Jun 9th, 2016 Article
Phil Mickelson's Oakmont Verdict
Phil Mickelson has been playing Oakmont ahead of next week’s US Open, and this is his verdict on the course, and why he is still optimistic.
Phil Mickelson has been playing Oakmont ahead of next week’s US Open, and this is his verdict on the course, and why he is still optimistic.
The idea of Phil Mickelson not turning up to the US Open doesn't bare thinking about. It's the only major he hasn't won and he's been so close so many times. And there's actually an online petition asking for his daughter's college to change the graduation date. Seriously.
There’s lot’s of arguments about who’s the best golfer ever. The greatest I’ve seen up close is Tiger Woods. Jack Nicklaus has the most majors. But in a lot of ways Ben Hogan was the best ever. And he’s definitely the golfer you can learn the most from.
2022 runner-up Scottie Scheffler enters the Charles Schwab Challenge as the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking after finishing T2 at last week's PGA Championship to regain the top position
The Costa Smeralda Invitational 2018 is set to take place this weekend, 21st – 23rd September, on the sunny Italian island of Sardinia in the fabled coastline of Costa Smeralda.
Scottie Scheffler confirmed his status as world number one by claiming his first major title in the 86th Masters at Augusta National. The American had the luxury of being able to four-putt the last hole and still win by three shots from a late-charging Rory McIlroy. Scheffler closed with a 71 to finish at ten-under-par ahead of the charging McIlroy who lit up the course with a final round 64.
It's a double bubble winning weekend as Rickie Fowler and Jordan Speith won the Scottish Open and John Deere Classic respictively.
Scottie Scheffler is Masters champion for the second time in three years. Scheffler, 27, carded a -4 under 68 to finish at -11, with a 4 shot victory over debutant Ludvig Åberg.
Oak Hill Country Club's East Course in Rochester, New York, will host its seventh major championship and first since the 2013 PGA Championship.
All US Open venues are tough but some were clearly real beasts – here it is, the Top 5 Hardest US Opens Of All Time... The U.S. Open returned to The Country Club for the first time in 50 years to celebrate the golden anniversary of epic playoff victory in 1913. Amid all the broohaha, Julius Borros won his second U.S. Open title in an 18-hole Sunday playoff with Jacky Cupit and
Play-offs aren’t always exciting (remember Mike Weir and wotsisname* in 2003?), but the three-way, 18-hole play-off in 1962 between Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald, showed the most exciting player in the game at his thrilling best.
Phil Mickelson became the oldest man to win a major title as he claimed the US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island. 50-year-old Mickelson's win came amidst incredible scenes as spectators flooded onto the 18th fairway to watch the closing moments.