale Whitnell retains the lead, albeit having it cut from six shots to four following his two-under 70 and move to 19-under, and four clear ...

Back-to-back eagles on the same hole for two days running kept Richie Ramsay soaring near top of the board heading to the weekend rounds of the Volvo Scandinavian Mixed in Stockholm. Ramsay holed two monster putts totalling 100-feet, the first measuring 40-feet on day one of the $US 2m event, and then a 60-footer at the same par-5 15th hole in his second round of 66 for a super 10-under tally on the host Ullna course just to the north of the Swedish capital. England’s Dale Whitnell, signing ...

Justin Rose, like his RBC Canadian Open playing partner Rory McIlroy, stayed loyal through the tumultous past 12 months to the PGA Tou Of course, McIlroy had been more outspoken than his fellow European though did not downplay Rose’s determination, as now one of the more senior players, to the PGA Tour cause, and that being so evident when the 42-year-old captured this year’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. You could have at a guess Rose may have been responding to LIV Golf’s Greg ...

Scotland’s Richie Ramsay put aside his disappointment over the recent shock news in men’s pro golf to snatch an eagle and four birdies on the opening day of the Volvo Scandinavian Mixed in Sweden. Ramsay, 39, brilliantly cleared water twice in finding the green at the par-5 15th, and the sixth hole of his round, landing his second shot to just eight-feet and holing the putt. The four-time Tour winner grabbed four other birdies, including a 10-footer at his last in a four-under 68 on the host ...

Palmares Ocean Living & Golf has been hailed as one of Portugal’s best golf venues after its Praia and Lagos nine-hole loops were recognised in the recent Top 60 Courses in Portugal rankings. Originally designed by Frank Pennink before a redesign at the hands of Robert Trent Jones Jnr, Palmares’ three loops of nine holes have long been regarded among Portugal’s best, with its place in the Top 100 Golf Courses updated list of the ‘Top 60 Courses in Portugal’ showing just that. Its ...

In a 3,700 word Rory McIlroy pre-RBC Canadian Open transcript, and apart from two or three questions only about the tournament, there were 14 words that made for a most interesting golfing analogy. The words were from Jimmy Dunne, a PGA Tour board member and also the boss at the ultra-exclusive Seminole Golf Club that’s located just a short drive south along Florida highway 1A1 from McIlroy’s palatial abode. Dunne’s built a multi-million dollar career advising on some of the biggest ...