Things started to get a little more serious Tuesday at Torrey Pines, as players began intensifying preparation for the 121st U.S. Open Championship.
Tuesday was the biggest interview day, and stars like Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, and defending champion Bryson DeChambeau all had interesting things to say about this championship and how they will attack the course.
A field of 156 players, including defending champion Bryson DeChambeau and favorite to win the U.S. Open Jon Rahm landed on Torrey Pines South Course today as preparations began for the 121st playing of the national championship.
The South Course will play to a par-71, and yardage is listed at 7,652. However yardage will vary each round and South can play up to 7,800+ yards, which would make it possibly the longest course in U.S. Open history.
U.S. Open week is upon us, and we're deep diving into the facts and numbers of this 121st U.S. Open Championship to get you ready for all the action from Torrey Pines.
Can Bryson go back-to-back? Does Phil really have a shot to grab the big one that's eluded him for so long? Is there a dark horse who can get it done this week? Let's jump inside the numbers.
Torrey Pines Golf South Course hosts the 121st U.S. Open Championship next week, and will be set up at 7,652 yards.
The course will play to a par of 35-36–71, and the yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.
I've taken the new Bushnell Golf Tour V5 Shift rangefinder out for testing a handful of times now. Enough to get a good idea of what it can do and start writing my review. Yesterday however, I was playing with a good friend and of course he was asking me questions about it. So I decided to just let him use mine, it would be interesting what he thinks. I had no idea it would become the intro for this review.
He was impressed, which didn't surprise me. What did surprise me was just how impressed he was. A few hours later I had a huge grin on my face when he texted me a pic of his new Tour V5 Shift. He actually went out and bought his own after our round, I kid you not.
Toptracer, a division of global sports and entertainment leader Topgolf Entertainment Group, has announced a multi-year partnership with property and golf course ownership group, C-Bons International Golf Group Management, LLC (CBIGG Management LLC).
CBIGG owns 26 golf properties throughout the United States, with seven currently installed with Toptracer Range, showcasing technological innovation and unmatched experiences for existing customers and newcomers designed to grow the game of golf.
It doesn't happen very often, but every once in awhile you try on new golf shoes, play in them for the first time, and literally have a kind of "Woah!" (out loud) moment because they're so good.
Well, after my first full round wearing the new FootJoy Flex Coastal shoes, that moment was more than just "woah, these are good." These are the most comfortable FootJoy Flex I’ve ever worn.
The new Nikon Coolshot Pro ii Stabilized laser rangefinder differentiates itself from the pack with premium performance and technology in every feature category.
From optics to accuracy, and speed to range, if you're looking for one of the best rangefinders money can buy in 2021, the Coolshot Pro ii Stabilized will absolutely spoil you.
Adidas Golf is taking yet another step forward in offering more sustainable products for golfers everywhere. Today, they introduced both apparel and footwear that features Adidas recycled technical material: PRIMEBLUE.
This special capsule is just part of Adidas commitment to continue to innovate in the area of sustainability until reaching the goal to use only recycled polyester in all of their products by 2024. The products featured include polos, layering pieces and shorts, along with our new CODECHAOS21 footwear.
Players Distance irons became a big story in the equipment industry about five years ago. The idea being to combine the playability of cavity back irons with the looks of better players irons. Distance, workability, control, forgiveness, and feel are all part of the equation, but sacrifices are usually made in one area for another.
Well, Tour Edge apparently decided to take a different approach to players distance irons, one that sacrifices nothing. And their new Exotics C721 irons should be on everyone's shortlist as a candidate for best players distance irons of 2021.
The Olympic Club struck again. Just as in the five U.S. Opens contested on the club’s Lake Course, the first U.S. Women’s Open Championship played over this iconic Bay Area layout wasn’t kind to the favored final-round frontrunner.
Olympic’s list of past victims includes Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Jim Furyk and Payne Stewart, and Lexi Thompson can now be added to the remarkable list of players who have come up short in championship bids here.
Lexi Thompson has seemingly been playing U.S. Women’s Opens longer than cypress trees have framed the holes at The Olympic Club. At age 26, this is her 15th consecutive appearance since first qualifying in 2007 as a precocious 12-year-old. Yet for all that experience, the Floridian had never owned a share of the lead after any Women’s Open round.
Until now.
Golf is a game obsessed with numbers. Whether it’s the numerals we write on the scorecard or the myriad of statistics produced by sabermetric gurus, fans and media love to debate figures until our brains go on information overload.
But here are three key numbers to digest from the 76th U.S. Women’s Open Championship that don’t have to do with strokes gained, cost of the rough or greens in regulation. They are: 19-11-17, and they could be quite relatable come Sunday afternoon at The Olympic Club.
Golf Pride, a division of power management company Eaton and an industry leader in grip innovation, today announced it was the leading grip brand in play at the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship.
Not only did over 92% of the field at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale rely on Golf Pride on their full swing clubs but the closest competitor was selected by less than 6% of players.
What were you doing at age 17? Working a summer job as a caddie, or taking drive-thru orders? Perhaps you were preparing for your driving test or grinding over college-entrance exams.
Megha Ganne is not a typical 17-year-old, as she illustrated in the first round of the 76th U.S. Women’s Open Championship at The Olympic Club. The Holmdel (N.J.) High School junior carded a 4-under-par 67 – one off the 18-hole amateur scoring record – to match English professional Mel Reid on a breezy, overcast Thursday a few hundred yards from the hold a share of the lead after any round of the championship.
Since the anchoring ban a few years ago, golfers have been looking to find alternative methods to improve their putting. Arm Lock is the hottest Alternative Putting option on Tour, and it's an innovative, conforming design that still retains the benefits of an anchored putter.
Now Odyssey is bringing all of these performance benefits into their new 2-Ball Ten head shape.
Supersoft has been one of the most popular balls for years, with golfers who like it so much that they won’t play anything else. Now Callaway has combined the cover, core and flight technologies to make it even better in a special new “Play Yellow” offering.
For every dozen of these golf balls sold, Callaway is proud to donate $1 to the Play Yellow Campaign benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Narrow, sloping fairways lined with antagonistic trees and ornery rough await. Viscously small greens protected by hostile bunkers will test grit and determination.
The 76th US Women’s Open starts tomorrow from The Olympic Club. And when The OC hosts a national championship... something magical always happens.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the launch of the Driving Equity Grant Program to invite media outlets to expand their coverage of women’s golf by offering financial support to help alleviate any associated costs.
Ahead of the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open last December, the USGA launched “Women Worth Watching” as a long-term commitment to use its championships and platforms to celebrate female athletes and role models while promoting equality and diversity in sports. After driving awareness to the disparity in women’s sports coverage in Year One, the Driving Equity Grant Program is the organization’s next actionable solution to shrink the equality gap in golf.
Final qualifying for the 2021 U.S. Open Championship is set to begin next week, and will be conducted over 36 holes at nine different courses across the country.
For thousands of players, it will take the utmost grit and determination on "Golf's Longest Day" to join the elite few who make the field at Torrey Pines.
