121st U.S. Open Championship – 118 Player Storylines At Nine Final Qualifying Venues
Wth great thanks to the USGA hereunder is 118 player storylines from those teeing-up Monday in a 36-hole qualifier at nine different courses across the US and hoping to be successful in qualifying for next fortnight’s US Open.
To assist with your coverage of U.S. Open final qualifying on Monday, June 7, the following storylines have been developed for each of the nine U.S. sites.
Final qualifying, conducted over 36 holes, will be held at the sites listed. The 2021 U.S. Open Championship will ...
Jack Nicklaus Bizarrely Drawn Into Naomi Osaka Controversy.
Golf’s greatest-ever major champion Jack Nicklaus has found himself bizarrely drawn into the Naomi Osaka tennis controversy.
Nicklaus, now aged 81, and is again playing host to this week’s Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village outside of Dublin, Ohio.
However, after going into a 2,240-word description of all the changes made to the host course, the 18-time majors winner, and affectionately known as ‘The Golden Bear’ found himself dealing with less than cuddly question as ...
Celebrations All Round For Wiesberger & Family – Successfully Defends Danish Title
There were celebrations all round for Bernd Wiesberger in successfully defending the Made in HimmerLand title in Denmark.
Wiesberger, 35, won with ease by five shots in posting a closing round 64 for a 21-under par tally but under continuing preferred-lie conditions.
The win is also Wiesberger’s eighth European Tour triumph will see him go back inside the top-50 on the World Rankings and is comes in a week when he father celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday while his mother turned, ‘I’m ...
Austrian Wiesberger Continues To Stand Tall In Denmark
Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger continues to lead the way into the final round and the defence of his Made In HimmerLand title in Denmark.
Wiesberger, 35, was among five leading post day one before moving two clear of his rivals on day two and now is one in front following a third round 68 to move to 14-under par.
He managed six birdies and half as many bogeys and if there was a standout birdie, it his third shot from the back at the 12th and with Wiseberger’s second shot flying the green ...
Mickelson: Just Because I Won Last Week Doesn’t Warrant A Place On The USA Ryder Cup Team
There’s the old saying that the sight of one swallow doesn’t make for summer.
Well newly-crowned PGA Champion Phil Mickelson has provided a Ryder Cup equivalent stating ‘one good week in an entire year doesn’t warrant a spot on a Ryder Cup team’.
Mickelson is a veteran on an impressive unbroken run of 12 USA team appearances between 1995 and 2018 but only three of those on a winning side.
His historic victory last Sunday at the PGA Championship has seen Mickelson jump ...
Spieth Retains Mickelson Autograph From Being A 12-Year Old
Jordan Spieth’s revelation that he retains an autograph of Phil Mickelson from when was around 12-years-old is another of those remarkable stories in golf.
Mickelson’s autograph appears on the front cover of a 2004 edition of Sports Illustrated magazine.
It’s the now infamous photograph of Mickelson jumping for joy in capturing the 2004 Masters and his first major championship title.
Spieth was asked ahead of this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, and being hosted again ...
US-Based Players In A Shock Arriving For Open Championship At Royal St. George’s
Those visiting US-based players could be in for a rude shock when arriving in the UK for July’s 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s.
The seemingly ‘what global pandemic’ manner now evident in the US, and so noticeable at last week’s PGA Championship, will give way to the strictness of a first major championship to be played ‘in the bubble’.
The European Tour has been back to staging events ‘in the bubble’ since last July’s BetFred British Masters and that protocol ...
