Bryson DeChambeau discussed his "fun side quests" on Wednesday as he prepared to return to his day job and start gearing up for the upcoming U.S. Open.

• Since tying for second at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow last month, the two-time major winner's busy calendar has included a lap around the track at the Indianapolis 500 and hitting golf balls with President Donald J. Trump on the White House lawn.

  DeChambeau, 31, acknowledged that playing the limited schedule of LIV Golf events has given him more time to expand his role as an influencer -- he has more than 2 million YouTube subscribers -- and also experience more of what life has to offer.

  "I think LIV afforded me the opportunity to spend more time thinking, strategizing, getting my body healthy, ready for majors in a pretty unique way," he said Wednesday. "For me, it was a great thing. I thought there was an opportunity to do other things in life, and look, do I want to win every single tournament I show up to? 100 percent."

  DeChambeau met with reporters at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., where the LIV Golf Virginia event begins Friday. It will be the Saudi-funded league's first event since DeChambeau won the LIV Golf Korea title on May 4.

  "Hitting in the White House was incredibly special," DeChambeau said. "I never thought I would ever in my life get an opportunity to do it, but the President himself was like, 'Just go out there and hit some shots.' I was like, 'Okay, yes, sir.' It was quite the experience. It was 105 yards and I hit a few good shots to a couple feet and almost made a few of them, too."

  DeChambeau, who won U.S. Open titles in 2020 and 2024, said that he was inspired by influencers and YouTube pioneers like MrBeast and Dude Perfect.

  "I said, 'Why can't I do that, as well?'" he said. "I think there's an opportunity to be as influential as I am now, and this was just the beginning. I think there's a lot more to come.

  "I hope that's a positive force for the game of golf because that was my initiative with the game of golf is that, yeah, I want to win a lot of tournaments, but how can I make a greater impact, as well, than by just winning golf tournaments?"

  The Crushers GC captain said he considers himself a competitor and an entertainer -- "two things that I love doing."

  "Now that I've got a couple million followers on YouTube, I'm incredibly grateful. There's no other words about it. Did I ever think it would get this big? I had no clue. I really had no idea," he said.

  "Is it now an incredible responsibility? Yes. And I understand that. I want to continue to entertain my fans and also continue to play the great game of golf that we all love at the highest level."

  --Field Level Media

Rory McIlroy admits he took it personally when a media leak led to widespread reporting of his driver failing inspection prior to the PGA Championship.

• McIlroy said he was thinking about all of the others he would have to protect -- including World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler -- when he made the decision to call off media availability following all four of his rounds at Quail Hollow in North Carolina. He shared his thoughts on Wednesday after he touched down for the Canadian Open, a final tuneup before the U.S. Open next week.

  "The PGA was a bit of a weird week. I didn't play well. I didn't play well the first day, so I wanted to go practice, so that was fine," McIlroy said of why he decided to ditch media at the PGA Championship. "Second day we finished late. I wanted to go back and see Poppy before she went to bed. The driver news broke. I didn't really want to speak on that. Saturday I was supposed to tee off at 8:20 in the morning. I didn't tee off until almost 2:00 in the afternoon, another late finish, was just tired, wanted to go home.

  "Then Sunday, I just wanted to get on the plane and go back to Florida."

  Coming off of a Masters win that completed his career Grand Slam, McIlroy was a favorite at the PGA Championship. Scheffler's driver was ruled nonconforming before his five-stroke victory at Quail Hollow, which didn't help McIlroy's mood.

  "I was a little pissed off because I knew that Scottie's driver had failed on Monday, but my name was the one that was leaked. It was supposed to stay confidential. Two members of the media were the ones that leaked it," McIlroy said Wednesday. "Again, I didn't want to get up there and say something that I regretted, either, because there's a lot of people that -- I'm trying to protect Scottie. I don't want to mention his name. I'm trying to protect TaylorMade. I'm trying to protect the USGA, PGA of America, myself. I just didn't want to get up there and say something that I regretted at the time."

  Scheffler was forthright in discussions about the driver being ruled nonconforming and said he felt like the decision was coming far earlier than it did.

  McIlroy joined the chorus of players reminding media the PGA Tour doesn't require post-match interviews. Whereas most pro sports leagues mandate a limited amount of access, several golfers have been clear there are no such bylaws for tour participants.

  "From a responsibility standpoint, look, I understand," McIlroy said. "But if we all wanted to, we could all bypass (press conferences), and we could go on social media and we could talk about our round and do it our own way. We understand that that's not ideal for you guys, and there's a bigger dynamic at play here.

  "I talk to the media a lot. I think there should be an understanding that this is a two-way street. We understand the benefit that comes from you being here and giving us the platform and everything else, so I understand that."

  --Field Level Media

Phil Mickelson has been vocal with his praise of LIV Golf since joining the upstart circuit in 2022, celebrating its direction and what he views as forward thinking.

• On Wednesday, Mickelson applauded the addition of promising young stars as LIV Golf begins to bolster its case for having the world's best golfers.

  "I think that we're well on our way and not that far away from making that happen, and you're seeing it with these good young players that are coming out," the six-time major champion said. "If you look at the good young players from different parts of the world, not necessarily the United States, you've got Jose Ballester (Spain) and Luis Masaveu (Spain) and Tom McKibbin (Northern Ireland) and these young guys from other parts of the world are really interested in wanting to come to LIV and they get what it's about.

  "I think over time that's just going to continue to grow just like it has exponentially in the last three years, and I think we're not that far away from having it be what we all want it to be, which is all the best players in the world playing against each other."

  Ballester, the U.S. Amateur champion, signed a multi-year contract with LIV Golf on Wednesday.

  Known as "Josele," Ballester will make his professional debut this week at the Virginia event and be part of the Fireballs team captained by fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia.

  Ballester, 21, will join Abraham Ancer, David Puig and Garcia on Fireballs.

  Masaveu, 22, will remain in the Fireballs lineup this week for the team while Puig deals with a back injury.

  McKibbin, 22, signed with LIV in January and joined Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Caleb Surratt as part of the Legion XIII team.

