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Jon Rahm withdraws from 2024 U.S. Open because of injury

“To say I’m disappointed is a massive understatement!”

PINEHURST, N.C. — It turns out that Jon Rahm’s toe infection is worse than he said during his pre-U.S. Open press conference on Tuesday. The Spaniard withdrew from the 124th U.S. Open just hours later.

The infected sore is located between the little toe and the next toe on his left foot. Rahm posted on his social media in both English and Spanish that “after consulting with numerous doctors and my team, I have decided it is best for my long term health to withdraw,” he wrote. “To say I’m disappointed is a massive understatement!”

Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, was scheduled to make his ninth appearance in the U.S. Open. He was replaced in the field by alternate Jackson Suber, 24, of Tampa, Florida.

Rahm withdrew from LIV Golf’s Houston on Saturday due to the infection to his left foot.

Rahm entered the interview area at the 124th U.S. Open wearing a flip-flop on his left foot and a golf cleat on his right. It didn’t take long for him to be asked about the condition of his infected toe and what it could mean for his playing status.

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Jon Rahm of Spain walks to the press conference during a practice round prior to the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort on June 11, 2024 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

“Oh, it’s a concern,” he said. “It’s doing better. It’s doing better. But definitely still in pain.”

Rahm, a past Masters champion and former world No. 1, did note, “Anytime I can tee it up, I feel like I have a good chance.”

But when pressed if the injury could impact Rahm’s ability to play this week, he said, “As to right now this week, I don’t know,” he said.

Turns out, the answer is he’s out of the field and concerned about the injury derailing the rest of his season. He told Spanish site Ten-golf.com, “If it reaches a point that I don’t know if I can win, I don’t know if it’s worth it to go out and compete.”

Schupak: USGA needs an alternate way to determine its U.S. Open alternates

Should it be changed?

PINEHURST, N.C. — You may have heard that Adam Scott and Sergio Garcia got into the 124th U.S. Open on Monday as well as a few others such as newly-minted pro Maxwell Moldovan. Meanwhile, Keith Mitchell, first alternate from the Canada Final Qualifying site, sits back home and wonders, what about me?

And here’s the rub: Mitchell and others on the “re-allotment list” have no idea where they stand because there isn’t a physical list ranking the alternates to consult. You know it’s a problem when agents of players are asking writers if they have any idea what their player’s chances of getting in might be. As one agent said summing up the alternate process: “Clear as mud.”

But it shouldn’t be that way. There’s no reason for the mystery. It’s time for the USGA to get with the times and exhibit some transparency. Ron Read, who spent more than three decades with the USGA as the western regional director and served as the first tee starter for years, said, “I worked 33 U.S. Opens and I never saw an order. It was always like in a dark room some place that somebody determined that this guy got in.”

There’s no good reason for it to be top secret, but here’s the USGA’s explanation of how the system works: “There are two ways an alternate can earn a place in the field. When a qualifier withdraws, the spot is filled by the first alternate from that qualifying site. When an exempt player withdraws, or an exemption category is not fully utilized, we use the reallotment list. The reallotment list comprises alternates from all qualifying sites, and the order is determined by the size and strength of the qualifying field.”

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The USGA held six spots in the field for those players who could potentially become exempt. Robert MacIntyre and Scott were the only players to earn an exemption for being in the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking as of Sunday. Scott, in fact, was No. 61 but took the spot of Grayson Murray, who died recently but technically remains in the top 60. Scott’s exemption also bumped Moldovan from second alternate in the Springfield, Ohio qualifying site to first alternate. Moldovan, who got in off the alternate list for the second straight year, Garcia, who is making his 25th straight appearance in the U.S. Open, Otto Black and amateur Brendan Valdes joined the field.

Still, the current system is archaic and leads to criticism of a lack of consistency and a whiff of politics being involved when there’s no rhyme or reason to the selection. Recognizing the flaws in the system, Read stepped up and proposed being transparent and putting the entire systems of alternates into an order and publish it. His suggestion? “Merge the two systems into one. Draw them out of a hat, that’s the order, and publish the damn thing. Democracy! No more politics,” Read said.

