It was said many years ago but the hellish pronouncement of the founder and designer Henry Clay Fownes should be posted on a large sign at the entrance to Oakmont Country Club.

Oakmont has hosted the US Open more than any other golf course, and there’s a reason.

It was suggested to Ernie Els that the US Golf Association should make Oakmont Country Club its marquee US Open venue and provide the sort of reverence that the R&A extends to the Old Course in St Andrews.

Whoever lifts the US Open trophy in Pittsburgh this weekend, he will need to be a man of steel in the nerves department to triumph in a city once described as “hell with the lid taken off.”

Rest up or tune up?

Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, is halfway to Chambers Bay, but when Jim Furyk spoke on June 7, he sounded as if he were a continent away. That’s because he told of family plans and a commitment to attend a wedding so he wouldn’t be getting a look at the US Open venue for another two weeks.

Hometown professional Michael Putnam hit the first shot of the 115th US Open at 7am local time yesterday and five hours and 13 minutes later was sinking the final putt of his first round for an opening level-par 70 at Chambers Bay near Tacoma, Washington.

LESS than a week before Rory McIlroy possibly writes his name into golfing immortality, the world No. 1 confesses he is no longer in love with the game.

Rory McIlroy has targeted Hoylake’s par-five holes as the keys to a successful Open Championship campaign this weekend as the two-time major winner aims to emulate Tiger Woods’ 2006 success at Royal Liverpool.

The eyes of the golfing world, not to mention a dedicated TV channel, will be on Tiger Woods in the opening round of the 143rd Open Championship on Thursday.

Rory McIlroy will get his Open Championship bid under way at Royal Liverpool on Thursday as the elder statesman in group containing rising stars Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama.

Tiger Woods will not have to wait too long to make his competitive return to Hoylake in the 143rd Open Championship, which gets under way on Thursday.

Right smack in the middle of Sunday lunch hour, the insufferable humidity was putting its chokehold around Pinehurst No 2 when a glance at the tee sheet showed that we were still three hours away from the assigned starting time of the US Open leader, Martin Kaymer.

Ireland's Rory McIlroy came into the clubhouse with 69 after three bogeys and six birdies in his opening round at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.

There was plenty of comfort for Rory McIlroy, but not for Darren Clarke, on the opening day of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.

Adam Scott’s Masters victory a year ago was met with near delirium in his native Australia as the so-called Lucky Country finally got a green-jacketed champion its proud golfing tradition deserved.

You know you are in a good place heading into the Masters when all you have to worry about is whether the Augusta National chefs will get your mum’s pavlova recipe right for the Champions’ Dinner.

Rory McIlroy continued to head the field midway through the Honda Classic, with a second-round 66 maintaining his one-shot lead over the chasing pack.

Tiger Woods won the deciding match for a third straight time and the United States lifted the Presidents Cup for a fifth straight time as they beat the International team 18.5 to 15.5 in Dublin, Ohio.

The United States opened up a five-point lead on the third day of the Presidents Cup as play was once again disrupted by rain at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

The United States opened up a potentially decisive four-point lead on day three of the Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village in Ohio.

Paul McGinley continues to make it clear that he will be his own man when attempting to mastermind Europe’s Ryder Cup defence at Gleneagles next year.

Former champion Paul Lawrie today shrugged off a 300-mile round trip to card a third round of 70 in the Open Championship at Muirfield.

Overcast conditions today greeted the early starters as the third round of the Open Championship got under way at Muirfield.

Such has been the gruelling nature of this 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield over the first 36 holes that whoever survives to lift the famous Claret Jug tomorrow evening will rightfully lay claim to the motto ‘He Who Grinds, Wins’.

Two players seeking a first major title and one searching for his 15th were today enjoying - in every sense of the word - the clubhouse lead in the 142nd Open Championship.

Keegan Bradley absorbed back-to-back bogeys before equalling the course record on the opening day of the Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

Graeme McDowell hopes his first PGA Tour win for three years can kickstart his career instead of signalling it is time to take his foot off the gas.

Adam Scott's dramatic Masters victory helped prevent the Tiger Woods rule debate dominating, but it did bring another issue back to the top of the agenda for golf's governing bodies.

Adam Scott may not stretch to putting Vegemite sandwiches on the Champions’ Dinner menu at next year’s Masters but do not be surprised if there is more than a little taste of Australia brought to the table at Augusta National in 2014.

JUST when the 77th Masters was in danger of being regarded as one of the flattest for years, it was saved by the dramatic birdie-fest over the closing holes that saw Adam Scott pip Angel Cabrera.

Former world number one Greg Norman believes fellow Australian Adam Scott can use his Masters victory to propel his career to even greater heights.

Adam Scott plans to celebrate with Australian great Greg Norman after breaking his major duck, and that of his nation in the Masters, with a dramatic victory in near-darkness at Augusta.

Nine months after blowing a four-shot lead in the Open, Adam Scott tonight gained sweet redemption with a dramatic Masters triumph at a rain-soaked Augusta.

Adam Scott delivered a first green jacket for Australia as he won a tense Masters in a sudden death play-off over Argentina’s Angel Cabrera at Augusta National last night.

Rory McIlroy was today trying again to figure out the right plan of attack for Augusta National, albeit after starting the final round of the Masters far too early for his liking.

Nine months after blowing a four-shot lead with four holes to play in the Open, Adam Scott has the chance to gain redemption by claiming a first major title in the Masters.

Tiger Woods quickly went about trying to repair the damage caused by a two-shot penalty as an incident-packed Masters continued today at Augusta National.

Rory McIlory overcame a nightmare start to his second round to put himself back on track for a big push for Masters glory this weekend as Tiger Woods was making his charge up the leaderboard at Augusta National.

Fred Couples today claimed the clubhouse lead in the Masters at the age of 53 as Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson both plummeted down the leaderboard.

There was a time when professional golf went into hibernation for a good six months with the arrival of October.