  --Field Level Media

U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester signed a multi-year contract with LIV Golf, the upstart circuit announced Wednesday.

• Known as "Josele," Ballester will make his professional debut this week at the Virginia event and be part of the Fireballs team captained by fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia.

  "We are very excited about Josele joining the team," Garcia said in a statement. "Personally, I have known him since he could pick up a golf club and he has worked with my father (Victor) as his coach throughout his golf career. Josele is going to be a great addition not only to the Fireballs but also to the LIV League and I can't wait to be with him by his side as he makes his professional debut."

  Ballester, 21, currently is No. 6 in the Official World Amateur Golf Ranking with victories at the 2020 Spanish Amateur, 2023 European Amateur and the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National Golf Club. He recently completed his senior season at Arizona State.

  "First and foremost, I want to thank my family, coaches, friends, and Arizona State University for supporting me and believing in me to make it to this step of my career," Ballester said in a statement provided by LIV. "I am very excited about the opportunity to join Fireballs GC and continue to learn from Sergio and other greats."

  Ballester will join Abraham Ancer, David Puig and Garcia on Fireballs. Luis Masaveu will remain in the lineup this week for the team while Puig deals with a back injury.

  Phil Mickelson name-dropped Ballester as an example of a promising young player who has shown desire to join LIV Golf, thereby showing the growth of the circuit.

  "If you look at the good young players from different parts of the world, not necessarily the United States, you've got Jose Ballester and Luis Masaveu and Tom McKibbin, and these young guys from other parts of the world are really interested in wanting to come to LIV and they get what it's about," Mickelson said.

  --Field Level Media

Joaquin Niemann is riding a high entering the LIV Golf Virginia event this weekend.

• He's won five times in the past 20 LIV events. He's the league's season points leader.

  But he's reached the point of the season where he's juggling some golf balls. He's got the Virginia event beginning Friday and also is preparing for the season's next major, the U.S. Open, June 12-15 at the daunting Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. The chance to win his first major is on his mind.

  His success -- multiple LIV wins and two PGA Tour titles -- hasn't translated into success in the majors. His best finish at a major came last month at the PGA Championship at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, where he tied for eighth. He earned an exemption into the U.S. Open.

  "Yeah, obviously we're a week away from that. Yeah, I had a good finish at PGA," the 26-year-old Chilean said Wednesday. "I didn't feel like I played my best game. I felt like there was a lot more at the time to play better. I knew I could have a way better result. But I think we can take the positives and go step by step. It's my first top 10 in a major, so that's a positive."

  At the Masters Tournament in April, he finished T29.

  He knows his first time playing Oakmont will be difficult.

  "I can't really tell you how I'm feeling, how I'm going to be feeling that week," he said. "I know it's going to be a really tough week. I know U.S. Opens are always prepping the course as hard as they can. They want us to win with over par, which talks about how hard they're going to set it up. I know it's going to be long rough. You've got to hit it long, straight.

  "It's going to be hard. I know it's going to be a good challenge. Looking forward for that, I guess."

  Niemann only has to look at the other players at the LIV Golf event at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., for inspiration. He's surrounded by majors winners.

  Several of LIV's most prominent players will be in the field with him at Oakmont, outside of Pittsburgh. Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Spaniard Jon Rahm are invited as U.S. Open winners from the past 10 years; DeChambeau is the defending champion.

  Englishman Richard Bland was invited after winning the 2024 U.S. Senior Open. A pair of other recent major winners -- Phil Mickelson (2021 PGA Championship) and Cameron Smith (2022 Open Championship) -- are exempt as well.

  LIV player Carlos Ortiz of Mexico made it through a U.S. Open final qualifier last month in Dallas, where Spain's Sergio Garcia fell one stroke shy of a playoff.

  On Monday, seven LIV players -- most notably two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson -- opted to withdraw from a U.S. Open final qualifying site in Rockville, Md.

  The U.S. Open is where Niemann can apply what he's learned from his LIV rivals.

  "I know that I don't have any majors yet. I know if I have one, I know I'm going to have another one and then another one, and that's the way it works," he said. "But yeah, for me, having somebody like Phil or Bryson or Brooks, DJ or Sergio, all these guys, they already won. They've already been in that situation.

  "Just competing against them, it just makes me in a way feel that I'm -- I know 100 percent in myself that I can do it, that I can accomplish that. I feel like there's probably some information that I can learn here and there from them. So whenever I have a chance, I try to learn."

  He still has the immediate task at hand this weekend in Virginia. And Niemann said he knows the push his LIV league mates will pose for him the rest of the season. He's already lived it. Rahm edged him out of the individual title on the final weekend of the 2024 season.

  "It's kind of similar from last year. I was in a similar situation, leading the points," he said. "I know I have a challenge in front of me. I know there's really good players behind me trying to chase me. You've got Bryson, you've got Jon, Sergio. Last year I had a good fight with Jon the last half of the season, and now Bryson is underway playing great golf, as well.

  "I take it as a great challenge. I know I got to play great and amazing golf to have a chance to win the league, which is the goal. It feels good to be here right now. The way I've been playing, winning three times this year is pretty cool, too, so hopefully I can keep that percentage going the way it is."

  --Field Level Media

The U.S. Solheim Cup team added Brittany Lang as captain Angela Stanford's third assistant captain for the 2026 competition.

• Stanford already had Kristy McPherson and Paula Creamer on her staff and now adds Lang, who competed in five Solheim Cups from 2009-17 and was part of three winning teams.

  This will be Lang's first time as an assistant captain.

  "I am beyond honored and excited to be asked to be an assistant captain of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team in 2026," Lang said in a statement. "I've played a lot of Solheim Cups with Angela, Kristy and Paula, and I'm excited to work alongside them to lead the American Team to victory in the Netherlands next September. This is probably one of the highest honors I've had in my career. I'm excited to learn, to help and to experience the atmosphere as an assistant captain."

  Lang, who earned full LPGA Tour playing privileges in 2006, won twice in her LPGA career. Her biggest achievement came in 2016 when she captured the U.S. Women's Open in a three-hole playoff against Sweden's Anna Nordqvist - the European Solheim Cup captain.

