Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 13–16, 2019 |
Location |
Pebble Beach, California 36°34′05″N 121°57′00″W / 36.568°N 121.950°W |
Course(s) | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,075 yards (6,469 m) |
Field | 156, 79 after cut |
Cut | 144 (+2) |
Prize fund | $12,500,000 [1] |
Winner's share | $2,250,000 |
Champion | |
Gary Woodland | |
271 (−13) | |
Location map | |
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The 2019 United States Open Championship was the 119th U.S. Open, played from June 13–16 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. It was the seventh major and sixth U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, which last hosted U.S. Opens in 2000 and 2010, won by Tiger Woods and Graeme McDowell, respectively. [2]
Gary Woodland won his first major title by three strokes over world number one Brooks Koepka. Ranked 25th coming into the tournament, and having never finished in the top 20 in the U.S. Open previously, he was generally seen as a surprise victor. Koepka had won four of the last nine majors, and was attempting to become the first player to win three straight U.S. Opens since 1905. [3]
Woodland shot 68 in the first round, and 65 in the second, to lead by two strokes after 36 holes. He shot 69 in the third round, to have a single-stroke lead over Justin Rose going into the final day. After shooting a 69 in the final round, he converted a 54-hole lead into a victory for the first time in eight attempts in stroke-play events. His 72-hole winning score, a 13-under-par 271, was the lowest relative to par since 2011 and included a stretch of 34 holes without a bogey. Woodland led the field in scrambling, having begun the week ranked 169th in that category. [3]
The previous winner of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, Graeme McDowell, finished tied for 16th with a 3-under-par 281. Tiger Woods was tied 58th after the first round, and began his final round by bogeying four of his first six holes, but rallied on the back nine to finish tied for 21st with a 2-under-par 282. Justin Rose entered the final round one shot back of Woodland but made three bogeys on his final seven holes to finish tied for 3rd. On his 49th birthday, six-time U.S. Open runner-up, Phil Mickelson finished with a 4-over-par 288, having won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier in the year at Pebble Beach. [3]
79 players made the cut, including four amateurs. The leading amateur was Norwegian Viktor Hovland, who had qualified by winning the 2018 U.S. Amateur, which was also held at Pebble Beach. He finished tied for 12th at 4-under-par, to become first low amateur at the Masters and U.S. Open in the same season since Matt Kuchar in 1998. [3]
The U.S. Open traditionally has a winning score around par, but a joint record 31 players finished under par for the tournament. This was partly attributed by the media to the soft conditions resulting from a marine layer, and relatively low wind speeds for a links-style course. [4]
Pebble Beach hosted the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February of the same year. The changes made to the course since that event include reducing par from 72 to 71, cutting the greens from .125" to .110", and growing the rough from 2" to between 3-5". [3]
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
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1 | 380 | 4 | 10 | 495 | 4 | |
2 | 516 | 4 | 11 | 390 | 4 | |
3 | 404 | 4 | 12 | 202 | 3 | |
4 | 331 | 4 | 13 | 445 | 4 | |
5 | 195 | 3 | 14 | 580 | 5 | |
6 | 523 | 5 | 15 | 397 | 4 | |
7 | 109 | 3 | 16 | 403 | 4 | |
8 | 428 | 4 | 17 | 208 | 3 | |
9 | 526 | 4 | 18 | 543 | 5 | |
Out | 3,412 | 35 | In | 3,663 | 36 | |
Source: | Total | 7,075 | 71 |
Previous course lengths for major championships
Round | Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 | |
1 | Yards | 381 | 502 | 412 | 334 | 188 | 518 | 108 | 433 | 502 | 3,378 | 493 | 387 | 202 | 447 | 592 | 399 | 402 | 218 | 552 | 3,692 | 7,070 |
2 | Yards | 382 | 516 | 394 | 334 | 186 | 529 | 116 | 432 | 526 | 3,415 | 497 | 389 | 185 | 452 | 583 | 399 | 407 | 210 | 535 | 3,657 | 7,072 |
3 | Yards | 376 | 515 | 410 | 315 | 184 | 524 | 98 | 428 | 525 | 3,375 | 499 | 388 | 209 | 440 | 589 | 399 | 395 | 203 | 544 | 3,666 | 7,041 |
4 | Yards | 386 | 523 | 407 | 324 | 204 | 520 | 102 | 433 | 533 | 3,432 | 492 | 390 | 198 | 448 | 582 | 394 | 409 | 220 | 539 | 3,672 | 7,104 |
Source: [5]
About half the field consisted of players who are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. [6] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.
Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson (9,11,12,13,14), Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka (7,9,11,12,13,14), Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy (6,7,8,9,12,13,14), Justin Rose (11,12,13,14), Webb Simpson (8,11,12,13,14), Jordan Spieth (5,6,13,14)
Devon Bling (a), Viktor Hovland (a), Kevin O'Connell (a), Michael Thorbjornsen (a)
Jovan Rebula (a)
Sergio García (13,14), Patrick Reed (11,12,13,14), Danny Willett, Tiger Woods (9,12,13,14)
Zach Johnson, Francesco Molinari (9,12,13,14), Henrik Stenson (11,13,14)
Jason Day (12,13,14), Justin Thomas (12,13,14), Jimmy Walker
Kim Si-woo (13,14)
Bryson DeChambeau (12,13,14), Matt Kuchar (13,14), Kevin Na (12,13,14), Xander Schauffele (11,12,13,14)
Daniel Berger, Tony Finau (12,13,14), Tommy Fleetwood (12,13,14), Tyrrell Hatton (13,14)
Keegan Bradley (13,14), Patrick Cantlay (13,14), Paul Casey (13,14), Rickie Fowler (13,14), Billy Horschel (13,14), Patton Kizzire, Marc Leishman (13,14), Hideki Matsuyama (13,14), Phil Mickelson (13,14), Jon Rahm (13,14), Cameron Smith (13,14), Kyle Stanley (13,14), Bubba Watson (13,14), Aaron Wise, Gary Woodland (13,14)
An Byeong-hun (14), Abraham Ancer, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (14), Lucas Bjerregaard (14), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (14), Matt Fitzpatrick (14), Jim Furyk (14), Branden Grace (14), Justin Harding (14), J. B. Holmes (14), Charles Howell III (14), Kevin Kisner (14), Li Haotong (14), Luke List, Shane Lowry (14), Keith Mitchell (14), Alex Norén (14), Thorbjørn Olesen (14), Louis Oosthuizen (14), Pan Cheng-tsung (14), Ian Poulter (14), Chez Reavie, Adam Scott (14), Brandt Snedeker (14), Matt Wallace (14)
Emiliano Grillo, Scott Piercy, Andrew Putnam
The remaining contestants earned their places through sectional qualifiers. Each site has n spots allocated amongst m players denoted (n/m).
(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying
Alternates who gained entry:
Thursday, June 13, 2019
2013 champion Justin Rose birdied his final three holes to shoot 65 (−6), equaling the record for lowest round shot in a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, [10] and taking a one-shot lead. Xander Schauffele eagled the 18th hole to join Rickie Fowler, Louis Oosthuizen and Aaron Wise in a tie for second. [11] Two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka birdied four of his first six holes before falling back to two-under and a tie for 16th. Seventeen eagles were made during the round, a new U.S. Open record. [12] [13]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Justin Rose | 65 | −6 |
T2 | Rickie Fowler | 66 | −5 |
Louis Oosthuizen | |||
Xander Schauffele | |||
Aaron Wise | |||
T6 | Nate Lashley | 67 | −4 |
Scott Piercy | |||
T8 | Emiliano Grillo | 68 | −3 |
Chesson Hadley | |||
Rory McIlroy | |||
Francesco Molinari | |||
Chez Reavie | |||
Henrik Stenson | |||
Sepp Straka | |||
Gary Woodland |
Friday, June 14, 2019
Gary Woodland holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 9th hole, the last of his round, to post a bogey-free round of 65 (−6) and take a two-shot lead. His 36-hole score of nine-under ties Gil Morgan in 1992 for lowest in a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. First-round leader Justin Rose was in second place after a round of 70 (−1). Louis Oosthuizen was tied for the lead but had just one par on his back-nine, making four birdies and four bogeys to finish three shots behind. Rory McIlroy got to within a shot of the lead before a bogey at the 13th and double bogey at the par-5 14th, falling into a tie for fourth place and four behind. Brooks Koepka became the first defending champion since 1988 to begin his title defense with two sub-70 rounds and was part of a group tied for sixth, five behind. [15] [16]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Gary Woodland | 68-65=133 | −9 |
