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Matt McCarty Comes Off Season-Best Showing at RBC Canadian Open
Matt McCarty got off the mat up in Ontario. The American golfer shook off consecutive missed cuts to end up T-4 at the RBC Canadian Open. Now, the Masters was a bit rougher this year and McCarty did finish T-15. This is only his second U.S. Open appearance. In 2022, he missed the cut at […]
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Justin Thomas Desperate to Continue Good 2025 Season
Justin Thomas wants to continue his good 2025 season. The American golfer has six Top 10 results and a win in just 13 events. Thomas has not won a major since the 2022 PGA Championship. Furthermore, his record at the U.S. Open has not been great. That includes back-to-back missed cuts. He did finish inside […]
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Jon Rahm Seeks Revenge at U.S. Open
Jon Rahm is ready as he will ever be for the U.S. Open. The Spanish golfer is in solid form but remembers what happened nine years ago at Oakmont. Rahm started with a 76 before rebounding on Friday. One of the biggest reasons then was errant shots and not the rough. Also, Rahm missed the […]
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Tom Kim Aiming for Improvement in U.S. Open
Tom Kim did not fare well at the first two majors in 2025. The South Korean golfer made the cut but finished outside the Top 50 at both the Masters and the PGA Championship. Kim strives for improvement at the U.S. Open. Kim has finished 26th or better and ended up inside the Top 10 […]
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Sungjae Im Expects Solid Performance at Oakmont
Sungjae Im has been a little inconsistent lately. The Korean golfer missed the cut at the PGA Championship and the RBC Canadian Open but T-16 at the Memorial. Overall, Im has three Top 10 results in 2025. All three of those are in the Top 5. Im has never won a major and has missed […]
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Brian Harman Aims to Rebound From the Memorial
Brian Harman had a sour taste in his mouth after his performance at the Memorial. The American golfer missed the cut (76-78) and looked out of sorts. This is in stark contrast to April where Harman won the Valero Texas Open and finished T-3 at the RBC Heritage. Harman is fairly accurate with his shots […]
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Tony Finau has Been Up and Down at U.S. Open
Tony Finau has had his struggles at the U.S. Open. The American golfer did thrive at Pinehurst last year and finished tied for third. However, it has been a series of hits and misses through the years. Oakmont was an adventure nine years ago where Finau missed the cut at +7 (72-75). Finau is high […]
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Patrick Cantlay Hoping This is the Year at Oakmont
Patrick Cantlay has not won an event since the 2023 BMW Championship. The American golfer has won eight times on the PGA Tour but no majors. Each year since 2021 has seen Cantlay get closer and closer to his goal. He tied for third last year at Pinehurst and Cantlay was in contention until the […]
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Akshay Bhatia Improving in Time for U.S. Open
Akshay Bhatia struggled after three top-10 results in four events. The American golfer endured many struggles through April and most of May. However, the past two tournaments have shown improvement, as Bhatia had a T22 at the Charles Schwab and then a T16 at the Memorial. It was the latter which turned some heads, only […]
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Cameron Young May Struggle at U.S. Open
Cameron Young has appeared at the U.S. Open five times. The American golfer has missed the cut three times with one result inside the Top 40 (T-32 at the LA Country Club in 2023). Young has played well of late and finished T-4 at the RBC Canadian Open. He contended right until the closing holes […]
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Matt Fitzpatrick Seeks to Avenge Oakmont Collapse
Matt Fitzpatrick remembers Oakmont Country Club well. The English golfer was in position to contend when a Saturday 79 derailed his hopes in 2016. Fitzpatrick did later win a U.S. Open in 2022 and has several Top 20 results. Fitzpatrick did contend at the PGA Championship tying for eighth place with back-to-back weekend scores of […]
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Jordan Spieth Can Contend at Oakmont
Jordan Spieth has not won a U.S. Open since 2015. However, the American golfer has been in better form in 2025. He has four Top 10 results and has been close to victory on several occasions. Spieth is 31 and yet it feels like he has golfed forever. Since that 2015 triumph, Spieth has only […]
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Brooks Koepka Seeks Another Major Win at Oakmont
Brooks Koepka is hard to count out at Oakmont Country Club. The American golfer has won five majors and that includes the aforementioned U.S. Open triumphs in 2017 and 2018. Playing on the LIV Tour has been a mixed blessing for Koepka, although he recently won America's tournament in 2023. The first two majors in […]
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Viktor Hovland Still Can Improve at U.S. Open
Viktor Hovland has been hit or miss at the U.S. Open. The young Norwegian golfer has three short stays and three Top 20 results since 2019. Oakmont presents as one of the toughest challenges Hovland has faced in some time. He did win the Valspar Championship in March after missing three consecutive cuts. It is […]
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Russell Henley Looking to Play the Weekend at Oakmont
Russell Henley has had an interesting 2025 season. The American golfer won the Arnold Palmer in March and did finish T-5 at the Memorial in his last event. Henley heads into the year's third major seeking to play on Saturday. Henley missed the cut at The Masters and then the PGA Championship. The golfer enjoyed […]
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Ben Griffin Ready to Roll at Oakmont
