Tony Finau was one of the few players who had no complaints following the 2018 U.S. Open. A year ago, the early Saturday 66s by Finau and Daniel Berger before the real carnage began at Shinnecock Hills made them one of the most unlikely final Sunday pairings in golf history. Finau finished fifth that week,
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Nearly a week has passed since Hank Haney tweeted that 21-year-old Jeongeun Lee6’s victory in the U.S. Womens Open was vindication of his controversial prediction that a Korean would win. Issues of political correctness and public relations aside, the young champion’s name was a reminder that our planet is a big place. The natural question
9:31 PM ET Associated Press ANCASTER, Ontario — Rory McIlroy added the Canadian Open to his schedule as a tuneup for next week’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Now he has a chance to add another national championship to his already impressive tally. The Northern Irishman shot a bogey-free 6-under 64 on Saturday to move
Despite his prior European Tour success and eventual sparkling Ryder Cup resume, Graeme McDowell was a pretty surprising winner at the 2010 U.S. Open. While not nearly the underdog as Lucas Glover had been the previous year at Bethpage Black, the 37th-ranked player in world didn’t quite match the pedigree of the four golfers to
1:56 PM ET Thailand won the GolfSixes tournament as Phachara Khongwatmai and Thongchai Jaidee defeated English pairing Tom Lewis and Paul Waring in a dramatic final in Portugal Saturday. The teams were tied at 1-1 after six holes and the final had to be decided with a nearest the pin playoff for the first time
Gary Nicklaus’ second go at competitive golf took another notable turn when he qualified for the U.S. Senior Open Friday at the Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla. The Senior Open begins June 27 at Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Jack Nicklaus’ son, Gary, whose own son GT was his caddie,
The day after Davidson junior Alex Ross fired an absurd 57 in the third round of the Dogwood Invitational, we nearly saw another sub-60 round on the PGA Tour. And that’s not even the craziest part of the story. The really crazy part, is that the sub-60 round was nearly shot by Brandt Snedeker, who
9:57 PM ET Associated Press ANCASTER, Ontario — Brandt Snedeker tied the RBC Canadian Open record with a 10-under 60 as an early starter, and was one stroke behind co-leaders Matt Kuchar and Scott Brown after two rounds at Hamilton Golf and Country Club. Brown and Kuchar shot 7-under 63s in the afternoon on the
Often described as the game’s greatest meeting of land and sea, a stroll around Pebble Beach Golf Links is matched by few other courses in the world. The lore of the venerable links, which turns 100 this year as it hosts the U.S. Open for a sixth time, adds to what makes this storied setting
5:29 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio – Tiger Woods walked off the 18th green at Muirfield Village on Sunday annoyed by the finish but encouraged by his overall play this week at the Memorial Tournament, his last competition before the U.S. Open. Woods was 7 under par for his round through 13 holes and had missed
There are 52 grouping for the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. But while the tournament is the most democratic in the game, all pairings are not equal. Here are the seven most intriguing tee times for the first two days at Pebble Beach. 7:18 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, Texas; (a)
UV photographs display sun damage in the form of mottled pigmentation because UV light is reduced by melanin. Dark spots indicate sun damage. Golf Digest senior staff photographer Dom Furore photographed PGA Tour Champions players Gene Sauers, Steve Flesch, Rocco Mediate and Miguel Angel Jimenez earlier this year at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of
9:15 PM ET Associated Press ANCASTER, Ontario — Keegan Bradley had a 7-under 63 for a one-shot lead after the first round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday. “Today I was in complete control of my ball,” Bradley said. “Then when you couple that with feeling good on the greens, that’s when a 63