2 | Justin Rose | 65-70=135 | −7 |
3 | Louis Oosthuizen | 66-70=136 | −6 |
T4 | Rory McIlroy | 68-69=137 | −5 |
Aaron Wise | 66-71=137 | ||
T6 | Chesson Hadley | 68-70=138 | −4 |
Brooks Koepka | 69-69=138 | ||
Matt Kuchar | 69-69=138 | ||
Chez Reavie | 68-70=138 | ||
Matt Wallace | 70-68=138 |
Amateurs: Wu (−2), Eaton (E), Hovland (E), Thorbjornsen (+2), Tibbits (+3), Rebula (+4), Eckroat (+5), Yu (+5), Hagestad (+7), Hillier (+7), O'Connell (+8), Parziale (+9), Young (+9), Norton (+13), Bling (+20)
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Gary Woodland, the 36-hole leader, was two-under par through 11 holes before finding trouble on the par-3 12th, hitting his tee shot into the rough. Still, off the green after his second shot, he made a 33-foot chip shot to save par. At the par-5 14th, his fourth shot almost rolled back down off the green but managed to stop just short. He then made a 42-foot putt to save par yet again. He parred the last four holes to shoot 69 (−2) and take a one-shot lead into the final round. Justin Rose got up-and-down from a greenside bunker for birdie at the par-5 18th to get to 10-under, a shot behind Woodland. [17]
Louis Oosthuizen birdied three holes in a row from the 15th to the 17th to get into a tie for third with Chez Reavie and two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka, four shots behind. Koepka didn't make a bogey in a round of 68 (−3). [18]
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Gary Woodland | 68-65-69=202 | −11 |
2 | Justin Rose | 65-70-68=203 | −10 |
T3 | Brooks Koepka | 69-69-68=206 | −7 |
Louis Oosthuizen | 66-70-70=206 | ||
Chez Reavie | 68-70-68=206 | ||
6 | Rory McIlroy | 68-69-70=207 | −6 |
T7 | Chesson Hadley | 68-70-70=208 | −5 |
Matt Kuchar | 69-69-70=208 | ||
T9 | Graeme McDowell | 69-70-70=209 | −4 |
Jon Rahm | 69-70-70=209 | ||
Henrik Stenson | 68-71-70=209 | ||
Matt Wallace | 70-68-71=209 | ||
Danny Willett | 71-71-67=209 |
Amateurs: Wu (−2), Hovland (E), Eaton (+2), Thorbjornsen (+15)
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Gary Woodland, who came into the final round with a one-shot lead, birdied two of his first three holes and, despite a bogey at the 9th, still led by two making the turn. Brooks Koepka was four-under through five holes but failed to birdie the par-5 6th from a greenside bunker and missed a six-foot putt for birdie at the 7th to trail by two going to the back-nine. At the par-5 14th hole, Woodland went for the green from 264 yards out, his 3-wood just clearing the bunker in front of the green and settling on the hill to the left of the green where he was able to make birdie. Koepka, meanwhile, failed to birdie the same hole after driving into the rough and hitting his third shot onto the same hill. [19]
Still leading by two heading to the par-3 17th, Woodland's tee shot finished on the fringe, 90 feet away from the hole. Forced to chip because of the mound dividing the green, he got his second shot to within 3 feet to save par. Koepka's approach at the par-5 18th went over the green where he failed to get up-and-down for birdie, missing a 9-foot putt to finish at 10-under. Now needing only a bogey at the last to win, Woodland hit an iron off the tee and laid up with his second shot. His third found the green 30 feet to the right of the flag, and he made the putt to shoot a final-round 69 (−2) and finish three shots ahead of Koepka at 13-under. [20] [21]
