⛳ Wyndham Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion at Los Angeles Country Club, led the field with a 6-under 64 in the first round of the Open at Shinnecock Hills. Think we will see any more 64s the rest of the tournament?
⛳ Players, nearly to a man, praised the U.S. Golf Association’s setup of Shinnecock for the first two rounds of the Open. Will players change their minds over the weekend?
⛳ Scottie Scheffler, after a first-round 2-over 72 at the Open, went directly to the range to work with longtime teacher Randy Smith, looking mostly at his grip. If the No. 1 player in the world is that meticulous about his grip, what should the average player take from that?
⛳ Keith Mitchell went 41-29 to shoot even-par 70 in the first round of the Open, becoming the seventh player in Open history to play nine holes in 29 strokes. Does he win "Most Improved"?
⛳ Two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau cranked a 427-yard drive at the 474-yard, par-4 12th hole in the first round at Shinnecock. Could he have thrown the ball onto the green from there? (Yes, he made birdie.)
⛳ Seventeen-year-old amateur Miles Russell — the youngest player in the field — shot 2-over 72 in the first round at the Open. He was paired with the oldest player in the field, 54-year-old Padig Harrington, and beat him by five strokes. Was that enough to impress Harrington?
⛳ The USGA, along with the game’s other governing bodies, agreed to push back the golf ball rollback to 2030. Out of sight, out of mind, or just kicking the can down the road?
⛳ Bud Cauley won the RBC Canadian Open for his first PGA Tour victory eight years after his career was nearly ended by a single-car crash in which he was a passenger. A candidate for feel-good story of the year?
⛳ Phil Mickelson’s libel attorney says his client resigned from The Farms Golf Club rather than being asked to leave as a result of his alleged unwanted physical contact with a female employee. Is this a distinction without a difference?