They might as well use NBA lottery ping-pong balls. In this era where everything is about clicks, it would make a for good TV segment or social media post. Read offered a real-world example of why a change would do the USGA good. At the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock, a Japanese player wasn’t accounted for on the 10th tee, leading to a mad scramble to find the next alternate to fill his spot.

“We sent Alex Prugh, the only alternate standing by to the 10th tee. The Japanese player did show up with seconds to go. My point is in this emergency situation, you don’t know which list you’re working from, you don’t know where the guy is and there’s chance for screw ups. It could happen,” he said. “My system was an attempt at being clear cut, straight forward and it would solve a number of things.”

Read argued that his solution also would give the dreamers a better chance and isn’t that part of what makes the U.S. Open so special?

“Do we have to favor the PGA Tour again? There are 23-odd ways to get in all of which favor the Tour pro. It’s the U.S. Open. What’s the better story for you – the 29-year-old science teacher or pick a name out of the Tour?” Read asked rhetorically.

In Read’s day, alternates had no status; they couldn’t play the course or even hit balls on the range. The USGA at least has bent on that. So, whatever happened to Read’s proposal?

“I could never sell it,” he lamented.

Alternates deserve to know their odds. Time for the days of somebody in a smoke-filled room making these decisions to go up in smoke.

Jon Rahm ‘concerned’ whether he can play at 2024 U.S. Open because of foot injury

Could Rahm have to WD?

(Update: Rahm later withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday. See the full story here.)

PINEHURST, N.C. — Jon Rahm entered the interview area at the 124th U.S. Open wearing a flip-flop on his left foot and a golf cleat on his right. It didn’t take long for him to be asked about the condition of his infected toe and what it could mean for his playing status.

“Oh, it’s a concern,” he said. “It’s doing better. It’s doing better. But definitely still in pain.”

Rahm withdrew during Saturday’s second round after six holes of LIV Golf’s event at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas. Asked to explain what caused the injury, he said, “We’ve been trying to figure it out because I think that the closest term would be a lesion on the skin. If I were to show you, it’s a little low in between my pinky toe and the next toe.”

Rahm, the winner of the 2021 U.S. Open, isn’t sure what happened but the bottom line is the area got infected and he was in visible pain during both rounds of the LIV event before exiting from the 54-hole tournament. On Saturday morning, before the start of his second round, he received a shot to numb the area that he said was supposed to deaden the pain for the whole round.

“By my second hole I was in pain already,” he said.

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Asked whether the decision to withdraw was a precautionary matter, he said, “Could I have dragged myself out there and posted some kind of a score? Yeah. But it was getting to a point where I wasn’t making the swings I wanted to make, and I could have hurt other parts of my swing just because of the pain.”

Rahm is coming off a season where he won the Masters and notched two more top-10s in major championships. Late last year, he joined LIV Golf and has been a non-factor at the first two majors, finishing T-45 at Augusta National and missing the cut at the PGA Championship at Valhalla, snapping his streak of 19 straight made cuts at the majors.

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Jon Rahm of Spain walks to the press conference during a practice round prior to the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort on June 11, 2024 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

He didn’t exude confidence for this week’s test at the famed Donald Ross layout. Rahm said the infection of his toe is the worrisome part, but claimed that it has been controlled; swelling, however, remains a concern and the pain persists.

“There’s a reason I walked out here in a shoe and a flip-flop, trying to keep the area dry and trying to get that to heal as soon as possible,” he said. “But I can only do what I can do. The human body can only work so fast.”

Could Rahm’s ability to play this week be in jeopardy? “As to right now this week, I don’t know,” he said.

Tiger Woods’ secret weapon this week at the U.S. Open? It could be his ‘Player Support’

“I trust him with my swing and my game. He’s seen it more than anybody else in the world.”

PINEHURST, N.C. — Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods has a 15-year-old as his eyes and ears this week at the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 – son Charlie.

“I think having Charlie out here is very special. To have the father-son relationship that we have and to extend it into this part of both of our lives, he’s playing a lot of junior golf, and I’m still playing out here,” Tiger said.

Charlie has been inside the ropes and on the range with a player support badge, making him the closest thing Tiger has to an official coach.

