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TPC River Highlands, CT … In a month’s time Open Champion Jordan Spieth will hand back the famed Claret Jug. Spieth captured a third Major Championship and a first Open with an emphatic three-shot victory last July at Royal Birkdale. And since being handed the most famous trophy in all of golf the Texan revealed, and ahead of his defence of this week’s Travelers Championship, that he’s wheeled the Claret Jug about in it’s protective casing as though it was a ‘kid ...

Exactly a month from today (July 19th) and Jordan Spieth will step onto the first tee at Carnoustie in the defence of his Open Championship title. Twelve months ago, Spieth arrived at Royal Birkdale in the best form possible having won his last event ahead of The Open and that being his stunning play-off success at the Travelers Championship. Spieth teed-up near Southport in England in only his fourth showing in golf’s oldest Major and his 19th appearance competing at the game’s highest ...

Double US Open winning Brooks Koepka singled out Irish-born caddy Ricky Elliott declaring ‘I love him to death’ following his Shinnecock Hills success. For a second year running Elliott was the first to be congratulated by Koepka in also becoming the first player in 29-years to successfully defend the U.S. Open title. The Portrush-born Elliott, and now aged 41, enjoyed a very successful amateur career and was representing Royal Portrush in winning the 1995 Ulster Boys Amateur Open at ...

Despite missing the halfway cut in last week’s U.S. Open Rory McIlroy finds himself joint betting favourite for this week’s PGA Tour Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. McIlroy shares favouritism at a handsome 12/1  with PaddyPower for Thursday’s start to the $US 7m event and this, in part, due to McIlroy’s stunning 2017 final round 64 on the TPC River Highlands course. Sharing top favouritism with McIlroy is now double US Open winning Brooks Koepka and defending ...

After three U.S. Open flops in succession Rory McIlroy clearly has issues that need addressing. That’s the view of victorious Ryder Cup Captain and fellow Irishman, Paul McGinley after McIlroy’s sad Shinnecock Hills failure. McIlroy produced a horror opening day 10-over par 80 and while he shot a second round 70, that included a ‘where have you been’ closing inward nine of just 31, it was far too many shots to play the weekend. It was the third U.S. Open McIlroy failed to make any impression ...

Shinnecock Hills, NY … Among those persons now double U.S. Open winning Brooks Koepka singled out for praise soon after his Shinnecock Hills victory was the person clearly responsible in getting Koepka back to the pinnacle of Major Championship golf. Earlier this year, and indeed in his very first tournament of 2018, Koepka suffered a wrist injury in contesting the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. When Koepka posted an opening score of 78 it was only those close to the Florida golfer who ...

Shinnecock Hills, NY … Brooks Koepka has become the first golfer in 29-years to capture back-to-back US Open titles. Koepka, and despite a closing hole bogey, set-up his second straight victory in the U.S. Open with three birdies in his opening five holes to post a final round 68 and win by a shot with a one-over par tally. Koepka, 28, also becomes just the seventh player to win back-to-back U.S. Opens, was 7 over early in his second round Friday, drifting out of contention. But a spirited ...