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If Sunday can match Saturday at The Country Club, we’re in for a treat this Father’s Day. By all accounts, the USGA has nailed the course setup all week. The result is a phenomenal leaderboard entering Sunday. Will Zalatoris (67) and Matt Fitzpatrick (68) each shot the rounds of the day on Saturday—and they were

8:29 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — There has been drama at this U.S. Open from the moment players arrived on property. Before it started, it wasn’t about the golf. It was about the state of golf. Now, though, it’s about the golf, with a leaderboard that has a mix of stars, up-and-comers and a few

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Jon Rahm turned to the heavens and cussed, wanting to know what he did to deserve this wrong. His putt at the par-5 fourth should have broke right, had to break right with the wind blowing full and fierce from his left. The ball had other ideas, and after staring at his

To be sure, there are no Francis Ouimet-level upsets looming this weekend in the U.S. Open at The Country Club. The closest we might get is if 22-year-old amateur and rising Texas senior Travis Vick were to post another impressive round on Saturday and truly get into the mix. And maybe he already qualifies, standing

11:39 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — A lot can happen on a Saturday at the U.S. Open, especially with a leaderboard as packed as this one. With a mix of big names and lesser-known ones, things could get interesting on a cooler, windier day at The Country Club. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Collin Morikawa is a nice guy. Polite guy. Thoughtful, observant, humble. So it pains us to say the following: The man is not to be trusted. That is not an aspersion made lightly and one any gambler will second, for earlier in the week Morikawa told anyone who would listen that his

8:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — In the midst of a tenuous time for golf, Brooks Koepka said earlier this week he wanted the focus to be on the U.S. Open. After two rounds, with Phil Mickelson now gone after having missed the cut, it’s safe to say that the focus has shifted

BROOKLINE, Mass. — The top of the U.S. Open leaderboard after two rounds is littered with some of the game’s biggest studs. Collin Morikawa, already a two-time major champ, has a share of the lead. Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy, with five majors between them, are just one back. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler’s back-nine

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

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Friday wasn’t as bad as Thursday at The Country Club for Phil Mickelson, but it also wasn’t good. A three-over 73 included two birdies, one more than he posted a day earlier enroute to a 78, but more struggles on the greens did little to turn the story of his week at

A potentially rowdy Friday might be a little more subdued in the Boston area given what happened in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. But, hopefully, the final three days of the U.S. Open at The Country Club at Brookline will provide enough energy and electricity to cheer up Celtics fans taking

8:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The year’s third major comes with plenty of drama. Tiger Woods, who limped his way through the Masters and most of the PGA Championship before withdrawing, is sitting this one out to let his body recover. Phil Mickelson, who has not played in the United States in more than

BROOKLINE, Mass.—Heckling at golf tournaments (non-Ryder Cup division) is reserved for only the most controversial of characters. Phil Mickelson would qualify as controversial in every conceivable way, even before he took on the PGA Tour and defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series. But none of his past off- or on-course transgressions ever earned him

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

BROOKLINE, Mass. — During his very awkward Monday press conference at the U.S. Open, Phil Mickelson was asked one golf-related question, and the answer he gave was the most forthcoming of any he offered. How would Mickelson prepare for this week’s major, the one that’s eluded him for his entire career, after having played just

This week, just as much as any other week, we are ecstatic for the golf to begin. We’re always beyond excited for the start of a major—we only get four of these a year. But LIV Golf has consumed conversations early week at The Country Club. Now it’s Thursday, and it’s time to put those

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 U.S Open Championship returns to Brookline Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, for the first time since 1988, with a loaded field of 156 golfers vying for the top 60 spots to advance. 2011 U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy enters the weekend as the favorite after winning the RBC

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Ask any fan or media member to rattle off the names of the young, rising stars this week at the U.S. Open and you’ll hear the usual suspects Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland. For good reason. All are expected to be forces in the sport for years. But the

7:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — We interrupt the ongoing drama of who has left the PGA Tour — and who might still be going to the LIV Golf Invitational Series — for the 122nd U.S. Open, the third major championship of the season. With two golf worlds colliding at The Country Club this week,

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Historically, the U.S. Open is not so much a tournament as it is a test. It is both the championship’s aspiration as well as its aura, and at times its Achilles heel, yet there is no doubt that the player who is left standing had earned a respect for passing golf’s most

BROOKLINE, Mass. — He speaks with a mid-Atlantic accent that echoes long-time residence in Florida, despite the fact his famous father is as English as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. And his mum hails originally from Norway. Despite all this Sean Jacklin, 30-year-old son of 1970 U.S. Open champion Tony, tees it up this week

11:50 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka criticized reporters on Tuesday for asking him questions about the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, which he said was casting a “black cloud” over this week’s U.S. Open. “I’m here at the U.S. Open,” Koepka said. “I’m ready to play the U.S. Open, and

BROOKLINE, Mass. — He’s the most unlikely player in the field, and we’re not exaggerating. Fran Quinn is far from the only 57-year-old to play in a major championship, but he didn’t get his tee time here by way of past victories. This wasn’t a Special Exemption for a Hall of Famer. He played his

7:30 AM ET Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for The Baltimore Sun Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the

BROOKLINE, Mass. — It was quite a contrast. One day after one player tried his best not to answer questions, another did exactly the opposite. Two days before he tees off in his 14th U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy stood before the assembled media and offered his usual honest take on the world of golf. There’s

BROOKLINE — He didn’t sound like the man who was scheduled to speak. Had Phil Mickelson played one of his previous 30 U.S. Opens like he played this press conference—measured, reserved, conservative, straight—he might have this national championship to his name. It is truly jarring to see a golfer who has famously embraced the brazen

3:22 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti BROOKLINE, Mass. — Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson drove into the players’ parking lot at The Country Club, the site of this week’s U.S. Open, at exactly

BROOKLINE, Mass — Michael Thorbjornsen didn’t grow up across the street from The Country Club, but his family home is 15 minutes away in the town of Wellesley. And the 20-year-old amateur isn’t using a 10-year-old caddie this week at the U.S. Open, but he will have a childhood friend, Drew Cohen, on his bag.

3:28 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Here are the tee times for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at The Country Club. All times ET (a) denotes amateur Thursday 1st tee 6:45 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Erik Barnes, Matt McCarty 6:56 a.m. — Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, Travis Vick 7:07 a.m. — Troy

“It was a nightmare, to be honest. It was by far the worst golf experience I ever had.” —Charlie Woo, former Korean PGA Tour player, on being paired with an amateur who shot 113 in a U.S. Open local qualifier Several weeks ago, Golf Digest reported on John Eckert, a weekend hack who lost his