scouting

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This week's Memorial will be McIlroy's last event before this month's US Open at Shinnecock Hills - and he revealed he undertook a scouting mission to the New York course earlier this week.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Then came the Russian drones, possibly carrying more explosives or scouting out the damage done by the missiles.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“I got a pitch middle,” Martin said of his homer, noting he received a scouting report from Levu as he touched home on the first of back-to-back, ninth-inning blasts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

“People assumed I was a good defender—no, I just read Finchy’s scouting report.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

So I took counsel with myself: should I go inland scouting out that reddish smoke?

From "The Odyssey" by Homer