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Springbok-born Bryn Flanagan jumped two clear of his rivals with a five-under par 67 on day one of the MENA Golf Tour’s Jo’burg City Masters which is co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Big Easy Tour. On a day when cold, wet and windy conditions made things difficult, Flanagan remained unruffled, reeling off one eagle, four birdies and one bogey to seize the early initiative. England’s Billy Spooner joined the South African duo of Kevin Rundle and Jaco Prinsloo in a tie for second on three-under ...

The R&A has introduced two new measures to its Pace of Play Condition ahead of The Amateur Championship being played at Royal Porthcawl and Pyle & Kenfig in Wales this week. The measures will address two particular situations that can arise during championship play: groups being considered to be out of position even if they are playing within the time allowed, and the timing of individual players who are playing at an unduly slow pace and are only being kept in position by other members of ...

Americans Steve Stricker, Brian Gay, and Russell Henley, and Korea’s Seung-Yul Noh have qualified for The 145th Open at Royal Troon after today’s final round of the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee. The FedEx St Jude Classic was the sixth event of The Open Qualifying Series, which gives players the opportunity to qualify for golf’s most international major championship at leading Tour events. The four players will now compete against the world’s best golfers to become Champion ...

China’s Ashun Wu took pride of place in capturing his second European Tour title in the winning the Lyoness Open in Austria. The 30 year old, whose previous victory came at the Volvo China Open last year, finished the week on 13 under after carding a closing 69 on Sunday. Spain’s Adrian Otaegui finished second on 12 under, with Englishman Richard McEvoy another stroke back after dropping his only shot of the day at the 18th. Beginning the day one shot behind overnight leader Zander Lombard, ...

Thoughts of Oakmont’s U.S. Open ‘horror chamber’ is sending shivers into the greats of the game but not lone Scot Russell Knox. Defending champion, Jordan Spieth describes Oakmont as ‘scary’ while Phil Mickelson, and who’s been runner-up no less than six-times, says the course to the toughest he’ll ever face. It’s not that Oakmont is the only U.S. Open venue not to have any water hazards that will please Knox after his Sawgrass water ‘torture’ or the fact that it is one ...

116th U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – FACT SHEET SITE INFORMATION usopen.com June 16-19, 2016 Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club #USOpen; Twitter: @usopengolf; Facebook: U.S. Open Championship; Instagram: @usopengolf PAR AND YARDAGE Oakmont Country Club will be set up at 7,219 yards and will play to a par of 35-35—70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions. Oakmont Country Club Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 35 Yardage 482 340 426 609 382 194 479 288/ 477 3,677 252 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 Yardage 462/ 379 632/ 183 358 500 231 313 484 3,542 440 667 ARCHITECT                           Designed ...

The pressure of dealing with all that goes with accepting the European Ryder Cup captaincy has led to Darren Clarke ruling himself out of next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont. Clarke, 47 will lead Europe into competition on September 30th at Hazeltine. But the former Open Champion, who has not tasted victory since being handed the Claret Jug in 2011, has clearly struggled with his game. And he best finish since being appointed European Team captain in February, 2015, and in his two dozen European ...