  The 2026 Solheim Cup will be played at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. The U.S. team is the defending champion.

  --Field Level Media

Charlie Woods' first junior victory propelled him 595 spots in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) rankings.

• The son of Tiger Woods was No. 14 in the AJGA boys' rankings after their latest update Tuesday.

  The 16-year-old's ranking means that he could compete at the Junior Players Championship this August at TPC Sawgrass' Players Stadium Course, where his dad won The Players Championship in 2001 and 2013.

  The top 58 players in the rankings on July 8 will qualify for the prestigious junior event. An AJGA official told the Florida Times-Union that Charlie Woods cannot drop out of the top 58 by the deadline.

  Charlie Woods won the AJGA's Team Taylor Made Invitational on May 28 at Streamsong Resort in Fort Meade, Fla. Woods posted rounds of 70, 65 and 66 to earn a three-shot win at 15-under-par 201.

  --Field Level Media

Luke Clanton is champing at the bit to make his professional debut this week at the RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto.

• "It's something you dream for always, constantly," Clanton said Tuesday. "To kind of now be here and to call myself a professional is a little bit -- honestly, a little bit weird at first because I've always been an amateur.

  "It's amazing. I'm just excited to come out here and compete. It's not about the money. It's not about any of the fame. It's about competing with these guys on Tour. It's something I've chased for my whole, entire life, and especially my family."

  Clanton, 21, was the top-ranked amateur in the world before turning pro this week. The Florida native and Florida State golfer secured his automatic PGA Tour card at Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches on Feb. 28 via the PGA Tour University accelerated pathway.

  Clanton recorded two runner-up finishes among four PGA Tour top-10 finishes in 2024, becoming the first amateur since Jack Nicklaus in 1961 with at least three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in a year.

  Now, Clanton aims to build off that success in his first visit to Canada.

  And what goal does Clanton have in mind as he begins the next step of his career?

  "My only goal is to stay process oriented as much as I can," Clanton said. "You can look very far into the future and say I want to win majors and PGA tournaments. Obviously everyone wants to do that. To me, it's staying connected to my team, staying connected to my family, and staying connected to the process as much as I can. It's a very generic answer as everyone says, but it's something true."

  --Field Level Media

If you want to attend the Masters next year, you're going to need some extra money.

• Tournament day ticket prices for the 2026 Masters at Augusta National will increase from $140 to $160.

  The hike comes after Augusta National reportedly cracked down on the secondary market for tickets this past April in Augusta, Ga. Hundreds of attendees were reportedly questioned about the origins of their tickets, and many had their passes canceled.

  Per the organization's website, "August National, Inc. is the only authorized source/seller of Masters Tickets. The resale of any Masters Ticket is strictly prohibited. Holders of Tickets acquired from third parties, by whatever means, may be excluded from attendance to the Tournament."

  The opportunity to buy Masters' tickets comes via a lottery system. Applications opened Sunday and can be submitted through June 20, with winners notified in late July.

  Competition for the tickets is fierce, with Augusta National only allowing about 40,000 fans on-site each day while reports estimate ticket requests in the millions annually.

  In 2023, the cost of Masters tickets rose from $115 to $140.

  --Field Level Media

Austen Truslow defeated Luke Poulter in a two-man playoff Tuesday for the fourth and final U.S. Open qualifying spot at Emerald Dunes Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.

• Play was suspended due to inclement weather on Monday night, extending the drama with four spots on the line for qualifiers to earn entry into the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont from June 12-15.

  Justin Hicks (65-68), Philip Barbaree Jr. (69-64) and amateur Frankie Harris (66-67) all finished 11 under through 36 holes to qualify for this season's third major.

  Truslow's game is distinguished on the course in part by his one-handed chipping method.

  Truslow, 29, and Poulter, a 21-year-old junior at the University of Florida and son of LIV Golf's Ian Poulter, finished tied at 10-under and went to a sudden-death playoff.

  Truslow shot 68-66 and when play resumed Tuesday, Poulter (69-65) carded three birdies to force the playoff. Truslow became the 47th and final qualifier for the U.S. Open and Poulter will serve as an alternate.

  Truslow qualified for the 2023 U.S. Open and missed the cut at 5 over with rounds of 72 and 73 at Los Angeles Country Club.

  Since turning pro in 2015, Truslow has competed in eight PGA Tour events and made the cut just once. He has six starts this year on the Asian Tour with one finish in the top 30 (T29 at the New Zealand Open in February).

  --Field Level Media

Robert MacIntyre is seeing signs that his game is starting to come back around.

• MacIntyre will look to continue trending in a positive direction this week when he defends his RBC Canadian Open title at TPC Toronto. The 28-year-old left-hander from Scotland captured his maiden PGA Tour title last season in his 45th career PGA start, with his father as his fill-in caddie to boot.

  Currently 20th in the Official World Golf Ranking, MacIntyre recorded a T6 at the Charles Schwab Challenge and a T20 at The Memorial.

  "Look, the last two weeks have been pretty good for me," he said Tuesday. "Starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. It's not been kind of easy sailing for me this year. It's been a little bit of trying to fix certain things. But now I feel like we're on the right path and the game's starting to kind of merge together."

  That said, MacIntyre opted to reminisce a bit after venturing to Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Ontario.

  "I went and played Hamilton yesterday with my dad with two of the members at Hamilton," he said. "We had a nice day yesterday to try and kind of relive the memories and enjoy what we achieved, to be honest with you. It was something special that I probably will never do again in my life. Obviously I had my dad on the bag. But we went there and just hung out for four or five hours and just enjoyed everyone's company."

  Although MacIntyre has endured his fair share of struggles this year, that doesn't mean the two-time PGA Tour winner is completely down on his game.

  "Look, life's been good," he said. "Last year I struggled a little bit with the adjustments of life on the PGA Tour, but this year it's been more -- almost more golf, it's just golf-related, to be honest with you. Tee to green, I've been really good. Chipping has not been the best. Not that I've got a problem, it's just I'm chipping on grainy greens that I'm not used to. I'm used to bentgrass.

  "... To be honest, right now my game's in a great spot again, and I'm looking forward to what's ahead."

