PINEHURST, N.C. — For an organization that has long labored against the perception that it’s led by austere, nerdish killjoys, the U.S. Golf Association must be comforted by the fact that, in these discordant times, it has a CEO that could talk a dog off a meat truck. Mike Whan is a highly polished presenter…
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PINEHURST, N.C. – Xander Schauffele finally climbed the summit that was Mount Valhalla and claimed his first major championship at the PGA Championship in May. The win propelled Schauffele to a career high of No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking, but the climb to the top of the game continues in earnest this…
The U.S. Open is annually regarded as one of the toughest tests for the world’s best golfers, and the 124th edition certainly lives up to the reputation. Pinehurst No. 2 hosts for the fourth time and the first in a decade, starting Thursday. Adding a wrinkle to making your U.S. Open picks: Scottie Scheffler is…
PINEHURST, N.C. — Rory McIlroy and wife Erica Stoll have agreed to reconcile their marriage, according to The Guardian. McIlroy filed papers in South Florida setting the divorce in motion on May 13, the day after winning the Wells Fargo Championship and ahead of the PGA Championship. The couple have been married for seven years…
PINEHURST, N.C. — It turns out that Jon Rahm’s toe infection is worse than he said during his pre-U.S. Open press conference on Tuesday. The Spaniard withdrew from the 124th U.S. Open just hours later. Rahm posted on his social media in both English and Spanish that “after consulting with numerous doctors and my team,…
Andrea Jaeger on U.S. Olympic Team By-Passing Caitlin Clark Andrea Jaeger (far right) and Arthur Ashe, Tracy Austin, Rosie Casals, Bud Collins, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, John McEnroe, Marty Riessen and Stan Smith visit the White House Tennis Court and President Ronald Reagan on September 14, 1981. Photo credit: White House Photographic Office/Wikimedia Commons
The United States Golf Association is honoring the late Grayson Murray this week at Pinehurst Resort, which is hosting the 2024 U.S. Open. The USGA has adorned a locker with a message about Murray, a Raleigh native and two-time PGA Tour winner: “The USGA remembers Grayson and pays tribute to the playing accomplishments that merited…
Getty Images Playing in his second Grand Slam final, Alexander Zverev came up short for a second time–and again in a five-set heartbreaker. At the 2020 U.S. Open, Zverev found himself one win away from the title when he faced Dominic Thiem. In fact, the German came within one set and even one game of…
On Friday, Jon Rahm looked extremely uncomfortable after his tee shot on the par-3 seventh at the Golf Club of Houston during the first round of LIV Golf Houston in Texas. Later on during the broadcast, LIV said Rahm was dealing with a cut between two of his toes. Well, on Saturday, the star Spaniard…
