Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 11 June 2024
The Major drought is now a decade long, but Rory McIlroy believes he is closing in on that elusive fifth title and hunting down the European records of Seve and Faldo. Looking relaxed on the eve of the 124th US Open, Rory McIlroy spoke of the pride for his ‘body of work’ over the last 15 years, and despite a fifth...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Tuesday 11 June 2024
Speaking ahead of the 124th US Open, Tiger Woods spoke on his prospects and what to expect from one of the toughest tests in golf at Pinehurst No.2. Collin Morikawa said at the Memorial last week that the 15-time Major champions’ game is “all still there”, and Tiger’s responses in the lead-up to every Major thus far in 2024 have indicated...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 11 June 2024
Tee times and pairings for Sunday’s final round at the 124th US Open from Pinehurst No.2. Leaders EDT / BST: 2:10 p.m. / 7:10 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay (-4), Rory McIlroy (-4) 2:21 p.m. / 7:21 p.m. – Matthieu Pavon (-4), Bryson DeChambeau (-7) The course continues to play tougher by the minute and there is every chance the scoring will start going...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Monday 10 June 2024
Conditions are set to be the best yet this Major season with North Carolina temperatures soaring beyond 90°F throughout the 124th US Open. The weather has done its best to throw a spanner in the works at the season’s first two majors with thunderstorms and 40 mph gusts at The Masters followed by fog delays at the PGA Championship. However, the...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 10 June 2024
The revered Course No.2 at Pinehurst hosts the 124th US Open and the final chance of 2024 to grab a Major on US soil. Here’s our guide to everything you need to know. Pinehurst No.2 will welcome a field of 156 players as it hosts the men’s Major Championship for the fourth time, 25 years after the US Open first headed...
Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 10 June 2024
Where will the U.S. Open be played next? Here’s every venue the men’s golf major will visit in the coming decades. The U.S. Open returns to Pinehurst No.2 in 2024 for the 124th edition of the event, with a stacked field battling it out for one of golf’s major prizes. The course has held the US Open three times previously – in...
Written by Matt Cooper on Monday 10 June 2024
Men’s professional golf reunites at Pinehurst as LIV players do battle with their former colleagues in a bid for Major glory at the US Open. Join me as I take a closer look at the 12 stars from the Saudi-backed league hoping to hoist the trophy come Sunday evening. Ahead of last month’s PGA Championship Bryson DeChambeau was in a feisty...
Written by Lewis Daff on Friday 7 June 2024
Today’s Golfer looks back at the low amateurs at the US Open who have gone on to have successful professional careers. Looking at the elites of today, it’s easy to forget that every one of them began the game as amateurs just like the rest of us. The beginnings of the game saw Pros and Ams compete against each other for...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Friday 7 June 2024
From the most wins to the record-breaking scorecards, Today’s Golfer gets you up to speed with every fact you’ll ever need about the US Open. The US Open tees off at Pinehurst No.2 for the fourth time in its distinguished 124-edition history, only by-passing seven years since 1895 due to World War I (1917, 1918) and World War II (1943-1945). Fun...
Written by Lewis Daff on Thursday 6 June 2024
8 high-profile names will be absent at Pinehurst No.2 when the 2024 US Open gets underway. But who are they and why have they missed out? It’s known as one of the toughest tests in golf for a reason, with course setups designed to make or break the best golfers in the world the US Open demands the most precise play...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 6 June 2024
Bryson DeChambeau claimed a 20% cut of the overall purse when he lifted the US Open trophy at Pinehurst. Bryson DeChambeau, who took home $4.3 million for his major win, was three shots clear of Rory McIlroy, Mattieu Pavon and Patrick Cantlay after 54 holes of the 2024 US Open. McIlroy topped the leaderboard after the 13th hole, his first...
Written by Ross Tugwood on Thursday 6 June 2024
The season’s third Major tees off at Pinehurst Course No.2 from June 13-16. Here’s all you need to know about how to watch the US Open action unfold. The US Open is the third men’s Major of the year, with Wyndham Clark defending his crown having lifted his maiden Major at Los Angeles Country Club last year with a one-stroke victory...
Written by Matt Cooper on Tuesday 4 June 2024
The rise and fall of Matteo Manassero is one of golf’s more unexpected tales. His tale of redemption is one of its most heart-warming and ahead of his return to the Major stage at the US Open, he told his story to TG. There is a touch of the boy band survivor about Matteo Manassero. He was the star who blossomed...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 4 June 2024
By looking back at trends from recent U.S. Opens it’s possible to cut the field down to size and work out the most likely winner in Pinehurst. US Open action returns to Pinehurst’s No.2 course in North Carolina for the first time since 2014 when Germany’s Martin Kaymer stormed to victory with a dominant eight-stroke battering of the field. And...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 4 June 2024
Ahead of the 124th US Open at Pinehurst, we spoke with Retief Goosen about his journey through the game, including both his US Open victories and his life before and since. Retief Goosen is a man so relaxed he is almost comatose. For the best part of three decades, he lived up to his ‘Ice Man’ moniker on the European and...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 3 June 2024
The defending champion on partying, Pinehurst, and hitting one of the best shots in US Open history. “Hearing the words ‘US Open champion’ attached to my name will never get old. It’s pretty awesome when they announce me on the first tee as the reigning US Open champion at different tournaments. It feels great. “There was a lot of adversity in that...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 3 June 2024
The absence of thick rough and tight fairways means Pinehurst No.2 will present an unfamiliar test for the 124th US Open. Emerald-green grass. Five inches of club-tangling rough. Single-file fairways. We all have that image of an archetypal US Open course, but it almost certainly looks nothing like this. Pinehurst No.2 is a glorious anomaly and perhaps the only tree-lined course...
Written by Chris Bertram on Monday 3 June 2024
The US Open returns to Pinehurst’s No.2 course next month, back to where – for Americans at least – it all began. For the Home of Golf, read the Cradle of Golf. While we cherish St Andrews as the sleepy, enchanting birthplace of the game, America look to Pinehurst as its spiritual home. Both names engender the same enviable mystique at...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 31 May 2024
The 124th US Open will see 156 men attempt to tame one of America’s most demanding tracks. To help mark all our cards, we sought expert insight on all 18 holes… PINEHURST NO.2 COURSE GUIDE: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 12 June 2023
Who is playing in the 2024 US Open golf tournament at Pinehurst? 156 players will tee it up in the year’s third men’s Major in North Carolina. Major season is racing by and we’re counting down the days to the 124th playing of the US Open, where defending champion Wyndham Clark is among those guaranteed to be in the 156-man field...