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Analysis: Bryson DeChambeau had his chances to make the Olympics

Jun. 25, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

Bryson DeChambeau is a U.S. Open champion, and for now that will have to do. He is among the great entertainers in golf, with a YouTube channel approaching 800,000 subscribers. He certainly is among the best players over the last three months. Just look at his record in the majors...

Dutch Olympic officials will deny golfers from men's competition in Paris

Jun. 25, 2024 14:16 PM EDT

Dutch Olympic officials are keeping home two male and one female players from the golf competition in Paris because they believe their world ranking is too low for them to have a realistic chance against 60-player fields. The Netherlands Golf Federation said Tuesday it presented...

Tom Kim builds a 2-shot lead over Scheffler and Morikawa at Travelers Championship

Jun. 21, 2024 21:14 PM EDT

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Tom Kim is looking at the long term with his golf game and is getting short-term results at the Travelers Championship, where he followed an opening 62 with a 5-under 65 on Friday for the lowest 36-hole score of his career and a two-shot lead. Kim had to...

U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau now pins his Olympic hopes on Los Angeles in 2028

Jun. 19, 2024 14:35 PM EDT

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau couldn't play at the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19. His decision to sign with LIV Golf is keeping him out of the Paris Games this summer. So the two-time U.S. Open champion is pinning his hopes on Los Angeles in 2028. ...

Conners moves into last Canadian spot for Olympic return. Dutch are back in the game

Jun. 17, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Corey Conners found the fairway and the green on the final hole of the U.S. Open, a closing par at Pinehurst No. 2 that landed him in the Olympics for Canada for the second time. The Official World Golf Ranking published after the U.S. Open was used to...

US Open at a glance

Jun. 15, 2024 20:53 PM EDT

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — A brief look at the third round Saturday in the U.S. Open (all times EDT): LEADING: Bryson DeChambeau (67) was at 7 under, three shots clear of Matthieu Pavon (69), Rory McIlroy (69) and Patrick Cantlay (70). Hideki Matsuyama (70) and Ludvig Aberg (73) were...

Collin Morikawa thought a 66 would give him a shot at the US Open. Then came Bryson DeChambeau

Jun. 15, 2024 20:12 PM EDT

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Collin Morikawa woke up Saturday nine shots off the lead and figuring he would have to get back to even par to have any chance of winning the U.S. Open. He did his part, shooting a bogey-free 66. What Morikawa wasn’t counting on was big...

Olympic spots are on the line for Patrick Cantlay and Corey Conners at the US Open

Jun. 15, 2024 11:32 AM EDT

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — David Puig of Spain knew the score even before he teed off in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. All he had to do was make the cut to move past Jorge Campillo and earn a spot in the Olympics this summer in Paris. “Unless someone like Eugenio Chacarra...

McIlroy showing major form with bogey-free 65 to share US Open lead with Cantlay

Jun. 13, 2024 21:13 PM EDT

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy sent his 20-foot birdie putt on its way at the 18th hole Thursday and started walking toward the cup when the ball was still some 6 feet away from falling. It looked like the walk of a four-time major champion in control of his game on a Pinehurst No. 2 course...

Scottie Scheffler opens U.S. Open with 71, leaving him in contention but with ground to make up

Jun. 13, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler spent his opening round at the U.S. Open in a strange situation. He was over par. The world's top-ranked player had played 21 holes all season when he was over par for a tournament, yet that's where Scheffler found himself...