“As far as his responsibilities, it’s the same. I trust him with my swing and my game. He’s seen it more than anybody else in the world. He’s seen me hit more golf balls than anyone,” Tiger explained of Charlie’s role. “I tell him what to look for, especially with putting. He gave me a couple little side bits today, which was great, because I get so entrenched in hitting certain putts to certain pins, I tend to forget some of the things I’m working on.”

Photos: Tiger Woods at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2

Tiger, a three-time U.S. Open champion, played a practice round on Tuesday with Max Homa and 25-year-old Australian pro Min Woo Lee with Charlie by his side every step of the way.

“It’s neat for him to see the guys that he watches on TV and YouTube and TikTok, whatever the hell it is that they do,” Tiger said. “He was very excited today to watch Max and Min Woo and watch them hit golf balls. They’ve talked to him quite a bit, especially Min Woo and him. I think they’re closer in age than I am to anybody else. It’s great. It’s great for us to be able to share these moments together.”

Tiger, 48, hasn’t competed since missing the cut last month at the PGA Championship with a 36-hole total of 7-over 149. In his past 22 starts in majors, he has missed the cut 10 times and withdrawn twice. Still, he expressed confidence that his body is getting stronger from injuries suffered in February 2021 car crash and that he’s capable of contending this week.

“I do,” he said. “I feel like I have the strength to be able to do it. It’s just a matter of doing it.

“This golf course is going to test every single aspect of your game, especially mentally, and just the mental discipline that it takes to play this particular golf course, it’s going to take a lot.”

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Woods finished T-3 at Pinehurst in 1999 and second in 2005 but missed the 2014 U.S. Open here. He said this is the first time he’s been back since the famed Donald Ross layout underwent a restoration by Coore-Crenshaw ahead of the 2014 Open won by Martin Kaymer. In preparation for the course’s turtleback greens, Woods has been spending extra time at home with his putter but said that can only do so much.

“Nothing can simulate what we have here this particular week, the amount of little shots and the knobs and run-offs, and either using wedges or long irons or woods around the greens or even putter,” he said. “There’s so many different shots that you really can’t simulate unless you get on the property. That’s one of the reasons I came up here last Tuesday.”

How challenging will the greens be? “It depends how severe the USGA wants to make this and how close they want to get us up to those sides,” he said. “But I foresee just like in ’05 watching some of the guys play ping-pong back and forth. It could happen.”

Woods also will be receiving the USGA’s highest honor, the Bob Jones Award, during a ceremony on Tuesday evening. Tiger and Jones both won nine USGA titles, sharing the record for the most USGA championships. Tiger would like nothing more than to break that tie and become the first to reach double digits.

“I think anytime you’re in association with Mr. Jones, it’s always incredible,” Tiger said. “What he did in his amateur career, winning the Ams and the Opens and then obviously creating Augusta National, the fact that I get a chance to be honored with his award tonight, it’s very special.”

Never-boring Bryson DeChambeau preaching ‘boring golf’ as key to success at 2024 U.S. Open

Boring golf from Bryson? No way.

Bryson DeChambeau is perhaps the most interesting man in professional golf.

The 2020 U.S. Open champion is a social media star, from his TikTok page to his YouTube videos. He also made waves earlier this year when he put 3D-printed irons into his bag, something that has led to a pair of top-10 finishes in the first two majors of the year.

When it comes to boring, DeChambeau is the polar opposite. He has become a fan favorite again in recent months because of his social presence, a title he didn’t have in the months after his move to LIV Golf. But this week, as he prepares for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, DeChambeau is preaching boring.

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“If I get my irons in a place where I’m hitting it in the middle of the greens and just playing boring golf, that’s the goal for me this week is try to play as boring a golf as possible,” DeChambeau said Tuesday in his pre-tournament press conference.”

Hearing DeChambeau saying he wants to play boring golf is like Stephen Curry or Caitlin Clark saying they are only going to shoot layups. Who wants to see that?

But that’s the challenge that Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina presents. While it can reward big tee shots, it’s a ball-striker’s course that will penalize shots barely offline, and the putting surfaces are punishing to any shots that aren’t in the correct location.

