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Times
a day ago
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- Times
US Open live leaderboard, scores, round 2 analysis
A first bogey of the round for Scottie Scheffler, who seemed to avoid a possible twisted ankle here. He's even thru six today. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Tyrell Hatton is back to two over par, carding his first birdie of the day at the par-four 5th, and if that seems unremarkable, well it's not bad at all for Oakmont. Brooks Koepka, meanwhile, is back to within one of the lead after a birdie at 17, thanks to a lovely little chip from the side of the green after a supreme up and down. Could that be a key hole? Remember that long roll back down the green for Will Chandler? Well, if not, we have you covered. In any case, his struggles did not end there as he has posted a 12-over-par (!) front nine, dropping eight shots in the first three holes including a quadruple bogey at the 3rd. He's on 20 over. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Brooks Koepka drops back to his day-one score of two under par after bogey at the par-four 15th. He found the heavy rough off the tee and nearly rescued himself with the approach, with the roll down the slope being rather short. The 20-ft putt won't fall either and he's back to square one (in a sense). Scottie Scheffler's second at the 12th leaves him in the rough and with a very tough chip, but as he so often does he drags himself out of trouble and gets down in two to save par. Viktor Hovland, meanwhile, gets his second birdie in three holes to move to one under. No mean feat doing that on that 12th, as Justin Thomas found out earlier. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Rick Broadbent, Oakmont Interesting to hear Brooks Koepka say a 45-minute tongue-lashing from no-nonsense coach Pete Cowen helped him during his first round here. This method goes back a long way. After the WGC in Memphis in 2017 the Yorkshire veteran first took Koepka to task for the 'dog's dead' attitude and self-pitying shrugs. He sat him down in the practice area at the US Open at Erin Hills and told him he was embarrassing. Koepka duly won his first major and Cowen still has the signed flag inscribed with the message: 'Thanks for the bollocking.' An unremarkable tee shot at the 11th threatens to undo all that good work from the previous hole, but the world No1 manages to lay up and get up and down in two from about 120 yards. An ominous sign for his rivals. Meanwhile, Brooks Koepka is down at three under courtesy of another birdie, tapping in after an almost banana-esque roll on his putt at the par-5 12th. That puts him tied for second. No such luck for Justin Thomas though, with a double-bogey 7 on that same hole. He's nine over. Some updates. Here comes the world No1 and US PGA Championship winner, Scottie Scheffler. He started with an opening round of 73 but starts day two with a birdie, rolling in from about 20ft at the 10th. Viktor Hovland, meanwhile, is back at level par courtesy of a birdie from off the green. Rahm and Dustin Johnson have both bogeyed the 1st, the former slipping back to even overall. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Now this is the major Koepka we remember! Having conceded that bogey on the 10th he bounces back with a lovely putt on the next hole to restore that two-under deficit. No such luck for group-mate Justin Thomas though, whose putt rolls past the lip of the hole on his attempted par save. The Spaniard (-1), who tied for eighth at the US PGA Championship, tees off from the par-4 1st today, playing in a big-name group with Jordan Spieth (E) and Dustin Johnson (+5). That will be one to watch. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. The American is starting at the par-4 10th hole and is now wielding the putter, but he's pushed it wide. That's a disappointing start after he birdied back-to-back holes yesterday to finish the round and now he drops back to one under. A rather extraordinary passage of play, not that Will Chandler will appreciate it. The American aims for the green — and indeed finds it, albeit a distance from the hole — but his ball rather hypnotically rolls all the way back. For 40 whole seconds. Ouch. Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Among the early starters today are the trio of Min Woo Lee, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka, the latter starting the day two shots back from the lead on two under. His partners? Seven over and six over respectively, which gives you some idea of just how demanding it is at Oakmont. Rick Broadbent, Oakmont This US Open will not be pretty. The best players in the world are about to be humbled by a course that is breathtaking only in its difficulty. Indeed, Jeff Hall, part of the USGA's set-up team, said: 'The members seem to love going 15 rounds with Mike Tyson every day.' It may even be the toughest course in the world. Last Monday Rory McIlroy finished his scouting mission with two birdies for a round of 81. 'I didn't feel I played that badly,' he shrugged. Xander Schauffele, much fancied here for his psyche as well as his game, relishes that challenge and said: 'Maybe I'm just sick. I don't think people turn on the TV to watch guys hit a 200-yard shot on the green. I think they turn on the US Open to see a guy suffer and shoot eight over.' • Rick Broadbent: Oakmont — is this brutal US Open course the world's hardest? Rick Broadbent, Oakmont For a couple of hours, all the talk of Oakmont's terrors seemed overstated and this fantastic beast by the Allegheny River looked about as dangerous as a stuffed fish on a marble plinth. The tough reputation has been well earned, though, and by the end of the first day at a sun-baked US Open players were using words like bloodbath, and Rory McIlroy's promising start had been consumed by deep disappointment. After a bogey-free first nine, he dropped six shots, finished at four over par and was not in the mood to discuss it afterwards. Scottie Scheffler was just starting out on his own troubled path at that point and JJ Spaun was talking into a camera after setting the clubhouse pace with a round of 66. Spaun only convinced himself not to quit the game a year ago after watching the rom-com Wimbledon, about a jaded tennis player who wins the eponymous championship and gets the girl. He would settle for the trophy this week. • Rick Broadbent: Day one report Hello and a very warm welcome to day two of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. One of the most challenging courses on the major's rotation, golf's stars had ample opportunity to explore every nook and cranny of Oakmont's thick rough and troublesome bunkers during the first round, and there will be plenty more of that to come today. Rick Broadbent will be on hand from the course to bring you the latest news and updates.