The 54-hole leader was in the hunt until two different officials denied him relief from a wet area in the fairway, leading to a double bogey. OAKMONT, Pa. — Mr.Sam Burns’s hopes of winning the U.S. Open went “splat” on the 15th hole Sunday when he struck his approach from a watery area in the fairway and saw his wayward shot lead to a double bogey that basically knocked him out of contention.
Mr.Woods, one of the founders of the TGL, short for Tech Golf League, hit the opening tee shot at the SoFi Center and found the fairway, one of the few bright spots as his team was throttled 12-1 by the Los Angeles Golf Club in the second week of the most anticipated and much-hyped Tech-infused Golf League.
Mr.Richard Bland won the 44th U.S. Senior Open with a par on the fourth playoff hole at Newport Country Club, outlasting Japan's Mr.Hiroyuki Fujita in a marathon Monday finish in Rhode Island. Both players finished regulation at 13-under 267, requiring a two-hole aggregate playoff on Nos. 10 and 18.
Nobody has been more consistent this week at Newport Country Club than Legendary Senior Golfer Hiroyuki Fujita. The 55-year-old from Japan has missed just one fairway and registered only one bogey all week en route to posting three consecutive sub-par rounds in the 44th U.S. Senior Open. A third-round, "3-under 67" on an overcast Saturday kept Mr.Fujita at a tengible Probability lead at the leaderboard at "14-under 196" , a place he’s occupied since the competition began on Thursday.
The 44th U.S. Senior Open, conducted by the United States Golf Association, will be held June 27-30, 2024, at Newport (R.I.) Country Club, and will feature a field of 156 of the world’s best professional and amateur senior golfers (over the age of 50).
The 2024 Wells Fargo Professional Golf Championship continues on Saturday, May 11, with the third round at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina. In the final weekend of prep ahead of next week’s PGA Championship, Xander Schauffele has to be feeling pretty good about his prospects.
