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U.S. Open 2019: How Gary Woodland held off Brooks Koepka and claimed his first major title

Gary Woodland once caught a knee in the throat in a high-school basketball game in his native Topeka, Kan., that landed him in the hospital with a collapsed trachea.

June 18, 2019

Equipment

New Titleist irons (T200, T300) unveiled to tour staff at Travelers Championship

It’s been a busy few weeks for the Titleist iron team. First, the company brought out its U-500 and U-510 utility irons (as well as TS hybrids) at the Memorial Tournament.

June 18, 2019

Close Call

U.S. Open 2019: Brooks Koepka remains relentless in majors, even in defeat

Brooks Koepka is human after all. We think. “He’s like a cockroach,” Xander Schauffele said. “He just won’t go away.”

June 18, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: The biggest story at Pebble Beach was what didn’t happen

We’re told major championships are golf’s grandest theatre, though there are a handful of stages where the spotlight shines ever so brighter. Pebble Beach did nothing to refute its standing this week.

June 18, 2019

John Feinstein

U.S. Open 2019: Pebble Beach brings out the best in Gary Woodland—and the U.S. Open

In 1992, after he had finally won his first major championship, an exhausted Tom Kite shook his head and said, “Well, now I know what the first sentence of my obituary will say.”

June 18, 2019

Tiger Watch

U.S. Open 2019: It sure sounds like we won’t see Tiger Woods again until the Open Championship

Tiger Woods was able to cap a mostly frustrating week with a final-round 69 at Pebble Beach. Just don’t expect to see the 15-time major champ attempt to carry any of that momentum from Sunday over to another tournament soon.

June 17, 2019

U.S. Open

The shot that won Gary Woodland the U.S. Open might get you suspended at your club

Gary Woodland is known as a basher, 200 pounds of Midwestern might. That power was evidenced at Pebble Beach, Woodland ranking fifth in the field in driving distance and 13th in strokes gained/off-the-tee.

June 17, 2019

What A Run

U.S. Open 2019: How Brooks Koepka made U.S. Open history—and didn’t win at Pebble Beach

How good is Brooks Koepka? Even when he doesn’t win, he still makes history.

June 17, 2019

Tiger Watch

U.S. Open 2019: Tiger Woods birdies six of final 12 holes for strong Sunday finish

Tiger Woods called the onset to Saturday’s round at Pebble Beach “crap.” The description to Sunday’s start . . . well, take it away, Tiger.

June 17, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: You can’t describe Gary Woodland as simply a bomber anymore

This was a U.S. Open to love. No angst, no anxiety, no punishment for the slightest of golf sins. We came to the sea, walking on cliffs along the blue Pacific Ocean...

June 17, 2019

Stats

U.S. Open 2019: The crazy stat that shows Gary Woodland’s win was even more surprising than you thought

Let’s get this out of the way: Gary Woodland is not a fluke major champ. The 35-year-old entered this week as the 25th-ranked player in the world with three previous PGA Tour titles...

June 17, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: A lead in a major makes for a long night, and a lonely walk

The old saying has it that there are three levels of pressure in professional golf: tournament play, major-championship play and the Ryder Cup. Gary Woodland is experienced in the first two of those, but has yet to feel the ultimate stress that comes with representing one’s country in the biennial contest between the United States and Europe.

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Ranking the 9 golfers Gary Woodland should worry about most on Sunday

David Cannon By Alex Myers PEBBLE BEACH — Gary Woodland will take the lead into the final round of a major championship for the first time in his career. As if ...

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Henrik Stenson knocked a fan out with a semi-shank…then posed for a selfie on the ground

Henrik Stenson is known as the “Iceman” for his steely demeanour. But what he did at Pebble Beach on Saturday will warm your heart.

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Rory McIlroy is still in it, but Pebble Beach’s par 5s have diminished his chances

After a one-under 70 on Saturday, Rory McIlroy enters the final round of the U.S. Open five strokes off the lead of Gary Woodland. Not out of it but not exactly breathing down his neck.

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Justin Rose must know something we don’t, oozing confidence while still trailing

Justin Rose has not been his normal self at this week’s U.S. Open.

June 16, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Gary Woodland’s new-found focus on putting is paying off at Pebble Beach

Gary Woodland might seem like an unlikely leader halfway through this year’s U.S. Open, given that Pebble Beach, at just slightly longer than 7,000 yards, isn’t a ballpark built to reward the power game that the 35-year-old possesses.

June 15, 2019

U.S. Open

U.S. Open 2019: Watch Patrick Reed snap a wedge over his knee in a mesmerising burst of rage

Patrick Reed will be playing on the weekend at the U.S. Open, but he’d going to need to find a replacement wedge after he broke his on the 18th hole late Friday afternoon at Pebble Beach.

June 15, 2019

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