From Sandwich, England — Tuesday was the kind of day the British dearly love when it comes to their golf.
The record shows that Phil Mickelson has played in 17 British Opens, with just one top-10 finish.
The biggest difference between Ben Curtis's first visit to Royal St. George's and this week: The accommodations.
Before stepping onto the first tee, Illinois-Chicago basketball coach Howard Moore pulled out a bag of golf balls. Yes, a bag. Not a sleeve.
In his 1959 novel Goldfinger, Ian Fleming draws upon the peculiarities of Royal St. George's as a faintly disguised setting for a...
A few months ago, Jim Colton hatched what he called a "crazy idea." The 37-year-old Wheaton resident would play golf from sun-up to...
In golf parlance, bodies of water are classified as as "hazards."
Scratch the British Open off Tiger Woods' entry list, too.
If anyone ever deserved a breakfast ball, it was Joel Quenneville. And not because he had just munched on some coffee cake.
If he had the chance at a mulligan, Tiger Woods wouldn't have teed it up at The Players Championship.
Frederik Jacobson shoots a final-round 66 to win the Travelers Championship by one shot.
The wait extends another two weeks for Tiger Woods, who withdrew from next week's AT&T; National field after doctors advised him...
Any story about Brian McBride requires a mention of his Chicago roots (he led Buffalo Grove High School to a state championship in 1988),...
BETHESDA, Md. — Luke Donald has two letters on his mind: R and R.
BETHESDA, Md. — Lee Westwood was beaming as he strolled on a bridge from the 18th green to Congressional Country Club's short-game...
BETHESDA, Md. — It took less than an hour for Rory McIlroy to effectively bury any demons from Augusta National.
BETHESDA, Md. -- An omission in the Pledge of Allegiance had NBC issuing an on-air apology Sunday during the U.S. Open.
BETHESDA, Md. — The perception is that USGA officials hate seeing red numbers at a U.S. Open.
BETHESDA, Md. — As he assessed the various missteps that contributed to his Masters meltdown two months ago, Rory McIlroy concluded he...
BETHESDA, Md. — First man to 14-under par at a U.S. Open. First to complete 54 holes in fewer than 200 strokes.
BETHESDA, Md. — Chris DeForest had every right to be grumpy after walking off the course Thursday. He double-bogeyed the 18th...
When/where: Thursday-Sunday, Congressional Country Club (Blue, 7,574 yards, par 71), Bethesda, Md.
BETHESDA, Md. — We're a nation of 26.1 million golfers, more than the population of Australia.
BETHESDA, Md. — That Sunday meltdown at the Masters is now two months in Rory McIlroy's rear-view mirror. And after last week's...
BETHESDA, Md. — Congressional Country Club is a Washington, D.C.-area institution that changes as often as the political climate....
BETHESDA, Md. – Luke Donald's life has not changed since he landed atop golf's world rankings. And that's fine with him.
BETHESDA, Md. — The 8:06 a.m. grouping of Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer forgot to chug their morning coffee. Or...
The U.S. Open trophy was shipped back a couple of weeks ago. Memories from Pebble Beach have been told and retold. Recollections from Celtic...
Patrick Mannelly's Bears resume is sterling: One muffed snap in 13 seasons. (And lest you think it's easy to fire a football between your...
BETHESDA, Md. – Another major, another ridiculously low start.
BETHESDA, Md. — While Adam Scott fielded questions Monday in the short-game area at Congressional, his new caddie practically...
BETHESDA, Md. — Bubba Watson can't help himself. He knows only one way to answer questions, and that's to utter the first thing that...
Pat Goss had every reason to feel jittery as he and his Northwestern golf team sat on the tarmac at O'Hare during the Sunday morning...
David Diaz stepped to the first tee looking as comfortable as Phil Mickelson would in a boxing ring.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Just 7 weeks ago, St. Andrews appeared liable to remain Justin Rose's "Bogey Open."
Dave Doeren marched onto the Rich Harvest Farms practice area and asked our forecaddie, Freddy Assell: "What are the flags?"
BETHESDA, Md. – When Ken Venturi began that fateful day at Congressional Country Club, he weighed 172 pounds; he weighed 164 when he...
For those who think college football plays too many bowl games, check out the world golf schedules for November and December.
The wife of the world's No.1 golfer Tiger Woods used one of his tools -- a golf club -- to smash open a window of his crashed SUV and then...
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Louis Oosthuizen had made it to the weekend of a major championship just once before in his career, much...
Tiger Woods hammered a low, drawing 3-wood, twirled his club and then gave swing guru Sean Foley a fist bump.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Kevin Streelman delivers a memorable line in his new TV commercial for Wilson Staff irons.
The clouds had performed a hostile takeover of the sun, the temperature had dipped into the 40s and the Merit Club course record of 65 (shot...
MADISON, Wis. — Bo Ryan hit the first tee cold, like a 12th man trying to sink a game-winning free throw.
The cleaning crew must hate Pat Goss' office at Northwestern.