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LA JOLLA, Calif — As Bryson DeChambeau stood in a waist-deep sand trap on the par-5 18th at Torrey Pines, contemplating whether to go for the green in two, the Brooksy Bros came out in full force. “Go get ‘em Brooksy!” one yelled. “Brooks would go for it!” screamed another. DeChambeau never took the bait.

US Open 2021, round three: live scores and latest updates – Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images 06:13 PM The Champion Golfer of the Year… …that’s Shane Lowry – is in the drink on 18. He went at the pin (short left) and spun back into the water. He then nearly holes his drop and walks off

USATSI The 2021 U.S. Open started a bit late and ended without the first 18 holes being completed for the field, but the national championship is nevertheless off and running at Torrey Pines. We have three more days of exciting golf ahead in La Jolla, California, with Round 1 wrapping up early Friday before Round

12:07 AM ET Bob Harig Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia SAN DIEGO — The

Phil Mickelson made a bogey-par back-nine start in Thursday’s first round of the US Open while American Matthew Wolff birdied three of his first four holes to grab the early lead at Torrey Pines. Hometown hero Mickelson launched his bid for a career Grand Slam a day after his 51st birthday with a lip-out for

The 2021 U.S. Open will begin Thursday on the South Course at Torrey Pines. The famed municipal course in San Diego has housed the Farmers Insurance Open since 1968 and also hosted the 2008 U.S. Open, where Tiger Woods played through a stress fracture and torn ligaments in his knee to win his 14th major

It says something about the state of modern golf that the most important story heading into the U.S. Open was … the tee times. Specifically, would the USGA pair Bryson DeChambeau, the swollen scientist, with Brooks Koepka, the jock who looks like he’d be entirely at ease stuffing his competition into lockers?  Sadly for those

Looking back on it now, just 10 days after he was forced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament with a massive lead due to a positive COVID-19 test, Jon Rahm wishes he had gotten vaccinated much, much sooner. Rahm, speaking ahead of the U.S. Open this week at Torrey Pines, said he was partially vaccinated

8:00 AM ET SAN DIEGO — There’s nothing quite like playing in your hometown PGA Tour event, on a course you got to know as a kid, in front of family and friends, at a place where you’ve had success. It’s even better when it’s a major. The U.S. Open is on the South Course

They didn’t do it. The USGA has released tee times for the 121st U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, and golf’s current feuding duo, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, will not be paired up in the first two days. Instead, they’ll be on almost completely opposite ends of the draw. But if both play as well

The Southern California coastline is a popular spot for golf majors, and the South Course at Torrey Pines will be the backdrop for this week’s 2021 U.S. Open. The first 2021 U.S. Open tee times are on Thursday, when 156 of the world’s best will assemble for a stern test brought forth by the United

RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — Chesson Hadley finished off his third round Sunday morning, shooting a 68 for a four-stroke lead at the rain-delayed Palmetto Championship. Hadley was among four players who couldn’t complete the 18th hole at Congaree on Saturday as lightning and severe storms hit the area. Hadley closed with a par to stand

Jun 11, 2018 Editor’s note: As the U.S. Open returns to Torrey Pines for the first time since 2008, we look back at that event and Tiger Woods‘ playoff win over Rocco Mediate. This story was originally published on June 11, 2018, as part of the 10-year anniversary of that event. Just 12 feet of

Jon Rahm will have unfinished business next week as he seeks his first major championship at the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Club. Rahm, whose highest finish in a major is third at the 2019 Open at Pebble Beach, was forced to withdraw from the Memorial after the third round because of a

Mark Hensby has been a professional golfer for 26 years. He’s played in 193 PGA Tour events and made nearly $1 million in prize money from those tournaments.  And yet, one rule bit him hard on Thursday. The 49-year-old Hensby, playing in only his second event in three years, saw a 3-over 74 turn into

Mar 1, 2021 Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on March 1. Macklemore (aka Ben Haggerty) has fallen hard for golf. Now, when he sits up straight in bed, it isn’t because he thought of new rap lyrics: It’s about golf. But don’t get things twisted. He didn’t always feel this way. And that’s

Auerbach. Belichick. Francona. Julien. Four legendary coaches who led their Boston teams to the pinnacle of their sports. While his team may not have roots in Beantown, Ben Crenshaw also deserves mention alongside those four coaches in Boston sports lore. Serving as captain of the United States team, Crenshaw led the Americans to the thrilling

Tiger Woods‘ absence at the U.S. Open next week will be stark.  Host Torrey Pines is among Woods’ favorite courses and the site of one of his greatest championships, the 2008 U.S. Open that he won on an injured leg in a 19-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate. While Woods remains far from a return to