Dylan Dethier

1 week ago | golf.com | Dylan Dethier |Sean Zak

OAKMONT, Pa. — You could only wonder what was kicking around Tyrrell Hatton’s head as he made the lonely walk from U.S. Open scoring. He had just played one of the toughest rounds of golf in his life, he’d finished tied for fourth and he showed it in his slow, plodding strut. Hatton stared at the ground ahead of him for each of the 50 steps to the interview area. What was he thinking? What did he want to say about his day? What was there to say, anyway?

1 week ago | golf.com | James Colgan |Dylan Dethier

OAKMONT, Pa. — How do you like your U.S. Opens? How far do you like to see your golfers pushed? To the edge? A little past that? A little past that? Sunday’s final round at Oakmont got off to a relatively normal start and then — first gradually, then suddenly — went completely off the rails. What follows are 20 snippets that provide an incomplete account of Sunday’s insanity at Oakmont. J.J. Spaun bogeyed the first hole but had a nice look from the fairway at the short par-4 2nd.

1 week ago | golf.com | Dylan Dethier |Josh Berhow

OAKMONT, Pa. — J.J. Spaun would like to use a mulligan. The 34-year-old pro had already bogeyed the first hole of his final round at the U.S. Open at Oakmont on Sunday, but he’d put himself in good position on the short par-4 2nd hole. Faced with a 93-yard approach, Spaun hit a spinny wedge right at the flag. “On a good line,” Dan Hicks said on the broadcast. And it was. Too good, in fact.

1 week ago | golf.com | Dylan Dethier

OAKMONT, Pa. — Sam Burns has an interesting roommate this week: World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. This is not a new thing nor a rare thing for these two. Burns and Scheffler and their families often stay together at big events, splitting rental houses, doubling down on camaraderie. This U.S. Open Sunday, though, is special for two reasons. The first is that they’re both in contention.

1 week ago | golf.com | Kevin Cunningham |Dylan Dethier

OAKMONT, Pa. — Earlier in U.S. Open week Adam Scott, one month from his 45th birthday (and now one shot off the lead at Oakmont), was asked how he views his “major championship window”. He paused to consider the question, as he tends to, then offered one word in response. “Ajar,” he said with a smile. If you’ve watched Scott give interviews over the years you can probably picture what he looked like as he said it, how he sounded. You can appreciate just how very Adam Scott it was. Pithy. Earnest.