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Germany’s Martin Kaymer has powered his way to a three shot lead on day one of the 2014 U.S. Open. Kaymer shot a five under par 65 on the Pinehurst course in North Carolina. The reigning Players Championship winner, with Scotland’s Craig Connelly on the  bag, stormed past the trio of Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell, American Kevin Na and South African Branden De Jong, to birdie three of his closing four holes on day one of the Germany’s seventh straight U.S. Open appearance. Kaymer ...

U.S. Open favourite Rory McIlroy has dismissed any injury concern heading to this week’s championship at Pinehurst No. 2. The double Major winning McIlroy is believed to have tweaked his knee during the opening round of last fortnight’s Memorial. There was suggestions of ligament damage but the 25-year old Northern Irishman shrugged off any concern as he targets a second U.S. Open success in three years. “No, my knee is absolutely fine,” he said in an article by good friend ...

Australia’s Jason Day will draw of memories of his late father in seeking to secure victory on Father’s Day in this year’s U.S. Open. Day, who is fully recovered from a thumb injury he re-aggravated during the Masters, spoke of this father ahead of teeing up Thursday at Pinehurst No. 2. “It was my dad who got me into golf when I was three,” he recalled. “He found a golf club at the rubbish tip and he always knew that I wanted to bang a ball or do something with ...

Phil Mickelson tees up in his 24th U.S. Open hoping to finally capture the one Major to allude him and become only the sixth player in the history of the game to capture golf’s Grand Slam. Ans since making his debut as an amateur in 1990 at Medinah Mickelson has finished runner-up six times. But then the five-time Major winner has fond memories of the 1999 event at Pinehurst, where he finished second to Payne Stewart who died less than five months later. “It would really mean a lot to ...

Thailand’s very popular Thongchai Jaidee captured his sixth European Tour win and his second on European soil with a play-off victory in the Nordea Masters in Sweden. The 44-year old Thai golfer and triple Asian Tour Order of Merit winner defeated Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher and Frenchman Victor Dubuisson on the PGA National Sweden course in Malmo. All three players had ended regulation play locked at 16-under par in glorious cloudless warm conditions. Jaidee had birdied his opening ...

Sweden’s Henrik Stenson is just one round away from his first European Tour success in his homeland. The current World No. 2 brought Swedish fans to their feet with a brilliant third round 64 to join England’s young Eddie Pepperell in a share of the third round lead on 13-under par in Malmo. Stenson snatched seven birdies and a seventh hole eagle while the 23-year old Pepperell, who is competing on the Tour in his second full season, added a 65 as he seeks a first Tour title.However just ...

Rory McIlroy shocked his many followers nose-diving down the leader board with a horror 78 on day two of the $US 6.2m Jack Nicklaus hosted Memorial. After a blistering opening round of 63 McIlroy had the opportunity to close out the tournament but instead he tumbled down from his lofty three shot leading cushion and into a share of 20th place on three under par. Included in McIlroy’s second round that he commenced from the 10th of the Muirfield Village course was a bogey at 10, a 12th hole ...