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Shinnecock closes door on big names

Shinnecock closes door on big names

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The U.S. Open cut sliced off some huge names. There won’t be an inspiring weekend return to the tournament for Tiger Woods, nor a fifth major championship for Rory McIlroy. Jordan Spieth won’t [...]

Total Consciousness: U.S. Open finale

Total Consciousness: U.S. Open finale

  7:15 p.m. Sunday: Dustin Johnson 3-putted from 12 feet, four inches on the 18th hole to give Jordan Spieth the U.S. Open championship.  JS  7:06 p.m. Sunday: Spieth birdies No. 18 for 1-shot lead, but Johnson lurks [...]

DJ leads by four; Tiger, Spieth miss cut

DJ leads by four; Tiger, Spieth miss cut

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Dustin Johnson handled the worst of the weather and wound up as the sole survivor to par at the U.S. Open, taking a four-shot lead into the weekend at Shinnecock Hills with plenty [...]

Is USGA going easy on the players?

Is USGA going easy on the players?

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The U.S. Open wants to be the ultimate test in golf, and sometimes that leads to a series of trick questions. One of them was 14 years ago at Shinnecock Hills. A year [...]

Golf Bag: The U.S. Open notebook

Golf Bag: The U.S. Open notebook

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Tiger Woods brought his yacht, Privacy, to a U.S. Open in New York and missed the cut for the first time in a major. That was 12 years ago when the Open was [...]

Koepka: Similarities in Open courses

Koepka: Similarities in Open courses

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka scoffs when told this week’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills will be a far different challenge than the tournament he won last year at Erin Hills. Koepka, who scored his first [...]

Phil loses his cool after errant putt(s)

Phil loses his cool after errant putt(s)

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Phil Mickelson intentionally hit a moving putt on the 13th green Saturday, then asked the USGA to explain the ruling after hearing suggestions he should be disqualified from the U.S. Open. His bogey [...]

DJ wins St. Jude, reclaims No. 1 rank

DJ wins St. Jude, reclaims No. 1 rank

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dustin Johnson is back in his spot as the world’s top-ranked golfer thanks to a dominant victory capped by an absolutely amazing hole-out for eagle. “What a cool way to end the day,”  [...]

Johnson putt-putts to Legends Cup win

Johnson putt-putts to Legends Cup win

KINGSTON, Wa. –Great Britain’s Trish Johnson woke up her putter and closed out the win Sunday in The Legends Tour’s inaugural Suquamish Clearwater Legends Cup presented by Boeing. Johnson opened the final round with bogeys on [...]

Dustin among Open pack of four

Dustin among Open pack of four

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – No player has ever won the U.S. Open after winning a PGA TOUR event the week before but world No. 1 Dustin Johnson is as good a candidate as any to break the [...]