Ben Griffin is one of the hottest golfers on the PGA Tour not named Scottie Scheffler. The American golfer has three Top 10 results including a win at the Charles Schwab Challenge and a runner-up at the Memorial. There is always the risk of an implosion. Again, a young golfer heading to Oakmont on a […]
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Wyndham Clark Seeking to Return to Form at U.S. Open
Wyndham Clark has not had the best two months. The American golfer has largely struggled since April and that includes five straight results outside the Top 50. Clark has one Top 10 result and that occurred in March. Clark is not the same golfer from even last year. His scrambling from the rough ranks 150th […]
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Daniel Berger Trying to Rebound at Oakmont
Daniel Berger does not want to make it three missed cuts in a row. The American golfer opened up at The Memorial with an 81. Ultimately, he missed the cut and promptly took a week off. It will be intriguing to see how he handles the rough at Oakmont. Everyone wants to talk about approach […]
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Erik van Rooyen Continues Rocky 2025 Campaign
Erik van Rooyen was up-and-down from tournament to tournament. Now, the South African golfer seems to go day-to-day. At the Charles Schwab Challenge, van Rooyen alternated disastrous rounds with excellent ones (75-64-74-65). At the end, it was enough to make the cut and finish T-36. However, it was an adventure that bettors and DFS players […]
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Sahith Theegala Trying to Find Positives in 2025
Sahith Theegala came back after withdrawing from the Truist Championship. The American golfer missed the cut however at The Memorial and remains a questionable option in Canada. Theegala does not have a since result inside the Top 15 all season. He did finish T-17 at The Genesis Invitational more than three months ago. From neck […]
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Justin Rose Enjoying Career Renaissance at 44
Justin Rose has not won on the PGA Tour in 2025. However, the English golfer has three Top 10 finishes and that includes losing a playoff in The Masters. Rose has climbed back into the Top 20 in the OWGR (Golf World Rankings) as well. He has not played quite as well since the opening […]
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John Pak Striving to Improve on PGA Tour
John Pak is learning on the fly via the PGA Tour. The American golfer played a lot of New Jersey area golf courses but nothing could prepare him for what pro life has been like. Pak has shown flashes of very good form including a 63 and 68 at the Charles Schwab. However, the last […]
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Kurt Kitayama's Roller-Coaster Season to Continue in Canada
Kurt Kitayama has had an adventurous 2025 season. The American golfer has made seven cuts and missed seven cuts. He has one Top 5 result (The CJ CUP at Byron Nelson) and yet week-to-week consistency is nowhere to be found. After missing the cut at the PGA Championship, Kitayama looked very good for three rounds […]
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Max Homa Motivated for RBC Canadian Open
Missing the US Open might discourage some golfer, but then there is Max Homa. The American golfer has won six times on the PGA Tour. However, he was carrying his own bags to try and qualify for the third major in 2025. Homa fell short but he has had flashes of the golfer who won […]
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Nick Dunlap Learning the Hard Parts of the PGA Tour
Nick Dunlap has not had it too easy the past few months. The young American golfer had missed four straight cuts at one point and has not finished inside the Top 40 since The Genesis Invitational way back in February (T-17). That included some hideous opening rounds (two 80's and a 90 at The Masters). […]
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Joel Dahmen Tries to Find Refuge in Canada
Joel Dahmen is struggling with his golf game right now. The veteran American golfer has missed three straight cuts. Worse, it is four if one counts the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Heading into the RBC Canadian Open, Dahmen last shot under par one month ago. He has been taking weeks off lately, but despite […]
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Sam Burns Playing Well as the Memorial Approaches
Sam Burns is in good form heading to Ohio for this weekend. The American golfer comes off a Top 20 result at the PGA Championship. Burns finished well on the Sunday with a 67 as the putter was working. That putter is the key as Burns leads the PGA Tour in strokes gained (1.068). However, […]
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Eric Cole Tough to Gauge as the Memorial Approaches
Eric Cole has finished T-45 and T-24 at the Memorial Tournament. The American golfer has played well over the last couple of months while not missing a cut since mid-March. Cole has four Top 25 results in that time. However, back-to-back 73's at the PGA Championship derailed any chance of Cole contending at the event. […]
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Sahith Theegala Still Trying To Get 2025 Going
Sahith Theegala has been consistent in 2025 so far. However, the American golfer has not completed a stroke-play event since the RBC Heritage in late April. Theegala had to withdraw due to injury at the Truist Championship and missed the PGA Championship as well. With so many numbers in the red, Theegala remains one of […]
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Rickie Fowler is a Roller Coaster at Muirfield Village
Rickie Fowler is a mixed bag on any golf course. The American golfer can win a tournament one week and miss the but badly the next. At the Memorial Tournament, Fowler has truly been up-and-down over the last five editions. He has finished T-9 and T-11 in 2023 and 2021. However, Fowler missed the cut […]
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