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Associated Press
18 hours ago
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- Associated Press
Scheffler hits a perfect shot and plenty of great ones for a 62 to share lead at Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had one of those rare rounds where he hit a shot so pure it makes his confidence soar. So many other shots were pretty good, too, and they added to an 8-under 62 to share the lead Thursday with Austin Eckroat in the Travelers Championship. The week after a rough-and-tumble U.S. Open was a welcome break for so many at the TPC River Highlands, even with the rough just as long (but not quite as thick) as soaked Oakmont. Rory McIlroy played bogey-free for a 66 and didn't look to break too much of a sweat. 'This is a nice tonic compared to last week in terms of it's a slightly more benign golf course and the penalty for missing isn't quite as severe,' McIlroy said. Scheffler faced the hot afternoon when a refreshing breeze turned into a strong wind, and he wasted no time getting in the mix with four birdies in six holes and a 30 on the front nine. And then came the par-5 13th, 236 yards away into the wind, over a pond to a pin on the right. It was perfect — that's coming from golf's No. 1 player — and settled 10 feet away for birdie. 'That 3-iron I hit in there was really nice,' Scheffler said. 'It was pretty much exactly what I was trying to do. It was kind of one where I had to hit it really solid in order to get it there with the water short, and I just did pretty much exactly what I wanted to and it felt nice.' McIlroy was at 64 along with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark. Another shot back was Cameron Young. He was in the mix late on Sunday at Oakmont, and started the Travelers Championship by going from the rough to the bunker, and then a three-putt from 25 feet for a double bogey. 'I managed to get around Oakmont for four days with no doubles and I made it zero holes here,' Young said. 'Typically that's not kind of what you expect around here.' Not to worry. He followed with eight birdies in a day with a new routine. His caddie went down with a stomach virus and the best option was to turn the bag over to his father, Dave Young, recently retired as the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow. The surprise was Eckroat, already a two-time winner on the PGA Tour but struggling so much this year that he has only two finishes in the top 20 and eight missed cuts. The last two weeks served him well, however, as Eckroat said he figured out how to eliminate the miss to the left. He played the last six holes in 5-under par, starting with a 35-foot eagle putt on No. 13. 'I wasn't fearing the left ball today, which is huge, and then whenever you're feeling comfortable with other things, other things start to fall in line,' Eckroat said. 'Felt great over the putter, and just a really solid day, and I felt confident, which it was nice to feel that this season. It's been a while.' U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun felt the fatigue, and the steamy heat didn't help the cause. Playing along Scheffler, he was hanging in there until it took him two chips and two putts to cover 40 feet for a double bogey on No. 12, and a bogey-bogey finish for a 73. Jordan Spieth didn't even make it to the finish line. This was the first time Spieth didn't need a sponsor exemption for a $20 million signature event, and he only lasted 13 holes when his shoulder blade got tight on the range, spread across the back of his neck to the other side and left him no choice but to withdraw. Scheffler saying he hit a great shot is worth paying attention to because it doesn't happen very often. He rarely hits it offline. But this was something special. 'Hit it really solid and really straight, just barely right of the pin, and kept it nice flat flight, get it to go through the wind, and it was good,' he said. In fact, he could only recall two other shots in recent years — a 6-iron on the fifth hole in the final round at the 2022 Masters, a 9-iron he hit on the par-3 third hole in the final round of the 2023 Players Championship. 'Those are shots that kind of get lost in terms of the tournament,' he said. 'I'm not even sure if I birdied No. 3 at The Players, and I know I didn't birdie No. 5 during the Masters. But those are the shots when you're playing and you're in the moment, those are the ones that give me a lot of confidence.' It's hard to imagine him needing much more of that. He hasn't finished out of the top 10 since The Players in March, a stretch of eight tournaments. He didn't hit the ball very well for two days at the U.S. Open and still had an outside chance on the back nine And in his 19th round at the TPC River Highlands, he posted his lowest score at 62. ___ AP golf:
NBC Sports
a day ago
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- NBC Sports
Cameron Young fires 65 at Travelers after dad replaces sick caddie
Cameron Young was on his way to TPC River Highlands on Thursday morning when he received a call from his caddie. Kyle, Sterbinsky, Young's college teammate at Wake Forest who began caddying for Young at this year's PGA Championship, was still too sick to carry the bag for the first round of the Travelers Championship. 'I don't want what he has, and I don't want any of my kids to have what he has,' Young said. 'Figured just give him an extra day to recover. I'm sure he could have come out here if his life depended on it.' But there was no need to risk anything. In stepped Young's father, David Young. Young, who retired a couple years ago as Sleepy Hollow Club's longtime head golf professional, had last caddied for his son a few years ago for nine holes of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. 'But he's out there all the time, so it's pretty easy,' said Cameron Young, who opened the Travelers with a 5-under 65. '… He walks so many holes with me and knows the game so well that he can be an asset for me out there.' Young's round, though, got off to a rocky start. With his routine slightly affected by the caddie change, Young double-bogeyed the par-4 first hole, where he missed his tee shot well left, dumped his approach into a greenside bunker, splashed out to 28 feet and then later missed a 3-footer for bogey. But he settled in nicely after that with five birdies in his next eight holes. Young entered this week coming off back-to-back T-4 finishes, at the RBC Canadian Open and U.S. Open. He also was T-7 last month at the Truist Championship before gutting out a T-47 while feeling ill himself at the PGA Championship. His recent stretch also includes a T-25 at the Memorial after opening in 77. 'I've been playing really well,' Young said. 'Philadelphia is the first result that you see it, finishing top 10 there, and then PGA week I actually played really well. I was deathly ill on the weekend. I could hardly stay awake to play. I think had I been feeling okay I would have been kind of up there that week. Just physically I had terrible aches and stuff, so I was really struggling out there. Yeah, I really have put together a bunch of nice weeks in a row. … There's been a lot of solid golf, and nice to see it kind of result in some good finishes.' As for reviewing dad's performance, Young said: 'He hung in there. I think that hill on 17 was not his favorite. But he made it, and hopefully don't need him again tomorrow.'
