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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

Getty Images The Palmetto Championship at Congaree is the PGA Tour’s last stop before next week’s big one with the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, but there are still plenty of intriguing stories to follow this week at Palmetto. The first is the course, one we have never seen before on the PGA Tour and

4:40 PM ET The head of the proposed Premier Golf League is hoping to have a conversation with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and has reached out to him this week with hopes of explaining his concept. Andy Gardiner, the CEO of the Premier Golf League, told ESPN an interview Wednesday that he’s been seeking

Angel Cabrera, a two-time major champion, was arrested in January in Brazil on various assault and theft charges. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) Former PGA Tour golfer Angel Cabrera was extradited from Brazil to Argentina on Tuesday so he can stand trial on multiple assault charges in his home country, according to The Associated Press. Cabrera

On Saturday in Dublin, Ohio, golfer Jon Rahm was 24 hours away from $1.7 million. He had cruised through the first three rounds of the Memorial Tournament with a six-stroke lead. He was locked in. He was healthy. Until he was informed that, despite what his body told him, he wasn’t healthy. Rahm, who reportedly

Dustin Johnson enters the 2021 U.S. Open as the No. 1-ranked player in the world. However, the 24-time PGA Tour champion has struggled mightily in his most recent outings. In fact, Johnson has finished 48th or worse in three of his last four starts and missed the cut in his last two major championship appearances.