Lefty out: Mickelson won’t play in U.S. Open

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Jon Rahm had heard about a dry summer in Scotland. It didn’t really hit home until he checked into the Carnoustie Golf Hotel and caught his first glimpse of the course with a reputation as the toughest links in golf. “I forgot the fact the R&A lets Mother Nature set up the course,” he said Sunday. “It wasn’t until I got to my hotel room when I looked out and said, ‘This is baked. This is brown.’ I’m just glad they water the greens.” This is a different look than the previous two times the British Open came to Carnoustie. The rough was dense, thick and crowded the narrow fairways in 1999. It was wet and long in 2007. It is bone dry this year, the grass brown on the

Matt Kuchar, Scottie Scheffler, Victor Perez and Billy Horschel are the final four golfers remaining in Austin, Texas after two rounds of match play Saturday.