SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Dustin Johnson, the world's No. 1-ranked golfer, was poised to run away with the U.S. Open. Instead, he and the rest of the field spent a wild Saturday at Shinnecock Hills chasing runaway golf balls.

The combination of gusting winds and greens that were dry and slick as tabletops made for a brutal day and a four-way tie ...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- In its attempt to be the toughest golf championship on the planet, the U.S. Open sometimes goes off the rails and becomes a demolition derby instead.

It happened again Saturday at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. The winds increased -- unexpectedly, the U.S. Golf Association said, even if its course setup sheet for the third ...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- After taking a decisive second-round lead in the U.S. Open on Friday, Dustin Johnson made a beeline for the couch.

"I'm going home to watch it right now," said the world's top-ranked golfer, who was unflappable in the lousy weather at Shinnecock Hills and shot 67, his four birdies more than offsetting a lone bogey.

Four ...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Phil Mickelson, who might have wiped out his chance at his first U.S. Open championship with a bad opening round, managed to shake it off Friday and fought his way into the weekend at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Playing in more player-friendly conditions, moist greens and little wind, Mickelson fired a 1-under-par 69 ...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Dustin Johnson would appear to be the envy of golfers everywhere -- long drives, precise iron shots, a deft touch around the greens and a putting stroke to die for.

But when you're halfway home to a second U.S. Open championship in three years, as Johnson is after his 3-under-par 67 on Friday at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club ...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- The bumper-to-bumper congestion on the road to the U.S. Open had nothing Thursday on the Shinnecock Hills scoreboard.

That's one giant traffic jam, with 13 players bunched at one under, even par or one over. Although that cluster includes Dustin Johnson, the world's top-ranked player, and No. 3 Justin Rose, there are also a...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- It was only the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday but you might say the hopes of some of the world's best golfers were gone with the wind.

A steady breeze of around 15 mph, which often gusted to 20 or more during an otherwise picture-perfect day at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, meant chaos for many in the field of 156....Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- You'd like to believe that somewhere James Foulis is raising a wee dram to smiling lips.

The 21st century players arrived in force at Shinnecock Hills on Thursday, bringing all their high-tech weapons to bear on the U.S. Open.

The drivers with their refined geocoustic soles.

The golf balls that are labeled as if they were...Read more

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Jason Day has the game to contend in any major championship, and that is true once again this week when he joins 155 other players on Thursday at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to begin competition in the U.S. Open.

For all his talent, however, he knows that it's all about focus and discipline and having the attitude to want to...Read more

Justin Rose couldn't be stopped this week at Colonial.

The No. 5-ranked player in the world showed he rightfully deserves that distinction in a dominating performance to win the Fort Worth Invitational.

Rose entered with a four-shot lead and never saw it dwindle to fewer than three as he shot a final-round 6-under 64 on Sunday. He won the ...Read more

Jordan Spieth had the worst showing of his young career in the Fort Worth Invitational at Colonial.

This is a tournament he's won once, finished second twice and had never posted worse than tied-14th in five events. Until Sunday.

Spieth played all right with a 2-under 68 on Sunday and finished the tournament at 5-under, tied for 32nd. Even ...Read more

Kevin Na finished stronger than he even started.

He held the 18-hole lead after an 8-under 62 on Thursday, and topped that by tying the Colonial course record with a 9-under 61 on Sunday. But those two standout rounds weren't enough for Na to win the Fort Worth Invitational this year.

"I played amazing today," Na said. "I struck it beautifully...Read more