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The Independent
03-08-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Miyu Yamashita holds off Charley Hull to win first major at Women's Open
Japan's Miyu Yamashita held off a strong challenge from Charley Hull to win the AIG Women's Open by two shots on Sunday. Yamashita, who began the day leading by one from Kim A-lim, carded a steady final-round 70 in blustery conditions to land her first major title with an 11-under-par total of 277 at Royal Porthcawl. Hull, three strokes behind on six under overnight, emerged as the closest challenger as she picked up five birdies in a stretch of 10 holes either side of the turn. That twice took the Englishwoman within one shot of the lead but Yamashita, who put herself in a position of strength with three birdies on the front nine, was always able to keep herself in front. A key period came as Yamashita overcame a nervy missed birdie putt to save par on the 14th by holing from an awkward distance. At around the same time Hull, playing two groups ahead, dropped a shot at the par-four 16th after visiting a bunker and the rough before underhitting a chip. It might have been worse but for holing a lengthy putt to escape with a bogey, but another shot was given away on the following hole. That saw Yamashita's lead increase to three and allowed her to finish in relative comfort, with a bogey on the 17th the only blemish on her card. Hull ended joint-second on nine under – her fourth runner-up finish in a major – alongside Minami Katsu of Japan, who birdied the last to shoot 69. Kim's challenge faded with a round that featured six bogeys but the 2020 US Women's Open winner managed to claw her way back into a share of fourth place on seven under with a birdie on the last. Another Japanese player, Rio Takeda, was alongside her after a 71. Lottie Woad, winner of the Scottish Open last week on her professional debut, overcame bogeys on her first two holes to shoot 71 and finish in a tie for eighth place on four under. Another Englishwoman, Mimi Rhodes, had a moment to savour with a remarkable hole-in-one on the par-three fifth, thanks to a fortunate ricochet off playing partner Stephanie Kyriacou's ball. Australian Kyriacou, who made a hole-in-one herself in the second round, played first and went close to another ace with a shot that came to rest inches from the cup. Rhodes then played a very similar shot and, luckily for her, Kyriacou's ball was handily placed for it to deflect in off. That was the undoubted highlight of a 74 that saw Rhodes finish alongside Georgia Hall, who shot 75, on one under.
Reuters
16-06-2025
- Climate
- Reuters
Scott's US Open dream gets washed away at rainy Oakmont
OAKMONT, Pennsylvania, June 15 (Reuters) - Adam Scott believes he needs another major title to boost his World Golf Hall of Fame credentials and while the Australian was in the hunt during Sunday's final round at the U.S. Open his challenge faded as conditions became tougher in heavy rain. The 2013 Masters champion would have broken the record for the longest time between a player winning his first and second majors but signed off with a nine-over-par 79 that dropped him into a share of 12th on six over for the tournament, seven shots behind winner J.J. Spaun. A 96-minute suspension in play caused by rain that left pools of water on the putting surfaces and fairways made the already treacherous Oakmont layout even tougher. "It was bad conditions. No one really had a good score," said Scott, who has 32 worldwide wins, including 14 on the PGA Tour. "Once the fairways were soaked, it was very hard controlling the golf ball." The 44-year-old Scott, playing in his 96th consecutive major, started the day as the only player from the starting field of 156 golfers with three rounds of par or better. Two over on the day when play was suspended, Scott bogeyed his first hole after the restart, the par-three eighth, but still reached the turn one shot off the lead. Scott then found himself in a five-way share of the lead early on the back nine as conditions saw positions change rapidly on the leadeboard, but his game then started to unravel. "I felt better before the rain delay, that's for sure," said Scott. "I went back out feeling okay, but then I left every kind of tee shot to the right coming in, and that was impossible to recover from almost." Scott's slide started at the par-four 11th where he sent his approach into the tall grass behind the green and made bogey. He made another at 14 where his shot from a bunker failed to find the fairway. He had a birdie putt from 72 feet at the 15th that would have given him another share of the lead but three-putted from there for bogey and followed that with a double-bogey at 16 after finding the thick rough off the tee. Scott capped his round with another bogey and conceded he did not handle the conditions well. "Unfortunately, I think the course just couldn't take much more water really," said Scott. "I didn't adapt to those conditions well enough."
