Phil Mickelson’s press conferences often feel a bit like performance art. They are not interviews or conversations so…
How five water balls in a row and a lunatic’s soccer fight song figure in my crazy U.S. Open pick
It is no great revelation to suggest that some things, particularly in golf, are confusing, a contradiction in terms, a breakdown of the natural order, intellectual and emotional chaos. For…
Read Full StoryThe U.S. Open returns to Shinnecock Hills for the first time since 2004 and the fifth time in…
These guys aren’t among the favourites this week at Shinnecock Hills—surprisingly in some cases—but under the right circumstances,…
Brad Faxon is an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour and a two-time Ryder Cupper, but it was…
For a small number of old-line clubs like Shinnecock Hills, it’s not about six-figure initiation fees, five-year waiting…
Annie Park has not had an easy go of it in her early LPGA Tour career, but the…
Yesterday Justin Thomas hinted he might have a new Titleist driver in play this week at Shinnecock Hills…
Going into the Sunday singles’ session of the 40th Curtis Cup with a seemingly insurmountable six-point lead didn’t…
Up until now, “backstopping” has existed as a giant conspiracy theory, a collection of grainy screengrab videos that…
Dustin Johnson holed a 9-irons from 171 yards at the last with his TaylorMade P730 DJ Proto irons,…
If the U.S. Open is the most complete examination in golf, then a requirement to passing that test…
A herniated disc, a fractured rib, back soreness, partially torn tendon, partially torn meniscus, tendinitis, hernia, foot injury,…
Corey Pavin is a relic of sorts, a welterweight once capable of holding his own against heavyweights, guile…
Former USGA president Sandy Tatum was fond of saying the mission of the U.S. Open was to identify…
A decade ago, I stood pacing around my parents’ living room willing/begging/praying for a Tiger Woods putt to…
Phil Mickelson can relate to Charlie Brown. The lovable loser from the Peanuts comics repeats the above lament…
After the first matches, the Curtis Cup looked like it might be a tight competition. Two matches were…