Collin Morikawa Turns Laughing Stock As He Ditches Fellow Players for Oakmont Challenge

Collin Morikawa Turns Laughing Stock As He Ditches Fellow Players for Oakmont Challenge

“I beat everybody here, not only Tiger Woods. But I wasn’t able to beat the golf course. The golf course beat me.” Ominous words, right? This was what Angel Cabrera had to say after his hard-fought victory at the Oakmont Country Club eighteen years ago at the 2007 US Open. And most of the golfing world sure does agree. Oakmont is one mean and mighty mistress. So, when Golfbet released a promotional video on X, asking golfers, “Would you want to …

NOTEBOOK: Major Champs Scheffler, McIlroy, Morikawa Opine on Oakmont

OAKMONT, Pa — Scottie Scheffler had played in two PGA Tour events as an amateur in 2016 and his third act found him at Oakmont Country Club, trying to contend, something he certainly did after 18 holes. While the second round caused him to miss the cut, the now-world No. 1 remembered coming to the property thinking it was fun and cool to play in a U.S. Open. “I played a practice round with Dustin (Johnson) and Brooks (Koepka),” he recalled. “(I)…