USA Today
3 days ago
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- USA Today
Cameron Young odds to win the 2025 Travelers Championship
Cameron Young odds to win the 2025 Travelers Championship Travelers Championship details and info Date: June 19-22, 2025 June 19-22, 2025 Course: TPC River Highlands TPC River Highlands Location: Cromwell, CT Cromwell, CT Previous Winner: Scottie Scheffler How to watch the Travelers Championship Thursday: The Golf Channel The Golf Channel Friday: The Golf Channel The Golf Channel Saturday: CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA), The Golf Channel CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA), The Golf Channel Sunday: CBS (KBAK-Bakersfield, CA), The Golf Channel Watch golf on Fubo! Young odds to win the Travelers Championship PGA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 2:56 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Young odds to finish in the top 5 at the Travelers Championship Young odds to finish in the top 10 at the Travelers Championship Other betting markets for Young at the Travelers Championship Young recent performances Young has taken part in 17 tournaments this season, collecting two top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes. Young has finished in the top five twice in his past four events. Young has finished in the top five in each of his last two tournaments. Young has made the cut six times in a row and will look to continue his streak this week. Over Young's last two trips to this tournament, he's finished among the top 10 once, and his average finish at the event is 35th.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Scottie Scheffler hovered at the US Open. Jon Rahm surged. It just wasn't enough for either
Cameron Young walks up the fifth fairway during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Jon Rahm, of Spain, gets a fist bump from his caddie, Adam Hayes, left, after sinking a putt for birdie on the eighth hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Justin Hastings, of the Cayman Islands, tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler wipes his brow on the 18th green after finishing the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler reacts to a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler reacts to a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Cameron Young walks up the fifth fairway during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Jon Rahm, of Spain, gets a fist bump from his caddie, Adam Hayes, left, after sinking a putt for birdie on the eighth hole during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Justin Hastings, of the Cayman Islands, tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler wipes his brow on the 18th green after finishing the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler reacts to a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm fought to find their form at the U.S. Open. Neither managed to do so long enough to surge into contention on the weekend. Neither, however, is complaining after taking different paths to a tie for seventh behind winner J.J. Spaun. Advertisement The top-ranked Scheffler made 'silly mistakes' over the first two rounds but posted even-par 70s on both Saturday and Sunday. If not for another roll or two on a couple of putts or a poor tee shot on 18 Sunday that led to a closing bogey, Scheffler believes he might have inched a bit higher up the leaderboard. 'If I had four days like I did today, I think it would have been a different story,' Scheffler said. 'I was playing kind of behind the 8-ball most of the week (by) hitting the ball in the rough. Overall, proud of how I battled, gave myself a chance, but ultimately didn't have enough.' There is little Scheffler hasn't accomplished during his three-year run atop the sport. Figuring the U.S. Open out is one of them. He hasn't broken par in each of his last nine rounds at the national championship, dating back to the final round at Los Angeles Country Club in 2023. Rahm, who was near the top of the leaderboard on Thursday after opening with a 1-under 69 before following it up by going a combined 8-over on Friday and Saturday, closed with three straight birdies to close the final round. His 3-under 67 tied with Rory McIlroy for the best round of the day. Advertisement The 2021 U.S. Open champion also had the luxury of finishing before rain stopped play for more than 90 minutes. Rahm's 4-over total held up for quite a while. How long? He was still hanging around outside the locker room with his golf bag when Spaun finally seized the tournament some five-plus hours after Rahm had walked off 18. 'It's crazy because it doesn't feel like I played that different (than) every other round,' Rahm said. Y es, a 301-yard par 3 Rahm had a great strategy for playing the longest par 3 in major championship history. 