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Gael Monfils announces new career path after US Open exit: finance
Retiring Gael Monfils bid adieu to Grand Slam competition on Thursday night, then announced his plan to transition from tennis to more of a desk job in the coming months.,After being eliminated in the second round of the U.S. Open in straight sets by American Learner Tien, the Frenchman said he is h...
Casper Ruud withdraws from U.S. Open due to back injury
Casper Ruud has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to a back injury.,Seeded 19th in the tournament and a 2022 U.S. Open finalist, Ruud took to social media to announce his decision Sunday.,"Unfortunately, my back hasn't healed as quickly as we had hoped. We've been optimistic that I would recover in t...
Serena Williams to skip U.S. Open singles in favor of mixed doubles
Questions about Serena Williams' status in singles competition at the U.S. Open can cease, as the U.S. Tennis Association on Saturday announced Williams would compete alongside Carlos Alcaraz next week in a star-studded mixed doubles team.,Making her return to the event where she has won six individ...
Defending champ Carlos Alcaraz (wrist) to return for U.S. Open
Carlos Alcaraz will make his return from a right wrist injury to defend his title at the U.S. Open, he announced Thursday on social media.,"Here we go!" Alcaraz wrote on X with an emoji of the American flag and a waving hand.,Ranked No. 2 in the world, Alcaraz began the calendar year by claiming the...
Venus Williams receives wild card for US Open -- Serena next?
Venus Williams received one of seven wild cards on Tuesday for the upcoming singles tournament at the U.S. Open.,The U.S. Tennis Association said there was one wild card remaining ... with many wondering if her sister, Serena, would get an invitation to the New York-based tournament that begins on A...
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....
LIV Golf's top US Open contender T34 as seven miss cut
LIV Golf has bigger issues to tackle in the near future, but it's another troublesome sign for the fledgling league that a player who carded a septuple bogey could well be LIV's top U.S. Open finisher come Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,For those counting, a septuple bogey is carding a 7 over par on on...
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...
First round of U.S. Open resumes after 2-hour fog delay
The first round of the 126th U.S. Open was paused for two hours on Thursday morning due to fog.,Play at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., was suspended at 7:05 a.m. ET, approximately 30 minutes after the first group teed off.,When the horn sounded, only 14 players had completed a hole...
First round of U.S. Open suspended due to fog
The first round of the 126th U.S. Open was halted soon after it began on Thursday.,Play at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., was suspended due to fog at 7:05 a.m. ET, approximately 30 minutes after the first group teed off.,When the horn sounded, 14 players had completed a hole.,Golfe...
Shinnecock Hills GC sure to challenge field at US Open
When Shinnecock Hills Golf Club held the 2004 U.S. Open, only Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson finished the week under par. When the major returned in 2018, Brooks Koepka won with a score of 1 over.,As always, the USGA's balancing act to create a difficult but "fair" test will be central to all othe...
Five Golfers Most Likely to Win Their First Major at the U.S. Open
Tommy Fleetwood, Russell Henley and Si Woo Kim headline a list of golfers who could capture their first major championship at the U.S. Open....
Sorana Cirstea makes plea for stolen trophy to be returned
Sorana Cirstea is asking that the trophy she recently won at the WTA Tennis in the Lands event be returned to her after she says it was stolen from her hotel room while she was competing in the U.S. Open this week in New York.,Cirstea, 35, won her first WTA singles title since 2021 and just the thir...
Marketa Vondrousova knocks off No. 7 Jasmine Paolini at U.S. Open
Marketa Vondrousova earned the right to keep playing at the U.S. Open by knocking off No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Friday in New York.,Paolini of Italy lost four of her five service points in the first-set tiebreaker to help Czech ex-Wimbledon champ Vondrousova take the lead into the s...