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

Check out some of the best photos as players arrive and prepare for the 124th U.S. Open.

It’s time for the third men’s major championship of the year, the 2024 U.S. Open.

Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina is the host for this year’s national championship, and the best golfers in the world have gathered to compete for one of the oldest trophies in golf. Wyndham Clark is the defending champion, taking home the crown last year at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course.

This is the fourth time the U.S. Open has been held at Pinehurst No. 2, with Martin Kaymer taking home the title in 2014.

On Monday, practice rounds got underway, with many players getting their first look at the course in preparation for Thursday’s opening round.

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

TaylorMade drops 2024 U.S. Open themed bags, head covers and golf balls

Check out Pinehurst-themed bags, balls and head covers.

As it did before the start of the Masters and PGA Championship, TaylorMade has released a limited-edition series of golf balls, headcovers and bags that have a U.S. Open theme on the eve of competition at Pinehurst No. 2.

The Staff Bag ($599.99) has several symbols on it, including the number 1895 on the handle, which is an homage to the year Pinehurst opened,. The anchor above the valuables pocket calls out Pinehurst as the first USGA Anchor Site, and Adirondack chairs adorning the golf ball pocket. Chairs like these are scattered throughout the grounds of the Pinehurst resort and enjoyed by guests. The address for Pinehurst No. 2 (120 Midland Road) has even been added to the base.

The collection also includes a short-course carry bag ($249.99), as well as head covers for drivers ($79.99), fairway woods ($69.99), rescue clubs ($69.99) and putters (79.99)

Commemorative TP5 and TP5x balls adorned with Adirondack chairs are also available for $59.99.

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

Tiger Woods has three U.S. Open wins in 2000, 2002 and 2008.

Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open. A sentence that makes any golf fan perk up.

Big Cat has plenty of memories at the USGA’s signature championship, from his runaway victory at Pebble Beach in 2000 to his signature birdie on the 18th at Torrey Pines in 2008 to force a playoff playing on one leg.

And this week, he hopes to make more to add to his legacy. Woods is in the field for his fourth start of the year at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. He has three U.S. Open wins in 2000, 2002 and 2008. He has played in the event twice at Pinehurst No. 2, finishing T-3 in 1999 and solo second in 2005. He didn’t play in 2014.

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Here’s a look at the best photos throughout the week of Tiger Woods at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

How to watch the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst on NBC, USA and Peacock

Get ready for more than 200 hours of live golf.

It’s finally here, the 124th U.S. Open.

The national championship is being staged at Pinehurst No. 2 for a fourth time. Payne Stewart (1999), Michael Campbell (2005) and Martin Kaymer (2014) are the previous winners of the event there.

There is a field of 156 tackling a par-70 track measuring 7,543 yards. The Donald Ross design opened in 1907.

In 2024, there will be more than 200 hours of coverage on the NBC family of networks, with the main broadcast, featured groups and featured holes as well as and studio coverage on NBC, USA and Golf Channel and streamed on Peacock.

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NBC’s coverage starts Friday and continues with over the weekend up through the trophy ceremony Sunday evening.

Note: All times listed are ET.

Monday, June 10

Golf Central Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel and Peacock, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Golf Channel and Peacock, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Tuesday, June 11

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Wednesday, June 12

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 13

First round, 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.

Friday, June 14

Second round, Peacock, 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

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

Second round, NBC, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Second round, Peacock, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open, Golf Channel, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 15

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

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

U.S. Open All Access, Peacock, 10 a.m. – noon

Third round, USA, 10 a.m. to noon

Third round, NBC, noon to 8 p.m.

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

Sunday, June 16

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

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

U.S. Open All Access, Peacock, 9 a.m. – noon

Final round, USA, 9 a.m. to noon

Final round, NBC, noon to 7 p.m.

Golf Central: Live From the U.S. Open (Golf Channel), 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Field for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 is official. See who got the last 6 spots

The field will be at 156 when they tee it up Thursday.

Adam Scott and Sergio Garcia will see major streaks continue after all.

The countdown is on to the third men’s major of 2024, the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

The field will consist of 156 golfers when action gets underway on Thursday.

Prior to Monday, the list was made up of 82 exempt players and 68 qualifiers numbers that included 15 amateurs. One of the exempt players is Tiger Woods, who received a special exemption. The final six spots were announced Monday.

