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Thoughts on the 2016 US Open

Dustin Johnson won the 2016 U.S. Open on Sunday at Oakmont, holding off a group of quality contenders and the stupidity of the USGA en route to a four three shot victory over Jim Furyk, Scott Piercy and Shane Lowry. Here are my takeaways from the week.

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The best winning storylines for the 2016 U.S. Open

It’s fair to say that we’re pretty spoiled right now as golf fans. The depth of talent at the top is insanely deep, and we have more compelling figures in the game than at any point in my lifetime. The last eighteen months have been incredible to watch because of these two facts, and I […]

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This week: Memphis, Austria and two majors

Last week, I tried out a new preview format for events on both the PGA Tour and European Tour. The basic idea was to come at them from the standpoint of whether or not it’s worth your time to tune in based on a variety of factors. Field strength, TV schedule (North America) and the course […]

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On tape delayed broadcasts

William McGirt won his first PGA Tour event on Sunday at the Memorial, holding off some big names and defeating Jon Curran on the second playoff hole. The win comes with a three year exemption on the PGA Tour, and his move into the 43rd spot in the Official World Golf Rankings obviously means a […]

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Matthew Fitzpatrick wins in Sweden

“How good is it to be a golf fan right now?” That’s how Golf Channel anchor George Savaricas ends a Golf Central promo that’s been airing on the network for the last year or so, and that’s exactly what I came back to when I was watching the European Tour this weekend.

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This week: Memorial Tournament and Nordea Masters

Starting this week, I’m trying out a new preview format for events on both the PGA Tour and European Tour. I’m going to try and come at them from the standpoint of whether or not it’s worth your time to tune in based on a variety of factors. Field strength, TV schedule (North America) and […]

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Jordan Spieth wins at Colonial

There was never anything seriously wrong with Jordan Spieth. You knew that, of course but it was nice to get a reminder of that on Sunday at Colonial where Spieth won his second tournament of 2016.

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Rory McIlroy wins the Irish Open in style

Prior to this week’s Irish Open, the last time Rory McIlroy won a golf tournament was last November at the DP World Tour Championship. For a variety of reasons, it feels like that win came much more than six months ago, but in case anyone thought that he was struggling or that he had fallen […]

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Jason Day wins the Players Championship

Jason Day won the Players Championship on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass, going wire to wire for his tenth career PGA Tour title.

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Answering SI’s anonymous player poll questions

Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated conducted an anonymous poll, surveying more than 150 players across the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions Tour on a variety of issues. They stayed away from the most overrated player question after last year’s result kinda blew up, but they didn’t shy away from some other interesting topics and […]

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