  --Field Level Media

John Deere signed an extension to remain the title sponsor of the John Deere Classic through 2030, the PGA Tour announced.

• John Deere has sponsored the event since 1998. The 2025 tournament begins on July 3 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.

  "I'm continually impressed by the passionate fan support the Quad Cities community shows for the John Deere Classic year after year -- a true reflection of the pride and commitment Deere & Company brings to both its hometown and title event," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said. "For more than 25 years, Deere & Company has elevated the Quad Cities through the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run, and the PGA Tour is proud to extend this valued partnership into the next decade."

  Per the PGA Tour, the John Deere Classic has helped raise more than $189 million for charity -- with 99 percent of that being raised since John Deere served as the title sponsor.

  "The John Deere Classic continues to be a powerful expression of who we are as a company -- deeply connected to our customers, committed to our hometown communities, and proud of our people," said John C. May, chairman and CEO of Deere & Company.

  "Year after year, hundreds of John Deere employees and retirees generously volunteer their time to help create a top-tier experience for players and fans. This event not only strengthens our global relationships but also delivers lasting impact right here in our hometown. We're excited to extend our partnership with the PGA TOUR and build on this legacy through 2030."

  --Field Level Media

Cameron Young made a birdie putt to win a five-for-one playoff at his U.S. Open final qualifying site Monday -- and all but ensured that Max Homa and Rickie Fowler would not qualify for the major.

• The playoff at the star-studded Columbus, Ohio, qualifying site was the highlight of a busy Monday billed as the longest day in golf.

  Golfers who advanced through local qualifying gathered at 10 final qualifying sites across North America to play 36 holes and contend for 47 spots in the U.S. Open field. The available spots at each site were determined by the size and strength of each field.

  The field at Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Columbus was filled with PGA Tour players who competed at the Memorial Tournament over the weekend. South Africa's Erik van Rooyen ran away with medalist honors at Kinsale, shooting 13-under-par 131.

  Bud Cauley, Lanto Griffin, Justin Lower and Korn Ferry Tour player Harrison Ott rounded out the top five at Kinsale, but the sixth and final opening had to be determined by a five-man playoff of players tied at 5 under: Young, Homa, Fowler, Chase Johnson and Eric Cole.

  Homa and Fowler -- two of the most established and popular players to be competing Monday -- were the only two to find the fairway off the tee of the first playoff hole, but Young hit out of the rough to 10 feet of the pin, while Homa was 15 feet away and Fowler missed the green entirely.

  Fowler ended up bogeying and being the first fully eliminated. Homa joined Cole and Johnson for a second playoff hole to determine two alternate positions, and Homa was the odd man out -- four-putting for bogey to miss in dubious fashion.

  A six-time PGA Tour winner, Homa had played in the last five U.S. Opens. He has fallen to No. 90 in the world rankings, and the only way he could sneak in is if he makes the top 60 in the world on June 9. Homa is entered in this week's RBC Canadian Open.

  Fowler has fallen even further, to No. 101 in the world. Also a six-time winner on tour, Fowler failed to qualify for the 2021 and 2022 U.S. Opens before returning for the most recent two.

  Young has yet to win on tour but garnered five top-10 finishes at majors from 2022-24. He has played in each of the past four U.S. Opens.

  Ireland's Padraig Harrington, 53, finished just one shot out of qualifying for the Columbus playoff. Other PGA Tour players who failed to move out of the Kinsale site included Chez Reavie, Swede Alexander Noren and Canadian Adam Hadwin.

  One of the largest qualifiers Monday was at Duke University Golf Club in Durham, N.C., where PGA Tour veteran Webb Simpson fell one shot shy of a potential spot. A playoff determined Simpson would be the second alternate from the site, behind amateur Miles Russell.

  The seven spots available at Duke went to Zach Bauchou, Alistair Docherty, the Mexican pair of Alvaro Ortiz and Emilio Gonzalez, Trent Phillips, George Kneiser and Chandler Blanchet.

  At Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., Bryan Lee and Australian Marc Leishman advanced in a 3-for-2 playoff and Colombia's Sebastian Munoz was relegated to first-alternate status. Lee and Leishman joined Ryan McCormick and Trevor Cone for the site's four spots.

  Leishman and Munoz are members of LIV Golf, and they were joined by many of their peers ahead of the league's event outside Washington, D.C., later this week. Brendan Steele and India's Anirban Lahiri were among the LIV golfers who failed to qualify. A host of others, notably Bubba Watson and England's Lee Westwood, were registered but decided to withdraw.

  Matt Vogt, a dentist and amateur golfer, grabbed the top qualifying place at Wine Valley Golf Club in Walla Walla, Wash.: Brady Calkins got the second and final U.S. Open berth from the site.

  Other qualifying results (amateur designated by 'a'):

  --Canoe Brook Country Club, Summit, N.J.: James Nicholas, Chris Gotterup, Mexico's Roberto Diaz, Benjamin James (a)

  --Lambton Golf & Country Club, York, Ontario: Kevin Velo, Denmark's Niklas Norgaard, England's Matt Wallace, Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, Mark Hubbard, France's Victor Perez, Argentina's Emiliano Grillo

  --Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta: Mason Howell (a), Jackson Buchanan, Englishman Tyler Weaver (a), Jackson Koivun (a), Will Chandler

  --Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio: Grant Haefner, George Duangmanee, Maxwell Moldovan, Zac Blair (Blair wins 4-for-1 playoff)

  At Valencia (Calif.) Country Club, amateur Preston Summerhays, Riley Lewis and amateur Zachery Pollo all qualified. Lucas Carper missed a short birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have given him the fourth and final U.S. Open bid. Instead, Carper is headed for a playoff with Joey Herrera that will be held Tuesday morning as action had to be halted due to darkness.

  Weather issues delayed the qualifying at Emerald Dunes Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., prompting that site to push the completion of the second round until Tuesday. There are 57 remaining players vying for four spots in the U.S. Open.

  --Field Level Media

Bubba Watson was one of seven players tied to LIV Golf who opted to withdraw from a U.S. Open final qualifying site on Monday in Rockville, Md.