Robert MacIntyre, winner of last week’s RBC Canadian Open, received one of the six final spots. He checked in at No. 41 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking; he needed to be in the top 60 as of Monday. Adam Scott also is in the field and will make his 92nd consecutive major championship start.

Scott is 61st in the OWGR but the USGA says he “became exempt when the late Grayson Murray (No. 59) was removed from the list for purposes of determining the top 60.”

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Then, four more players were added as alternates: Sergio Garcia, amateur Brendan Valdes, Otto Black and Maxwell Moldovan.

Scott will be playing in his 23rd consecutive Open while Garcia will make his 25th straight, tied for 10th all-time. Moldovan was the second alternate at his qualifying site but moved up to first alternate by virtue of Scott’s elevation.

List of entries for the 2024 U.S. Open

Note: as of Monday, June 10

Byeong-Hun An

Ludvig Aberg

Sam Bairstow

Parker Bell (a)

Sam Bennett

Daniel Berger

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Akshay Bhatia

Otto Black

Zac Blair

Keegan Bradley

Gunnar Broin(a)

Jackson Buchanan (a)

Dean Burmester

Sam Burns

Brian Campbell

Patrick Cantlay

Frankie Capan

John Chin

Luke Clanton (a)

Wyndham Clark

Eric Cole

Corey Conners

Cam Davis

Jason Day

Santiago De la Fuente (a)

Bryson DeChambeau

Thomas Detry

Nick Dunlap

Nico Echavarria

Austin Eckroat

Harris English

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Grant Forrest

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Sergio Garcia

Lucas Glover

Max Greyserman

Emiliano Grillo

Chesson Hadley

Adam Hadwin

Stewart Hagestad (a)

Brian Harman

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Jim Herman

Harry Higgs

Rico Hoey

Tom Hoge

Nicolai Hojgaard

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Rikuya Hoshino

Beau Hossler

Viktor Hovland

Mark Hubbard

Mackenzie Hughes

Sungjae Im

Ryo Ishikawa

Stephan Jaeger

Benjamin James (a)

Casey Jarvis

Carter Jenkins

Dustin Johnson

Takumi Kanaya

Sung Kang

Riki Kawamoto

Martin Kaymer

Si Woo Kim

Tom Kim

Bryan Kim

S.H. Kim

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Frederik Kjettrup

Jake Knapp

Brooks Koepka

Ben Kohles

Matt Kuchar

Min Woo Lee

Eugenio Lopez Chacarra

Justin Lower

Shane Lowry

Robert MacIntyre

Willie Mack III

Maxwell Moldovan

Peter Malnati

Matteo Manassero

Richard Mansell

Hideki Matsuyama

Logan McAllister

Denny McCarthy

Ashton McCulloch (a)

Michael McGowan

Rory McIlroy

Tom McKibbin

Mac Meissner

Adrian Meronk

Phil Mickelson

Maxwell Moldovan

Francesco Molinari

Edoardo Molinari

Taylor Moore

Omar Morales (a)

Collin Morikawa

Chris Naegel

Alex Noren

Matthieu Pavon

Taylor Pendrith

Victor Perez

Chris Petefish

J.T. Poston

Seamus Power

Colin Prater (a)

David Puig

Jon Rahm

Aaron Rai

Charles Reiter

Brandon Robinson Thompson

Robert Rock

Justin Rose

Isaiah Salinda

Gordon Sargent (a)

Carson Schaake

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Adam Scott

Jason Scrivener

Taisei Shimizu

Neal Shipley (a)

Greyson Sigg

Webb Simpson

Cameron Smith

Jordan Spieth

Sepp Straka

Adam Svensson

Andrew Svoboda

Hiroshi Tai (a)

Nick Taylor

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Brendon Todd

Erik van Rooyen

Brendan Valdes (a)

Joey Vrzich

Tim Widing

Wells Williams (a)

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Brandon Wu

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris

Look who’s getting an early look at Pinehurst No. 2 ahead of the 2024 U.S. Open

Big Cat has arrived.

It’s almost time for the 124th United States Open.

Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina is hosting the 2024 U.S. Open, and players are starting to make their way into the pines to battle it out for one of the biggest titles in golf. While many stars were playing across the United States on Sunday getting their final preparations in, some were already at Pinehurst, including a 15-time major champion.

