In a four-year span, Justin Rose has conquered two of the hardest courses in the Philadelphia area. If Pine Valley, the top-ranked course in the country, were to host a PGA Tour event in the coming years, my money would be on Rose.
Leishman, who earned his first title on the PGA Tour, finished the tournament at 14-under-par 266. The Australian had twice finished as the runner-up, and tied for third at the Byron Nelson Championship that May.
Justin Rose claimed his first major championship title on Sunday and that helped him move up two spots in this week's world golf rankings.
Justin Rose had back-to-back birdies twice in the final round of the U.S. Open on Sunday, and those two bursts helped him claim his first major championship title.
One of these times will be the charm for Phil Mickelson. It wasn't the first or second or third or sixth for that matter.
Three-time champion Tiger Woods wrapped up the 113th U.S. Open Championship on Sunday with a 4-over 74.
Webb Simpson, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, wrapped up his title defense with a 2-over 72 on Sunday.
Shawn Stefani played in his second major championship this week, and on Sunday he did something no one else has done in a U.S. Open at Merion.
Phil Mickelson is on the cusp of winning the U.S. Open Championship for the first time.
Most players struggle to fight back from a sextuple-bogey, but Sergio Garcia did his best.
Michael Kim's stellar season is about to get even better if he continues to play the way he has this weekend.
Billy Horschel admitted on Friday that he doesn't know what his zone is. It wasn't seven pars in a row, or 18 straight greens in regulation.
For the third time in five U.S. Open Championships at Merion Golf Club, the 36-hole leader will be in red figures.
Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the U.S. Open on Friday.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the top-two ranked players in the world, both shot even-par 70s in their second rounds at the U.S. Open.
Tiger Woods mixed two bogeys and a birdie in his final seven holes on Friday as he wrapped up an opening-round, 3-over 73 at the U.S. Open.
Luke Donald bogeyed two of his last three holes on Friday morning as he closed out a round of 2-under 68 at the U.S. Open Championship.
The East Course at Merion Golf Club is tucked into 111 acres of land, so there isn't a lot officials can do to make it longer.
With Mother Nature dealing a cruel blow to Merion Golf Club over the last week, the biggest single concern on the course was the par-4 11th.
We have known for a while that Phil Mickelson is one of a kind. He certainly does his own thing.
The first round of the 113th U.S. Open resumed at 12:07 p.m. ET at Merion Golf Club on Thursday after a weather delay of 3 hours and 42 minutes.
The CIMB Classic 2013, the first official PGA Tour FedExCup event in Asia, will move to the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, organizers announced Thursday.
The first round of the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club was suspended due to threatening weather on Thursday at 8:36 a.m. (ET).
Miller Barber, who won 35 times combined on the PGA and Champions Tours, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 82.
"I drove in and I could hardly get into the car park because it was so wet. The wheels were spinning and the car was going sideways trying to get parked."
Weather plays a part in every golf tournament. At the four major championships, weather and course conditions need to be perfect.
He started the weekend tied for 29th place, which means he came from farther back than any other champion since 1934.
Harris English collected his first PGA Tour title on Sunday at the St. Jude Classic and that helped him soar 55 spots in this week's world golf rankings.
Kyle Stanley and Mike Weir were among six players added to the U.S. Open field on Monday morning.
Rickie Fowler, Morgan Hoffmann and defending champion Webb Simpson are among the few players in the field that have played Merion in tournament conditions. Fowler and Hoffmann were teammates at the 2009 Walker Cup and Simpson played in the 2005 U.S. Amateur.
Three-time champion Tiger Woods, 2011 titlist Rory McIlroy and Masters winner Adam Scott will play the first two rounds together at the U.S. Open starting next Thursday at Merion.
With the U.S. Open fast approaching, Tee to Green sat down with George Forster Jr., PGA assistant professional at host site Merion Golf Club.
HOLE ONE - Par 4 - 350 yards: The course starts out innocently enough with a short dogleg right par-4 of just 350 yards. Let me re-phrase, there is nothing innocent at Merion. Numerous bunkers dot both sides of the fairway, with trees guarding left and right. A short-iron approach is left to a green that slopes from back to front and right to left. Take advantage of the first because birdies will not be easy to come by as play continues.
There are many things in sports given interesting and sometimes obvious nicknames. The latest was Monday, which was deemed, "Golf's longest day."
Charley Hoffman and Kevin Sutherland won their respective qualifiers on Monday to advance to the U.S. Open Championship at Merion next week.
Johnson is back to defend his title this week and he is joined in the field by notables Phil Mickelson, world No.5 Brandt Snedeker, Ian Poulter and Peter Hanson.
Matt Kuchar won for the second time this season on the PGA Tour and that victory at the Memorial helped him move to fourth in this week's world golf rankings.
South African Richard Sterne withdrew from the U.S. Open on Monday. No reason was given for the decision.
Alabama won the NCAA Men's Golf Championship on Sunday with a convincing 4-1 win over Illinois.
FACTS AND STATS: Course Architects: Charles Blair Macdonald (1910), Seth Raynor. Year Opened: September 1911. Location: Southampton, New York. Slope: 145. Rating: 75.2. Par: 72. Yardage: 7,079.
Ryan Blaum closed with his second straight 4-under 68 on Saturday to win the Dominican Republic Open by two strokes.
California's Max Homa carded a 4-under 66 on Thursday to win the individual title at the NCAA Men's Golf Championship.
Retief Goosen withdrew from the 2013 U.S. Open on Thursday due to a back injury.
Call me biased, but I want Tiger Woods to pick up his sixth career win at Muirfield Village this weekend. Then I want him to secure his 15th major title at Merion Golf Club in June. Heck, I hope he reaches Jack's record of 18 majors within 12 months.
United States President Cup captain Fred Couples named former Ryder Cup captain and close friend Davis Love III as one of his assistants for this year's competition on Wednesday.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced Tuesday that 26 players, including 2011 U.S. Open runner-up Jason Day and last week's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial winner Boo Weekley, earned full exemptions to the 2013 U.S. Open Championship.
The PGA Tour is done with its Texas two- step and the European Tour has finished its flagship event, where many of the top names played miserably.
It was Woods' second win at this tournament in the last four years and fifth career title at the Memorial.
Boo Weekley earned his first win since 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial on Sunday to vault himself into the top 100 in this week's world golf rankings.
