It’s no surprise that Rory McIlroy is posted as the favorite (7-1) to win the 115th U.S. Open this week at Chambers Bay. He’s number one in the world, has two PGA Tour wins, another European Tour win this year… Continue Reading
Holly Sonders and Gil Hanse show us the sixteenth at Chambers Bay which nestles up close to the Puget Sound and even closer to the railway line that gives this course a definite British feel. Less than driver for most… Continue Reading
U.S. Open week is here and our second and most controversial major is near. Normally the debate about the U.S. Open and the setup starts now but we are well past that point. Many players had started complaining about Chambers… Continue Reading
Holly Sonders and Gil Hanse show us the 14th at Chambers Bay, a long par four with options off the tee. The right side is more conservative but the left side of the fairway will reward a long tee ball… Continue Reading
Holly and Gil take a look at the very short par 4 twelfth hole. It will play at around 300 yards each day so players will have the option of trying to drive the green or laying up. It’s all… Continue Reading
Robert Trent Jones II talks about his dad, the U.S. Open and Chambers Bay. Click on the video below.
Holly and Gil, our favorite U.S. Open couple give us a look at the par four tenth hole. Players will choose to lay up to the wider part of the fairway or challenge the surrounding dunes as the fairway narrows… Continue Reading
Brooks Koepka paired a second round 67 to go with his opening round 64 to take a one shot lead over youngster Austin Cook who is in just his third PGA Tour event. Koepka isn’t hitting a lot of fairways… Continue Reading
1. I really enjoy playoffs…hockey playoffs, golf playoffs not so much. But yesterday’s overtime battle between David Lingmerth and Justin Rose was good theater. Both players made some good shots and a few less than their best but it certainly… Continue Reading
Holly and Gil are back with the sixth hole at Chambers Bay a healthy par 4 at 495 yards. Trent Jones II calls the bunkers that border the sloped fairway “coffin bunkers.” Players will be hitting into a long, narrow… Continue Reading