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Shane Lowry was full of praise for the R & A following the recent Open Championship spectator news despite his own  huge disappointment of his four-round showing in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. After the high of a month ago when he superbly shared fourth place at the PGA Championship, Lowry turned his back on the brutal South Course with scores of 74, 72, 74 and a shock closing eight-over par 79 for a 13-over par tally. His disappointment was mirrored in three-putting the 72nd green for a ...

The news could not have been brighter for the R & A with confirmation 32,000 spectators a day will be allowed to attend the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s. Of course, last year’s hosting of golf’s oldest major was cancelled due the worldwide pandemic while news of the rescheduling to this year has been draped in uncertainty. We were informed earlier this year The Open would be going ahead from 15th to 18th July, 2021 but what we didn’t know if spectators ...

What a coincidence that Richard Bland should tee-up in just a second US Open ranked 115th in the world. A month ago, Phil Mickelson captured a sixth major championship at age 50 and 11 months, and being handed the gleaming Rodman Wanamaker trophy, Mickelson was ranked 115th in the world. A week later, there was not a dry eye at The Belfry or among the millions watching on TV when Bland ended a 478th winless drought in capturing a maiden European Tour title with his British Masters ...

    Weather: Thursday: Partly cloudy. High of 71. Wind SW 4-8 mph. The start of the round was delayed 1 hour, 30 minutes due to fog and began at 8:15 a.m. PT. The first round was suspended due to darkness at 7:51 p.m. PT with 36 players left on the course. Friday: The first round resumed at 6:50 a.m. PT and concluded at 8:35 a.m. PT. Partly cloudy. High of 71. Wind SW 4-8 mph. First-Round Leaderboard Russell Henley                        67 (-4) Louis Oosthuizen                    67 ...

This week marks a decade since a then young-looking, freckle-faced, curly haird Rory McIlroy led from start-to-finish to capture the 2011 US Open at the Congressional club in Maryland. McIlroy had brilliantly rebounded from his closing round Masters meltdown to reaffirm to the sports world his enormous talent. Now at age 32, the curls have gone and McIlroy’s happily married and with a young daughter.  So, what was the big difference 10-years for the now multi-millionaire, Florida-based Irishman? “I ...

  The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 2021 U.S. Open Championship, Thursday (June 17) and Friday (June 18), at 7,652-yard, par-71 Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), in San Diego, Calif. The U.S. Open is a 72-hole, stroke-play competition. A field of 156 players will play 18 holes of stroke play on June 17 and 18, after which the field will be reduced to the low 60 scores and ties. Those players making the cut will play 18 ...

    121st U.S. Open – South Course, Torrey Pines – Fact Sheet     PAR AND YARDAGE Torrey Pines Golf Course’s South Course will be set up at 7,652 yards and will play to a par of 35-36–71. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions. Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course) Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 Yardage 446 387 195 486 452 515 460 173 609 3,723 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 36 Yardage 449 222 501 612 434 480/ 223 440 568 3,929 513 ARCHITECTS William ...