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1:55 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Four members of a Texas family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets to the Masters golf tournament, which were then resold for a profit. U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine’s office said in a news

Gary Woodland, gentleman that he is, is not like us. Given what he did down the stretch at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the U.S. Open, this is hardly a revelation. The 263-yard 3-wood to 14, the already legendary nipped chip from one side of the 17th green to kick-in distance

In 1992, after he had finally won his first major championship, an exhausted Tom Kite shook his head and said, “Well, now I know what the first sentence of my obituary will say.” That comment came after he had won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach on one of the most treacherous days in golf

9:31 PM ET Gary Woodland won the 119th U.S. Open by three strokes over Brooks Koepka at Pebble Beach on Sunday to capture his first major championship. Woodland, 35, made a long birdie putt on 18 to shoot a 2-under 69 on the final day to finish at 13 under for the tournament. Koepka, who

PEBBLE BEACH — Gary Woodland once caught a knee in the throat in a high-school basketball game in his native Topeka, Kan., that landed him in the hospital with a collapsed trachea. Three days later, he led his Shawnee Heights team to victory with 20 points. “The guy was trying to dunk on me,” Woodland

8:27 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Don’t expect to see Tiger Woods again until The Open next month in Northern Ireland. The 2019 Masters champion shot his best final round at the U.S. Open in 10 years on Sunday — despite a horrific start to the round — to move into the top 20

U.S. Open Sunday is one of the most anticipated days of the golf season. Father’s Day coincides with the conclusion of our country’s national championship—surely a highlight for any golf fan. This year is no different, with Pebble Beach playing host to the finale of its sixth U.S. Open in history. RELATED: U.S. Open 2019:

For several years when my boys were quite young, the predominant emotion I associated with golf as a father was guilt. It was an indulgence, a wildly impractical use of time given the new strains of parenting. I recall even my first few months at Golf Digest, when my editor asked in passing whether I

11:27 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Gary Woodland made pars from all over the Monterey Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, dodging one miscue after another to remain atop the leaderboard at the U.S. Open through 54 holes. Was that a sign of good karma or potential deal-with-the-devil folly? Woodland shot 69 with just a single

PEBBLE BEACH — Gary Woodland will take the lead into the final round of a major championship for the first time in his career. As if that fact isn’t enough to cause him stress, Woodland also has to worry about a bevy of big-name golfers chasing him on Sunday at Pebble Beach. So which of

So Tiger overly aggressive on his birdie putt at No. 3 — he somehow found a way to blast it 8 feet past the hole. But he made the comebacker. Good news? He’s made consecutive clutch par putts. Bad news? He’s had to work hard for par in two of his first three holes. Nick

The third round of the U.S. Open is already well underway at Pebble Beach, but we still have a ways to go until the real action starts. The leaders don’t tee off for a full three hours, with Gary Woodland and Justin Rose set to peg it at 2:45 p.m. PDT, 5:45 p.m. ET. It’s

PEBBLE BEACH — The first two days of the 119th U.S. Open have been revelatory. Gary Woodland is using a suddenly hot putter to torch the Monterey Peninsula, while Justin Rose is lurking close behind despite an surprising display of inaccuracy off the tee and with his usually laser-sharp irons. Meanwhile, tension was clearly running

11:22 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Tiger Woods missed a short birdie attempt on the sixth hole Friday, trudged toward his waiting caddie, and then profanely informed Joe LaCava that his ball took an unscheduled hop on its way to the cup. The scene summoned Woods’ assessment of Pebble Beach’s Poa annua putting surfaces

PEBBLE BEACH — Gary Woodland might seem like an unlikely leader halfway through this year’s U.S. Open, given that Pebble Beach, at just slightly longer than 7,000 yards, isn’t a ballpark built to reward the power game that the 29-year-old possesses. Did we mention that he also came into the week ranked 150th on the

7:38 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Fifteen pars typically go a long way at a U.S. Open. Just not this one. Or at least not yet. That’s why Tiger Woods was seething as he came off the ninth green, having just signed for a 1-over-par 72 in the second round of the U.S. Open

PEBBLE BEACH — It was mostly a blur, and it had nothing to do with the marine layer that encamped Monterey Peninsula Friday morning. Sort of astonishing, really, given this course provides as many memorable opportunities—in scoring and scenery—as any track in the country. Tiger Woods always has a flair for the impossible, and during

Mike Keiser has brought great public golf to all corners of the globe—the middle of nowhere Oregon, Wisconsin, and even Nova Scotia and New Zealand. His latest venture is set to explore another remote destination: the Caribbean. Keiser is a partner with his Cabot Links co-founder, Ben Cowan-Dewar, in developing a newly announced resort community,

12:09 AM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Tiger Woods had an uncharacteristically poor day with his irons Thursday during the opening round of the U.S. Open, but still managed to shoot 1-under-par 70 at Pebble Beach. That score left him five strokes back of tournament leader Justin Rose — who played in the same group

7:48 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rickie Fowler is right when he says major championships, or lack thereof, will not define him as a man. Despite his neon attire, rock-star hair, and skater-boy approach to his craft, Fowler has long proven to be one of the game’s oldest souls. Over the years he has

This proves to be one of the best weeks of the year. Not only is it the U.S. Open, but it’s Pebble Beach—the familiar seaside confines that will play host its sixth U.S. Open this week. You’re familiar with all the storylines: Tiger Woods, returning to Pebble Beach, site of his 15-shot romp at the

PEBBLE BEACH — It’s not easy to get here. The road from Monterey is twisty and steep, curling through a forest of giant trees. I’m thinking no one would want to live here, remote, removed, on the edge of the world, lost even to Californians. And yet. Yet I look through the forest, to the

1:16 PM ET Three big names — Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods — are attracting the most money from bettors to win this week’s 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Johnson, at 7-1, is the favorite at the Caesars sportsbook, followed by Koepka, Woods and Rory McIlroy, who were each 9-1

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Without a great start, there have been no happy endings in major championships for Rory McIlroy. In all four of his victories at golf’s highest level, the Northern Irishman has been at least five under par after 18 holes. But in the 17 Grand Slam events in which he has participated

6:41 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — From rules gaffes to dead grass to lack of rain or wind, the story surrounding the last four U.S. Opens has been as much about the management of the tournament as it has been the shots by the players in the field. Because of that recent

Call it the early returns of the Tiger Effect in 2019. The whole golf world was abuzz with Tiger Woods’ Masters victory two months ago, and the overwhelming sentiment was that Woods’ epic victory would be an immediate spur to the golf business. Well, at least one precinct is in, and the effect seems profound.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.—Jason Day was all business Tuesday morning, teeing off for a practice round by himself at 6:45 a.m. at Pebble Beach. It’s a habit not dissimilar to that of his boyhood idol, Tiger Woods, who in his heyday was notorious for regularly deploying dawn patrol rounds. The other similarity: The guy carrying the

7:08 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Back at the place where he produced what many considered his most impressive victory, Tiger Woods actually stayed off the course at Pebble Beach on Tuesday and worked on his putting in preparation for the U.S. Open. Unlike 19 years ago, when Woods was 24 and played numerous

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.—In Matt Kuchar’s nearly two decades on the PGA Tour he has racked up nine victories and nearly $50 million in career earnings—all while steering clear of controversy. Until this year. It started in January when it was revealed that Kuchar lowballed his local caddie, David “El Tucan” Ortiz, with only $5,000 after

8:02 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jason Day has lured Steve Williams out of retirement. And apparently it’s for a longer stint than just this week’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Day, who had been using a combination of friends to caddie for him over the past two years, called veteran caddie Williams last