CNA
16-06-2025
- Climate
- CNA
Scott's US Open dream gets washed away at rainy Oakmont
OAKMONT, Pennsylvania :Adam Scott believes he needs another major title to boost his World Golf Hall of Fame credentials and while the Australian was in the hunt during Sunday's final round at the U.S. Open his challenge faded as conditions became tougher in heavy rain. The 2013 Masters champion would have broken the record for the longest time between a player winning his first and second majors but signed off with a nine-over-par 79 that dropped him into a share of 12th on six over for the tournament, seven shots behind winner J.J. Spaun. A 96-minute suspension in play caused by rain that left pools of water on the putting surfaces and fairways made the already treacherous Oakmont layout even tougher. "It was bad conditions. No one really had a good score," said Scott, who has 32 worldwide wins, including 14 on the PGA Tour. "Once the fairways were soaked, it was very hard controlling the golf ball." The 44-year-old Scott, playing in his 96th consecutive major, started the day as the only player from the starting field of 156 golfers with three rounds of par or better. Two over on the day when play was suspended, Scott bogeyed his first hole after the restart, the par-three eighth, but still reached the turn one shot off the lead. Scott then found himself in a five-way share of the lead early on the back nine as conditions saw positions change rapidly on the leadeboard, but his game then started to unravel. "I felt better before the rain delay, that's for sure," said Scott. "I went back out feeling okay, but then I left every kind of tee shot to the right coming in, and that was impossible to recover from almost." Scott's slide started at the par-four 11th where he sent his approach into the tall grass behind the green and made bogey. He made another at 14 where his shot from a bunker failed to find the fairway. He had a birdie putt from 72 feet at the 15th that would have given him another share of the lead but three-putted from there for bogey and followed that with a double-bogey at 16 after finding the thick rough off the tee. Scott capped his round with another bogey and conceded he did not handle the conditions well. "Unfortunately, I think the course just couldn't take much more water really," said Scott. "I didn't adapt to those conditions well enough."
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
U.S. Open: Sam Burns on the wrong end of a questionable ruling
Sam Burns talks with a rules official on the 16th hole during the final round of the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. (Photo by) When Sam Burns stood over his tee shot on the 15th hole in the final round of the U.S. Open, he was in a tie for the lead. When he walked off the green, he was two shots back and essentially out of contention. What transpired in between is a questionable ruling that very much led to the double bogey Burns carded on the hole. Advertisement Just past the midway point of Sunday's final round, rain began pelting Oakmont Country Club. Play was halted for nearly two hours as Oakmont truly became Soakmont. Puddles formed, on greens and in fairways. Grounds crew tried to squeegee the course, but they could only do so much. Burns' tee shot on 15 landed in a shallow swell on the left edge of the fairway, the kind of place where water goes to settle. As Burns took his practice swings, he could see water shooting up with every swipe of the grass. It was wet, so Burns called over a rules official to ask for relief from standing water. He wasn't given it. Wanting a second opinion, Burns asked for another ruling. The appeal was denied. So Burns had to hit from where it lie, and this happened: Was it wet where his ball was? You be the judge: From there, things only got worse. His third shot stayed in the rough. One chip and two putts later, he was in with a double bogey. And that was the end of his run at a first major title. Advertisement "When I walked into it, clearly you could see water coming up. Took practice swings and it's just water splashing every single time," Burns explained after. "Called a rules official over, they disagreed. I looked at it again. I thought maybe I should get a second opinion. That rules official also disagreed. At the end of the day, it's not up to me, it's up to the rules official. That's kind of that." Credit Burns for not making a thing of it. He'd bogey 16, birdie 17, then bogey 18 to finish +4, in a tie for seventh. "Yeah, look, I went out there and gave it the best I had," he said. "Golf's a hard game, especially on this golf course. At the end of the day, I can hold my heed high."
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Burns leads Scott by one as dangerous weather halts US Open
US Open leader Sam Burns of the United States waited under his umbrella as heavy rain halted the 125th US Open after he had completed seven holes in the final round (Patrick Smith) American Sam Burns, chasing his first major title, led Australian Adam Scott by one stroke when dangerous weather halted Sunday's final round of the US Open after the leaders had played seven holes. Burns began the day on four-under par with a one-stroke lead over Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, and they battled through seven holes with the gap the same when the storm came, causing puddles on several Oakmont greens. Advertisement Scott made bogey at the first hole after missing the green with his approach but Burns made his first three-putt bogey of the week on the second. Scott stumbled to bogey at the third after finding a right bunker off the tee but answered with a tap-in birdie at the par-five fourth. When Burns made bogey at the fifth, finding a left bunker off the tee, the final pair were deadlocked for the lead at two-under. Scott made a three-putt bogey at the par-three sixth and both parred the seventh before play was halted with them on the tee at the par-three eighth. Norway's Viktor Hovland made bogeys at the second and third and another at the fifth to fall back to level par with England's Tyrrell Hatton fourth on one-over through eight holes. Advertisement American J.J. Spaun, who began the day one adrift, opened with three consecutive bogeys and added bogeys at five and six, stumbling to two-over alongside Mexico's Carlos Ortiz through eight holes. The top six were the only players not to make the turn before the storm struck. js/sev
