Koepka Leads Total Of 9,049 Entries For 2018 U.S. Open – Eighth Highest.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted a total of 9,049 entries for the 2018 U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. The U.S. Open will be held on Long Island for the 10th time on June 14-17.
The number of entries is the eighth-highest behind the record of 10,127 accepted for the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2. Among this year’s total are 54 players, including 12 past champions, who are fully exempt into ...
Rocca Returns 23-Years On To St. Andrews Attempting To Hole 1995 Open Championship Putt.
Old Course, St. Andrews …
Italy’s Costantino Rocca returned to the Old Course at St. Andrews 23-years on to attempt to hole the miracle 65-foot putt he sank to force a play-off in the 1995 Open Championship.
Rocca needed a par at the last in the 124th Open to tie American John Daly and then after hitting his second short he proceeded to ‘duff’ his chip shot that landed short on the green in the ‘Valley of Sin’, a grassy depression the guards the left front of the ...
Levy Edges Closer To Qualifying For Ryder Cup With Fifth Tour Success In Morocco.
Alex Levy edged closer to qualifying automatically for this year’s European Ryder Cup team on his own home soil by holding his never to win a fifth European Tour title at the Trophée Hassan II.
The Frenchman entered the final day at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam one shot off the lead but hit the front on the third and never looked back, signing for a 70 and finishing the week at eight under.
That gave him a one-shot victory over Spaniard Alvaro Quiros, who had a birdie-birdie finish to leapfrog ...
Majors Graduation Day For Patrick Reed Winning Maiden Masters.
Augusta, GA ….
Rory McIlroy has again seen his Masters glory hopes dashed and reopening the scars of seven years ago with an awful putting display at Augusta National.
McIlroy’s goal of joining golf’s Grand Slam club was dashed by a final round 74 and losing by six shots in tumbling down the board to share fifth place behind new Masters champion, Patrick Reed.
Reed, 27 was never headed posting a closing 71 for a one-shot victory at 15-under par.
Reed, and wearing a pink shirt at the ...
Michelson Now Heading To Shinnecok For ‘Take Five’ In His Grand Slam Quest.
Augusta, GA ….
Phil Mickelson will head to June’s U.S. Open fir ‘Take Five’ in his quest to claim the one Grand Slam major to allude the now 47-year old.
Mickelson won a third ‘Grand Slam’ major in winning the 2013 Open at Muirfield
Since then Mickelson’s U.S. Open results have been T28th (2014), T64th (2015), missed cut (2016) while last year he skipped the event to attend his daughter’s graduation.
And the great news for Mickleson is that on the last two occasions the ...
Reed & McIlroy Waste Little Time Igniting Final Round Masters Mind Games.
Augusta, GA ….
It did not take long for the mind games to begin between Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy who are lying first and second heading to the final round of the Masters.
Reed snatched two eagles and a five-under par 67 while McIlroy chipped-in for eagle on the par-5 eigtht hole in his round of a seven under par 65.
Reed leads by three shots on 14-under par as he seeks a first Major Championship in just his 17th Major Championship and coming off a T2nd in last year’s PGA Championship.
McIlroy, ...
McIlroy Rides His Luck Shooting 65 As Grand Slam Club Eagerly Awaits.
Augusta, GA ….
Rory McIlroy will tee it up in the final group of the 2018 Masters three shots behind leader Patrick Reed after a flawless moving day 65 at Augusta National.
The last time McIlroy played in the final group of the Masters was 2011 and we all know the scar tissue that final round has caused. Getting into a winning position at Augusta National has been his downfall since.
In each of the past three years McIlroy has finished in the top-10 at Augusta, which sounds like ...
