Archive for the US Open Category


Greg Norman: What Could Have Been…

Those who watched the Shark Shootout presented by Merrill Lynch this weekend were treated with a rare glimpse of Greg Norman. A blast from the past if you will – or a return to competition of one of the game’s all-time dynamic figures. Granted, The Shark Shootout is a team event with a format that […]

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Jeev Hoping for Hard Time at Carnoustie

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh leads the Asian assault on the British Open, with the 35-year-old hoping the Carnoustie course will play at its hardest. Talking to the Asian Tour website, Jeev said difficult courses bring out the best of his golf, using his 36th place at the treacherous US Open at Oakmont as proof. He […]

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Bateman Bags Buick

Brian Bateman emerged from a clutch of title contenders to win the Buick Open, which was missing a couple of stars who normally keep regular dates with Warwick Hills in Michigan. While new father Tiger Woods and injured Vijay Singh stayed away, the 34-year-old Bateman birdied the final hole to win by one stroke and […]

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Mahan Joins New Winners’ Club

The list of new winners on the PGA Tour keeps on growing. Hunter Mahan is the latest to join the maiden victory club with his triumph at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. In his fourth year on the tour, Mahan sunk a seven-foot birdie putt on the first play-off hole to outlast Jay Williamson. […]

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Cabrera Tames Tiger for US Open Triumph

Angel Cabrera probably thought he had no chance. Everyone else almost certainly figured he had no chance. More to the point, everyone else was wondering “who is Angel Cabrera?”. Well, he is a 37-year-old Argentinian who is 12th on the European Tour’s career earnings list with one tournament title and he had just finished his […]

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Dougherty Stays Positive

Nick Dougherty has for long been considered one of England’s most promising golfers. Along with players such as Justin Rose, Paul Casey, David Howell and others, he has been at the forefront of the English game, which is still searching for a world-class successor to six-time Major champion Nick Faldo. Indeed, one of Dougherty’s mentors […]

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Missing Major Would Complete Full Monty

He’s fallen out with galleries, players and pundits. He’s promised us the world and fluffed his delivery. And, despite himself, he’s been a bit of a pompous twit at times. And yet, and yet. For me, there will only be one player I truly want to win the US Open – the one player in […]

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‘Scatter-Brained’ Austin Keeps His Head in Memphis

Woody Austin has the kind of story that brings hope to us all. Having trudged the world in a host of jobs, thinking his true calling had passed him by, the 43-year-old Austin suddenly goes out and shoots an eight-under-par 62. Once again, the former banker, bartender and drugstore supplier was a PGA Tour winner, […]

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Jack vs Arnie — Act II

Most historians would agree that the combination of Arnold Palmer and television brought golf to the masses. It was the 1958 Masters, one of golf’s first televised events, which saw Palmer birdie the last two holes to win. That Masters victory propelled Palmer to become the sport’s first matinée idol since Bobby Jones. He was […]

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Howell Targets US Open for Comeback

England’s David Howell has had to delay his comeback yet again, which means he will go straight into the US Open at Oakmont with no tournament preparation. Howell was supposed to end his injury lay-off at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, starting on May 31, but he is yet to fully recover from a […]

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Fringe Players Seek US Open Places

This week’s Crown Plaza Invitational at Colonial goes deeper than simply finding a winner at the end of four days. It is also crucial for those players on the fringe who are trying to qualify for the US Open. The top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings earn the right to play in […]

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Victorious Mickelson Looks Ahead with New Coach Harmon

Phil Mickelson may be timing his tune-up for the US Open just right. And if everything goes according to plan, he’d love to be playing the Oakmont course in four weeks time in the same form, or better, as he was during The Players Championship at Sawgrass over the weekend. Lefty shot a final round […]

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Jacquelin Hangs On For Asian Open Victory

Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin upstaged the big names to score a wire-to-wire victory at the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai on Sunday. Battling wet conditions on the final day, Jacquelin closed with a one-over-par 73 for a four-round total of 10-under 278 and a two-stroke victory over Dane Soren Kjeldsen, who also fired 73 in his […]

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Masters Imitating U.S. Open?

It has always been the USGA’s mission to protect par in all its championships. To that end, they set up golf courses to play extremely difficult – so difficult in fact, that only once (Tiger Woods in 2000) in its long history, has a player finished a Men’s U.S. Open at -10 or lower. In […]

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Scott Leads Aussie Challenge at Masters

A band of determined Aussies are aiming to end their country’s US Masters barren run when they tee off at Augusta on Thursday. The last time any Australian had come close to Masters glory was in 1996 when Greg Norman famously squandered a huge lead on the final day to hand the title to Nick […]

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