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6 days ago
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US Open final round live: Australia's Adam Scott chasing golf history
Australia's Adam Scott will make golf history if he secures a second major victory at the US Open on Monday morning (AEST). The 44-year-old Aussie started the final round one shot off the lead after shooting three-under 67 in the third round — he was only golfer not to be over par in any of the first three rounds. Watch every round of the 2025 US Open LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on FOX SPORTS, available on Kayo. | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. Scott has been remarkably consistent across a stellar pro career — the US Open is his 96th consecutive major — but the Aussie would desperately love a second major win to bookend his career. Scott famously became the first and only Aussie to win the Masters in 2013 after he let a four-hole lead slip at the 2012 Open Championship. If he wins the US Open at Oakmont, Scott will break the record for the longest ever gap between golf major wins (4,445 days), which currently stands at 11 years (4,026 days). Adam Scott is chasing an incredible second major./AFP. Scott's shaky start to final around Adam Scott has teed off and has had a mixed start to his final round with two bogeys and a birdie. He bogeyed the first and third holes, with his approach chip shot on the third leaving him a long way from the hole. But Scott recovered on the par-5 fourth, nailing a massive putt from the edge of the green that nearly went in for eagle. Scott moved to -2 and into a share of the lead after American Sam Burns bogeyed the fifth hole. But Scott three-putted on the sixth hole to slip one shot back to -1. Golf world cheering for Aussie Golf fans around the world are hoping Adam Scott can somehow claim a victory that would cap off a superb career. Golfer Cameron Percy wrote on X: 'If you're not cheering for Adam Scott tomorrow you're a bum…..there isn't a better human.' Journalist Dan Rapaport said: 'Everyone on Tour is astounded that Adam Scott seems to gain 1-2 mph of ball speed every year as he moves deep into his 40s. A legendary figure in our sport who deserves a second major championship. What a massive day.' Masters champion Trevor Immelman said: 'I'm pulling for Adam Scott this weekend.' Scott said this weekend: 'Another major more would really go a long way in fulfilling my own self, when it's all said and done.' US Open leaderboard Sam Burns: 2-under Adam Scott: 1-under Viktor Hovland: Even par J.J. Spain, Tyrell Hatton: 1-over
Courier-Mail
6 days ago
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Incredible second major on the cards as Adam Scott makes move in US Open thriller
Don't miss out on the headlines from Golf. Followed categories will be added to My News. Australia's Adam Scott is one shot off the lead after the third round of the US Open after he fired the equal best round of the day courtesy of a back nine birdie blitz at Oakmont. The 44-year-old shot a three-under par round of 67, matched only by Mexico's Carlos Ortiz, to move to -3 overall after consecutive rounds of 70 to start the tournament, hot on the heels of leader Sam Burns (-4). Scott will join Burns in the final group on Monday morning Australian time after first round leader J.J. Spaun bogeyed the last to slip back to -3. Watch every round of the 2025 US Open LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on FOX SPORTS, available on Kayo. | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. The 2013 Masters champion strung together back-to-back birdies at 13 and 14 followed by another at 17, which lifted him to a share of the lead until Burns and Spaun both made birdies on the same hole in the group behind. Scott hit a cracking tee shot at the par 3 13th to have less than five feet for the hole, and then played one of the shots of the day with his approach into the par 4 14th, flying it past the hole, spinning it back and almost holing-out to leave a tap-in. The short par 4 17th is gettable, and he capitalised by draining a near-15 footer to cap off a great up-and-down form a greenside bunker. Scott made made bogey at the first hole, but recovered with birdie on the fourth hole to return to even par, where he remained until the 13th as he rattled off eight straight pars, playing the 'old man par golf' he joked about yesterday. Fellow Australian Marc Leishman (+4) held low round of the day of the honours for several hours before Scott and Ortiz pipped him. Leishman fired a two-under par 68, which Englishman Tyrell Hatton (+1) matched later in the day. Viktor Hovland (-1) is another contender as he shot an even par round of 70 playing alongside Scott. The US Open winner will take home A$6.6 million in prize money. Adam Scott is chasing his second major win. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) The Norwegian made birdies either side of the turn, including a curling 18-footer at ten, made another birdie at 17 but dropped a shot at 18 that could be costly. There were plenty of horror shows throughout the field again, but none worse that Australian Cam Davis' (+19) nightmare round as he shot a 12-over par 82. Jason Day (+5), meanwhile, struggled to keep pace as he followed up his second round 67 with a 72. The former world No.1 provided one of the best moments of the day as he came within an inch of making a hole-in-one at Oakmont's notorious 253-yard par-three eighth. X SUBSCRIBER ONLY Rory McIlroy only found more misery at rain-soaked Oakmont. McIlroy made bogeys on three of his last five holes to fire a four-over par 74 and stand on 10-over, 13 strokes adrift. 