'You most likely take a head cover off one of your clubs and hope it goes straight,' he said. Advertisement Indeed, there was nothing to be ashamed of using a wood to conquer the 301-yard eighth hole at Oakmont — a monster of a hole on a monster of a course. The USGA set the distance at exactly 301 yards for Sunday's final round; that was one yard longer than the previous record of 300, also set by No. 8 at the 2007 Open won by Angel Cabrera. It has been hard to find many fans of the uber-long par 3s. Even Jack Nicklaus, who won at Oakmont in 1962, before No. 8 turned into quite the monster it is today, said tongue-in-cheek, 'I haven't played it since they lengthened it to be a short par 5.' Whatever Rahm did was working. He played No. 8 at even par over the four days; that included a birdie Saturday. Advertisement With about half the field through No. 8 on Sunday, the hole was the third hardest of the tournament, playing nearly a half stroke above par. Punching their tickets Cameron Young had to birdie his last two holes and win a playoff in qualifying just to reach this U.S. Open. That won't be necessary next year after Young finished tied for fourth at 3 over, assuring him of a spot in the field next June at Shinnecock. Everyone inside the top 10 automatically earned a return trip next year, a group that included Carlos Ortiz. Ortiz also tied for fourth, earning him a Masters spot next April. As a member of LIV Golf, Ortiz would be unlikely to make it to Augusta any other way. Advertisement 'A really great week,' Ortiz said. 'Obviously, when you have a chance, you really want to take advantage of it. I feel like I played good enough. I just made a few mistakes that cost me. Overall pretty proud.' Hasting's game Justin Hastings made a bit of history by capturing low amateur honors. The 21-year-old became the first player from the Cayman Islands — a self-governing British Overseas Territory located in the Caribbean about 275 miles south of Havana, Cuba — to take home one of the biggest prizes in amateur golf. Hastings, who earned his way into the tournament by winning the Latin American Amateur Championship in Argentina in January, was the only amateur to reach the weekend and finished his four days at Oakmont with a total of 15-over 295. Advertisement Heady territory for a player whose home country has all of 27 holes of golf. It also served as another confidence boost two months after he fired a respectable even-par 72 during the second round at the Masters, where he missed the cut by just two shots. 'I think (it) just reaffirmed that, when I have my golf game, I can kind of compete out here," he said. Hastings had planned to turn pro after finishing up his senior year at San Diego State this spring. His Latin Am victory changed those plans. Next up, is a trip to Royal Portrush next month to play in the British Open, he's also locked into a spot in the U.S. Amateur if he wants. 'Obviously, the easy answer is we want to get on the PGA Tour as soon as possible,' he said. 'My coaches like to say that good golf takes care of all that, so we're going to focus on playing as well as we can, and when we get opportunities the next few months, hopefully we can take advantage of it.' Advertisement Schauffele ties Snead Xander Schauffele tied for 12th at 6 over, giving him a ninth straight U.S. Open finish inside the top 15, matching Sam Snead's run from 1947-55. The only players with longer streaks of coming in 15th or higher since 1920 are Jack Nicklaus (12 straight), Ben Hogan (12) and Bobby Jones (11). Schauffele needed a final-round 69 to pull into a tie with Brooks Koepka and Chris Kirk. Playing to the crowd Philp Barbaree finished his second U.S. Open start with a fashionable flourish. The 26-year-old, the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur champion whose wife Chloe doubles as his caddie, made the cut on the number early Saturday morning. While Oakmont pushed him around over the weekend, it hardly seemed to get to him. Advertisement Barbaree traded the pink pullover he wore for most of his final round for a Pittsburgh Pirates jersey with the No. 25 and his last name on it on the 18th green, and the gallery roared when he tapped in for par to finish up a 12-over 82. While Barbaree doesn't have any ties to Pittsburgh, another LSU alum does: Pirates ace and LSU graduate Paul Skenes. ___ AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson, AP National Writer Eddie Pells and AP Sports Writer Noah Trister contributed to this report. ___ AP golf:
Irish Times
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Different Strokes: Cameron Young closing in on tournament win
