Archive June 3, 2025

Tyler Weaver, an amateur Englishman, will make his US Open debut after earning a spot on Monday.

The big names included Rickie Fowler and Max Homa, the US PGA Tour’s “longest day” of golf, among others.

With a total of 47 players available, US Open hopefuls fought 36 holes at 10 locations throughout the US and Canada to reserve their spot.

Weaver, a 22-year-old member of the England Golf men’s squad, led by 17-year-old American Mason Howell, who finished third at 11 under to become one of three amateurs to qualify for Atlanta.

One of seven qualifiers in Ontario was Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen, with England’s Matt Wallace coming in seventh overall.

In a five-man play-off, fellow American Cameron Young took the final spot while South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen finished first in Columbus, Ohio.

Homa, 34, was the only player at the event who had recently split from his caddie, so the world number 90 had to carry it for the entire 38 holes due to a play-off.

Ryan McCormick and Trevor Cone won the first two spots at Woodmont in Maryland, and American amateur Bryan Lee and Australian Marc Leishman won the other two in a play-off.

Play will resume on Tuesday due to the bad weather that caused the suspension of the Florida event.

Luke Poulter, an amateur from England and the son of former world number five Ian Poulter, is one of the contenders.

The 21-year-old was in fourth when play was called for a halt, and he won the first round with a score of 69. West Palm Beach offers four spots for him.

After a first round of 70, fellow countryman Tom McKibbin, a 2010 US Open winner from Northern Ireland, is also in contention.

From 12 to 15 June, the US Open will take place in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.

Nowadays, Faisal Halim steers clear of shopping centers.

When a routine shopping trip with his family changed his life for the better, one of Malaysia’s most well-known footballers, the forward was at the height of his career.

Faisal was sprayed with acid by an unidentified assailant at a mall in Kota Damansara, leaving him with fourth-degree burns, which required four surgeries and several days of intensive care.

Physically and emotionally he was left with repercussions from the attack.

Faisal, 27, tells BBC Sport, “I’m not scared, but I just don’t want that to happen again.”

“So I stop going out any more.” I return home after training to spend time with my wife, children, and family.

When Malaysia held South Korea’s Son Heung-min at the Asian Cup in January 2024, he had just three months earlier scored the most goals of his career for his nation.

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo and center-back Kim Min-jae were both left on the floor by the winger’s trickery inside the box before turning in a tight angle to draw a thrilling 3-3 draw.

However, fate conspired to alter his outlook on life and his blossoming career, which he had begun with the home state team Penang at age 17 and later grew to include Selangor.

After the attack, Faisal struggled with speech and mobility, so he was unable to touch a football for more than two months due to burns to his face, neck, shoulders, hands, and chest.

He recalls his time in a hospital, recalling that “every moment, I would get flashbacks.” “It was very difficult, and I had a bad mood. I was very moraled.”

“Many things have changed,” he said. I’m now unable to smile fully.

“Sometimes I would consider quitting football out of fear. But each day I get calls and messages. My wife used to read out all the fan messages while I was in the hospital because I couldn’t hold the phone.

Malaysia as a whole prayed for me. I felt more inspired to play once more.

Prior to the traumatic incident, Faisal made the bench in a Malaysian FA Cup semi-final match exactly 90 days after the traumatic incident.

Returning to the field had its challenges.

He was Selangor and Malaysia’s first name on the team’s roster when he was replaced, but Faisal believes the difficult times are now behind him.

He says, “I just want to play.” I’m 100% confident, normal, and confident. I’m prepared to play. I simply want more pitching time.

Selangor’s head coach, Katsuhito Kinoshi, takes inspiration from Faisal’s spirited comeback story.

Faisal needs to demonstrate his unbreakable and positive attitude to Malaysian fans and football, he continues.

In a stunning 7-0 victory against Kelantan Darul Naim in March 2025, he scored his first goal since recovering, kicking off Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic “siu” celebration. He added two more goals to add to the remarkable hat-trick that included two more.

Faisal scored twice in Malaysia’s 2-0 win over Nepal in the Asian Cup qualifiers on March 25 to earn his first minutes since the acid attack after the national team was called up.

Former assistant to Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou, Malaysia’s Australian head coach Peter Cklamovski, said, “It’s exciting to watch Faisal in the national team setup.”

He plays a fantastic winger, an exciting player, and has the ability to “hurt up opponents” in front of opponents.

“Faisal does everything he does with intensity and intention. For him to return to the national team is a good idea, I’m sure of that. I believe he has a story to tell, and he deserves it.

For the first time since 1980, Malaysia, which is ranked 131st in the world, is competing against Vietnam, Nepal, and Laos to win back-to-back Asian Cups.

Faisal hopes to assist them in accomplishing their goal, having been chosen in the squad for the 10 June qualifier against Vietnam, who are Group F in terms of goals scored separated from Malaysia after one game.

He pledged to “get better than before,” and Kinoshi, a former assistant manager for Serbia, supported him in doing so.