Leader Matthew Wolff blissfully naive to the history in his sights
Matthew Wolff. Two fs. Call him Matt. Or Wolffie, if you know him like that. Owner of a funky golf swing and a truckload of confidence.
Matthew Wolff can do something on Sunday only Francis Ouimet accomplished
Just by taking the 54-hole lead on Sunday at Winged Foot with a third-round 65, Matthew Wolff made a little bit of U.S. Open history.
How this Winged Foot contender’s outrageous equipment move is paying off
Rafa Cabrera Bello is playing well at the U.S. Open and is doing so by employing something you might find an everyday golfer try for his coming round on the weekend: changing up nearly every club in his bag.
Patrick Reed, golf’s lone wolf, alone at the top at Winged Foot
While the rest of the field succumbed to Winged Foot, Patrick Reed fought back.
The fascinating pairing of Patrick Reed and Bryson DeChambeau and other takeaways from Day 2
You wanted a U.S. Open, you got one.
Tiger Woods overmatched by Winged Foot in missing cut
That ridge. That damned, beautiful ridge. It guards the front of Winged Foot’s 18th green like a troll with a toothache. It wrecks rounds. Just ask Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson combine for wildly depressing stat at Winged Foot
Friday at Winged Foot was absolutely brutal for all 143 players in the field, yielding just three under-par rounds, 19 less than Thursday. Unfortunately, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were not among that trio.
A late-night range session has turned Bryson DeChambeau into a serious threat at Winged Foot
He had his doubters. Bryson DeChambeau always does.
Friday looked like a lovely day to play some golf at the Open de Portugal
We now throw it over to Aaron Cockerill with the accu-weather forecast . . .
J.T. Poston played Friday’s round with blurred vision after freak eye injury
Getting into the clubhouse anywhere near even par was a huge victory. Now try doing it with one eye.
European Tour to allow limited number of fans at the Scottish Open
For the first time since the Qatar Masters in early March, spectators will be allowed entry to an event on the Old World circuit.
Did Phil Mickelson just play his last U.S. Open?
In 2006, when Phil Mickelson walked off Winged Foot on Sunday, he was utterly gutted, a seeming first U.S. Open victory having slipped away in his final-hole collapse.
Gary Woodland’s title defence hampered by torn labrum in hip
Gary Woodland had been looking forward to coming to Winged Foot and defending his U.S. Open title, even if he knew inside his repeat chances were slim, thanks to a secret he revealed on Friday.
Justin Thomas opens with 65, continues to prove he’s a bad, bad man
The word “test” is used ad nauseum when describing the U.S. Open, but no matter where it’s contested the answer key remains the same: accuracy, patience, fortitude, power.
Tiger Woods’ first round plays in three acts, and last one was a real downer
Golf rounds are long, but these are longer. Eighteen at a U.S. Open at Winged Foot, feels like 36 anywhere else. The round has chapters. It ebbs and it flows and then it ebbs again.
Bryson DeChambeau attacked with bombs, but hardly brought Winged Foot to its knees
A.W. Tillinghast’s Winged Foot is known for its nuances. The newly bulked up Bryson DeChambeau, not so much.
Will Winged Foot fight back? Plus other takeaways from Day 1
Fourteen years (and a few months) after one of the most brutal U.S. Opens in the championship’s history, the golf world was expecting Winged Foot to beat down the 2020 field from the opening tee shot.