Tiger Woods was on site Sunday, prepping for his fourth start of the season and first since the 2024 PGA Championship, where he missed the cut. Also on site early were Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose, among others.

The last time the U.S. Open was contested at Pinehurst, Martin Kaymer won wire-to-wire. He’s one of 12 LIV Golf players in the field next week.

Field for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 is almost set but there are six spots left to fill

The field will be at 156 when they tee it up Thursday.

The countdown is on to the third men’s major of 2024, the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

The field will consist of 156 golfers when action gets underway on Thursday and with six days to go, there are currently 150 golfers in the field.

The list is made up of 82 exempt players and 68 qualifiers along with 15 amateurs. One of the exempt players is Tiger Woods, who received a special exemption. The full field will be announced Monday.

The final pathways to Pinehurst involve exemption categories 12 and 22.

From the USGA website, those categories are described as:

  • 12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, from the conclusion of the 2023 U.S. Open to the initiation of the 2024 U.S. Open.
  • 22. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 points leaders and ties as of June 10, 2024, iuf not previously exempt.

Robert MacIntyre, winner of last week’s RBC Canadian Open and currently ranked No. 39 in the OWGR, will most assuredly get one of the six spots.

If he is the only one who nabs a spot, then the last five spots will be filled via final qualifying alternates.

List of entries for the 2024 U.S. Open

Note: as of Friday, June 7

Byeong-Hun An

Ludvig Aberg

Sam Bairstow

Parker Bell (a)

Sam Bennett

Daniel Berger

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Akshay Bhatia

Zac Blair

Keegan Bradley

Gunnar Broin(a)

Jackson Buchanan (a)

Dean Burmester

Sam Burns

Brian Campbell

Patrick Cantlay

Frankie Capan

John Chin

Luke Clanton (a)

Wyndham Clark

Eric Cole

Corey Conners

Cam Davis

Jason Day

Santiago De la Fuente (a)

Bryson DeChambeau

Thomas Detry

Nick Dunlap

Nico Echavarria

Austin Eckroat

Harris English

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Grant Forrest

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Lucas Glover

Max Greyserman

Emiliano Grillo

Chesson Hadley

Adam Hadwin

Stewart Hagestad (a)

Brian Harman

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Jim Herman

Harry Higgs

Rico Hoey

Tom Hoge

Nicolai Hojgaard

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Rikuya Hoshino

Beau Hossler

Viktor Hovland

Mark Hubbard

Mackenzie Hughes

Sungjae Im

Ryo Ishikawa

Stephan Jaeger

Benjamin James (a)

Casey Jarvis

Carter Jenkins

Dustin Johnson

Takumi Kanaya

Sung Kang

Riki Kawamoto

Martin Kaymer

Si Woo Kim

Tom Kim

Bryan Kim

S.H. Kim

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Frederik Kjettrup

Jake Knapp

Brooks Koepka

Ben Kohles

Matt Kuchar

Min Woo Lee

Eugenio Lopez Chacarra

Justin Lower

Shane Lowry

Willie Mack III

Peter Malnati

Matteo Manassero

Richard Mansell

Hideki Matsuyama

Logan McAllister

Denny McCarthy

Ashton McCulloch (a)

Michael McGowan

Rory McIlroy

Tom McKibbin

Mac Meissner

Adrian Meronk

Phil Mickelson

Francesco Molinari

Edoardo Molinari

Taylor Moore

Omar Morales (a)

Collin Morikawa

Chris Naegel

Alex Noren

Matthieu Pavon

Taylor Pendrith

Victor Perez

Chris Petefish

J.T. Poston

Seamus Power

Colin Prater (a)

David Puig

Jon Rahm

Aaron Rai

Charles Reiter

Brandon Robinson Thompson

Robert Rock

Justin Rose

Isaiah Salinda

Gordon Sargent (a)

Carson Schaake

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Jason Scrivener

Taisei Shimizu

Neal Shipley (a)

Greyson Sigg

Webb Simpson

Cameron Smith

Jordan Spieth

Sepp Straka

Adam Svensson

Andrew Svoboda

Hiroshi Tai (a)

Nick Taylor

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Brendon Todd

Erik van Rooyen

Joey Vrzich

Tim Widing

Wells Williams (a)

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Brandon Wu

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris

Jon Rahm seems to be dealing with an injury at 2024 LIV Golf Houston a week before U.S. Open

Rahm won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

Jon Rahm has yet to finish outside the top 10 during his debut LIV Golf season (seven starts), but when he’s joined the rest of the golf world he’s tied for 45th at the Masters and missed the cut at the PGA Championship.