“Looking forward to a tough test of golf out here. Pinehurst is no joke,” DeChambeau said. “You have to hit it in the middle of the greens. And this is a Boo Weekley quote, but the center of the green never moves, so I’ll try to focus on that this week.”

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DeChambeau has become so popular in part because he goes against the grain and is willing to try things no one else does, and he does it spectacularly. From single-length irons, swinging out of his shoes on drives and tinkering with every little aspect of his swing, he’s not afraid to go out on a limb to gain an advantage while on the course.

However, at a major championship test that’s a bit different than others, don’t expect DeChambeau to swing for the fences on every tee box.

“It stinks hitting a 6-iron off the tee compared to a driver, but sometimes you’ve got to do it and you’ve got to make the right decision for shooting the lowest score out here,” DeChambeau said. “There’s numerous holes like 3, I’d love to go for that green every single day, and I may go for it. I don’t know, you never know with me. Certainly on the tee box if it’s downwind, I’ll give it a go probably.”

DeChambeau finished a shot behind Xander Schauffele at the PGA Championship, finishing at 20 under. It’s more than likely the winning score will be significantly less than that this week, but that doesn’t mean DeChambeau won’t entertain the crowds as he has during the first two majors of the year.

“I’m looking forward to a great challenge this week,” DeChambeau said. “It’s a lot of boring golf. It’s definitely different than Valhalla, but I’ll try to do my best to show the crowd some fun drives and some hopefully long-made putts.”

USGA pays tribute to Grayson Murray in U.S. Open at Pinehurst

The USGA honors the memory of Grayson Murray at Pinehurst.

PINEHURST, N.C. — The United States Golf Association is honoring the late Grayson Murray this week at Pinehurst Resort, which is hosting the 2024 U.S. Open.

The USGA has adorned a locker with a message about Murray, a Raleigh native and two-time PGA Tour winner: “The USGA remembers Grayson and pays tribute to the playing accomplishments that merited his place in the 124th U.S. Open Championship,”

The bottom of the plaque has a quote that reads: “Be kind to one another.”

Murray, who was open about his battle with alcohol issues and depression, was set to compete at Pinehurst as the 59th-ranked player in the world. The 30-year-old golfer died May 25 and his parents, Eric and Terry Murray, released a statement the following day saying their son’s death was a suicide.

Murray attended Wake Forest, East Carolina and Arizona State. He won the 2017 Barbasol Championship and 2024 Sony Open. Murray graduated from Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he won a state championship as a sophomore in 2010.

2024 U.S. Open Thursday first-round tee times, pairings and how to watch

The pairings are set.

The third men’s major championship of the year is here.

The 2024 U.S. Open gets underway Thursday at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. No. 2 will be set up at 7,543 yards and will play to a par of 70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.

This is the fourth U.S. Open to be contested at Pinehurst No. 2, with Martin Kaymer taking the title a decade ago by eight shots. Wyndham Clark is the defending champion, winning his first major at Los Angeles Country Club last summer.

The purse hasn’t been announced for this year’s championship, though last year it was $20 million with $4 million going to the winner.

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Here are the tee times and pairings for the first round of the 2024 U.S. Open:

Thursday tee times

1st tee

Time Players
6:45 a.m.
Michael McGowan, Carter Jenkins, Logan McAllister
6:56 a.m.
Frederik Kjettrup, Crhstopher Petefish, Parker Bell
7:07 a.m.
Omar Morales, Max Greyserman, Casey Jarvis
7:18 a.m.
Corey Conners, Stephan Jaeger, Emiliano Grillo
7:29 a.m.
Ryo Ishikawa, Francesco Molinari, Sergio Garcia
7:40 a.m.
Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka
7:51 a.m.
Rickie Fowler, Adam Hadwin, Phil Mickelson
8:02 a.m.
Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala, Nicolai Hojgaard
8:13 a.m.
Si Woo Kim, Matthieu Pavon, Sungjae im
8:24 a.m.
Nico Echavarria, Robert Rock, Neal Shipley
8:35 a.m.
Takumi Kanaya, Stewart Hagestad, Mac Meissner
8:46 a.m.
Isaiah Salinda, Bruan Kim, Jim Herman
8:57 a.m.
Carson Schaake, Charles Reiter, Colin Prater
12:30 p.m.
Jason Scrivener, Brandon Robinson Thompson, Brendan Valdes
12:41 p.m.
Santiago de la Fuente, Sam Bairstow, Eugenio Chacarra
12:52 p.m.
Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
1:03 p.m.
Jason Day, Harris English, Tom Kim
1:14 p.m.
Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
1:25 p.m.
Brian Harman, Nick Dunlap, Wyndham Clark
1:36 p.m.
Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth
1:47 p.m.
Shane Lowry, Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer
1:58 p.m.
Akshay Bhatia, Eric Cole, Erik van Rooyen
2:09 p.m.
Brendon Todd, Taylor Pendrith, Alex Noren
2:20 p.m.
Thomas Detry, Brian Campbell, Jackson Buchanan
2:31 p.m.
Taisei Shimizu, Gunnar Broin, Maxwell Moldovan
2:42 p.m.
Sung Kang, Riki Kawamoto, John Chin

