Paul Casey misses chance to mix with high society at US Open

The new world No3 keen to become the first Briton since Tony Jacklin 39 years ago to win the US Open

As golfing traditions go, the tradition of grouping the world’s three leading players together on the opening two days of the US Open was one of the more short-lived. It came in last year, when Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott (remember him?) played together at Torrey Pines; it has gone this year at Bethpage. No doubt the crowd-control stewards, contemplating what is bound to be a rowdy week on Long Island, are happy. Paul Casey, on the other hand, seemed slightly miffed, as if denied a prize that he had earned. “I thought they would go with the same pairings as last year, with the three top guys together. It would have been quite exciting,” conceded the new world No3.

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