• Monday was the final day of U.S. Open qualifying, often billed as "the longest day in golf," as players at 10 sites across North America played 36 holes to compete for the final spots in the major championship field.

  A number of LIV Golf members signed up to play at the Woodmont Country Club qualifying site before the league plays outside Washington, D.C., later this week.

  Watson opted not to move forward with the qualifier. Also withdrawing were Ben Campbell of New Zealand, David Puig of Spain, Matt Jones of Australia, Thomas Pieters of Belgium and Englishman Lee Westwood.

  Additionally, Australia's Wade Ormsby, a reserve who has appeared in two LIV events in 2025, dropped out.

  In all, only one LIV player booked a spot in the U.S. Open on Monday. Australia's Marc Leishman finished at 3-under-par 139 at Woodmont, then survived a 3-for-1 playoff. Also advancing out of the playoff was amateur Bryan Lee, while LIV's Sebastian Munoz of Colombia was the odd man out.

  LIV players Brendan Steele and India's Anirban Lahiri also came up short at Woodmont.

  Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, another LIV player, competed Monday at Emerald Dunes Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Fla., where weather delayed the action. The second round there will be completed on Tuesday. McDowell is tied for 15th midway through his second round in a battle for one of four qualifying spots.

  When the U.S. Open is played June 12-15 at Oakmont Country Club outside Pittsburgh, several of LIV's most prominent players will be in the field. Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Spaniard Jon Rahm are invited as U.S. Open winners from the past 10 years; DeChambeau is the defending champion.

  Englishman Richard Bland was invited after winning the 2024 U.S. Senior Open. A pair of other recent major winners -- Phil Mickelson (2021 PGA Championship) and Cameron Smith (2022 Open Championship) -- are exempt as well.

  LIV player Carlos Ortiz of Mexico made it through a U.S. Open final qualifier last month in Dallas, where Spain's Sergio Garcia fell one stroke shy of a playoff.

  --Field Level Media

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan came to the defense of Rory McIlroy, whose tournament scheduling plan will leave him out of the Memorial Tournament this week and mark the third signature event he has missed this season.

• "The beauty of our model is that our players have the ability to select their schedule," Monahan told reporters on Wednesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club, site of this week's Memorial Tournament. "What Rory McIlroy has done, I think he's played in this tournament every year since 2017. And you look at the tournaments that he's supported. I don't have any concern, because you look at this on balance over time, his support of our tournaments and our partners is extraordinary."

  In addition to skipping this week's 50th edition of the Memorial, the world's No. 2 player also bypassed The Sentry and the RBC Heritage, both signature events.

  McIlroy, 36, raised a few eyebrows by opting to skip the Memorial Tournament in favor of next week's RBC Canadian Open.

  The native of Northern Ireland has admitted to a preference of playing the week before a major championship. The Memorial Tournament and Canadian Open flipped places on the calendar this year, with the Canadian now leading directly into the June 12-15 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.

  McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam by winning the Masters last month. He earned his first green jacket and fifth career major in dramatic fashion, overcoming two double bogeys in the first round and two more on Sunday before beating England's Justin Rose in a playoff.

  "Look at the season that Rory has had. He's had a life-altering season," Monahan said. "He's won the Players Championship, you win the Masters Tournament, you win the (career) Grand Slam and you win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am."

  --Field Level Media

Charlie Woods carded a 6-under-par 66 in the final round to win the American Junior Golf Association's Team TaylorMade Invitational on Wednesday in Bowling Green, Fla.

• Woods, 16, collected eight birdies against two bogeys on Wednesday to finish with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. The AJGA is the nation's premier junior circuit.

  The son of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods, Charlie Woods bested the 71-player field by capturing a three-stroke victory over Luke Colton, Phillip Dunham and Willie Gordon.

  Woods is projected to vault up the AJGA rankings in significant fashion, going from No. 606 entering the week to No. 14, per DRVN.golf.

  Woods was competing in his fifth AJGA event -- his previous best finish was a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March.

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The 2027 Ryder Cup will take place from Sept. 17-19 at Adare Manor in County Limerick, Ireland.

• The dates for the 100th anniversary edition of the biennial golf competition were announced on Wednesday.

  "The official announcement of the dates is always a significant milestone in the Ryder Cup journey for a country and a venue, and we're delighted to today confirm details for the 2027 contest at Adare Manor," said Guy Kinnings, chief executive of the European Tour Group.

  "Rory McIlroy's victory in the Masters last month to complete the career Grand Slam, combined with anticipation of July's Open Championship, has already heightened the buzz around golf on the island of Ireland. This announcement will add to that excitement as Ireland continues its preparation to host golf's greatest team competition for the second time in 2027 when the Ryder Cup celebrates its 100th anniversary."

  It will be the second time Team USA and Team Europe square off in the Emerald Isle. Europe won by a record 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 margin in 2006 at The K Club in County Kildare.

  "The passion of Irish people for golf makes Ireland really stand out internationally as a golfing venue, said Patrick O'Donovan, Ireland's minister for arts, media, communications, culture and sport. "For Ryder Cup week, the eyes of the sporting world will be on the beautiful village of Adare, and I am confident that the local community of Adare and the people of Limerick and Ireland generally, will ensure that this event is a wonderful success and that all who attend will want to return to visit Ireland again."

  The Golf Course at Adare Manor, located on the banks of the River Maigue, hosted the Irish Open in 2007 and 2008. Originally designed by Robert Trent Jones, the course underwent a redesign by Tom Fazio in 2017.

  The 2025 Ryder Cup is being held this September at Bethpage Black in New York with captains Keegan Bradley for the Americans and Luke Donald for the defending champion Europeans.

  --Field Level Media

Nelly Korda ranks No. 1 in the world despite being without a win on the LPGA Tour halfway through the season but insists there's no added pressure for a breakthrough at the Women's U.S. Open at Erin Hills Golf Club in Wisconsin this week.

• "I don't try and think about it," said Korda, who had seven wins in 16 events and claimed a major championship at the Chevron Championship in 2024. "Definitely when you're a higher-ranked player or you're more popular there is more pressure on you just from outside perspective when it comes to media, fans coming out to watch you play.

