Maguire Singing The Praise Of Padraig Heading Into Baltusrol
Double LPGA winning star Leona Maguire will be teeing-up in this week’s KPMG PGA Championship around a three-hour drive south-east from where Padraig Harrington will be defending the first of back-to-back Champions Tour titles.
Maguire, 28, is coming off a stunning second LPGA triumph in Sunday’s concluding Meijer LPGA Classic when she posted a sizzling last day 64 to win by two shots.
Harrington will be defending his Dicks Sporting Goods Open, the tournamen he captured last August, ...
McIlroy’s Defiant Last Words In Turning His Back On Hollywood Disappointment.
“I would go through 100 Sundays like this to get my hands on another major championship”.
The very defiant last words spoken by Rory McIlroy following his bitter disappointment in letting slip victory at the 123rd U.S. Open.
Aside from the opening round, the Holywood, Northern Ireland-born McIlroy had been contention for the next two rounds on the host LACC course in suburban Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Heading intot the final round, the 2011 U.S. Open winner was just one shot off the lead, ...
Clark Captures The U.S. Open Oscar – All The Facts & Figures
Wyndham Clark Captures The 123rd U.S. Open Winning Oscar – Now All The Facts & Figures
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 72. Wind SW 5-10 mph.
Final-Round Leaderboard
Wyndham Clark 64-67-69-70—270 (-10)
Rory McIlroy 65-67-69-70—271 (-9)
Scottie Scheffler 67-68-68-70—273 (-7)
Cameron Smith 69-67-71-67—274 (-6)
Things to Know
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Clark Wins On Father’s Day But Dedicates U.S. Open Triumph To His Mother
Sunday of the 123rd U.S. Open in America was Father’s Day.
However for 29-year-old Wyndham Clark when his victory putt dropped at the 72nd hole, he looked to the heavens remembering his mother.
In only his six prior major championships, Clark had finished no better than a share of 75th.
However, Clark overcame the best in the world producing a four-round Oscar-winning showing in Hollywood to capture a maiden major, and in doing so he overcame two late bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16, a brilliant par ...
McIlroy’s Shortest Club Again Robs Him Of Golf’s Biggest Prize
Thirty-six putts on the final day of a major championship is never going to win you golf’s highest award.
That’s how many putts Rory McIlroy recorded on the final day of the 123rd U.S. Open, finishing runner-up on the LACC course to American Wyndham Clark.
It’s now been eight years, 10 months and 28 days, and along with 33 majors, since McIlroy last won a major championship in capturing the 2014 PGA Championship in near darkness at Valhalla.
An opening birdie sent McIlroy into ...
Who Will Shine Brightest In Tinsel Town? U.S. Open Leading Six In Their Own Words
It’s Fathers Day in the U.S. but still early Sunday (local time) at the 123rd US Open in suburban Beverly Hills.
The mobile phone alarm wake-up tone will soon be sounding for the early last round starters.
For the those atop of the leaderboard it will a decent lie-in, and probaby not arriving at the host L.A. Country Club course to around noon ahead of the final tee-off at 2.30pm.
So, let’s hear from those players lying in the top-six and read what they think of their chances ...
Harrington’s Lights Shine Brightly In Hollywood
Age is just a number as Padraig Harrington will attest on day three of the 123rd U.S. Open in Beverly Hills.
At nearly 52-years, the oldest player in the field to make the halfway cut presented his far younger contestants the sight of his name sharing the third round clubhouse leader at the Los Angeles.
Harrington grabbed an ultra-stunning eighth hole eagle and two birdies in an outstanding ‘moving day’ round of a 67, walking proudly from the course just a few minutes before 3pm local time as ...
