Wyndham Clark is the frontrunner midway through the 126th U.S. Open. But questions persist about his locker-destroying behavior at last year’s edition at Oakmont.
Some people wilt under U.S. Open conditions. Xander Schauffele thrives. He’s again in the mix to win the third leg of the career Grand Slam through two rounds at Shinnecock Hills.
For the third consecutive major, Bryson DeChambeau’s week will end on Friday with another missed cut and even more Grand Slam questions.
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Dustin Johnson was alone in second place at the 126th U.S. Open before a series of bunker struggles sent him plummeting down the leaderboard Friday at Shinnecock Hills.
The U.S. Open begins with a field of 156 players and cuts to the low 60 scores and ties after two rounds.
Dustin Johnson had everyone’s attention Friday morning. With a birdie on the par-4 10th at Shinnecock Hills, he was within one of the lead.
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Gil Hanse who helped lead the restoration of Aronimink Golf Club joined “Live From the PGA Championship” to take the crew on a drone tour of the back nine.
Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm critiqued Aronimink’s restoration and tree removal. Gil Hanse, who helped lead that project, responded Tuesday night on “Live From the PGA Championship.”
Cameron Young is using a golf ball that would likely conform to rollback standards, Rex Hoggard reports on “Live From the PGA Championship.”
Aronimink isn’t a long course and the greens are its primary defense. Smylie Kaufman highlights one of those difficult, sloping putting surfaces at the par-4 11th hole.
Rory McIlroy had some toe issues Tuesday but Todd Lewis reports that McIlroy’s not overly concerned. McIlroy did, however, express that he’s in an overall better mental frame of mind coming into this PGA than he was a year ago when he won his first Masters.
Brandel Chamblee believes that Scottie Scheffler is clearly superior to Rory McIlroy. Paul McGinley would beg to differ. And that’s what they do in Tuesday’s “Live From the PGA Championship” at Aronimink.
Scottie Scheffler has finished runner-up in his last three PGA Tour starts. This week, he’s the defending champion of the PGA Championship and looking for his fifth career major title. He met the media Tuesday at Aronimink.
Golf Channel’s Kira Dixon discusses the right toe injury that forced Rory McIlroy off the course on Tuesday at Aronimink and what lingering concerns there are ahead of Thursday’s opening round.
Lou Graham, who won the U.S. Open in 1975 and five other PGA Tour events, has died at the age of 88. The PGA Tour and USGA said Graham died Monday.
McIlroy continues to deal with a troublesome right pinky toe ahead of the PGA Championship.