  "If you want to feel it, you will feel it, but I think what's really important is just kind of sticking to your game plan and being really focused on what you're doing present time, and that's really helped me."

  Korda was propelled to the Rolex Player of the Year honor by a streak of five wins in a row in 2024. She is chasing her first Women's U.S. Open title on the heels of her second top-5 finish this season at the Mizuho Americas Open.

  As the world rankings underscore, Korda's results can hardly be classified as struggling. She's finished no worse than 22nd with three top-10 finishes in six events.

  She said the season to date has been "interesting" but insisted she feels grateful and embraces the position this week at an event known for trying patience.

  "It's big," said Korda, 26, who is staying 20 minutes from the course at a rented lake house with her parents. "Some weeks it's so much easier to be patient than others. It just depends on kind of the mindset and how you're feeling mentally. But it plays a really big role. Sometimes you can get ahead of yourself, and as I've said in the past, staying in the moment is really, really important for me."

  Contrast the present to her surging 2024 momentum meter entering the U.S. Women's Open -- she missed the cut at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania with a season-worst opening round of 80 -- and Korda is comfortable with her real-time game.

  At Erin Hills, there are challenges ahead on a course known for whipping wind and tight, challenging traps. And Korda hasn't posted many memorable rounds in the event of late. Two of her past three U.S. Women's Open rounds resulted in scores of 80. She wrapped the 2023 event at Pebble Beach by going 8-over on her final 18 and finished tied for 64th.

  "I think the more you're put in under-pressure moments and the more you're in contention, you learn more about yourself and how to handle those situations," Korda said. "Every year something has tested me, and every year I learn a little bit more about myself and how to handle myself in some situations. So yeah, I think it's all about putting yourself into that position. ... At the end of the day, you're the one that put yourself there, and you have to be grateful that you are in that spot, and you kind of have to just enjoy even the pressure."

  Korda entered the 2022 U.S. Open off a four-month hiatus and finished tied for eighth at 2-under for the tournament at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.

  On Thursday Korda is paired with Charley Hull and Lexi Thompson (2:25 p.m. ET). She's looking dead ahead this week and focusing on what she can control in her 10th career U.S. Open start.

  "I mean, it's the biggest test in golf," Korda said. "It definitely has tested me a lot. I love it. At the end of the day, this is why we do what we do, is to play these golf courses in these conditions, to test our games in every aspect."

  --Field Level Media

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Scottie Scheffler enters the Memorial Tournament as the defending champion, but that doesn't make him feel overconfident as he prepares for Thursday's opening round in Dublin, Ohio.

• "When you show up to an event, everybody's at even par," Scheffler told reporters Wednesday. "People ask, I feel like a lot, 'What's it like defending this week?' I'm like, 'Well, what does that do for me? Nothing'. I have some experience the on the golf course that can be helpful, but at the end of the day, you start even par, and I want to be in contention on Sunday, and you definitely don't show up too high or too low."

  Scheffler, 28, is in the midst of another incredible season. In 11 tournaments, he's won two and finished in the Top 10 eight times.

  In his past six tournaments, he has won The CJ Cup Byron Nelson and PGA Championship, finished T2 at the Texas Children's Houston Open, placed fourth at the Masters Tournament, was T4 last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge, and T8 at the RBC Heritage last month.

  The Memorial, founded by Jack Nicklaus at his Muirfield Village Golf Club, is Scheffler's third consecutive weekly tournament. He said he is "rested enough."

  "My third week in a row, but I got some good rest to start -- last week, after the PGA, I got some good rest Monday and Tuesday and had a good start at Colonial. Took my day off, came here, played nine holes yesterday, played nine holes this morning, so feeling ready for the week."

  And he said as with all events, he is not entering with a predetermined notion that he will win. Last year, he topped Collin Morikawa by one stroke, finishing at 8-under par to win the Memorial.

  "If you show up with too low of expectations, not feeling like your game's in a good spot, you're probably not going to hit a lot of good shots," he said. "And if you show up feeling way too good about yourself, I think it can have an effect on your focus. Like, if you just show up and be, like, 'Oh, I'm best. I'm just going to show up and win this week,' I think almost sometimes you can get a bit lazy at times out on the course. ... You have to be very focused on what you're doing."

  Even as the field heads into a $20 million signature event, Scheffler was asked to look ahead to the Tour Championship in September. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday it is doing away with the staggered scoring start that rewarded leaders in FedEx Cup points with a more favorable starting score -- a change Scheffler had advocated for.

  "I think when you're looking at a golf tournament, I think the best way to identify the best player over the course of a tournament is 72-hole stroke play on a really good golf course. I think when you look at a good test of golf and you got to compete over four days, I think that's the best way to crown the best winner for that week.

  "And looking at the Tour Championship, I didn't love the previous format of starting strokes, and I really like the direction where we're going. I think the Tour Championship's going to be difficult to qualify for. Making the Tour Championship is truly going to be the results from a great body of work over the course of a season, and then you have an opportunity to win the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup."

  Scheffler won his first Tour Championship last season.

  --Field Level Media

The PGA Tour has altered the format for the season-ending Tour Championship, doing away with the staggered scoring start and promising to create a tougher setup for East Lake Golf Club.

• The tour's announcement Tuesday cited feedback from its "Fan Forward" initiative that said fans wanted to see winning scores closer to par.

  "Our Fan Forward initiative has helped us evaluate each part of the PGA Tour season and today's announcement is an important first step in the evolution of our postseason," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement. "The Player Advisory Council led a thorough process to respond to what our fans are asking for: The most competitive golf in the world, played for the highest stakes, in the most straightforward and engaging format."

  The previous "starting strokes" format was introduced in 2019 and rewarded the FedEx Cup points leader by allowing him to start the Tour Championship at 10 under par. The player in second place would begin the tournament at 8 under, the third player at 7 under, the fourth at 6 under and the fifth at 5 under. The rest of the 30-man field would be slotted between 4 under and even par.

  The FedEx Cup would be awarded to the winner of the Tour Championship. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy won it twice under this format (2019, 2022) and Scottie Scheffler won his first last year after starting at 10 under.

