Tiger Woods has now gone five years without winning a major championship — 1,828 days to be exact — and remains stuck on No. 14 in his pursuit of equaling and passing the 18 won by Jack Nicklaus.
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Justin Rose is the first Englishman to win the U.S. Open in 43 years.
Always a popular player with the betting public, Phil Mickelson is more than a sentimental favorite going into today’s final round of the U.S. Open. A lot of money is behind him, and so is every player in the field.
ARDMORE, Pa. — Phil Mickelson has the lead after three rounds at the U.S. Open.
Veteran PGA Tour professional Bob May heads a list of four inductees to be enshrined into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame on Oct. 12 at TPC Summerlin.
Phil Mickelson’s round held up, and so did Tiger Woods’ left wrist.
Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott share the favorite’s role after an odd Thursday at the U.S Open in which play was delayed twice by rain and suspended because of darkness in Ardmore, Pa.
It’s never a surprise to see Tiger Woods at the top of the odds board going into a major. If he’s on the Sunday leaderboard and finally wins another one, maybe that would be surprising.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Fatigue gave way to relief for Inbee Park upon learning that playing 36 holes in one day wasn’t going to be enough to win the LPGA Championship.
Gary Dunwoody admits he missed being chairman of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Former UNLV standout and PGA Tour veteran Charley Hoffman secured a spot in next week’s U.S. Open by winning the sectional qualifier Monday in Columbus, Ohio. Hoffman shot a 65-68 — 133 over 36 holes, tops in the field of 120 players vying for five spots.
It wasn’t anything UNLV did wrong, but more what Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans did right that ended the Rebels’ season Friday.
VIRGINIA WATER, England — Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods on Wednesday for saying he would have “fried chicken” at dinner with his rival, a comment that Woods described as hurtful and inappropriate.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Two marshals say Tiger Woods never said anything to them about whether Sergio Garcia had played his shot. Two other marshals disputed that account, one of them saying he told Woods that Garcia had already hit on the second hole at the TPC Sawgrass.
While his team was competing at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational in October in Dublin, Ohio, UNLV men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight arranged for the Rebels to play a practice round at the nearby Ohio State Golf Club’s Scarlet Course.