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Golf Glance: Nelly Korda seeks major history; PGA Tour's final signature event
Nelly Korda seeks history as she chases her third consecutive major title to begin 2026 while the PGA Tour holds its final signature event of the year.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: Travelers Championship, Cromwell, Conn., June 25-28,Course: TPC River Highlands (Par 70, 6,844 Yards),Purse: $20M (Winner: $3.6M...
Tiger Woods makes public appearance in support of new PGA plan
Tiger Woods made his unofficial return to golf with a public appearance alongside PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp at a press conference in Connecticut on Tuesday. ,Woods read a prepared statement and didn't take questions, introducing Rolapp to detail the establishment of a new two-track PGA Tour...
Brian Rolapp tabbed as commissioner; PGA Tour has 2-track plan
The PGA Tour approved Brian Rolapp as its fifth commissioner Tuesday and also revealed a new competitive structure that features both a Championship and Challenger Series.,Rolapp, who was appointed PGA Tour CEO in June 2025, will assume the post on Jan. 1, 2027, while the new two-tiered system will ...
Wyndham Clark rises to No. 8 in world rankings after US Open
Wyndham Clark is once again a top-10 golfer in the world after capturing his second U.S. Open title in four years.,Clark jumped 26 spots to No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking on Monday, one day after he won the third major of the 2026 season.,Clark had his first major breakthrough at the 2023 ...
Three Takeaways From Wyndham Clark’s U.S. Open Victory
Wyndham Clark captured his second U.S. Open title at Shinnecock Hills. Here are three key takeaways from a tournament that struggled to generate buzz....
Wyndham Clark hangs on to win second US Open in 4 years
Wyndham Clark refused to stop thinking he could win the U.S. Open on Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,He recovered from a rough front nine and shot 3-over-par 73 to hang on to win the tournament for the second time in four years.,"It comes down to just believing that good things are going to happen and t...
Wyndham Clark hangs on to win second US Open in four years
Wyndham Clark recovered from a rough front nine and shot 3-over-par 73 to hang on to win the U.S. Open for the second time in four years Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,His four-round total of 4-under 276 gave him a one-stroke victory at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.,Clark's six-shot advantage entering th...
Another low round by Joaquin Niemann puts US Open penalty into sharp focus
Joaquin Niemann posted two of the best rounds Shinnecock Hills Golf Club has seen this week at the U.S. Open. It'll be enough for a top-10 finish and an exemption for next year, but the Chilean could be left wondering what might have been.,After shooting a final-round 66 Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,...
Wyndham Clark up by 6 at US Open, Scottie Scheffler leads chasing pack
Wyndham Clark has a reputation he wants to shake.,Clark outlasted Rory McIlroy to win the 2023 U.S. Open. But just last year at the same championship, he was banned from Oakmont Country Club after destroying a locker in anger when he missed the cut.,Clark is back on the upswing of navigating a fiend...
Wyndham Clark ahead by 6 at US Open, Scottie Scheffler leads chasing pack
Wyndham Clark navigated a fiendish Shinnecock Hills Golf Club course, made a magnificent eagle at No. 16 and posted an even-par 70 Saturday to give himself a six-shot cushion entering the final round of the U.S. Open in Southampton, N.Y.,Clark was in the fairway, 275 yards from the pin at the par-5 ...
Rory McIlroy out of running at US Open after back-nine 40
Rory McIlroy played himself out of contention at the U.S. Open with five back-nine bogeys on Saturday in Southampton, N.Y.,His 40 on the inward nine continued a weeklong trend for the Northern Irishman: McIlroy has played the front nine at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 5 under par and the back nine ...
Rory McIlroy to skip Travelers, third signature event of 2026
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is skipping next week's Travelers Championship, the final signature event of the PGA Tour season.,By opting against playing at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., McIlroy will have played in five of the eight signature events. The six-time major champion also missed othe...
Joaquin Niemann uses U.S. Open penalty as motivation to make cut
Bouncing back after a costly penalty in the first round, Joaquin Niemann carded a 5-under 65 in the second round on Friday and made the cut at the U.S. Open.,Niemann received a two-stroke penalty for throwing his club on the sixth hole Thursday, just before play ended for the day at Shinnecock Hills...
Jon Rahm goes from contender to missing cut at US Open
Jon Rahm recorded a double bogey and seven bogeys while making a precipitous fall in the second round of the U.S. Open with an 8-over-par 78 on Friday, and he missed the cut.,Rahm was tied for fifth after the opening round at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club at Southampton, N.Y., but that 2-under 68 was a...
Wyndham Clark keeps command at US Open, carries 4-shot lead into weekend
Wyndham Clark picked up pretty much where he left off, shooting 1-under-par 69 in the U.S. Open's second round Friday at Southampton, N.Y.,That allowed Clark, who earlier in the day completed the first round, to move to 7-under 133 and hold a four-stroke lead midway through the tournament on the Shi...
Wyndham Clark maintains US Open lead as second round continues
Wyndham Clark maintained the lead in the U.S. Open after shooting 1-under-par 69 in the second round Friday at Southampton, N.Y.,Clark left the course with a four-shot edge, though many golfers had yet to complete the round and others were more than an hour away from starting the round at Shinnecock...
Joaquin Niemann's US Open path made more difficult by penalty
Joaquin Niemann's frustration resulted in a two-stroke penalty for throwing a club during the first round of the U.S. Open in Southampton, N.Y., and he will need to turn in a very low round on Friday if he is to make the cut.,He shot 8-over 78 in the first round.,Niemann's action on the sixth hole a...
Wyndham Clark finishes first round with 2-shot lead at US Open
Tournament leader Wyndham Clark posted pars on the final two holes of the first round when he returned to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to complete the first round of the U.S. Open on Friday morning.,That put him at 6-under-par 64 for the opening round, which was suspended because of darkness Thursday ...
US Open setup stymies field before conditions change with the wind
Players who started their first round at the U.S. Open in the afternoon wave may not know what the morning crowd was griping about.,Rory McIlroy stepped off the course at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club proud to have posted a 1-under-par 69, one off the lead at the time. "I think with the conditions toda...
Wyndham Clark takes first-day lead at suspended US Open
Wyndham Clark shot 6-under par for 16 holes to lead in the suspended first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday at Southampton, N.Y.,Clark, the tournament's 2023 champion, is up by four strokes at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, where play was halted because of darkness. Earlier, the competition was off s...