10th tee

Tee time Players
6:45 a.m.
Rico Hoey, Tom KcKibbin, Matteo Manassero
6:56 a.m.
Dean Burmester, Rikuya Hoshino, Seamus Power
7:07 a.m.
S.H. Kim, Justin Lower, Tim Widing
7:18 a.m.
Lucas Glover, Sam Burns, Cameron Smith
7:29 a.m.
Will Zalatoris, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tiger Woods
7:40 a.m.
Patrick Cantlay, Matt Kuchar, Russell Henley
7:51 a.m.
Tony Finau, Ludvig Aberg, Dustin Johnson
8:02 a.m.
Justin Rose, Gary Woodland, Webb Simpson
8:13 a.m.
Daniel Berger, Ryan Fox, David Puig
8:24 a.m.
Ben An, Sam Bennett, Edoardo Molinari
8:35 a.m.
Austin Eckroat, Adrian Meronk, Cam Davis
8:46 a.m.
Aaron Rai, Davis Thompson, Zac Blair
8:57 a.m.
Willie Mack III, Richard Mansell, Ashton McCulloch
12:30 p.m.
Greyson Sigg, Grant Forrest, Wells Williams
12:41 p.m.
Chesson Hadley, Mark Hubbard, Adam Svensson
12:52 p.m.
Beau Hossler, Victor Perez, Adam Schenk
1:03 p.m.
Robert MacIntyre, Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes
1:14 p.m.
Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Tom Hoge
1:25 p.m.
Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Max Homa
1:36 p.m.
Sepp Straka, Peter Malnati, J.T. Poston
1:47 p.m.
Gordon Sargent, Jake Knapp, Cameron Young
1:58 p.m.
Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel, Adam Scott
2:09 p.m.
Ben Kohles, Denny McCarthy, Ben James
2:20 p.m.
Frankie Capan III, Andy Svoboda, Luke Clanton
2:31 p.m.
Harry Higgs, Hiroshi Tai, Brandon Wu
2:42 p.m.
Joey Vrzich, Chris Naegel, Otto Black

Thursday’s TV information

USA: 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Featured Groups: usopen.com, USGA App, Peacock, all day

U.S. Open All Access: Peacock, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

First round: Peacock, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Photos: 2024 U.S. Open Tuesday practice round at Pinehurst No. 2

Check out some of the best photos as players continue preparation for the 124th U.S. Open.

We’re another day closer to the start of the third men’s major championship of the year.

The 2024 U.S. Open gets underway Thursday at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, and preparation continued Tuesday, as the field of 156 golfers grinds to lay claim to one of the oldest trophies in golf.

Wyndham Clark is the defending champion, as he captured the U.S. Open last year at Los Angeles Country Club.

This is the fourth U.S. Open to be contested at Pinehurst No. 2. The last time it was here, in 2014, Martin Kaymer ran away from the field in wire-to-wire fashion with an eight-shot win.

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Check out some of our best photos from Tuesday at Pinehurst No. 2:

‘I see it as a gift:’ Webb Simpson didn’t want to miss his ‘backyard’ U.S. Open

Simpson enjoys a certain comfort level being back on familiar ground.