Justin Rose, one back at the start of the round, played his final 11 holes in 4-over and fell back to a tie for third place with Jon Rahm, Chez Reavie, and Xander Schauffele. Amateur Viktor Hovland finished at 4-under 280, breaking Jack Nicklaus's record for lowest score by an amateur in the U.S. Open; he finished tied for 12th, which was the best by an amateur since Jim Simons tied for 5th in 1971. [22]
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (leading amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Gary Woodland | 68-65-69-69=271 | −13 | 2,250,000 |
2 | Brooks Koepka (c) | 69-69-68-68=274 | −10 | 1,350,000 |
T3 | Jon Rahm | 69-70-70-68=277 | −7 | 581,872 |
Chez Reavie | 68-70-68-71=277 | |||
Justin Rose (c) | 65-70-68-74=277 | |||
Xander Schauffele | 66-73-71-67=277 | |||
T7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 66-70-70-72=278 | −6 | 367,387 |
Adam Scott | 70-69-71-68=278 | |||
T9 | Chesson Hadley | 68-70-70-71=279 | −5 | 288,715 |
Rory McIlroy (c) | 68-69-70-72=279 | |||
Henrik Stenson | 68-71-70-70=279 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T12 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 69-71-72-68=280 | −4 | 226,609 | |
Viktor Hovland (a) | 69-73-71-67=280 | 0 | |||
Matt Wallace | 70-68-71-71=280 | 226,609 | |||
Danny Willett | 71-71-67-71=280 | ||||
T16 | An Byeong-hun | 70-72-68-71=281 | −3 | 172,455 | |
Matt Kuchar | 69-69-70-73=281 | ||||
Graeme McDowell (c) | 69-70-70-72=281 | ||||
Francesco Molinari | 68-72-71-70=281 | ||||
Webb Simpson (c) | 74-68-73-66=281 | ||||
T21 | Patrick Cantlay | 73-71-68-70=282 | −2 | 117,598 | |
Paul Casey | 70-72-73-67=282 | ||||
Jason Day | 70-73-70-69=282 | ||||
Tyrrell Hatton | 70-74-69-69=282 | ||||
Hideki Matsuyama | 69-73-70-70=282 | ||||
Alex Prugh | 75-69-70-68=282 | ||||
Tiger Woods (c) | 70-72-71-69=282 | ||||
T28 | Jim Furyk (c) | 73-67-72-71=283 | −1 | 86,071 | |
Nate Lashley | 67-74-70-72=283 | ||||
Shane Lowry | 75-69-70-69=283 | ||||
Sepp Straka | 68-72-76-67=283 | ||||
T32 | Billy Horschel | 73-70-71-70=284 | E | 72,928 | |
Marcus Kinhult | 74-70-74-66=284 | ||||
Patrick Reed | 71-73-72-68=284 | ||||
T35 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69-74-73-69=285 | +1 | 57,853 | |
Jason Dufner | 70-71-73-71=285 | ||||
Dustin Johnson (c) | 71-69-71-74=285 | ||||
Martin Kaymer (c) | 69-75-71-70=285 | ||||
Marc Leishman | 69-74-70-72=285 | ||||
Collin Morikawa | 71-73-72-69=285 | ||||
Aaron Wise | 66-71-79-69=285 | ||||
Brandon Wu (a) | 71-69-71-74=285 | 0 | |||
T43 | Rickie Fowler | 66-77-71-72=286 | +2 | 41,500 | |
Tom Hoge | 71-73-71-71=286 | ||||
Andrew Putnam | 73-71-73-69=286 | ||||
Rory Sabbatini | 72-71-73-70=286 | ||||
Nick Taylor | 74-70-70-72=286 | ||||
Erik van Rooyen | 71-73-72-70=286 | ||||
T49 | Abraham Ancer | 74-68-69-76=287 | +3 | 31,385 | |
Daniel Berger | 73-70-74-70=287 | ||||
Kevin Kisner | 73-70-75-69=287 | ||||
T52 | Sergio García | 69-70-75-74=288 | +4 | 27,181 | |
Charles Howell III | 72-70-74-72=288 | ||||
Li Haotong | 71-70-72-75=288 | ||||
Phil Mickelson | 72-69-75-72=288 | ||||
Carlos Ortiz | 70-70-75-73=288 | ||||
Scott Piercy | 67-72-72-77=288 | ||||
T58 | Adri Arnaus | 69-75-73-72=289 | +5 | 25,350 | |
Charlie Danielson | 72-70-77-70=289 | ||||
Chandler Eaton (a) | 72-70-73-74=289 | 0 | |||
Harris English | 71-69-76-73=289 | 25,350 | |||
Emiliano Grillo | 68-74-74-73=289 | ||||
Zach Johnson | 70-69-79-71=289 | ||||
Andy Pope | 72-71-75-71=289 | ||||
T65 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 70-74-74-72=290 | +6 | 23,851 | |
Tommy Fleetwood | 71-73-73-73=290 | ||||
Jordan Spieth (c) | 72-69-73-76=290 | ||||
Kyle Stanley | 71-73-75-71=290 | ||||
Brian Stuard | 71-73-74-72=290 | ||||
Justin Walters | 72-72-77-69=290 | ||||
