Look, golf is a tough game. And the U.S. Open is the toughest test of golf in America. So you can forgive Spencer Levin for a Friday afternoon outburst in which he let fly all his demons at once. Levin was playing the seventh hole of the second round, the second round of 18 holes […]
U.S. Open Round 3 cheat sheet: What happened to Andrew Landry?
July 9, 2016 by
Updated as of 2:15 p.m. ET OAKMONT, Pa. — Thought Andrew Landry would shrivel up under the U.S. Open pressure and go away, didn’t you? Looked that way for a moment, when the stunning first-round leader went bogey-bogey-double on the front nine of Round 2 Saturday to fall from 4-under to even par. But Landry […]
The real Oakmont is almost ready for its U.S. Open close-up
July 9, 2016 by
OAKMONT, Pa. — We’re about to see the real Oakmont. The course we saw for the first two rounds, spread out over two-and-a-half days? That was a facsimile. It was close, but some of the details were lost in transmission. For the final 36 holes, we’ll have an original copy. As players wrapped up their […]
Taking a page from Woods’ book, Day moves up U.S. Open leaderboard
July 8, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. OAKMONT, Pa. — Jason Day tried taking a page from Tiger Woods’ playbook on Saturday. The world No. 1 tried to scare the inexperienced and unsuccessful pack of leaders into coming back to him. “I felt like if I can just put my name on the score board, hopefully […]
U.S. Open: What you need to know for Sunday’s final round
July 7, 2016 by
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! As is always the case, the U.S. Open concludes on Father’s Day, which means Dad has carte blanche to watch golf all the live-long afternoon. The weather delays from Thursday still resonate; the third round didn’t end until Sunday morning, giving the leaders only a few […]
Rory McIlroy, then Graeme McDowell pull out of Olympic consideration
July 6, 2016 by
Rory McIlroy became the biggest name yet to say he would not compete in the men’s Olympic golf tournament. The world No. 4, who had flip-flop-flipped on the issue, arrived at his decision after consulting with his fiancee, Erica Stoll, and the rest of his family about the potential risks of Zika virus. “I’ve come […]
Jason Day will ‘re-evaluate’ golf career when he turns 40
July 5, 2016 by
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Jason Day doesn’t sound like a guy who is long for a long career in golf. The world No. 1 said Wednesday at PGA Championship media day at Baltusrol Golf Club that he’ll stop at the age of 40 to decide if he’ll press on, or if he’ll walk away from the […]
Tiger Woods says he would’ve been more vocal had he been in DJ’s shoes
July 4, 2016 by
Tiger Woods was blunt in his assessment of how the USGA handled penalizing U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson in the final round at Oakmont on Sunday. “I watched, and as I was alluding to last night, it was awful because no one — no one knew what was going on,” Woods said. On the fifth […]
Branden Grace joins the ranks of those skipping the Olympics
July 3, 2016 by
At this point, the question isn’t who’s not playing in the Olympics. It’s: Who actually is playing in the Olympics? South African Branden Grace became the third player just this week to announce he was removing his name from consideration for the 60-player men’s Olympic golf tournament in Brazil in August. Grace, like his fellow […]
Don’t worry, Brexit won’t stop the Ryder Cup
July 2, 2016 by
Your browser does not support iframes. The Brexit — the U.K.’s decision to withdraw from the European Union — may collapse the pound, cost the country billions in economic development and isolate it from the rest of the continent, but it won’t affect the makeup of the European Ryder Cup team. The European Tour, which […]
