2:13 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. – The good news for Phil Mickelson, after he limped off the ninth green at The Country Club outside Boston on Friday, is that he won’t have to worry about making the cut in his next start in two weeks. Mickelson didn’t do that at the 122nd U.S. Open, although
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7:12 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — There was a lot going on in the first round of the 2022 U.S. Open. The requisite drama around Phil Mickelson? Check. A few tossed clubs? You bet. Kids running off with defending champion Jon Rahm‘s ball on the 18th hole? OK. Wild turkeys on the course? Sure. Canadian
8:56 PM ET ESPN News Services BROOKLINE, Mass. — Adam Hadwin wasn’t officially in the U.S. Open until eight days ago. He walked off The Country Club on Thursday with his best score ever in a major for a one-shot lead. With the focus finally shifting away from Saudi-backed rival league LIV Golf Invitational Series,
7:25 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson said one of the reasons he prefers the new LIV Golf Invitational Series is because of its 54-hole events. Mickelson will probably only have to play 36 holes in the U.S. Open this week. Mickelson’s return to competitive golf in the United States, and
7:30 PM ET Associated Press BELMONT, Mich. — Jennifer Kupcho shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday at windy Blythefield Country Club to take a one-shot first-round lead in the LPGA Meijer Classic. With steady wind at 12-18 mph and gusts to 30 mph with the temperature in the mid-80s, Kupcho eagled the par-5 14th and
2:39 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — It might seem coincidental that Rory McIlroy is again playing some of the best golf of his career at a time when the new LIV Golf Invitational Series is threatening the PGA Tour. However, McIlroy, an outspoken critic of the new circuit being fronted by two-time Open winner Greg
8:16 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — The chain-link fence to the left of the driving range had been bent to below eye level. Fans in attendance at The Country Club on Tuesday wanted to get a glimpse of Phil Mickelson while he warmed up for his practice round — his return to a
1:33 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The Country Club’s thick rough might make it easier for the world’s best players to lose a golf ball in the 122nd U.S. Open this week. Especially when a couple of young spectators run off with it. That’s exactly what happened to defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm on
8:21 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Perhaps the talk of LIV Golf vs. the PGA Tour will subside for a few days, with the start of the U.S. Open at The Country Club officially here. Or, at least, it will stall until 1:47 p.m., when Phil Mickelson arrives on the first tee. Mickelson, the face
2:23 PM ET Rory McIlroy is the consensus favorite to win the U.S. Open this week at sportsbooks around the U.S. Fresh off his win at the RBC Canadian Open, McIlroy climbed up the odds boards, surpassing top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and taking over the role as consensus favorite entering this week’s U.S. Open at The