Every week is a learning experience on the PGA Tour and that was a true for four-time major winner Rory McIlroy as it was for Waterford’s Seamus Power in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.

It is American Brandt Snedeker rather than Europe’s Rory McIlroy who goes into this week’s Ryder Cup €8.7m richer, but what a match is now in prospect in Chicago.

NOBODY knows better than Tiger Woods why US Opens played on public courses resonate with the crowds that flock to see them.

Whatever happens to Swedish golfer Peter Hanson in next month’s US Open he will always remember the shot last night which got him there.

IF THERE was ever any doubt as to the municipal heart of this week’s US Open venue, it can be dispelled by Henrik Stenson’s experience there just before Christmas.