9:08 PM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Matthew Wolff would rather it not be this way. He’d prefer to walk to the first tee Sunday afternoon surrounded by thousands at Winged Foot, rows of fans following each move, the noise echoing for a rare birdie, the collective groan when a wayward tee shot finds the bottom
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8:19 PM ET There are no spectators at Winged Foot Golf Club, at least not within the property limits. But there are plenty of fans in the surrounding neighborhood, watching from makeshift bleachers behind homes, who have made their presence known. Patrick Reed, one of golf’s more polarizing figures, couldn’t have missed them on the
12:50 PM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — If it wasn’t bad enough that Patrick Cantlay arrived at the 15th hole at Winged Foot standing at 11 over par in the U.S. Open, next-to-last among those who made the cut, what happened next was just plain mean. His second shot to the par 4 was just in
11:06 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Hannah Green had to wait an extra day to open her title defense in the Cambria Portland Classic. Once she got going, about the only thing that slowed her was a 1 1/2-hour lightning delay and fading light. Green shot a 6-under 66 on Friday at Columbia
9:29 PM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — The first day of the U.S. Open was a gift, a small box waiting at reception to thank you for coming. That was what the USGA and Winged Foot handed the players. It’s been a long, tough year for everyone and they just wanted to be nice. Well, that’s
6:39 PM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — The look on Tiger Woods‘ face on Friday in the second round of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot told you everything you needed to know. Whether it was as he stood over another wayward drive in the rough or in a greenside bunker after a poor approach or
9:25 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jim Furyk birdied four of the last six holes for an 8-under 64 and the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Pure Insurance Championship. Trying to join Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two starts on the
6:57 PM ET Associated Press MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Every shot required full attention. Every hole was a test. Every par was valued. Patrick Reed embraced every aspect of it Friday when the U.S. Open lived up to its reputation as the toughest test in golf, and so did Winged Foot. “I love the grind,” Reed
3:50 PM ET If Phil Mickelson‘s final hole in a U.S. Open was the par-5 ninth at Winged Foot on Friday … well, it wasn’t a very good way to go out. He three-putted from 8 feet to make a bogey and shoot a second-round 74 after a first-round 79. Mickelson was 13 over par
7:56 PM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Tiger Woods won’t be around for the weekend at the U.S. Open for just the fourth time in his career thanks to a 7-over 77 in the second round at Winged Foot. It’s not hard to figure out why he’s leaving early. “On this golf course it’s imperative that