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The Starter: Phil Mickelson to bid U.S. Open adieu?

Oakmont is poised to host its 10th U.S. Open and there is every reason to believe the usual favorites — you know, Scottie, Rory, Bryson — will be atop the leaderboard at week's end.

🏌️ Scottie Scheffler, Scottie Scheffler, Scottie Scheffler. Are those your three picks for next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club?

🏌️ Brandel Chamblee was asked what he thought the winning score would be at the U.S. Open. He said, “Whatever Scottie Scheffler shoots.” Do you agree?

🏌️ Should the U.S. Open be the major championship played under the most difficult conditions? Or is the score relative to par that important anymore?

🏌️ Bryson DeChambeau has a new prototype set of irons for this week’s LIV Golf Virginia at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Are you surprised? Will you be more surprised if those irons make it to Oakmont next week?

🏌️ Rory McIlroy was mad because the media published his non-conforming driver result at the PGA Championship and not Scheffler’s. So, he didn’t speak to the media all week. Should players be required to be available to the media? Or do you even care?

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Phil Mickelson during the 2025 Masters' opening round.

🏌️ Phil Mickelson says there’s a "high likelihood" that next week’s U.S. Open will be his last. Which of his six runner-up finishes broke the most hearts?

🏌️ Nelly Korda has been No. 1 on the Rolex Rankings for 100 consecutive weeks, more than any American. But she didn’t win the U.S. Women’s Open. Does that matter?

🏌️ After wowing the PGA Tour as an amateur, Luke Clanton has turned pro with his first event being the RBC Canadian Open. Will he find out the difference between playing Tour events as an amateur and grinding at them as his job?

🏌️ Did you watch the Good Good Lonestar Shootout? Do you even know what that is?


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