Nine Aussies Chasing The Gleaming U.S. Open Trophy.
One of the first things I did after Geoff Ogilvy captured the 2006 U.S. Open was to sprint down to the Winged Foot merchandise tent and purchase a handfull of commemorative 18th hole flags.
In the weeks following, Geoff very kindly signed the flags and in returning home to Australia later that year I presented three of them to good friends, handed one to the local professional at Bathurst Golf Club and I still have two in my possession.
Seven years later, I felt so proud in getting to shake Adam ...
Scots MacIntyre & Scott Reunite For Dream Winged Foot Tee Times.
In a dream U.S. Open debut Scots Robert MacIntyre and Sandy Scott will be reunited for the first time in four years for the opening two rounds at Winged Foot on New York’s Long Island
The pair were team-mates, and both as amateurs, when the six-man Scotland side successfully defended the 2016 European Team Championship in France.
Now they’re playing partners in the opening two rounds of the U.S. Open teeing-up later today (THURS) at 1.40pm (UK time) Thursday and then tomorrow (FRD) 7pm ...
Sugrue’s 15-Month U.S. Open Wait Is Over.
It’s fair to say no one has given up more this year in terms of missing tournaments than reigning British Amateur champ, James Sugrue.
The 23-year old Mallow golfer has waited 15 months for his opportunity to tee-up later today (THUR) in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
Sugrue qualified for the 120th hosting of the U.S. Open championship winning last year’s British Amateur at Portmarnock.
Victory earned him a place a few weeks later in last year’s Open Championship along with a tee-time in this ...
Lowry Teeing-Up At Winged Foot In A Royal Portrush Frame Of Mind
Shane Lowry is likening teeing-up in this week’s rescheduled U.S. Open akin to teeing-up last year for the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
You wonder how can that be with Lowry winning on a true links course and at the mercy of the Irish Sea while this week’s Winged Foot host venue a lush, parkland, tree-lined layout.
Lowry got his first look at the 120th U.S Open host venue on Monday playing his first official practice round ahead of making his eight appearance in a U.S. Open since making ...
Fourteen Years On The Question Remains: ‘Why Monty Didn’t Ask to ‘Play Up’ at Winged Foot?’
I was present reporting at Winged Foot for the 2006 U.S.Open and like so many golf fans the world over, 14-years on I still wonder why Colin Montgomerie did not ask if he could ‘play up’ in tackling the final hole that year at Winged Foot.
Clearly lost in golf’s history books along with many similar ‘Monty & the 2006 US Open’ theme newspaper previews this week is the full story of what took place on the last hole on that last day on 18th June, 2006.
It’s correctly ...
Syme Determined To Learn From Monty’s 2006 U.S. Open Meltdown
Scotland’s Connor Syme‘s watched TV coverage of Monty’s 2006 U.S. Open final hole meltdown and reckons he’s in for a ‘brutal’ debut U.S. Open this week at Winged Foot.
Syme got a first look at the host course playing a practice round Monday on the 7,477-yard, tree-line layout near Mamaroneck on New York’s Long Island, and about an hour’s drive north from Manhattan.
The Drumoig golfer is among three Scots teeing-up in the 120th staging of the U.S. Open, and with the event ...
McIlroy Reckons Time To Get His Hands ‘Dirty’ In The Majors & Stop Playing Catch-Up
Rory McIlroy revealed he’s got his hands ‘dirty’ changing his daughter’s nappy and reckons it’s now time to get dirty on the golf course and stop playing catch-up in the majors.
It’s been six years since McIlroy captured his fourth major championship title in winning the 2014 PGA Championship in the near darkness at Valhalla in Kentucky.
In his four victories – 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship and 2012 PGA Championship – McIlroy has posted an average ...