71 | Rhys Enoch | 78-66-71-76=291 | +7 | 22,977 | |
T72 | Luke Donald | 72-70-77-73=292 | +8 | 22,353 | |
Billy Hurley III | 73-70-73-76=292 | ||||
Cameron Smith | 71-72-77-72=292 | ||||
Clément Sordet | 76-68-74-74=292 | ||||
76 | Bernd Wiesberger | 71-73-78-72=294 | +10 | 21,728 | |
77 | Brandt Snedeker | 75-69-74-77=295 | +11 | 21,478 | |
78 | Chip McDaniel | 71-73-76-77=297 | +13 | 21,224 | |
79 | Michael Thorbjornsen (a) | 71-73-84-76=304 | +20 | 0 | |
CUT | Joseph Bramlett | 73-72=145 | +3 | ||
Lucas Glover (c) | 73-72=145 | ||||
Nick Hardy | 73-72=145 | ||||
Matt Jones | 74-71=145 | ||||
Rob Oppenheim | 73-72=145 | ||||
Ollie Schniederjans | 75-70=145 | ||||
Lee Slattery | 73-72=145 | ||||
Spencer Tibbits (a) | 74-71=145 | ||||
Julián Etulain | 76-70=146 | +4 | |||
Tony Finau | 74-72=146 | ||||
Branden Grace | 75-71=146 | ||||
Justin Harding | 73-73=146 | ||||
Luke List | 74-72=146 | ||||
Keith Mitchell | 76-70=146 | ||||
Ian Poulter | 73-73=146 | ||||
Jovan Rebula (a) | 70-76=146 | ||||
Scottie Scheffler | 72-74=146 | ||||
Hayden Shieh | 77-69=146 | ||||
Justin Thomas | 73-73=146 | ||||
Brendon Todd | 72-74=146 | ||||
David Toms | 72-74=146 | ||||
Jimmy Walker | 75-71=146 | ||||
Aaron Baddeley | 72-75=147 | +5 | |||
Dean Burmester | 76-71=147 | ||||
Joel Dahmen | 75-72=147 | ||||
Austin Eckroat (a) | 72-75=147 | ||||
Ryan Fox | 74-73=147 | ||||
Patton Kizzire | 80-67=147 | ||||
Alex Norén | 75-72=147 | ||||
Matthieu Pavon | 73-74=147 | ||||
Sam Saunders | 72-75=147 | ||||
Kevin Yu (a) | 74-73=147 | ||||
Ernie Els (c) | 75-73=148 | +6 | |||
Cody Gribble | 74-74=148 | ||||
Mikumu Horikawa | 73-75=148 | ||||
Thorbjørn Olesen | 71-77=148 | ||||
Callum Tarren | 73-75=148 | ||||
Mike Weir | 74-74=148 | ||||
Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 75-74=149 | +7 | |||
Keegan Bradley | 73-76=149 | ||||
Luis Gagne | 71-78=149 | ||||
Stewart Hagestad (a) | 74-75=149 | ||||
Daniel Hillier (a) | 76-73=149 | ||||
J. B. Holmes | 72-77=149 | ||||
Sam Horsfield | 75-74=149 | ||||
Kevin Na | 72-77=149 | ||||
Renato Paratore | 75-74=149 | ||||
Mito Pereira | 77-72=149 | ||||
Jhonattan Vegas | 72-77=149 | ||||
Connor Arendell | 77-73=150 | +8 | |||
Luke Guthrie | 75-75=150 | ||||
Shugo Imahira | 75-75=150 | ||||
Kim Si-woo | 76-74=150 | ||||
Lee Kyoung-hoon | 76-74=150 | ||||
Richard H. Lee | 72-78=150 | ||||
Kevin O'Connell (a) | 76-74=150 | ||||
Bubba Watson | 75-75=150 | ||||
Brian Davis | 75-76=151 | +9 | |||
Anirban Lahiri | 74-77=151 | ||||
Matt Parziale (a) | 74-77=151 | ||||
Cameron Young (a) | 75-76=151 | ||||
Marcus Fraser | 73-79=152 | +10 | |||
Chan Kim | 77-75=152 | ||||
Thomas Pieters | 76-76=152 | ||||
Ryan Sullivan | 73-79=152 | ||||
Brett Drewitt | 77-76=153 | +11 | |||
Matthew Naumec | 74-79=153 | ||||
Pan Cheng-tsung | 80-73=153 | ||||
Kodai Ichihara | 80-74=154 | +12 | |||
Lucas Bjerregaard | 80-75=155 | +13 | |||
Zac Blair | 83-72=155 | ||||
Roberto Castro | 78-77=155 | ||||
Noah Norton (a) | 80-75=155 | ||||
Andreas Halvorsen | 74-82=156 | +14 | |||
Merrick Bremner | 79-79=158 | +16 | |||
Eric Dietrich | 83-75=158 | ||||
Devon Bling (a) | 82-80=162 | +20 |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
This was the fifth U.S. Open televised by Fox and FS1. During Fox's primetime window in the first round, FS1 offered coverage hosted by Justin Kutcher following the group of Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods, and the group of Viktor Hovland, 2018 champion Brooks Koepka, and Francesco Molinari. Due to commitments to baseball and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, there were no plans for similar coverage on FS1 during the remainder of the tournament. [23]