Author: Sofia
Rory McIlroy has said he is going to take “a few weeks away from the game to process everything” after throwing away the chance to win his first major in a decade at last week’s US Open. The 35-year-old missed two putts inside three feet over the final three holes at Pinehurst on Sunday resulting in him finishing one shot behind winner Bryson DeChambeau. The Northern Irishman left Pinehurst just minutes after DeChambeau holed the winning putt, leading many to criticise him for not staying to congratulate the new champion in person. McIlroy posted on X on Monday evening: “Yesterday…
Bryson DeChambeau won his second US Open title in four years after prevailing in a battle of the ages with Rory McIlroy on a dramatic Sunday afternoon at Pinehurst, where the outcome of the season’s third major championship lay in the balance until the very last shot. The heavyweight showdown between two of the sport’s biggest stars – and poster boys for their rival tours – more than lived up to its billing, with the pair trading hammer blows from the off until the last man was left standing some five hours later. Holding a three-shot lead after 54 holes,…
Angel Cabrera was crowned the Legends Tour’s match play king in Hertfordshire as he won the Paul Lawrie Match Play at Hanbury Manor. The field had been whittled down from 64 on Thursday to the last two men standing on Sunday afternoon, and it was a final which whet the appetite, with two-time Major winner Angel Cabrera going head-to-head with three-time Legends Tour winner and the 2022 MCB Road to Mauritius champion James Kingston facing each other. There were pleasantries on the tee, but shortly before their tee time a steely focus appeared on both men’s faces. First blood went…
Bryson DeChambeau will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the US Open as Rory McIlroy attempts to end his long major drought at Pinehurst. DeChambeau carded a superb third round of 67 to reach seven under par, with McIlroy’s 69 leaving him joint second on four under with Patrick Cantlay and Matthieu Pavon. Halfway leader Ludvig Aberg ran up a costly triple-bogey seven on the 13th as he fell back to two under par alongside former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama. DeChambeau won the US Open at Winged Foot in 2020 and has been in superb form in…
Tiger Woods will make next month’s Open Championship at Royal Troon his last event of the season after missing the cut in the US Open Woods added a second round of 73 to his opening 74 at Pinehurst to finish seven over par and miss the cut for a second successive major. The 48-year-old admitted on Thursday he was stuck between practising more to gain competitive sharpness and being concerned about suffering yet another injury which would rule him out of any action. Asked if he would try to play more events, Woods said: “I’ve only got one more tournament…
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg took a one-shot lead into the third round of the US Open on Saturday as he aimed to become the first debut winner for 111 years. Aberg carded a second round of 69 at Pinehurst for a halfway total of five under par, with Belgium’s Thomas Detry and the American pair of Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Cantlay all on four under. Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau and Matthieu Pavon were a shot further back, with the entire field separated by 10 shots after the cut fell on five over par. Scottie Scheffler endured a long wait before making…
The 15th annual outing for The Social Golfer Open Championship was held at Bletchingley Golf Club in Surrey last week, where more than 50 golfers from all over the south-east gathered to compete and raise money for the upcoming 2024 Cairns Cup – disability golf’s premier international match play event between teams from Europe and the USA, which is being held in Michigan later this summer. The TSG Open Championship, which was played over 18 holes, included individual Stableford competitions for men and women, and a yellow ball team competition. The men’s competition was a tight affair, with the winner,…
History was on Rory McIlroy’s side as he attempted to follow a brilliant start with another step towards a first major title since 2014 in the 124th US Open. McIlroy carded a superb, bogey-free 65 to share the overnight lead with American Patrick Cantlay at Pinehurst, both players matching the first-round score of Martin Kaymer on his way to a runaway victory at the same venue in 2014. Another good omen for McIlroy was that the last three times he has started a major with a bogey-free round – in the 2011 US Open, 2012 US PGA and 2014 Open…
Round one: Thursday, 13 June Starting at hole one (a denotes amateur) 11:45: Carter Jenkins (US), Logan McAllister (US), Michael McGowan (US) 11:56: (a) Parker Bell (US), Frederik Kjettrup (Den), Christopher Petefish (US) 12:07: Max Greyserman (US), Casey Jarvis (SA), (a) Omar Morales (Mex) 12:18: Corey Conners (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Stephan Jaeger (Ger) 12:29: Sergio Garcia (Spa), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Francesco Molinari (Ita) 12:40: Brooks Koepka (US), Collin Morikawa (US), Justin Thomas (US) 12:51: Rickie Fowler (US), Adam Hadwin (Can), Phil Mickelson (US) 13:02: Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Min-Woo Lee (Aus), Sahith Theegala (US) 13:13: Sung-Jae Im (Kor), Si-Woo Kim…
The last time Robert Rock visited Pinehurst he was turned away for being at the wrong golf course. Thirty years on, the 47-year-old will arrive in a sponsored courtesy car to take on the daunting test of the 124th US Open, a challenge he admits “sounds a bit thick when you say it out loud”. A two-time winner on the DP World Tour, including a famous victory over Tiger Woods in Abu Dhabi, Rock announced his retirement from professional golf in October 2022, but could not resist potentially his last chance to enter final qualifying for the US Open. That…
