Joe Callaghan
Writer at Freelance
Sports Writer and Columnist at The (Toronto) Star
Roving sportswriter | Journalism lecturer @UL | Now: Ottawa/Toronto. Then: Sligo/Dublin/Melbourne/Rio/Glasgow | Lover of Sligo Rovers + dogs.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
A week that began with JJ Spaun diving into how his Sawgrass showdown with Rory McIlroy had elevated his game ended with the unheralded American joining the Irishman in the 2025 major winners' circle. But so much happened in between Spaun's early Thursday 66 and his closing act which clinched an utterly enthralling US Open. Scratch that. So much happened between Spaun's Sunday front nine and his remarkable back nine.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
Back to regularly answering questions, Rory McIlroy even asked a couple of his own. One could be the most telling of his week at the US Open — and whatever comes next. Sunday at Oakmont had gone well, really well. But it also hadn’t gone according to plan. For the second-straight deciding day of a major championship, McIlroy’s tournament was over before the final-round leaders had even swung a club of consequence.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
Rory McIlroy returned to media duties on Saturday at Oakmont but kept things short and very snappy indeed as he admitted to harbouring frustrations with journalists and said it had been easier to make the US Open cut ‚Äúwhen you don't really care if you're here for the weekend or not‚ÄĚ.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
With the skies about to open above him, Rory McIlroy pulled himself out of the hellish challenge that has been Oakmont these past 48 hours and fired a heavenly closing birdie to make the cut. Standing on the 18th tee at 7-over for the year's third major, the cutline moving up and down between +6 and +7, McIlroy knew only a birdie could guarantee his run of six-straight US Open cuts made.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe Callaghan
A six-lane highway cuts Oakmont in two but unlike a lot of the interstates that get choked up from early hours across America, the I-76 has a flow to it. During the opening two days of this year’s US Open, the traffic jams have happened above the road where just a single bridge for spectators has been slow progress. Down below, the Pennsylvania Turnpike keeps on moving.
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‘Of course it concerns me’ - Rory McIlroy has an awful lot to ponder and an unexpected weekend off to do so as his new driver woes and plenty of other issues added up to a Friday horror show in Toronto. For @ExaminerSport https://t.co/OZnuLz6dBo
RT @MaddFM_: New side project - podcast producer for the @WorldPentathlon Podcast 🎧 Episode 1 - Olympic Gold Medalist Michelle Gulyas 🥇🇭🇺…
RT @shanks1919: Rory is in 149th place out of 155 and is +6 since this pic. Coincidence I think not