The Monday Wrap.. final results... prize money

 USGA : US OPEN... Leaderboard

It all started with a layer  of "Marine Mist" softening the LA Country Club leading to record breaking scores of -8 62 by Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele.

USGA officials on the Golf Channel were adamant that night, that they had a game plan and were confident when Mother Nature cooperated and the sun came out that the course would provide the stern test worthy of a US Open.

Wyndham Clark

As it turned out the weather cleared, the course toughened and Wyndham Clark won with a final score of 64 67 69 70 270 -10.

His first major paid $3,600,000 and 600 FedEx Cup points along with his place in the history books.

Rory was 2nd 65 67 699 70 -9 $2.16m , Scottie Scheffler 3rd 67 68 68 70 -7 $1.4m, Cam Smith the Open champion who jumped ship to LIV 4th 69 67 71 67 -6 $990,687 and Tommy Fleetwood who lost the RBC Canadian Open in the playoff had the round of the day to finish T5 73 69 70 63 -5 $738,934

Rickie Fowler was in the spotlight and the lead for 3 days, 62 68 70 but fell to a +5 75 on Sunday to finish T5 $738,934

Canadians

Mac Hughes T49 67 73 73 71 +6  $49,224

Adam Hadwin 59th 70 72 74 75 +11 $43,358

Adam Svensson T60 71 70 77 74 +12  $42,721

LPGA : Meijer LPGA Classic final scoreboard here

Leona Maguire 

The leaderboard was tightly packed all week at this Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont, Michigan but a Sunday 64 was enough to separate Ireland's Leona McGuire from the pack for her 2nd LPGA title at -21.($375,000) She had been the runner up the last 2 years.

Canadians

Brooke Henderson T42 69 73 69 69 -8 $11,853 

another disappointing week for the Canadian who has won here twice. Her best finish since winning the limited field TOC in January has been T15.

Maddie Szeryk T66 68 73 74 72 -1 $5,359

after a promising opening round, Maddie soon fell back into the pack to finish near the bottom of the field.

This week is a LPGA major at Baltusrol, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship 

Bryan Angus

LA Country Club as expected, now a US Open test...Early Saturday results..

 US Open Scoring

Long gone are Thursday's soft 62's, as the LA Country Club, dried out and penal, is back to the stern test the USGA had in mind.

Just look at these Canadian scores as an example

Mac Hughes T52  67 73 75 +5

Adam Hadwin T56  70 72 74 +6

Adam Svensson T61  71 70 77 +8

With round 3 well under way out on the west coast, 3 hours behind us at EST,  Korean star Tom Kim is in the clubhouse with the round of the day 73 68 66 -3 T12.

Rickie Fowler 62 68 is +1 today early on and Xander Schauffele 62 70 is +2 thru 7.

In last place:

Patrick Reed 72 6 78, Ryo Ishikawa 68 73 78, 

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Amy Yang leads... Henderson, Szeryk out of contention... Saturday results Meijer LPGA Classic

 LPGA : Meijer LPGA Classic... leaderboard 

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Amy Yang birdied all five par 5s at Blythefield and shot her third straight 5-under 67 to take the third-round lead Saturday in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Amy Yang of Korea

Yang rebounded from bogeys on the par-3 11th and 13th to birdie the par-5 14th, par-4 17th and par-5 18th to reach 15-under 201 on the tree-lined course.

“All week my ball-striking has been really good,” Yang said. “I was giving myself good chances out there. I was a little bit off with putting speed during the round, made a couple mistakes, but I tried to stay patient and just keep trying throughout the round.”

The 33-year-old Yang has won all four of her LPGA Tour titles in Asia — the LPGA KEB-HanaBank in 2013 in her native South Korea and the Honda LPGA Thailand in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

The Grand Rapids-area event is the final tournament before the major KPMG Women’s PGA next week at Baltusrol and the U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach on July 6-9.

“I know KPMG is coming and another two weeks after that U.S. Open is coming,” Yang said. “Always doing my best to win my first major out there. If I play well this week it’ll definitely give me good confidence going into a major.”

Ashleigh Buhai, the 34-year-old South African who won the ShopRite LPGA Classic last week in New Jersey, was a stroke back with second-round leader Ayaka Furue of Japan and Xiyu Lin of China.

Buhai followed a bogey on 17 with an eagle 18 for a 66.

“Mindset is exactly the same as the last few months,” Buhai said. “Just trying to do my job well when I get to the ball. Only focus on one thing that I’m trying to focus on, particularly when I’m swinging, chipping, just do that one thing well. When I’m putting, try to do that one thing well.”

Lin also shot 66, and Furue had a 69.

Ariya Jutanugarn (66), Hyo Joo Kim (69) and Leona Maguire (69) were 13 under. Defending champion Jennifer Kupcho (69) was 12 under with Manon De Roey (69) and Lindsey Weaver-Wright (69).

Kupcho had an eagle and four birdies, but made three bogeys for the second day in a row.

“Definitely didn’t play as well as I thought I would," Kupcho said. "Certainly, moving day, did not take full advantage of it. I still kept it together with what I had today and just want to go recover and come out, hopefully, and play well tomorrow."

edit **** Brooke Henderson a two time winner here is T39 69 73 69 -5 and out of contention this year again, while Maddie Szeryk who opened promisingly has dropped to T66 68 73 74 -1

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Bryan Angus (edit)

Canadians in play for the weekend...final Friday Scores/ Saturday TEE Times

 US Open Scoring Tee Times

With Rickie Fowler leading the US Open after 36  holes 62 68 -10, three Canadians are still in play.

