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Jun

20

2016

Dustin Johnson wins U.S. Open despite rules farce

By Stephanie Wei under US Open

It wouldn’t be a major championship with Dustin Johnson in contention if there weren’t some type of ridiculous drama involved — whether it was trying to chip left-handed and imploding in the final round to lose a three-shot lead (2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach), grounding his club on the 72nd hole in the controversial bunker-not-a-bunker debacle (2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits), hitting a 4-iron out-of-bounds coming down the stretch (2011 Open Championship at Royal St Georges), three-putting from 12 feet on the 72nd hole on “bumpy” greens to miss out on an 18-hole playoff against Jordan Spieth (2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay), and posting two scores over par after holding the 36-hole lead (2015 Open Championship at St Andrews).

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#2016 U.S. Open, #Dustin Johnson, #Jack Nicklaus, #Jordan Spieth, #Lee Westwood, #Oakmont, #Rory McIlroy, #Rule 18-2, #Shane Lowry, #USGA

Jun

19

2016

Saturday at the U.S. Open: Stage set for thrilling finish

By Stephanie Wei under US Open

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Well, we’re finally sort of back on track in terms of the day and the round, but of course, there are still some players who have to return back to the course at the crack of dawn to finish their remaining holes. Most notably, the current leader Shane Lowry, who is three-under on his round and five-under total, has four holes to play. Others include Andrew Landry (E through 13, -3 total), Lee Westwood (-1 through 15, -2 total), Sergio Garcia (E through 14, -2 total) and Dustin Johnson (+2 through 13, -2 total).

But thanks to the deluge earlier this week, Oakmont hasn’t shown its teeth, with the course still giving up birdies and low scores and several good names took advantage of the benign conditions to surge up the leaderboard.

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#2016 U.S. Open, #Andrew Landry, #Bryson DeChambeau, #Dustin Johnson, #Jason Day, #Lee Westwood, #Oakmont, #Rory McIlroy, #Sergio Garcia, #Shane Lowry

Feb

28

2016

Watch: The Bear Trap’s latest victims, Smylie Kaufman and Shane Lowry

By Stephanie Wei under Humor

The Bear Trap, the stretch of three consecutive holes nos. 15-17 at PGA National, can get the best of players. We saw what happened to 54-hole co-leader Adam Scott on Saturday afternoon. I’m sure there were quite a few victims of those holes on Sunday, but the twosome of Smylie Kaufman and Shane Lowry were likely the most errrr…entertaining of them all on the par-3 15th. Just watch:

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#2016 Honda Classic, #PGA National, #Shane Lowry, #Smylie Kaufman, #The Bear Trap

May

25

2014

Rory finds solace in first love, wins BMW PGA Championship in style

By Bernie D'Amato under European PGA Tour

Ready for the U.S. Open!

This story couldn’t have been scripted. Rory McIlroy, who revealed he’d broken off his engagement to Caroline Wozniacki at the start of the week, headed into the final round trailing by seven strokes, and absolutely tore up the back nine to win the BMW PGA Championship. McIlroy’s five-under 32 on the closing nine at Wentworth, a course where he’s traditionally struggled, included birdies on the final two holes to nip Irishman Shane Lowry by one.

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#2014 BMW PGA Championship, #Caroline Wozniacki, #European Tour, #Rory McIlroy, #Shane Lowry, #Thomas Bjorn, #Wentworth

Jun

28

2013

Between Rock and a hard course: Uihlein leads Irish Open

By Conor Nagle under European PGA Tour

Uihlein has one win to his name on the 2013 European Tour.

Former amateur stand-out Peter Uihlein continued to make the most of a challenging Carton House layout at the Irish Open this morning, shooting a 68 in blustery conditions to grab a share of the halfway lead.

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#2013 Irish Open, #Carton House, #Joost Luiten, #Jose Maria Olazabal, #Peter Uihlein, #Raphael Jacquelin, #Robert Rock, #Shane Lowry

Jun

27

2013

Rory McIlroy feeling “a bit lost” after opening 74 at Irish Open

By Stephanie Wei under European PGA Tour

Gloomy Rory

Playing in the Irish Open at Carton House just outside of Dublin, Rory McIlroy shot a lackluster two-over 74 in the first round. Afterward, he blamed his woes on poor driving and admitted to reporters that things just aren’t quite right, according to the AP:

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#2013 Irish Open, #Carton House, #Rory McIlroy, #Shane Lowry

Nov

1

2012

Birdies or GTFO at WGC-HSBC

By Conor Nagle under WGC

Pictured: sand.

Still air, sky-high temperatures and soft conditions appear to have a knack for producing low, low scoring. Who knew?

The first round of the WGC-HSBC Champions in China, held this year on Mission Hills’ Olazabal layout (the positively sprawling venue now boasts of 12 “championship” designs and a further 180 holes), yielded two rounds of 65, four of 66 and a further 20 that dipped below the (nominal) par of 72.

Not bad for a shortened field, even if it is one populated almost exclusively by the best and brightest of world golf (no Tiger or Rory, though: they’re the subjects of *sigh* another appearance fee controversy!).

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