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5 things we learned Friday at the 2022 US Open
The leaderboard tightened considerably at the top, on day two of the 2022 U.S. Open. 5 under par became the new standard for excellence, where two sat atop the board. Five more reached 4 under, with eight more at three deep. A total of 23 golfers broke par after two days, but now comes the weekend and the superintendent’s revenge. Watch for trickier hole locations and a few more big numbers.
In the middle of the field, the cut was set at +3, which meant that 54 golfers would advance to the weekend, while 92 more would drive past The Country Club gates one last time. Cameron Young made the most spirited run at survival. Following two bogeys and a quad to start his final nine, the former Demon Deacon went birdie, ace, birdie, birdie, to get to +4. His attempt at another three on the 18th went wanting, and Young was on the outside, gazing in.
That's a 1??!
Cameron Young with the 48th hole-in-one in #USOpen history. pic.twitter.com/5YjmDDGOSZ
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2022
1. 2013 US Amateur Experience Edge Goes to Scheffler
With all the attention that the important golf media (aka this writer) paid to Matt Fitzpatrick, Scottie Scheffler was overlooked. The 2022 Masters champion was three matches shy of earning the 2013 US Amateur crown. Scheffler qualified out of match play with a 144 total, 10 behind the medalists. In match play, he dispatched Stewart Jolly, Brandon Hagy, and Matthias Schwab, before falling on the 18th green to co-medalist Brady Watt.
On Friday at Brookline, Scheffler played his first six hole in +2 figures, and was staring at a missed cut. As major champions do, the Texan found his game. The next twelve holes saw three birdies and one eagle join eight pars, and Scheffler moved from two-over to three-under par. Fitzpatrick survived a three-bogey run with a pair of closing birdies, totalled par for day two, and ended 36 at two-under par, one back of Scheffler.
Trust what works.
Describe Scottie Scheffler's action using one emoji below ??
4D swings are powered by @Cisco. pic.twitter.com/scnhQY74Of
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2022
2. Longhorn Nation is Chanting “Vick”
Travis Vick led three amateurs into the final 36 holes, on the wings of his Friday round of one-under par. Vick began the day at even par, and parlayed four birdies against three birdies to move inside the top twenty. Behind the UTexas golfer stood fellow amateurs Austin Greaser at +2, and Sam Bennett and Stewart Hagestad at +3. Greaser qualified into the Open as runner-up in the 2021 US Amateur, Hagestad as 2021 US Mid-Amateur champion, while Vick and Bennett qualified in through preliminary rounds.
Fred Biondi was one of the amateurs who missed the cut, but he’ll take this memory away from Brookline.
Making those Gator fans proud with a hole-out eagle! #USOpen@FredBiondi | @GatorsGolf pic.twitter.com/johWA3nCCy
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2022
3. Where’d these guys come from?
Hayden Buckley, Aaron Wise, and Beau Hossler sit on four-under par after 36 holes. Nick Hardy, Matthew NeSmith, and Patrick Rodgers lie in wait at three deep. All are decorated golfers, having earned their stripes in NCAA, Amateur individual, and Amateur team play. Now they find themselves in rarefied air, near the top of the leader’s chart at the US Open. Every kid’s dream, for sure, but every adult’s nightmare. The eyes of the world are on them, but this is what they’ve trained, sacrificed, and sweated for. As we saw in May, a Mito Pereira can come agonizingly close to stunning the world with a major title from nowhere. Can one of the aforementioned names take the next step and achieve it? Perhaps, with shots like this one.
In the house at -4! @hbuckley13 finishes his second round with an unlikely birdie. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/4gUs3iomvt
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2022
4. Where everybody knows your name
Defending champion Jon Rahm is at four under par, alongside 2011 winner Rory McIlroy. Brooks Koepka is a bit farther away but, after 67 on Friday, is positioned well to avoid the spiked greens that the later starters will face on day three. As a two-time Open champion, Koepka knows how to resolve this sort of matter in his favor. At minus-one are are Will Zalatoris and Xander Schauffele. Z and X are two of the players most often mentioned as Best Player To Never Win A Major, and each would love to shed that title. Our money is on one of these five players, or the guy that you’ll read about in point number five. Let’s have some fun for the next two days.
