Jason Day’s Blunt Oakmont Message …. ‘If You Don’t Like The Course, Then Don’t Bother Teeing Up’.

World No. 1 Jason Day had a simple message for his fellow competitors worried about the toughness they will face in this week’s 116th U.S. Open at Oakmont. Day’s message was very much to the point and that’s if you don’t like the golf course, then don’t bother teeing-up. “I’ve always said it ever since I started playing major golf, is that you have to come in to Major Championships and your attitude has to be on point,” he said. “You have to have ...

Adam Scott Calls On USGA Not To Go ‘Crazy’ With Oakmont.

Adam Scott reckons Oakmont, and venue for this week’s U.S. Open, is already so hard he’s called on the USGA not to go ‘crazy’ with the course set-up. This year marks  Scott’s 15th straight U.S. Open title since 2002 but after an indifferent showing for the first 13 years, is it only been in the past two years he’s been able to make any impression finishing T9th in 2014 and T4th a year ago at Chambers Bay. Also among those past U.S. Open efforts was round of 76 ...

Jordan Spieth Doesn’t Feel Like He’s The Defending U.S. Open Champion.

Jordan Spieth, for a second straight Major Championship in 2016, finds himself the defending champion. It was the scenario in April when Spieth teed-up at Augusta National and now ahead of the American teeing-up on Thursday at Oakmont. “I haven’t felt like a defending champion,” he said. “Honestly, it’s felt very — there’s been no festivities, like you’re saying. There’s none of that. It just honestly feels like a normal week that I got here ...

Springbok Bryn Flanagan Jumps Two Clear In MENA Jo’Burg Masters

Springbok-born Bryn Flanagan jumped two clear of his rivals with a five-under par 67 on day one of the MENA Golf Tour’s Jo’burg City Masters which is co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Big Easy Tour. On a day when cold, wet and windy conditions made things difficult, Flanagan remained unruffled, reeling off one eagle, four birdies and one bogey to seize the early initiative. England’s Billy Spooner joined the South African duo of Kevin Rundle and Jaco Prinsloo in a tie for second on three-under ...

R & A Sounds Further Slow Play Warning To Any Royal Portcawl Tortoises.

The R&A has introduced two new measures to its Pace of Play Condition ahead of The Amateur Championship being played at Royal Porthcawl and Pyle & Kenfig in Wales this week. The measures will address two particular situations that can arise during championship play: groups being considered to be out of position even if they are playing within the time allowed, and the timing of individual players who are playing at an unduly slow pace and are only being kept in position by other members of ...

Stricker, Gay, Henley & Noh Walking Tall In Memphis To Earn Royal Troon Tee Times

Americans Steve Stricker, Brian Gay, and Russell Henley, and Korea’s Seung-Yul Noh have qualified for The 145th Open at Royal Troon after today’s final round of the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee. The FedEx St Jude Classic was the sixth event of The Open Qualifying Series, which gives players the opportunity to qualify for golf’s most international major championship at leading Tour events. The four players will now compete against the world’s best golfers to become Champion ...

Ashun Wu Takes Pride Of Place Winning Lyoness Open.

China’s Ashun Wu took pride of place in capturing his second European Tour title in the winning the Lyoness Open in Austria. The 30 year old, whose previous victory came at the Volvo China Open last year, finished the week on 13 under after carding a closing 69 on Sunday. Spain’s Adrian Otaegui finished second on 12 under, with Englishman Richard McEvoy another stroke back after dropping his only shot of the day at the 18th. Beginning the day one shot behind overnight leader Zander Lombard, ...