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Northwestern grad sees dividends in first two rounds from work on distance control ARDMORE, Pa. -- Last week at his home course, Conway Farms in Lake Forest, Ill., Luke Donald got up from his lunch table after spotting B...

Matt Weibring posted a small victory for himself Saturday by being the last player to make the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open. But the bigger victory for the 33-year-old Dallas native was in just getting to Merion Golf Clu...

Like the homes that border their fairways, the seventh and eighth holes at Merion Golf Club have a middle class feel about them.

That gulp you just heard might have been from the top of the leaderboard after Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods opened their third rounds with birdies at the par-four first hole.

The New York Times reports: Skier Lindsey Vonn still is getting used to "living in a fishbowl" whenever she is with golfer/boyfriend Tiger Woods, saying "it's just something I have to deal with."

Simon Thornton used a hole-in-one at the par-3 11th on Saturday to grab a share of the lead through three rounds of the Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open.

At the entrance to the Putterham Meadows golf course stands a statue of 1913 U.S. Open champion Francis Ouimet. Also in bronze, dwarfed by the bag he carries, is the 10-year-old caddie who walked all 90 holes by his side...

Simon Thornton celebrated his first hole-in-one as a professional as he roared into a share of the lead after the third round of the Najeti Hotels Open at a blustery St Omer.

Simon Thornton of Ireland shot a 6-under 65 to share a one-stroke lead with Tjaart Van der Walt of South Africa and Baptiste Chapellan of France after the third round of the Najeti Hotels Open on Saturday.

As the world's top golfers gather at Merion for the final rounds of the U.S. Open, The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., is preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of the sport's pivotal moments.

Ian Poulter stumbled over Merion's difficult closing stretch as he completed the weather-delayed second round at the U.S. Open on Saturday, but was excited to be "right there" in contention for the title.

Phil Mickelson and fellow American Billy Horschel retained their one-stroke lead at the U.S. Open following Saturday morning's conclusion of the suspended second round of the championship at Merion.

Ian Poulter suffered a disappointing finish to his second round after the weather-delayed US Open resumed at Merion in Pennsylvania.

Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman is on track to end a three-year title drought on the Asian Tour after taking a one-stroke lead in the third round of the Queen's Cup in Thailand on Saturday.

Five things to look for Saturday in the third round of the U.S. Open:

Phil Mickelson has won four majors. Billy Horschel has won once on the PGA Tour, and that was less than two months ago.

Five things to look for Saturday in the third round of the U.S. Open:

Graeme McDowell has already moved on to other majors.

History says Tiger Woods has little chance to win this U.S. Open. Not from behind, and certainly not with an elbow inflammation that seems to bother him most on his worst shots.

"Hello, Merion Golf Club. May I help you?"

ARDMORE, Pa. - Life went on in this leafy Philadelphia suburb Friday, despite near-catastrophic injuries inflicted on the egos of 156 golfers.

ARDMORE, Pa. - Jim Furyk was really looking forward to playing the U.S. Open at Merion.