At 44, Australia’s Adam Scott has emerged as a sentimental title favourite for the 125th US Open crown though he sits one stroke behind Sam Burns in shared second place with day one leader JJ Spaun.
Five-time PGA Tour winner Sam Burns replaced fellow-American J.J. Spaun atop the 125th US Open leaderboard at Oakmont on Friday as defending champion Bryson DeChambeau failed to make the 36-hole cut.
With just one PGA Tour win to his name, J.J. Spaun was on no one’s list of favourites for the 125th US Open, but he managed the brutal Oakmost course well to emerge as the surprise leader while the big names were made to struggle.
With just one PGA Tour win to his name, J.J. Spaun was on no one’s list of favourites for the 125th US Open but he managed the brutal Oakmost course well to emerge as the surprise leader while the big names were made to struggle.
Even with a top class field in play including world number one Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, the 125th edition of the US Open at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania is expected to be brutal test of ability.
India’s best-placed player on the Ladies European Tour rankings, Diksha Dagar, tied for 14th place while rookie Avani Prashanth also finished in the top 20 at the Tenerife Ladies Open in the Canary Islands over the weekend.
Overnight leader Anirban Lahiri came up against the red-hot Joaquin Neimann on Title Sunday at LIV Golf Virginia and the Indian had to be content with his sixth runner-up finish since joining the league in 2022.
Indian star Anirban Lahiri was flawless in grabbing a two-stroke lead on the penultimate day of LIV Golf Virginia at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville on Saturday to also help Crushers GC top the team standings.
India’s sole LIV Golf star Anirban Lahiri shot a dogged 67 to share third place after day one of LIV Golf Virginia behind joint leaders Bryan DeChambeau and Martin Kaymer in Gainesville on Friday.
Winners of the domestic Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2023 and 2023, Sneha Singh and Hitaashee Bakshi, are testing their skills this week on the Ladies European Tour’s Tenerife Women’s Open.
The race for individual and team championship placings, promotions and demotions will gain a sharper edge as the LIV Golf season goes into its eighth leg at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, this weekend.
It was yet another relentless display by world number one Scottie Scheffler on the final day of the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, ending in a victory that saw him emulate Tiger Woods as a repeat winner of the Jack Nicklaus-hosted event.
Ranveer Mitroo finished tied for fifth place and Saanvi Somu was sole 10th at the Asian-Pacific Golf Confederation Junior Championship that was played at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling from May 20 to 29.
Golf’s most recent grand slam winner and world number two Rory McIlroy has confirmed his participation in the $4 million DP World India Championship to be played at the Delhi Golf Club from October 16 to 19.
Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela led the 107th edition of the PGA Championship for a second straight day but there are some serious title challengers on his heels including world number one Scottie Scheffler.
Zara Anand would up her Queen Sirikit Cup campaign with sole seventh place at Miyazaki in Japan on May 16 as South Korea retained both the individual and team titles by convincing margins.
Leading Indian amateurs Zara Anand and Heena Kang kept India’s challenge going at the 45th Queen Sirikit Cup women’s amateur championship in Japan on Thursday as Kore continued to run away at the top in the individual and team competitions.
Zara Anand and Mannat Brar have done well to keep India’s flag flying at the 45th Queen Sirikit Cup and the concurrent Amateur Ladies Asia-Pacific Invitational Golf Team Championship in Japan.
Masters winner Rory McIlroy, world number one Scottie Scheffler and LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau must be counted as amongst the hottest favourites for this week’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, but the Northern Irishman probably holds the edge.
Brandt Snedeker will lead Team USA into the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in Chicago and will have Australian legend Geoff Ogilvy as his Internationals counterpart.
Two-time US Open champion Byson DeChambeau ended a string of disappointing Sunday finishes with a two-stoke victory at LIV Golf Korea at Incheon on Sunday that also saw his Crushers GC take their first title of the season.