Malachy Clerkin: I cannot wait for Lions tour, but why does rugby always feel this need for overblown nonsense?
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US Open
Golf Major
JJ Spaun’s putt of a lifetime puts LAB putters on the map
Leona Maguire heads to Major week struggling for form
Storybook ending for JJ Spaun as US Open at Oakmont makes its mark
Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy looking forward to going back to Ireland after this week's PGA Tour event
US Open: JJ Spaun the last man standing at a sodden Oakmont
American overcomes five dropped shots in first six holes to finish with a 65ft birdie putt on the 18th and a win by two strokes
Rory McIlroy sees Open at Portrush as perfect time to climb the mountain again
McIlroy enjoys best round of the week at the US Open as he closes with three-under 67
US Open: Sam Burns leads the field with one-shot lead over JJ Spaun and Adam Scott
Scottie Scheffler has outside chance on rain-softened course but Rory McIlroy is out of contention
US Open: Rory McIlroy tries to put a smile on another chastening day at Oakmont
McIlroy cards four-over 74 to slip back to 10 over par after third round
US Open: Rory McIlroy vents frustration as he scraps his way to making cut
Birdie on 18th helped the world number two survive but a frustrated Shane Lowry missed out on the weekend
Viktor Hovland leads growing Scandinavian charge at US Open
Golden duo part of growing contingent from that part of the world aiming to have an impact in top events
US Open: Oakmont gets better of big hitters but Sam Burns holds nerve to stay in hunt for first Major
Dustin Johnson was victorious last time US Open came here, but he won’t be repeating the feat
US Open digest: Lightning may yet have its say at Oakmont
Saturday’s third round looks likely to be impacted by weather delays
US Open: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fight to make the cut
Sam Burns has shot the round of the day with a 65 to race up the leaderboard on Day Two of the year’s third major
Oakmont the winner after testing first round at US Open
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler have ground to make up as JJ Spaun heads the field on four-under
Robert MacIntyre plans to ride wild horse all the way to US Open glory
Scot gets off to promising start using unpredictable combination of ‘crazy’ and ‘wild’ shots
US Open Day One as it happened: McIlroy (+4) and Lowry (+9) struggle at Oakmont
JJ Spaun has clubhouse lead on four under
Flawless JJ Spaun navigates rare territory at Oakmont to take US Open lead
American posted a bogey-free 66 to take the clubhouse lead
US Open: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry left battered and bruised from Oakmont slog
Irish duo both come home in more than 40 shots on their closing nine as holed eagle shot cannot raise Lowry’s spirit
US Open 2025: Three of the key holes to watch
The 8th hole at Oakmont Country Club is fraught with difficulty, while the 9th yielded just 34 birdies to the field in 2016
US Open digest: Schoolboy Mason Howell expects US Open challenge at Oakmont ‘to get crazy’
Seventeen-year-old has his school coach on the bag for his first tilt at Major glory
US Open: ‘Unapologetically difficult’ Oakmont to provide serious challenge for McIlroy and Lowry
Scottie Scheffler is favourite on Pittsburgh course that tests all aspects of the game
US Open digest: Oakmont’s ‘superfast’ greens putting the stimpmeter to the test
Edward Stimpson developed his eponymous device after watching Gene Sarazen putt off a green at Oakmont in 1935
Rory McIlroy still waiting for competitive juices to flow again after Masters high
‘At some point, you have to realise that there’s a little bit more golf left to play this season’
US Open: Tee times, what TV channel is it on, weather, players to watch
Everything you need to know about Oakmont and the second Major of the year
Shane Lowry: ‘Every Sunday I come off the golf course I feel like I’m after getting punched in the gut’
Offaly golfer says he ‘learned a lot from’ final day of US Open at Oakmont in 2016
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to play together for first two rounds of US Open
Justin Rose joins Irish duo with an early start on Thursday and later on Friday
US Open: Dustin Johnson will take the rough with the smooth on return to happy-hunting ground Oakmont
Johnson won the 2016 US Open at the Pennsylvania track that is set to play as hard as ever this week
Oakmont designers wound the clock back 100 years to give iconic course a new feel for US Open
Tournament returns to Oakmont for first time since Dustin Johnson’s breakthrough victory in 2016
Ifs, putts and maybes: Rory McIlroy’s year as golf’s ‘nearly man’
From the US Open to last week at Wentworth, the Irish golfer has had a season of agonising close calls
Emma Navarro finishes strongly to beat Paula Badosa in US Open quarter-final
American beats Spaniard in straight sets to make first grand slam semi-final
Coco Gauff makes early exit from US Open, Alexander Zverev into last eight
The 20-year-old lost to fellow American Emma Navarro in the fourth round on Sunday
Novak Djokovic out of US Open after playing ‘some of the worst tennis’
The Serbian was the latest shock exit following Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz
Jannik Sinner keeps focus to fend off Alex Michelsen at US Open
The Italian navigated a turbulent opening set against Michelsen to reach the third round with a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 win
Zheng continues Olympic-winning form in US Open first round, Coco Gauff poised to defend title
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen took a hard-fought win over Amanda Anisimova
Rory McIlroy: ‘I would be unbelievably proud to get any medal in Paris’
World number two talks of pride in playing for Ireland, texts from Michael Jordan and the pain of missing out on Majors
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