'I was hoping to play better, but I didn't,' McIlroy said, calling his tournament 'pretty average' so far as he broke his media silence. 'The name of the game this week is staying patient, and try to do a good job of it out there,' McIlroy said. 'But it's one of those golf courses that you can lose patience on pretty quickly.' McIlroy, who completed a career Grand Slam by winning the Masters for his fifth major title, missed a seven-foot putt to bogey the third hole and took a penalty drop leading to a bogey at nine. He dropped his approach inside four feet to set up a birdie at the 10th but found a greenside bunker at 11 and made bogey then lipped out from inside four feet to bogey 14 and missed the green at the par-three 16th on the way to bogey. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts after missing a putt on the ninth 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/Charlie Riedel) McIlroy found a greenside bunker off the 17th tee but blasted out inches from the hole and tapped in for birdie, only to find the right rough off the 18th tee on the way to bogey. Asked what he looked for on Sunday, McIlroy said, 'Hopefully a round in under four and a half hours and get out of here.' X SUBSCRIBER ONLY - Scheffler holds firm - Third-ranked American Xander Schauffele, the reigning British Open champion, fired a 71 to stand on seven-over 217. Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, seeking back-to-back major titles after taking last month's PGA Championship, had two birdies and three bogeys in his first nine holes to fall to five-over. Scheffler opened with a three-putt bogey, dropped in a 13-foot birdie putt on the right side of the hole at two, curved in a 19-foot birdie putt at the par-three sixth but made a three-putt bogey at the par-three eighth and a bogey at nine after a penalty drop. But the world No.1 clawed his way back with birdies at the par 5 12th and the par 4 17th taking him back to even par for the day, eventually signing off on a round of 70 to remain at +4 overall. Two-time major winner Jon Rahm of Spain sank a birdie putt from just inside 14 feet at the second, made bogey at three after finding a fairway bunker, then sank a 23-foot birdie putt at the par-three eighth to stand on +3 for the tournament. That number, and seemingly Rahm's hopes, blew out on the back nine with poor chipping and putting leading to a bogey at the 10th and a double bogey at the 15th. There were bright spots, Scotland's Robert MacIntyre among them. The reigning Scottish Open champion birdied the second on a 12-foot putt and the sixth from 19 feet on his way to a round of 69 that took him to +3 overall. Denmark's Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen reeled off four consecutive birdies on the front nine and he stands at +2 after a round of 69. Originally published as Incredible second major on the cards as Adam Scott makes move in US Open thriller
News.com.au
11-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Lawnmowers at ‘unplayable' US Open golf course go viral
Lawn lovers, behold the wild scenes playing out at the US Open golf tournament this week. The US Open has long been renowned as arguably the most difficult of the four golf majors, with birdies hard to come by on the course chosen for the major. Watch every round of the 2025 US Open LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on FOX SPORTS, available on Kayo. | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. It's no different at this year's course, the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, where keeping the ball on the fairway will be more important than usual. US Open organisers are notorious for keeping the rough on the edge of the fairway so tall that it's nearly impossible to find your ball if it lands in the long grass, and even harder to hit it out of there. Footage shared by the US Open this week of the thick rough being tamed by greenkeepers shows just how tricky it will be to play at Oakmont. An army of Oakmont Country Club greenkeeper armed with lawnmowers have been wading through the rough to try and make things slightly easier. Videos circulating on social media show that a ball dropped from knee height into the rough is almost completely lost in the thick stuff. Sportswriter Chris Harlan described the scene: 'Oakmont Country Club has a fleet of lawnmowers out today for the US Open.' Golf fans were stunned by the rough grass, as well as the fact the ground staff opted to used push mowers instead of tractor mowers. One person commented: 'I can't think of a more inefficient way to do things than mowing a golf course with push mowers.' Another said: 'There's gotta be a better way in today's world.' Golfer Jhonattan Vegas wrote on X: 'Good news guys, they are cutting the rough but, it's still unplayable. Have fun.' Fox Sports golf expert Paul Gow told he expects it to a golfer's nightmare this week, and the player that keeps their cool the most will come out on top. 'This is the best week of the year, you get to watch golf pros get upset with themselves,' Gow chuckled. 'Oakmont is one of the hardest golf courses in the world. It requires a player to hit so many different shots. 