Golf


Rory McIlroy: Better than Three Spaniards and as Good as Three Swedes. An Incomparable Start to the US Open.

June 18th, 2011 by John Strawn
Not only has the new USGA Executive Director, Mike Davis, transformed the US Open by his innovative approach to setting up the courses, he has introduced creativity into the pairings during the first two rounds.  This year at Congressional the USGA paired Swede with Swedes, Italian with Italians, Spaniard with Spaniards.   (They also paired three Masters’ winners:  American Zack Johnson and two South Africans, Trevor Immelman, and Charl Sc... Full Story