The first #USOpen eagle of Jon Rahm's pro career moves him within a shot of the lead. pic.twitter.com/PnMgPZEJ2K
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2022
5. The final pairing includes two fan favorites
Fans love Collin Morikawa because he smiles all the time, and he is a proven winner. With two major title to his credit, a win at the US Open would leave him a Masters shy of a career grand slam. Fans love Joel Dahmen because he wears a 1970s B-Movie stash and a wide-brimmed sombrero, along with a razor-sharp wit. If this were a night of stand-up, our money would be on Dahmen. It’s not, so we have to ride with Morikawa. That said, do we hope and pray that Dahmen will keep up and shine? Absolutely. After all, he just needs to keep doing this to stay in the hunt and keep us smiling.
From nearly 60 feet…DRAINO! @Joel_Dahmen regains a share of the lead. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/TOS4cMEPNl
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 17, 2022
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludwig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Masters 2024: Reduced-scale clubhouse trophy and green jacket to Scottie Scheffler
In the world of golf, there is Scotty and there is Scottie. Scotty Cameron gave the world of golf a nickname for a prestigious putter line, and Scottie Scheffler has now given the golf world a blueprint for how to negotiate one of the toughest tournaments to win. Sunday, Scheffler won the Masters tournament for the second time in three years. He separated from the field around the turn, making a trio of birdies at holes eight through 10. On the long walk home, he added three more birdie at 13, 14, and 16, to secure a four-shot win over Masters and major-championship rookie Ludvig Åberg.
On No. 7, Ludvig Åberg makes birdie to move into a tie for second place. #themasters pic.twitter.com/ZSjcOr9OQK
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 14, 2024
As the final group moved along the ninth hole, a quadrilateral stood at 7 under par, tied for the lead. Scheffler, playing partner Collin Morikawa, and penultimate pairing Max Homa and Åberg advanced equally toward Amen Corner, with the resolution of the competition well in doubt. Morikawa flinched first, getting too greedy (his words) at nine and 11. Double bogey at each dropped him farther back than he wished, and he ultimately made a 10-foot putt for bogey at the last, to tie for third position.
Ludvig Åberg made the next mistake. Whether he knew the Ben Hogan story about the approach into 11 or not, he bit off way more than he should have. His approach was never hopeful, and ended short and right in White Dogwood’s pond. Åberg finished the hole in six shots. To his credit, he played the remaining seven holes in two-under figures. Finally, Max Homa was the victim of the finicky winds over Golden Bell, the short, par-3 12th hole. His disbelief was evident, as his tee shot flew everything and landed in azaleas behind the putting surface. After two pitch shots and two putts, Homa also had a double bogey, losing shots that he could not surrender.
Why? At the ninth hole, Scottie Scheffler hit one of the finest approach shots of all time, into the final green of the first nine. Scheffler had six inches for birdie and he converted. At the 10th, he lasered another approach shot into a tricky hole location, then made another fine putt for birdie. Within the space of 30 minutes, Scheffler had seized complete control of the tournament, but Amen Corner still lurked.
Scottie Scheffler is back in sole possession of the lead. #themasters pic.twitter.com/MGytXpJcXH
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 14, 2024
At the 11th, Scheffler played safely right with his approach. His chip shot was a wee bit too brave and left him a seven-foot comeback putt for par. He missed on the right side and gave one shot back to the course and field. His tee ball on 12 was safely aboard, and he took two putts for par. On 13, the 2022 champion drove slightly through the fairway, then reached the green, with his first two shots. His seventy-foot-plus putt for eagle eased up, four feet past the hole. His second putt went down, and he was back in the birdie zone. As on nine, his approach to 14 green finished brilliantly within six inches. His final birdie came at the 16th, where he negotiated a nine-foot putt for a deuce.
Leader by four with two to play. #themasters pic.twitter.com/KcoilYExDr
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 14, 2024
Scheffler reached 11 under par and stood four shots clear of Ludvig Åberg when he reached the 18th tee. His drive found the lower fairway bunker on the left, and his approach settled in a vale, short and right of the green. With dexterous hands, Scheffler pitched to three feet and made the putt for par. With a big smile, he embraced caddie Ted Scott, who won for the fourth time at Augusta National, and the second with Scheffler. Ludvig Åberg finished alone in second spot, four back of the winner. Not a bad performance for the first-time major championship participant Åberg, and not a bad finish for the world No. 1 and second-time Masters champion, Scottie Scheffler.
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Jun 18, 2022 at 1:27 pm
Mike Tirico should be removed from ever speaking on TV again.
He has no class, and his voice and tone are exactly what Brits hate about Yanks. Get rid!!!! The worst commentator ever!!!