This week, the Saudi-backed circuit is in Texas for LIV Golf Houston at the Golf Club of Houston where Rahm, the captain of Legion XIII, looks to be dealing with an injury.

During the first round Friday, Rahm hit his approach shot into the par-3 seventh — his fifth hole of the day — and immediately started to grimace and limp away after contact.

According to Tee Times Pub on X/Twitter, he was having his foot worked on before teeing off.

This is something to keep an eye on with the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina coming up next week. Rahm won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and tied for 10th last season at Los Angeles Country Club. He’s currently one of the betting favorites at 14/1.

Update: The LIV broadcast said Rahm is dealing with a cut in between two toes.

Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay returning to full-time TV duties at NBC/Golf Channel, starting at U.S. Open

Bones is lightening his load once again.

Jim “Bones” Mackay is lightening his load once again – from 14 clubs in a PGA Tour bag to simply a microphone.

Sam Flood, the executive producer of NBC Sports and president of production, confirmed on a conference call with media that Bones is back full time as part of a multi-year deal.

“He will be part of NBC Sports for years to come as we’re going to partner for a long time with him,” Flood said.

Bones previously had been announced as part of the broadcast team for NBC Spots/Golf Channel’s coverage of the U.S. Open next week at Pinehurst No. 2, where he caddied for Phil Mickelson in the final group in 1999 and finished second as well as in 2005 and 2014.

“It’s great for me and I couldn’t be happier about the situation,” Bones said in a separate phone call with Golfweek. “In terms of where I am in my life this is the perfect scenario for me and I couldn’t be more pleased.”

Bones, 59, is regarded as one of the most popular and best caddies in the game. He spent a stretch of 25 years as caddie for Mickelson before joining NBC in 2017 as an on-course reporter and quickly becoming one of the best in the business in that role. He took a step back from his TV gig to join forces with Justin Thomas in September 2021. They won one title together – the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

2024 Players Championship
Justin Thomas and caddie Jim “Bones” MacKay look on from the 14th fairway during the second round of the 2024 Players Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Their partnership ended after the Valspar Championship in March. When Thomas had been off, Bones still did TV from time to time for NBC, including for the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship last year, and he served as the lead analyst for the Tour’s Mexico Open, the first time an active caddie has ever filled that role.

“I’m going to do several (tournaments) this year,” said Bones of an NBC schedule that still includes the British Open, all three of the FedEx Cup Playoff events and late-season unofficial events such as the Hero World Challenge and PNC Championship. “It’s a bit TBD and will have a more well-established schedule the next few years.”

Bones said he’s game for whatever Flood and longtime NBC golf producer Tommy Roy, who first hired him for a tryout role at the 2015 RSM Classic, want him to do but he expects to contribute mostly as an on-course reporter. Asked whether he will still pursue caddying, he said, “Television is my No. 1 priority and I’ll do what I did before – if someone is sick or between caddies and needs a guy for a week and it’s not an NBC event, then I’d be happy to help out, but beyond that I will be doing TV primarily as far as what I do for a living.”

Country music star Luke Combs, a big-time golfer, to be featured on 2024 U.S. Open coverage

Sports and music intersections take place all over.

Sports and music intersections take place all over.

For example, golf nut Justin Timberlake, while on stage performing, took a practice swing for LIV Golf’s Sergio Garcia to review. Guess JT is working on his takeaway.

If you like country music, get ready for some Luke Combs on the U.S. Open TV coverage next week.

NBC has announced that Combs will serve up the intro for Saturday’s open to the broadcast ahead of round three and will have some vignettes sprinkled in the weekend coverage.

Combs is a big-time golfer and last week, when his concert tour was in Arizona, made time for a pit stop at Ping to test out some gear.

You could tell he was thrilled when he got access to the gold putter room at Ping.

Then, during his concert at State Farm Stadium where the Arizona Cardinals play, Jon Rahm joined him on stage for some beverages.

Golfweek’s Adam Schupak contributed to this article.