PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- There would be no debacle, nothing to distract golf lovers from fully enjoying the visual bounty that is the Pebble Beach Golf Links.

The U.S. Golf Association took extensive measures to ensure that for the first round of the 119th U.S. Open on Thursday.

It showered the course with abundant water, and the weather did ...Read more

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Blame the expectations on the U.S. Open in 2000.

The images of Tiger Woods carving up Pebble Beach Golf Links with freakish accuracy with his irons and otherworldly putting is the lasting impression of how dominant Woods can be while playing on the Monterey Peninsula.

In arguably his greatest triumph among 15 major wins...Read more

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- As the U.S. Open returns to what its organizers call "the cathedral of American golf," here are 10 things you need to know heading into next week's championship at Pebble Beach that begins Thursday:

1. Tiger's chances: If Jack Nicklaus is willing to say Tiger Woods is the favorite, why argue? Woods' win at The Masters ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Kevin Na survived an afternoon tee time in less-than-favorable conditions on Thursday afternoon. He made it through a fan's "cackle" during a bunker shot on No. 11 during Saturday's round that led to a double-bogey.

Nothing could derail him this week, though, not on a course that he's mastered over the years.

Na pulled ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- C.T. Pan has played plenty of golf with Jordan Spieth.

He's not the least bit surprised that Spieth continued his standout Charles Schwab Challenge on the greens, rolling in more bombs on Saturday afternoon.

Spieth made a 29-footer for birdie on No. 1, a 21-footer on No. 2 and a 37-footer on No. 7 for a third consecutive ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Jordan Spieth has made more than 300 feet in putts already this week.

He drained a 46-footer on No. 4 in Round 1 for a birdie, and then topped that by draining a 50-footer for birdie on No. 10 in Round 2. Two holes later on Friday, Spieth dropped in a 47-footer for birdie on No. 12.

As Spieth said, "Certainly a good couple...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Jordan Spieth doesn't need vindication.

He knows he's getting closer to his old form on the golf course and isn't overly concerned with outside critics or voices wondering what's wrong with the one-time darling of the sport.

"It doesn't really bother me at this point," Spieth said of being asked constantly about his so-...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Harold Varner III is a regular guy, and Sunday he found himself doing something a lot of regular guys have done.

Searching for a golf ball in the woods at Bethpage Black.

Problem was, he was in the final pairing of the PGA Championship, tied for second and playing alongside the tremendous Brooks Koepka, who began the round...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Jordan Spieth fell short at the PGA Championship in his bid to become the sixth player in golf history to compete the career Grand Slam, but he felt encouraged with his game over the four rounds at Bethpage Black.

"This is the best I've felt in quite a while," Spieth said Sunday after a 71 led to a 278 total and a tie for ...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Brooks Koepka watched a 7-stroke lead in the PGA Championship dwindle to one on Sunday on a shaky back nine at Bethpage Black, but he eventually outlasted his good friend Dustin Johnson and won the year's second major by two.

The drama involving Koepka on a windy day came right down to the 18th hole, where he pulled his tee...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- The Phil Mickelson videos keep getting stranger, and the scores aren't getting any lower.

Mickelson tweeted a tongue-in-cheek video on Saturday morning in which he talks about how many thumbs-up he wanted to produce in the third round of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. It opened with him doing thumb exercises on his...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Harold Varner III couldn't help but laugh Saturday as he heard the crowds on his walk around Bethpage Black in the third round of the PGA Championship.

"It's fine. I like it," he said. "Some of the stuff they say cracks me up. They are like, 'Tiger, Tiger,' so that one always gets me."

Varner, 28, who grew up in Gastonia, ...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Late Friday afternoon, just as the ominous gray clouds lifted over the PGA Championship, the last vestiges of Masters magic burned away.

Tiger Woods missed the cut.

He didn't miss by much -- one stroke over 36 holes -- but the reality landed with a thud, considering the uplifting effect of his stirring victory at Augusta ...Read more

FARMINGDALE N.Y. -- It took 83 years in the history of the Bethpage Black golf course for someone to shoot 63. Twenty-four hours after Brooks Koepka wrote down that number, it looked like it might be erased.

Adam Scott opened the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday with four birdies in his first five holes. After three more early in ...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Brooks Koepka didn't allow his first two bogeys of the PGA Championship to slow him down in his second round Friday, and fired a 5-under-par 65 at Bethpage Black to extend his lead to seven strokes with a 36-hole record of 12-under 128.

Koepka, the defending champion, not only broke the PGA record for lowest score, 130 by ...Read more

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Talk about Bethpage Blech.

All those nostalgic sentiments churned up by Tiger Woods winning the Masters last month? Lost in the unforgiving, shin-high rough of the PGA Championship.

He shot a two-over-par 72 in the first round at Bethpage Black on Thursday, suddenly finding himself nine shots behind the relentless Brooks ...Read more