10:34 PM ET SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Bob Koepka grew up playing baseball and basketball, and he was a good enough pitcher to earn his spot in a college rotation at West Virginia Wesleyan. He knew what an athlete looked like back then, and he sure knew what separated a real sport from an activity or
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Jun 17, 2018 SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — History will look at Brooks Koepka and note that he won the same major championship two years in a row. The only similarity in victories between last year and this year is that the name of the courses had the word “Hills” in it. Because, in truth, the U.S.
Jun 18, 2018 SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Imagine playing the best round of your life — arguably one of the greatest rounds in the history of golf — and then, as a reward, you have to sit and wait three hours before you know if it even matters. What would you do? How would you pass
Tiger Woods, 42, will miss his eighth cut in a major championship and his 18th overall on the PGA Tour as a professional. For perspective, Jordan Spieth has missed 21 cuts at age 24, while Justin Thomas has missed 24 at the same age. Spieth is trying to avoid his fourth missed cut in a
5:45 PM ET SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Phil Mickelson caused quite the stir in Saturday’s third round of the U.S. Open, putting a ball that was still in motion on the 13th green. Mickelson was penalized two shots and posted a 10, but the trouble it caused — some people called for Mickelson to be disqualified
10:08 PM ET SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — If you hated seeing players putt the ball off the green Saturday at the U.S. Open, if you’re still mad that some of the approach shots they hit looked like they should have been close but instead ran into bunkers, I have a heartfelt message for you: Watch the
3:37 PM ET SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – In an apparent act of frustration, Phil Mickelson chased after his moving ball on the 13th green Saturday at Shinnecock Hills and struck it before it could get farther from the hole. Doing so is a breach of Rule 14.5 which prohibits a player from hitting a moving ball.
10:20 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Shinnecock Hills is no longer the only challenge at this U.S. Open. On a course that can cause problems in any weather, where triple bogeys or worse have been recorded on all but six holes, perhaps the most daunting prospect going into the weekend is Dustin Johnson
8:08 PM ET Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — So Yeon Ryu birdied all five par-5 holes in a 5-under 67 to take the second-round lead Friday in the Meijer LPGA Classic. The sixth-ranked South Korean star played her final nine holes — the front nine at Blythefield Country Club — in 5-under 31 to
1:24 PM ET SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Tiger Woods will likely have the opportunity to spend more time on his yacht this weekend after another poor round at the U.S. Open on Friday means he is headed toward a missed cut. Woods, who opened the tournament with a 78 on Thursday at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club,