  But Scheffler was a critic of the convoluted format, and he took part in the decision to change it as a member of the Players Advisory Council.

  Now, all 30 players who qualify for the Tour Championship via the FedEx Cup playoffs will start on even footing with the same chance of winning the FedEx Cup, which last year came with a $25 million bonus.

  "We want the Tour Championship to be the hardest tournament to qualify for and the FedEx Cup trophy the most difficult to win," Scheffler said in a statement. "Shifting the Tour Championship to a more straight-up format with a tougher course setup makes it easier for fans to follow and provides a more challenging test for players -- which brings out the best competition."

  The tour said its rules committee will find ways to "encourage more risk/reward moments" at East Lake, the Atlanta club that's hosted the Tour Championship every year since 2004.

  The tour's announcement also said the field will remain at 30 players for 2025, but the PAC is "studying the qualification system" for future years to make sure it is the hardest tournament for players to qualify for.

  --Field Level Media

Jack Nicklaus won't be seeing Rory McIlroy at Muirfield Village Golf Club this year, and though the Masters champion's decision took him by surprise, he doesn't begrudge him for taking the week off.

• McIlroy elected to sit out the Memorial Tournament this year and is in the field for next week's RBC Canadian Open instead.

  The Northern Irishman prefers to play the week before a major championship, and the Memorial and Canadian flipped places on the calendar this year, so that the former could be right on the heels of Memorial Day as it used to be and the latter can lead directly into the U.S. Open.

  Nicklaus, speaking with reporters Tuesday in Dublin, Ohio, said he didn't have a conversation with McIlroy about his choice to skip the Memorial and he found out in the middle of last week.

  "Yeah, it surprised me. But, you know, guys have got schedules and got things they do," said Nicklaus, 85. "And, you know, I haven't talked to him for him to tell me why or why not. It's just his call. I made a lot of calls that I had to make when I played to play or not play, and sometimes it wasn't as popular as people thought it was. But, you know, sometimes you have to make those calls.

  "I don't hold anything against Rory for that. He did what he likes to play. I know he likes to play so many in a row. He likes to play the week before a U.S. Open. And so he, that's what he's doing. So, you know, I really don't have a comment on it. It's very difficult, very difficult.

  "I mean, I'm a big Rory fan, I always have been. I'm sure that I will remain that way. I just, I was a little surprised, yes."

  McIlroy was the toast of the golfing world when he completed the career Grand Slam by winning the Masters last month. He earned his first green jacket and fifth career major in dramatic fashion, overcoming two double bogeys in the first round and two more on Sunday before beating Englishman Justin Rose in a playoff.

  "After the Masters, I dropped him a note, and I told him, ‘I don't think anybody's won by having four double bogeys,'" Nicklaus cracked. "And I said, ‘But that just showed me how much talent you have to overcome that to win and how you played some unbelievably spectacular shots,' such as the iron at 7 that he hit over the tree that actually hit the tree. The phenomenal iron he hit at 15, the shot he hit at 17. Then, of course, to miss that little short putt at 18 on a pitch-out on his second shot with a wedge, which was not very good.

  "But he played some bad shots. The shot he hit at 13 (leading to a double bogey), I can't believe."

  Nicklaus said he was very happy to see McIlroy get "the monkey off his back" and win his first major since 2014.

  Nicklaus, of course, holds more major titles than any player in history with 18. And the letter he wrote to McIlroy was not a one-off decision, but part of an ongoing tradition.

  "I don't know how long I've done it, but I've written every major championship winner for as long as I can remember," Nicklaus said. "I sit down and did a handwritten note to every one of them, ever since I can remember. ...

  "I got quite a few letters when I won tournaments from Bobby Jones and people like that. And I just thought that -- I appreciated it, and I thought that they might appreciate it."

  Nicklaus was also asked about the larger relationship dynamics between professional golfers and the media who cover them. Most recently, McIlroy did not speak to reporters after any round of the PGA Championship, where he tied for 47th.

  "I'm not going to talk for Rory or anybody else, I'll talk for myself," Nicklaus said. "I've always felt that you guys have a job to do -- and gals -- and for you to do your job, you need to talk to me. And whether I played well or whether I played poorly, if you still want to talk to me, I'll talk to you. And I always have."

  --Field Level Media

Yuka Saso was only 19 years old when she won her first U.S. Women's Open back in 2021, a moment that changed her life. Saso was asked Tuesday what winning the major for the second time did for her.

• "It was also life-changing," Saso said with a laugh.

  The Philippines-born Japanese golfer is gearing up for the U.S. Women's Open this week at Erin Hills in Wisconsin, and she'll do so as the defending champion after pulling out a three-stroke victory last year at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club.

  "I could call myself a two-time major champion, and better than that, two-time U.S. Women's Open champion," Saso said of her 2024 victory. "I think it's a great tournament to have beside my name, and -- I don't know, maybe because I dreamed of winning this, and winning it twice is much better."

  Both of Saso's major victories made history. In 2021, she was the first Filipino (man or woman) to win a golf major, and she matched Korean legend Inbee Park as the youngest winner in U.S. Women's Open history.

  Three years later, this time playing under the Japanese flag, she became the first representative of Japan to win the U.S. Women's Open and, at just 22, the youngest two-time champion in its history. She joined a list with names like Park, Juli Inkster, Karrie Webb and JoAnne Carner; a third win would put her on par with Annika Sorenstam and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

  Saso reflected on the challenges she faced after winning the 2021 major.

  "I mean, everything was great. Everybody was calling me ‘champ.' I'm a winner of the U.S. Women's Open," Saso said. "But also the challenges after that. I moved here to America where I'm far away from home. I needed to get used to life here in America. That was one of the challenging parts of the first one."

  The curious thing about Saso's resume is that her U.S. Women's Opens are her only two career victories stateside, major or otherwise. She's won twice on the LPGA of Japan Tour, but she has yet to build upon her major success.

  This season alone, Saso has missed four cuts -- including each of her last three starts -- and has finished no better than T17.

  "Well, there was for sure frustration, but I think I understand well that golf is not a perfect game. I can't be perfect with it," Saso said. "I think the grinding part is what I enjoy the most. Everything was not going well, but I think I know where I want my game to be or I know what I needed to do. So I was not happy but also having fun at the same time, which is kind of weird."