'It's a frustrating golf course because there's a lot of different angles and 175 bunkers around the golf course. You've got to navigate yourself around 'The rough is nice and deep so there's an emphasis on hitting it on the fairway. 'Some of the scores to win the US Open here have been over par. 'It's one of those golf courses the players love to hate because the greens get up ridiculously quick — quicker than Royal Melbourne. 'The greens will be running at 14 and a half to 15 on the stint meter. That will make difficult putting. And they're big, large greens that move the ball around a lot. And there's these little subtle breaks that will really frustrate the players. 'It's one of those places that a player needs to turn up with a really, really good attitude. If they don't, well, the most will pack their bags on Friday afternoon and go home.' Fresh off his PGA Championship win, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is chasing his fourth major title and first US Open victory. Scheffler is in a stellar patch of form having won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, the PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament in the past month. 'You can't go past Scheffler,' Gow said. 'I like Jon Rahm, he definitely is trending towards a better week. He played well at the PGA Championships at Quail Hollow. He fell over the last couple of holes, but he drove the ball really well. 'But you can't go away from Scottie Scheffler, it's just ridiculous how good he's playing, he's definitely the in-form player.' Australia's Marc Leishman will play his first major since 2022, while Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith, Cameron Davis and Jason Day are the other Aussies playing this week. It will be Scott's 96th consecutive appearance at a major. Players have voiced their concerns for just how difficult it will be to play in the conditions at Oakmont this week. Rory McIlroy, chasing his second major of the year after his Masters triumph, struggled playing the course during a practice round last week. 'Last Monday felt impossible,' McIlroy said. 'I birdied the last two holes for 81. It felt pretty good, it didn't feel like I played that badly. It's much more benign right now than it was that Monday. They had the pins in dicey locations and greens were running at 15.5 (on the stimpmeter measuring green speed). 'It was nearly impossible. This morning it was a little softer. The pins aren't going to be on 3 or 4 per cent slopes all the time. 'If you put it in the fairway, it's certainly playable. But then you just have to think about leaving your ball below the hole and just trying to make as many pars as you can. You get yourself in the way of a few birdies, that's a bonus. 'I'm glad we have spotters out there because last Monday you hit a ball off the fairway and you were looking for a good couple of minutes just to find it. It's very penal if you miss. Sometimes it's penal if you don't miss. 'The person with the most patience and the best attitude this week is the one that's going to win.'
Fox Sports
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Alex Palou finally conquers oval track with first-ever Indianapolis 500 win
Alex Palou has won the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 after finishing first at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. This marks Palou's first-ever Indy 500 win and his first win on an oval track. Palou is also the first-ever Spaniard to win the Indianapolis 500. The three-time IndyCar champion and two-time defending champion has won five of his first six races this season. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! BEST OF FOX SPORTS' INDY 500 COVERAGE: Ranking Indy 500 drivers from 33 to 1: Can anyone unseat Josef Newgarden? Got milk? 33 potential Indy 500 winners pick preferred dairy option Pato O'Ward pens letter to Indy 500: 'Had my heart broken here … but it also fuels me' No oval experience, no problem: Rookie Robert Shwartzman captures Indy 500 pole Rash of Crash: Inside a wild weekend of wrecks during Indy 500 prep From 'magical' to 'legendary': Drivers describe the Indy 500 in one word 2025 Indy 500 liveries: See the designs of all 34 cars on the track at The Brickyard Counting down the 25 most memorable moments in Indy 500 history recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
Fox Sports
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Fox Sports
Indianapolis 500 start time delayed due to light rain
The Indianapolis 500 on Sunday has been delayed due to inclement weather moving into the area of Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Drivers are in their cars, but are awaiting the go-ahead to start the race. Stay tuned for updates. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily ! BEST OF FOX SPORTS' INDY 500 COVERAGE: Ranking Indy 500 drivers from 33 to 1: Can anyone unseat Josef Newgarden? Got milk? 33 potential Indy 500 winners pick preferred dairy option Pato O'Ward pens letter to Indy 500: 'Had my heart broken here … but it also fuels me' No oval experience, no problem: Rookie Robert Shwartzman captures Indy 500 pole Rash of Crash: Inside a wild weekend of wrecks during Indy 500 prep From 'magical' to 'legendary': Drivers describe the Indy 500 in one word 2025 Indy 500 liveries: See the designs of all 34 cars on the track at The Brickyard Counting down the 25 most memorable moments in Indy 500 history FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience NTT INDYCAR SERIES recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
