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Fowler, Scheffeler Open 123rd U.S. Open with 62, Tie Major Championship Single Round Record

  LOS ANGELES, CA – It took almost 130 years to happen once. It only took 15 minutes to happen twice:  Ricky Fowler and Xander Schauffele, playing in consecutive threesomes, fired white-hot 8-under 62s at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course during the first round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship. They broke the U.S. Open record by one stroke – originally...

U.S. Open at L.A. Country Club North is Sort of Homecoming for Morikawa, Homa

LOS ANGELES, CA – While much is being made of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood finally getting to crash a party at L.A. Country Club, (entertainment industry-types need not apply for membership), a few of the young guns in the field are hanging out with family and friends rather than rubbing elbows with glitterati. “I stayed at my parent’s house on Saturday night,”...

Will New Putter, Course Knowledge Bring Scottie Scheffler U.S. Open Title?

Will New Putter, Course Knowledge Bring Scottie Scheffler U.S. Open Title? LOS ANGELES, CA – The June gloom over L.A. had only dissipated a few moments before a downright bouncy Scottie Scheffler came beaming into the U.S. Open interview room seemingly dispelling the rest of the clouds with a smile and spreading both good news and juicy gossip about his chances this...

Randolph and DeJohn Derail Ferocious Carolina Comeback, Win 86th Anderson Memorial Fourball at Winged Foot

Randolph and DeJohn Derail Ferocious Carolina Comeback, Win 86th Anderson Memorial Fourball at Winged Foot —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— MAMARONECK, NY – I’ll paraphrase an old pop-punk song lyric that describes the happy conundrum facing Trevor Randolph and Chris DeJohn after winning the 86th John G. Anderson Memorial Fourball Tournament at Winged Foot...

Back Nine Bandits Webb and Rhodes Crash Favorites’ Party at 86th Anderson Memorial Fourball

MAMARONECK, NY – They jokingly refer to themselves the “Back Nine Bandits,” but despite the saucy nickname Holliday Farms Club’s duo of Blair Webb and Andrew Rhodes have rallied their way into the semi-finals of the 86th John G. Anderson Memorial Fourball at Winged Foot Golf Club with late, high-flying, hair-raising, stand-up-and-cheer heroics. “We call ourselves...

Forget Brooks Koepka, Michael Block won the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill

Forget Brooks Koepka, Michael Block won the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – Brooks Koepka may take the Wanamaker Trophy back to Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia, but club professional Michael Block won the 2023 PGA Championship. He won all our hearts as well. Block turned the year’s second golf major...

Soak Hill 2 – Another PGA Championship, Another Rain Storm to Soften the Golf Course

Soak Hill 2 – Another PGA Championship, Another Rain Storm to Soften the Golf Course —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – It’s a sequel ten years in the making. In the second round of the 2013 PGA Championship, everybody’s favorite Dockers-wearing zombie, Jason Dufner, starred in “Soak Hill,” biting off Oak Hill’s head and sucking out its lungs...

Future PGA Championship Venues are Mixed Bag of Masterpieces, Old Favorites, and That Laughable, Ludicrous Valhalla Mess

Future PGA Championship Venues are Mixed Bag of Masterpieces, Old Favorites, and That Laughable, Ludicrous Valhalla Mess —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – How wonderful to see Oak Hill polished to its highest shine in perhaps a century or longer. It may never have played better for any major championship. Better still are the broad smiles and...

Fine Weather Light Winds Allow Low Scoring at Oak Hill for Opening Day of 105th PGA Championship

Fine Weather Light Winds Allow Low Scoring at Oak Hill for Opening Day of 105th PGA Championship PITTSFORD, NY – After nearly a two-hour frost delay, light winds and mild temperatures allowed for low scores at the 105th PGA Championship being conducted at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club. As we go to press 16 players were under par and a whopping total of 48...

New Look Oak Hill East for 2023 PGA Championship is Vastly Improved

PITTSFORD, NY – “TRAITOR!” “BACKSTABBER! “HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?” “DISLOYAL!” Those were some of the incendiary comments I had to endure from my upstate New York golf friends back in 2013 when they asked me to compare their beloved Oak Hill to other major championship venues. They did not like hearing that I preferred a long list of courses – Oakmont, Winged Foot...

The Pre-Tournament Zen of Defending PGA Champion Justin Thomas

The Pre-Tournament Zen of Defending PGA Champion Justin Thomas —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – The undercurrent running throughout this 105th PGA Championship is patience. Oak Hill East a much different golf course than the golfers and patrons have ever seen before, and definitely harder than any of them will have seen it play. The rough...