  Saso feels she has become a better putter after putting in extra work with her coach and caddie. Now it's all about remaining confident that she has the tools to beat the best in the world once again.

  "Yeah, the results were not where I wanted to be, but I think not playing well makes me grow a bit more to be more patient and just to trust myself and try to build that momentum," Saso said. "But that doesn't -- how do you call it? That doesn't make me feel like, ‘Oh, I can't play golf anymore.' I don't feel that way."

  --Field Level Media

Viktor Hovland has dealt with very public issues involving his swing, leading some to question whether he's dealing with mental or physical issues in his game.

• Hovland hopes to put that question to bed this week when he competes at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.

  The 27-year-old Norwegian has seven victories on the PGA Tour since turning pro in 2019, and that includes The Valspar Championship in late March as well as the 2023 Memorial in a playoff against Denny McCarthy.

  Hovland, however, has finished outside the top 20 in three of his last four events -- including The Masters (T21), Truist Championship (T54) and PGA Championship (T28).

  On Tuesday, Hovland shifted gears in his preparation for taking on Muirfield Village Golf Club.

  "Yeah, it's really cool. I've played here a few times now and every time I was looking forward to trying to conquer the golf course because it's so hard, and up until 2023 I felt like I had played a lot of good golf but just didn't quite get the finishes that I wanted," Hovland said. "So it was really nice to finally get a win there in 2023. First win in the United States, and it was kind of the first win on a really big-boy golf course and a great field. So that was a big week for me."

  That said, Hovland contends that it won't be easy given the challenges the course presents.

  "I enjoy the challenge, but that's more so like after the round," he said. "During the round it's just so stressful, especially when it's blowing. I played 18 holes yesterday and it was kind of a weird wind, a lot of crosswinds, and on those tee shots it gets very difficult to hold the fairways. The rough is probably as thick as I've ever seen it, so if you're not good off the tee, you're just going to be grinding for pars all day. Yeah, it's just a really tough golf course."

  Which then lends itself to the age-old question: Is Hovland dealing with mental or physical issues on the golf course?

  "It is all mental and it is all physical, but you both have to -- you have to do 'em both at the same time," he said. "But at the end of the day if your technique or the physics of your golf swing are not matching up and the ball's going everywhere, it doesn't matter how you think. You've got to correct some issues in order to see the ball go where you want it to.

  "And then I think the mental part becomes more and more important as your game starts to become better, when you're really close to posting a really good score, maybe you're just kind of letting a couple bad swings really upset you or you're maybe not that confident yet. So that's where I feel like the mental side of it. If you can kind of push that and just believe, even though the results aren't quite there yet, I think that's where it's really important. But at the end of the day you can't think your way around to a 65 out there at Muirfield. You're going to have to hit the shots and if you don't have 'em, then, well, you got to work on it."

  --Field Level Media

Will Zalatoris announced Monday he will miss the rest of the PGA Tour season after surgery to repair two herniated discs in his back.

• "This spring, I started feeling some discomfort and instability in my back that progressively got worse," he posted on social media. "Following the PGA Championship, an MRI showed that I had re-herniated two discs. After discussing the options with my medical team, I underwent surgery this past Friday with Dr. Michael Duffy at the Texas Back Institute.

  "I'm happy to say that I woke up feeling good and excited about my long-term back health."

  Zalatoris, 28, previously underwent disc surgery in April 2023.

  He missed the cut earlier this month at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. His best finish this season was a T12 at The American Express in January.

  Zalatoris has one career PGA Tour victory (2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship) under his belt, although he has runner-up finishes at the 2021 Masters, 2022 PGA Championship and 2022 U.S. Open.

  --Field Level Media

Retief Goosen and Angel Cabrera are among four players tied for the lead after three rounds of the Senior PGA Championship in Bethesda, Md.

• Jason Caron and England's Phillip Archer also part of the tie at 5-under 211 after Saturday's windy third round at Congressional Country Club. Seven others are within two shots of the lead.

  Goosen of South Africa shot 4-under 68 for the best round among the co-leaders. He had six birdies and two bogeys.

  Argentina's Cabrera shot 70 while Caron and Archer each carded a 71.

  "You've just got to go out there and play shot for shot and see what happens," Goosen said. "If you make a lot of birdies, great. If you don't, well, somebody else here is going to, especially if conditions improve."

  Cabrera made four birdies and two bogeys, while Caron and Archer each had four birdies and three bogeys.

  Stewart Cink (71 on Saturday) and England's Lee Westwood (68) are one shot back at 212.

  The pack at 3-under includes Ireland's Padraig Harrington (73) and Fiji's Vijay Singh (75). Also part of the group is Sweden's Robert Karlsson (73), Denmark's Thomas Bjorn (73) and South Korea's Y.E. Yang (75).

  Cink had three birdies and two bogeys. He saw some of the names near the top of the leaderboard and it reminded him of former times on the PGA Tour.

  "As you can see, the players up there have won a lot on hard golf courses," Cink said. "This course is really demanding, with the wind especially. It's just seemed like every hole, there is a place you just cannot go and you have to know where that is and game-plan for it and you have to execute. That's just major championship golf.

  "It feels like a major out there. It's really challenging. Those names up there have all had some success."

  Archer took notice while making his way around the course.

  "You've grown up watching these guys win tournaments and majors, and yeah, you're in their company," Archer said. "And you've got to tell yourself you belong there. "I'm there by credit, and I'm playing nice stuff."

  Westwood carded seven birdies, one bogey and one double bogey.

  "Every tournament it's nice to get in contention," Westwood said. "It's nice to see your name on the leaderboard and make a move on a Saturday. It's moving day, and I knew even par was there or thereabouts, and I know I've got one or two low rounds in me the way I'm playing.

  "I'm hitting the ball well, hitting it a long way, and I've got a lot of scoring opportunities and birdie opportunities out there."

  Justin Leonard (73), England's Richard Bland (73) and Denmark's Seren Kjeldsen (74) are tied for 12th at 2 under.

  --Field Level Media