PINEHURST, N.C. — Webb Simpson didn’t want to miss the 124th U.S. Open played in his backyard.

With his 10-year exemption as the 2012 champion at The Olympic Club having already run out and not otherwise exempt, Simpson did what he had to do and earned his way into the field at Pinehurst Resort’s No. 2 Course via Final Qualifying last Monday in Durham, North Carolina.

It means that much more to Simpson because Pinehurst was the happy place of his father Sam, who passed away in November 2017 from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Simpson grew up in nearby Raleigh but his father built a second home at Country Club of North Carolina in the Sand Hills of Pinehurst, and Simpson estimated the family spent every other weekend there from the time he was 12.

“He worked really hard,” Simpson said of his dad. “But when he would come to Pinehurst on a Friday, you’d really see him kind of decompress…He would be thrilled to death that I qualified.”

Simpson had to work hard, too, just to make it, and conceded there were moments where he considered quitting.

“There were points on Monday (at the Final stage) where it would have felt nice to go to the car,” he said. “I kept going.”

Simpson, 38, shot a 67-69 to finish 4-under at last Monday’s qualifier.

“I asked my caddy at the turn, What is it looking like? What do we need to do?” recalled Simpson, noting that there were no electronic scoreboards at the course but competitors and caddies are allowed to look at the live scoring on their phone. “At the time when I asked him, it looked like I needed to shoot minimum three if not four or five on the back. I made a few birdies, but then I bogeyed 17. When I bogeyed 17, I thought for sure there was no chance even of a playoff with a birdie on 18. So I asked him, ‘We’re out of it, right?’ He said, ‘No. Par you have a chance for a playoff. Birdie definitely a playoff, maybe even get in with no playoff.’ I got all excited again. Made a 15-footer on the last hole.”

It was enough and punched his ticket to a place where Simpson has fond memories. He competed at Pinehurst Resort in the Putterboy Trophy, the Donald Ross Junior, the North/South Junior and the North/South Am. He never won any of them, but he and his dad did win the Donald Ross Father-Son in a playoff once upon a time.

“It was alternate shot,” Simpson said. “In the playoff, my dad drove it in the fairway, I hit it to three feet, and then he made it for us to win. I was so excited. He looked at me like he was mad at me. I’m like, ‘What? We just won.’ He’s like, ‘Don’t ever do that to me again. Hit it to 20 feet. Don’t hit it to three feet.’”

Simpson has slipped to No. 220 in the Official World Golf Ranking and his best finish this season is T-24 at the Wells Fargo Championship. But he enjoys a certain comfort level being back on familiar ground, and a little less pressure than he felt in 2014, the last time Pinehurst hosted a major when he was a top-20 ranked player in the world.

“Now being here,” he said, “I kind of see it as a gift to be here.”

Nike drops 2024 U.S. Open commemorative footwear for Pinehurst

Nike golf shoes for the 2024 U.S. Open.

Sneakerheads and golf lovers alike are always excited to see what footwear Nike athletes like Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Tom Kim and others wear at major championships, and at Pinehurst No. 2 this week for the 2024 U.S. Open, they’ll be adorned in plenty of Carolina blue.

Nike has released a limited-edition Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 NRG, Air Pegasus ’89 G NRG and Air Zoom Infinity Tour NRG to celebrate the third men’s major of 2024 and pay homage to Pinehurst No. 2 and North Carolina.

The Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 NRG has a breathable textile on the upper to help golfers’ feet stay cool and comfortable, a Tour Flex Pro Softspikes under the forefoot and Silver Tornado spikes in the lateral and heel to increase stability and traction.

The sky blue, waterproof Air Pegasus ’89 G has a hidden air unit in the heel for extra cushioning, a soft terry cloth tongue and collar lining and a grippy rubber outside.

Finally, the Air Zoom Infinity Tour NRG offers a breathable textile in the upper to your feet stay cool while also providing plenty of lateral support. The Air Zoom unit in the forefoot moves with your feet as you swing, to help create better energy transfer from the ground into your shot.

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Here is a close-up look at the Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 NRG, Air Pegasus ’89 G NRG and Air Zoom Infinity Tour NRG for the 2024 U.S. Open.