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Getty Images The Olympics golf fifield is nearly set, although it seems to be changing by the hour. Qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ended after the U.S. Open on Sunday, but the field has been weathering some late withdrawals from some of the best players in the world. Dustin Johnson announced earlier this year

Anirban Lahiri qualified for his second successive Olympic Games.© AFP Seasoned pro Anirban Lahiri qualified for his second successive Olympic appearance after finishing as the best-placed Indian golfer in the final Tokyo Games Rankings for men released on Tuesday. The Indian made the cut at the 60th spot, the last available quota in the Games

Jon Rahm was a popular pick to win the U.S. Open. Rahm was so popular, in fact, that he led to a significant loss for BetMGM. The book said Sunday night that its losses were over $1 million on the golf tournament because of Rahm’s win.  “Jon Rahm winning the U.S. Open was the worst

12:04 AM ET SAN DIEGO — From tears of dismay to tears of elation in the matter of 15 days. That is how quickly Jon Rahm went from a low point to the biggest moment of his career. On June 5, with a six-shot lead at the Memorial, Rahm walked off the 18th green and

LA JOLLA, Calif. — Jon Rahm sat in an isolation trailer, having been told 20 minutes earlier as he walked off the course at the Memorial two weeks ago that he’d have to withdraw because of a positive COVID-19 test, when his phone rang. Rahm had finished the day with a 6-stroke lead. He was

LA JOLLA, Calif. — For about an hour, the U.S. Open had one of the greatest leaderboards in recent golf history, with almost all of the game’s biggest names within two shots of the lead. But then Torrey Pines whittled away the competitors, and down the stretch, only Jon Rahm and Louis Oosthuizen remained standing. 

(Yahoo Sports) LA JOLLA, Calif. — Mackenzie Hughes was having the tournament of a lifetime, and it all got derailed by a once-in-a-lifetime bit of bad course luck.  The Canadian began Sunday with a share of the lead at the U.S. Open. He’d only played in eight majors before, and missed the cut in six

Getty Images The 121st U.S. Open at Torrey Pines is in for a tremendous finish Sunday as a stacked leaderboard bears down on the trio of co-leaders at the top. Louis Oosthuizen dropped himself into a tie for first late in Round 3 with a stellar eagle on the 18th, leaving him at 5 under

9:32 PM ET The U.S. Open got way more interesting Saturday, setting the stage for a dramatic Sunday. Big, big names started popping up higher on the leaderboard. A few lesser-know ones hung in and head to final round with a chance. So many possibilities at Torrey Pines. We take a look at the big

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