The US Open first round featured record lows, two holes-in-one and a charging Rory McIlroy as the tournament returned to Los Angeles after a 75-year absence. Californians Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele lead on eight under after recording the US Open’s first 62s.
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The PGA Tour and DP World Tour have agreed to merge with Saudi Arabian-backed circuit LIV Golf in a deal that ends the acrimonious split in the game. The surprise announcement comes after a year of unprecedented disruption in the men’s game following the launch of LIV. It means pending litigation between the tours will be halted and they will move forward as part of the same enterprise.
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Tiger Woods has announced he will return to action at this year’s Hero World Challenge in his first outing since The 150th Open in July. The 15-time major champion took to Twitter to confirm his involvement in the 20-man tournament which is due to take place from December 1-4 in Albany.
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Collin Morikawa became the first player to win The Open Championship on his debut as he held off Jordan Speith to win by two strokes at Royal St. George’s. Morikawa also became the first player in history to win two different majors at the first attempt following his PGA Championship win last year.
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Louis Oosthuizen remained on course for a wire-to-wire victory at The 149th Open as a 69 on day three was enough to stay in the outright lead ahead of Collin Morikawa, with Jordan Spieth three back after a bogey, bogey finish. Scoring around St. George’s was harder today as the R&A adopted some tricky pin positions.
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