Golf
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JJ Spaun is a major champion! What a putt to win the US Open!
His second win on tour and his first major.So may players walking away from Oakmont frustrated and thinking about what could have been. JJ Spaun went out and won that trophy while so many wilted around him. Incredible finish!
Ryan Fox ended up finishing T19. Not bad at all for Foxy.
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Gutted Scott couldnt hold it together!
But great result for Spaun and Foxy gotta be stoked with his major performance again.
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Spaun dropped 5 shots in his first 6 holes - looked like he was toast at that point. Gutsy win.
Definitely a gutsy win. Spaun said in his speech during the trophy presentation he drew on the experience of that playoff loss to Rory at The Players over those last few holes to hang in there. He earnt himself $4.3 million, 700 FedEx Cup points which moved him up to sixth in the FedEx Cup rankings, receives a 10 year exemption to the US Open and the next five editions of the other three majors. His PGA Tour membership is extended as US Open champion through 2030.
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Sam Burns shot +8 on his final round and Foxy shot -1.
If Sam had shot anything close to Ryan (+2 would've been enough) he'd be the US Open champion.
It's a brutal game.
Poor Duangmanee shot +35 to miss the cut.
This suggests I'm not breaking 180 on a good day!
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@Chris-B spotters on a course like that is essential, I mean Pro-V 1s at c $27 a sleeve 😄
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Someone was selling a variety of new balls at the local Nelson auction house, recently - they were going at a rate of a dollar a ball. So, I have a new arsenal - they're a bit mismatched, but that don't confront me none.
Aside from that, I suspect quite often I don't want to find my ball!
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The putt!
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@Cyclops I saw him get interviewed after 2nd or 3rd round of this tournament.
He said he has lost fear, or was more relaxed, so was prepared to take the slightly riskier shots after the first win.
Also remember seeing him say after the first one he was relaxed as a sportsman of his age to know he could play in USA for a couple of years pretty well set him up.Gee, why didn't anyone post that earlier?
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@Cyclops I saw him get interviewed after 2nd or 3rd round of this tournament.
He said he has lost fear, or was more relaxed, so was prepared to take the slightly riskier shots after the first win.
Also remember seeing him say after the first one he was relaxed as a sportsman of his age to know he could play in USA for a couple of years pretty well set him up.Gee, why didn't anyone post that earlier?
Whoops did I miss an earlier post?
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@Cyclops I saw him get interviewed after 2nd or 3rd round of this tournament.
He said he has lost fear, or was more relaxed, so was prepared to take the slightly riskier shots after the first win.
Also remember seeing him say after the first one he was relaxed as a sportsman of his age to know he could play in USA for a couple of years pretty well set him up.Gee, why didn't anyone post that earlier?
Whoops did I miss an earlier post?
No worries Dan ... Just feeling ignored
Heard him say winning his first the other week has made him relax. Paraphrasing, but he's not afraid of hitting a bad shot any more, because the pressure has gone.
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Yeah devastating for Tommy. Such a deflating finish.
Keegan throws a massive spanner into the Ryder Cup though. Clearly one of the form 12 American players, so does he pick himself? Does he stand down as Captain? Surely the latter as the idea of a playing captain is both very entertaining and very outdated...
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@barbarian said in Golf:
Yeah devastating for Tommy. Such a deflating finish.
Keegan throws a massive spanner into the Ryder Cup though. Clearly one of the form 12 American players, so does he pick himself? Does he stand down as Captain? Surely the latter as the idea of a playing captain is both very entertaining and very outdated...
He will likely qualify as one of the automatic picks now anyway as I think since he won this recent event it puts him up there amongst the top six now.
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It's Open week!!!
Royal Portrush has the honours of hosting and on the Dunluce course which is pretty dam tough. Having said that, Shane Lowry was a runaway winner there last time (2019) at -15, 6 ahead of the next best.
Already fizzing, yet 4 or so days to go!
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Going to be a great week. Plenty of interesting narratives - can Scheffler get it done outside of the US? Is Rory back? Is Rahm back, or did he ever even leave? Is Xander alive?
Much like at Oakmont, feels relatively open, could be a left field winner. Especially if conditions are tough (forecast is for a bit of rain but not high winds).