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Tyrrell Hatton gives honest verdict on Oakmont rough for US Open: ‘I can't even see the ball'
Tyrell Hatton has given an honest verdict on the Oakmont rough ahead of this year's US Open. Hatton, 33, took to the course in preparation for the major, which kicks off on Thursday 12 June. But when his ball ended up to the side of a bunker in the rough, he was dismayed at the length of the grass as he struggled to find his ball. 'I only saw it because I'm stood here,' he said, standing directly over his ball, which was buried in thick green grass. 'Set up over it, I can't even see the ball.' As he shot his ball back towards the fairway, he took a hefty chunk of earth and grass with it, an inevitability in such rough. However, this was no anomaly for English golfer Hatton, with the video documenting his practice round later showing him land in similarly thick rough time and time again. Another shot with his rescue club ended with him 'skying' the ball after taking a divot out of the ground, which was met by laughter from him and his team. 'That's mad,' he added. 'You can see how deep it is.' Hatton goes into the US Open ranked as 24th in the world, with his best result at Oakmont coming in 2018 when he finished tied for sixth. He will tee off in Thursday's first round from the 10th hole at 6:25pm BST, alongside South Korea's Sung-jae Im and Austria's Sepp Straka. Then in the second round on Friday, he'll tee off from the first hole at 12:40pm BST. The top 60 from the two opening rounds will then progress through to the weekend, at the end of which a champion will be crowned.
The Sun
16-05-2025
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- The Sun
Hot-headed Tyrrell Hatton caught hissing X-rated four-word blast at his DRIVER on live TV at PGA Championship
TYRRELL HATTON has been involved in another furious X-rated rant. The English golfer, 33, is taking part in the PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. 2 On the 18th hole Hatton, who is no stranger to a rant, sent the ball into the water. Following his mistake, the High Wycombe-born star berated his club. Hatton furiously said: "Piece of s***, c***." The world No20 went on to drop to four shots off the lead following a triple bogey. Several fans on social media were not impressed by Hatton's outburst. One wrote: "For whatever reason, Hatton being English lets him get away with behaving like an entitled brat." A third joked: "A good carpenter never blames his tools." Although another added: "My actual brother, love the intensity from you Tyrrell!" Today's action in North Carolina has been interrupted by multiple instances of wild creatures making their way onto the green. A turtle was spotted slowly walking around the course. And a tournament official even had to .
CNA
14-05-2025
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- CNA
Donald staying out of Ryder Cup eligibility issue for LIV Golf players
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina :European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald would love for Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton to be available later this year but is not getting involved in their appeal of sanctions to maintain eligibility for the team event. Spaniard Rahm and England's Hatton were part of the last three European Ryder Cup teams but their eventual move to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf circuit has complicated matters. Both players appealed sanctions imposed by the Europe-based DP World Tour for playing LIV Golf events, which allowed them to reach the minimum four starts on that circuit to be considered for the Ryder Cup. But if the case is heard before the September 26-28 at Bethpage Black in New York, Rahm's and Hatton's hopes of being on the 12-player European team could evaporate if the ruling does not go their way. Donald, speaking to reporters ahead of his start in this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club, said he has not talked to DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings about the eligibility issue surrounding LIV Golf players for the 2025 Ryder Cup. "I do not get involved with the politics of that," said Donald. "So my concentration is to get the best 12 players to New York, and hopefully everyone is eligible." When asked why he would not advocate for Rahm and Hatton if he considers his role as captain is to assemble the best possible team, Donald was blunt. "Well, I think Guy knows that I want my best 12; let's put it that way," said Donald. "But I haven't talked to him about that." Hatton is currently occupying one of the six automatic qualification places for the Ryder Cup while Rahm, who is known for his passion in the team event, is 29th on the European Ryder Cup standings. But Donald said he expects two-times major winner Rahm, who has a 6-3-3 record in Ryder Cup play, to be on his team at Bethpage Black so long as he is deemed eligible. "In terms of Jon, he's one of the best players in the world, and I would expect him to be on that team, but I certainly haven't given him those assurances," said Donald. "He still needs to keep going and playing just like everyone else."
