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Philip Reid

Dublin

Golf Correspondent at Irish Times

Golf Corr @IrishTimes Author Irish Majors (https://t.co/3vAcqVghiB) &The Cup (https://t.co/x0NbnEUPVg) Chairman AGW 2023- email: [email protected]

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Philip Reid

    Time brings change. It always does. The evolution of the golf course at Oakmont Country Club, northeast of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, has been ongoing for more than a century. The players who have qualified for next week’s US Open at the famed venue are in for a test of skills and nerve. The challenge provided by a venue that has hosted the championship more often than anywhere else remains the same. It will be very tough.

  • 3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Philip Reid

    Shane Lowry backed up an opening 64 with a well-crafted 68 to remain very much in contention in the RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto in Ontario. The Offalyman, enjoying a hugely consistent season which has seen him reach 12th on the both world and FedEx Cup standings, reached the mid-pmidpoint32, eight under par, four adrift of clubhouse leader Cameron Champ.

  • 3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Philip Reid

    Rory McIlroy, the Masters champion and world number two, playing for the first time since the US PGA last month, experienced a lowkey return to tournament play in the RBC Canada Open with a bogey-bogey finish to his first round 71, one-over-par, that left him trailing clubhouse leaders Taylor Pendrith and Alex Smalley by six strokes.

  • 3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Philip Reid

    Silence, sometimes, can be golden. Or not. In Rory McIlroy’s case, his decision to remain media shy for the entirety of the recent US PGA Championship, through all four rounds at Quail Hollow, came with a myriad of reasons which – finally – he explained ahead of the RBC Canadian Open in Ontario.

  • 3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Philip Reid

    Rory McIlroy gets back to having a scorecard in his back pocket for this week’s PGA Tour stop at the RBC Canadian Open. He won’t have to worry about Scottie Scheffler, which is unlikely to come as a disappointment as the American has won won three of his last four tournaments. McIlroy skipped the Memorial, which didn’t please tournament host Jack Nicklaus, who claimed to be “surprised” at the decision.

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Philip Reid @philreidgolf
10 Jun 25

RT @IrishTimesSport: US Open: Memories of the one that got away for Shane Lowry at Oakmont https://t.co/b6u9XuiHL6

Philip Reid
Philip Reid @philreidgolf
10 Jun 25

RT @IrishTimesSport: Rory McIlroy still waiting for competitive juices to flow again after Masters high https://t.co/WM4qSuipdg

Philip Reid
Philip Reid @philreidgolf
9 Jun 25

Busy range here at Oakmont @usopengolf ..... https://t.co/5kKSTxqevt