The winner of the 2024 US Open will win a sum of money that no major winner has ever won before. USGA CEO Mike Whan announced on Wednesday at Pinehurst that this year’s winner will bank $4.3 million from the total $21.5 million purse. This represents a large increase of $1.5 million from 12 months ago when the purse was $20 million at Los Angeles Country Club. Wyndham Clark won $3.6 million and his first major trophy after toppling Rory McIlroy in a tense finish. Any player who misses the cut will also earn $10,000. (All images courtesy of the USGA) ALSO: The full rundown of US Open prize mon ..read more

The US Open is one of the biggest events in golf, and with it comes a handsome prize fund for the competitors and a large chunk for the winner. The players competed for a payout of $20 million and a winner’s share of $3.6 million at the 123rd US Open in 2023 at Los Angeles Country Club. This increased from $17.5 million in 2022 and the $3.15 million that Matt Fitzpatrick won at Brookline for his first major title. The prize money for the 2024 US Open at Pinehurst is yet to be announced. USGA CEO Mike Whan announced on Wednesday before the playing of the organisation’s 1000th event that the to ..read more

Tiger Woods’ visit to Pinehurst last week was the first time he’d been at the famed venue since he came second at the 2005 US Open. He was beaten two shots behind Michael Campbell 19 years ago and by Payne Stewart in 1999 by the same margin. Of course, this isn’t the same Tiger as the first two occasions when the No.2 course in North Carolina took up US Open hosting duties. An infinite amount of changes have occurred in the life of Woods, or anyone, since he was last at Pinehurst. He has 15 major titles which incidentally is the number of years his son Charlie has now been on earth. The golf c ..read more

Rory McIlroy and his wife Erica have decided to stay together after their divorce was reported in the build-up to last month’s PGA Championship. “There have been rumours about my personal life recently, which is unfortunate. Responding to each rumour is a fool’s game,” McIlroy said in a statement to the Guardian. “Over the past weeks, Erica and I have realised that our best future was as a family together. Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.” Court papers served in Florida on Tuesday show that the divorce case has been dismissed, which represents a ..read more

Linn Grant won the Scandinavian Mixed co-sanctioned DP World Tour and LET event for the second time last week, once again proving her game is one of the best in the world. In the video below, PGA Professional Jack Backhouse dives into a Linn Grant swing analysis to see if copying her backswing could fix your slice. RELATED: This gut-wrenching collapse handed Linn Grant victory on the DP World Tour… RELATED: How To Reset Your Golf Swing After A Bad Start RELATED: Why You NEVER Want To Hit The Ball Straight Set-Up Grant addresses the golf ball with her hands very low, in quite a ‘hip-hinged ..read more

Jon Rahm withdrew from the 2024 US Open on the Tuesday of tournament week after suffering from an infection in his foot. Having withdrawn from LIV Golf Houston the week before, Rahm travelled to Pinehurst in North Carolina intending to play in the event he won in 2021. He arrived with plasters on his toes where he told the media the infection had appeared. “Oh, it’s a concern. It’s doing better. It’s doing better. But definitely still in pain,” he said before making a statement a matter of hours later. “We’ve been trying to figure it out because I think that the closest term would be a lesion ..read more

Speed is always something of interest across most ball sports – whether it is bowling in cricket, pitching in baseball or serving in tennis. Interest in club head speed is no different for golfers. In recent times speed in the golf swing has become more and more relevant as players search for extra distance. When looking at driving, an additional 1mph of club head speed equates to approximately 2.5 yards more distance. But just like in cricket, baseball and tennis, speed does not mean the best nor guarantee victory. Nevertheless the fascination with speed is there and will remain. As such, her ..read more

Rory McIlroy has reiterated his goal of becoming Europe’s best-ever golfer. The Northern Irishman has four major titles and has been stuck on this number since 2014, but he has declared his confidence of winning his fifth major championship is sky high. If major titles decide the measure of the best players in the men’s game from the continent, he would need to surpass Sir Nick Faldo’s tally of six, and at least match the five-trophy haul of Seve Ballesteros. The 2024 US Open at Pinehurst will be his next shot at glory in one of golf’s big four events. As well as laying bare his desire to beco ..read more

The tone was hostile. Messages stacked up in the chat. Jeremy Tomlinson was taking something of a verbal beating. England Golf’s chief executive was outlining the governing body’s new independent golfer initiative and the audience was worried. Handicaps had always been inextricably linked to golf club membership. You couldn’t get an official one without having the other. Now Tomlinson was proposing iGolf, allowing non-members to pay an annual subscription to gain a World Handicap System index. They would no longer have to be tied to a club. This would open the floodgates, critics claimed. Memb ..read more

Jon Rahm arrived at Pinehurst for the 2024 US Open with one shoe off and one shoe on. The former US Open champion withdrew from LIV Golf’s event in Houston four days ago with a painful lesion on his foot, and he has revealed it is a genuine concern this week at the third major championship of the year. With a trainer on one foot and a flip-flop with what looked like plasters on the other, Rahm described how the affected area between his toes became infected and how he has dealt with it between pulling out of last week’s tournament and travelling to North Carolina to play in this tournament whi ..read more