Mac Hughes T30 67 73 E

Adam Svensson T39  71 70 +1

Adam Hadwin T49 70 72 +2

LPGA : Meijer LPGA Classic  leaderboard here

The leader of a tightly packed leaderboard at -11 is Japan's Ayaka Furue 66 67

Both Canadians made the cut but fell back after Friday rounds of 73.

Maddie Szeryk T42  68 73 3

Brooke Henderson T55  69 73

more to follow....

Bryan Angus 

Szeryk T10, Henderson T22 Meijer LPGA Classic.. full leaderboard

 LPGA : Meijer LPGA Classic leaderboard here

With defending champion Jennifer Kupcho in at -6 66 along with Ayaka Furue, Cheyenne Knight, Frida Kinhult, and Lindsey Weaver-Wright all tied for the first round lead, it was a good start for the two Canadians in the Meijer LPGA Classic on the Blythefield CC course in Lansing, Michigan.

(BERNARD BRAULT/ GOLF CANADA)

Maddie Szeryk T10 -4 68 with 6 birdies and just 2 bogey's. She only hit 9/13 fairways and 12/18 GIR and used 27 putts.

Brooke Henderson, twice a winner of this event T22 -3 69, 5 birdies and 2 bogey's. She hit 11/13 fairways and 14/18 GIR, but used 30 putts.

Bryan Angus 

Fowler, Schauffele lead low scoring, Hughes top Canuck at US Open.. live scoreboard

 USGA : US Open Scoring

When the USGA staff arrived at the LA Country Club at 5am Thursday, they were surrounded in a damp overnight mist blanketing the north course. Course grounds crew advised them it would be playing soft, until the sun broke through and dried it out..

It never did...As a result, the best pro's in the world went out and beat it up, setting a new majors record of 62, -8 by Rickie Fowler and later Xander Schauffele, both out early.

When the conditions persisted, and with 4 of the tee boxes moved up, the low scoring continued into the afternoon.

Wyndham Clark and Dustin Johnson both -6 64.

Rory and lefty Brian Harman both -5 65, then seven players including top Canadian Mac Hughes at -3 67

You have to scroll down to T56 to find the first scores over par, most unusual for a US Open set up, however as we know Mother nature always has her hand in the best laid plans. The scoring average 71.3 on the day.

Of note, Tommy Fleetwood T107 +3 73, Justin Rose T143 +6 76, Tyrrell HHatton T123 +4 74 were all right in contention last week at the RBC Canadian Open, Tommy losing in the playoff.

This morning the USGA already had plans to lengthen the course, the greens are running at 13.5, but we have to wait to see if it will be sunny and hot. making the course play at it's best when it's "bouncy", or will it be another damp overcast day, thus more low scoring.

Big picture says the weather will clear out and we will see a true test as planned over the 72 holes.

Canadians (Friday tee times EDT)

Mac Hughes T7 -3 67  ( 1st 11.35am)

Corey Conners T38 E 70 (10th 4.32)

Adam Hadwin  T38  E 70  (10th 4.54)

Adam Svensson  T56 +1 71  ( 10th 3.37)

Roger Sloan T83 +2 72 ( 10th 3.48)

Taylor Pendrith T83 +2 72 (1st 10.07)

Nick Taylor T83 +2 72 (10th 11.35)

All Friday (PDT) Tee Times

Bryan Angus

The story behind the LA Country Club, host of this US Open

 With the Los Angeles Country Club set for its Major Championship debut this week, it is unsurprising that the host venue for the 123rd U.S. Open is the subject of much pre-tournament focus.

What is the history behind the location of the third men’s Major of the year, how does the North Course set up and what have the players been saying about it in the lead up?

History

Founded in 1897, Los Angeles Country Club is one of the oldest and most exclusive golf clubs in the United States of America.

First known as the Los Angeles Golf Club, the original golf course was a nine-hole layout called “The Windmill Links”. Its name made reference to the makeshift clubhouse which was the base of an old windmill.

Another site was formed called the Convent Links where another nine holes were constructed, before its first 18-hole course was laid out in 1979.

Popularity led to overcrowding and resulted in it arriving at its current location and after extensive planning, the new clubhouse opened in Beverly Hills with 36 holes in 1911.

The course

The North Course was designed by British architect Herbert Fowler in 1921 and re-imagined in 1927-28 by George Thomas and Billy Bell.

It has since undergone work over the years, most extensively by course architect Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner and contributions from author Geoff Schackelford in 2010 after a five-year restoration project.

The scope of work included complete reconstruction of the greens, bunkers and tees.

A key element of the restoration also involved recapturing Thomas and Bell’s original scraped-out, craggy bunker style on the 325-acre site.

The par-70 layout features just three par fives and in contrast has five par threes, with the prospect of the 11th and 15th potentially playing more than 200 yards different in distance.

You can read more about the challenge facing the world’s best this week on the ‘short’ holes here.

Past tournament history

While this week may mark a Major bow for the Los Angeles Country Club, the venue does hold a record of hosting prestigious events.

The Los Angeles Open, now known as The Genesis Invitational, was staged on the North Course on five occasions up until 1940, including its inaugural edition in 1924.

It also served as the host venue for the 1930 United States Women’s Amateur Golf Championship and the 1954 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship.

More recently the club hosted the 46th Walker Cup in 2017, with Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa both among the United States of America team that defeated Great Britain & Ireland.

Now, this week’s championship heralds the return of Major Championship golf to the City of Angels for the first time in 28 years, and the area’s first U.S. Open in 75 years.

California, however, is no stranger to Major golf, with Jon Rahm having won the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in 2021.

The 1995 PGA Championship, held at The Riviera Country Club, the host venue of The Genesis Invitational, was the last venue of major golf.

More big events are to follow, with Riviera to host the golf competition at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 while the Women's U.S. Open will be at Los Angeles Country Club in 2032 before the men return to the same course in 2039.

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