Rory McIlroy posts strong, disciplined U.S. Open start; has history on his side
Rory McIlroy carded a bogey-free 5-under 65 to tie Patrick Cantlay’s first-round score in the 124th U.S. Open. The two are atop the leaderboard after the first 18 holes at Pinehurst No. 2 Golf Club. The last time McIlroy shot a bogey-free opening round at the U.S. Open was at Congressional Country Club in 2011. […]
Rory McIlroy shares US Open lead after opening with a bogey-free 65 | US Open
The lesson, they tried to tell us, was not to attack Pinehurst No. 2, but to survive. The slippery greens that characterize this Donald Ross gem shaped like an upside-down saucer test the limits of fairness. There will be blood. Someone forgot to tell Rory McIlroy that he started the day strong, shooting 5-under 65 […]
Paige Spiranac Reveals Her Top Three Picks To Win The US Open
Paige Spiranac shared her top picks for the U.S. Open in a selfie video posted to X, June 12. The former golf pro and social media influencer wasted no time launching into her predictions, and backed up her selections by explaining how she landed on these top names. “And we are on quite a roll, […]
Tiger Woods teases fans, then falters to begin U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
Tiger Woods got off to a flying start at Pinehurst on Thursday with a birdie on the par-5 10th hole, putting him tied for the lead at one point. He made some crucial par putts on the 12th and 13th holes, but then things started to go off track on the tricky par-4 16th hole. […]
Patrick Cantlay relies on short-game wizardry to grab early control of 124th U.S. Open
If you’ve seen any coverage of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 Golf Course, you know that this course is all about the greens. So to post a solid score, you have to perfect your short game on these crazy putting surfaces – and make a lot of putts. Patrick Cantlay did just that […]
Phil Mickelson’s first round at US Open was a total disaster
Phil Mickelson’s miraculous tie for second place at last year’s Masters seems like a distant memory. The 53-year-old LIV golf star had a disastrous performance in the opening round of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 on Thursday, shooting a nine-over 79 and tying for last place among players who tee off in […]
APGA’s Willie Mack III attributes a change in mindset to helping him secure U.S. Open spot
Willie Mack III has 70 professional wins on various tours, many of them in the Advocates Professional Golf Association, a circuit that aims to bring more diversity to the game of golf, but the 35-year-old pro has never played in a U.S. Open. That all changed this week at Pinehurst No. 2, when Mack III, […]
Ex-champ Webb Simpson earns way into US Open through qualifying
PINEHURST, N.C. — This is a special week for 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, who had to qualify through regional qualifying after his 10-year exemption expired. Simpson is a North Carolina native whose family had a home in Pinehurst during his childhood. “I grew up here, just a short drive from Raleigh,” Simpson said, […]
3 reasons why Tiger Woods will make U.S. Open cut at Pinehurst No. 2
Tiger Woods has played in only six U.S. Opens since 2011 and made the cut just three times. He last played in the U.S. Championship four years ago, when he missed the weekend at Winged Foot during the pandemic. Five months later, he was in a car accident in Southern California that nearly required amputation […]
Golf Talk Today: Jason Day’s latest Malbon Golf outfits will steal all the attention at U.S. Open
Welcome to Playing Through’s new morning ritual: Golf Talk Today. Each morning on “Golf Talk Today,” our staff discusses various elements of the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf and more. In this, our fifth installment, we’ll be talking more about the U.S. Open preparations, but also about golf fashion and the exciting partnership between Jason […]