A matter of time, surely, for Cameron Young to crack the code and finally win a tournament. Young's recent form – with two timely top 10s in last month's Truist and last week's RBC Canadian Open – has marked an upturn evident in moving into the top 60 in the world rankings but also in securing his place in the season's final two Majors, this week's US Open at Oakmont and next month's 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. In his 89 starts on the PGA Tour since turning professional, after a standout collegiate career at Wake Forest, where Dubliner Paul McBride and Will Zalatoris were team-mates, Young has finished second seven times. 'My game is in totally different shape than it was a couple months ago. I've come a very, very long way on execution of all the iron play, in particular. I've been putting really well this year. So nice to see that kind of come back to me. Seems to be giving me some decent chances to have nice tournaments,' said Young, on a run of five straight cuts made, who'd earned his place in the field at Oakmont in the final qualifying stage. READ MORE Dentist Matt Vogt eyes US Open dream It's Kevin Costner Field of Dreams stuff for Matt Vogt, the 34-year-old dentist who once upon a time caddied – through his teenage years – at Oakmont Country Club and now gets to play in the US Open. Vogt negotiated a path to the championship through local qualifying and then at final qualifying (wisely choosing the low-key Wine Valley course in Washington, away from the PGA Tour pros who battled it out in Ohio and Canada) last week. Vogt will play with a dark-blue ribbon attached to his Titleist cap in memory of his father Jim, who died earlier this year from colon cancer. 'I've just spent so much time praying for strength and trying to find it ... I knew I could do it,' he said after he successfully earned his spot in the field, one of 15 amateurs to make it through the various exemptions. 'I feel like I'm going to wake up from a dream here in a little while and this isn't going to be real, but it is real. You walk around Oakmont as a kid, and you think about what it'd be like to play in championships there. You just kind of daydream,' added Vogt, who will be back in his dental practice next week. For now, he's living the dream. Outlook seems stormy for later rounds at Oakmont Will the weather be a spoilsport at Oakmont? Certainly, those in the know have put a major question mark over the chances of completing the weekend's final two rounds of the US Open on schedule with the prospect of thunderstorms in the Pittsburgh area. According to on-site Thor Guard meteorologists Eric Garlick and Jake Swick, there is only a minimal chance of disruption through the opening two rounds (with a 20 per cent chance of rain on Friday afternoon) but the weekend looks likely to be impacted by thunderstorms. On Saturday, there is a 40 per cent prospect of rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon; and an almost identical forecast in place for Sunday's scheduled final round. Monday finish anyone? Word of Mouth 'I feel like I'm still pretty far away from winning one' – Joaquin Niemann , the 26-year-old Chilean who has dominated the LIV Golf tour this season, his win in Virginia on Sunday bringing to four his success rate so far this year, on bridging the gap to also winning a Major. By the Numbers: 11 Of the 156 players in the field, 11 have previously lifted the US Open trophy: Wyndham Clark (2023), Bryson DeChambeau (2020, '24), Matt Fitzpatrick (2022), Lucas Glover (2009), Dustin Johnson (2016), Brooks Koepka (2017, '18), Rory McIlroy (2011), Jon Rahm (2021), Justin Rose (2013), Jordan Spieth (2015) and Gary Woodland (2019). Social Swing Ryan Fox's pace of play is aspirational! – fellow tour pro Michael Kim impressed by Fox's, er, speed. Others could learn a lesson or two. Great tournament, great people, disappointing finish ... Thank you Canada @RBCCanadianOpen – Shane Lowry on getting into contention only for a poor finish to ultimately finish tied-13th and in decent form headed into the US Open. Lowry ranked third in strokes gained: approach to green, a likely key statistic category at Oakmont which augurs well. Note to self ... don't do mirror putting work in the middle of the day #nofilter – Justin Thomas seeing the funny – or even sunny – side of his practice putting routine at Oakmont. Ryan Fox's win in the RBC Canadian Open earned him a late exemption into the US Open. Photograph:In the Bag: Ryan Fox (RBC Canadian Open) Driver: Srixon ZXi (10.5 degrees) 3-wood: Srixon ZXi (16.5 degrees) Irons: Srixon ZXiU (2), Srixon ZXi5 (4, 5), Srixon ZXi7 (6-PW) Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50, 56 and 60 degrees) Putter: Ping Answer 2D Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV *Ryan Fox's playoff win over Sam Burns in the RBC Canadian Open earned him a late exemption into the US Open. The Kiwi's second win of the season on the PGA Tour moved him from 75th to 32nd in the official world rankings. In all, six players – Fox, Doug Ghim, Takumi Kanaya, Chase Johnson, Riki Kawamoto and Eric Cole – were added to the field to complete the 156 players competing at Oakmont. Champions at Oakmont 2016: Dustin Johnson (Won by three strokes over Shane Lowry, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy) 2007: Angel Cabrera (Won by one stroke over Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk) 1994: Ernie Els (Won in a playoff against Colin Montgomerie) 1983: Larry Nelson (Won by one stroke over Tom Watson) 1973: Johnny Miller (Won by one stroke over Tom Schlee) 1962: Jack Nicklaus (Won in a playoff against Arnold Palmer) 1953: Ben Hogan (Won by six strokes over Sam Snead) 1935: Sam Parks Jr (Won by two strokes over Jimmy Johnson) 1927: Tommy Armour (Won in a playoff against Harry Cooper)
