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BROOKLINE, Mass. — On Sunday here, cool and gray and still, order was restored. For the first time in years, the U.S. Open felt more important than the Masters. More intense. More meaningful. More alive. This is how it should be. As Jack Nicklaus has said forever, the Masters is a nice tournament. That is,

8:08 AM ET Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka is the latest golfer to defect from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koepka, 32, is one of the highest-profile players to join the breakaway circuit, which is being funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and is fronted

Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris. Both tied for second place at the U.S. Open behind Matt Fitzpatrick and both have made major headlines this year on the PGA Tour, although Scheffler has made them for winning and Zalatoris has made them for only coming painfully close. The duo each took home $1,557,687 for their consolation

6:47 PM ET Will Zalatoris has withdrawn from this week’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, a move announced by the PGA Tour a day after he finished as runner-up in the U.S. Open. Zalatoris, the world No. 12, missed a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Matt Fitzpatrick is a major champion, winning the U.S. Open with a legendary ball-striking performance—and doing it at The Country Club, where it all started. There is so, so much to discuss. Here are 18 parting thoughts from Brookline. 1: We start, as always, with the winner. This was the second consecutive

8:41 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — Will Zalatoris came up short again, and this time, he thought he had it. After missing a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff with winner Matt Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris couldn’t help but sigh as he was given the silver

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Alex Fitzpatrick was sure Will Zalatoris would make it. Damn sure. He’d just watched his older brother miss his birdie putt on the high side on the 72nd hole of the United States Open, and he knew Zalatoris had watched it as well, and now he was sure Zalatoris would pour his

7:29 AM ET Multiple Contributors One day, years from now, when the history of professional golf is analyzed in full, the two-week stretch of June 7 through June 19 of 2022 may go down as one of the most consequential and volatile periods in the history of the sport. There is a good chance this

Norman Xiong was considered among the most talented players on the U.S. Walker Cup team that routed Great Britain & Ireland at Los Angeles Country Club in 2017. His company on that squad? Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris. You know where that trio was on Sunday. They were among the contenders in the

10:59 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Will Zalatoris couldn’t resist taking a peek at Matt Fitzpatrick‘s ball. He and Fitzpatrick were walking toward their tee shots on the 18th hole of The Country Club. Madness was unspooling all around them. The U.S. Open was hanging in the balance. Thousands of rowdy fans had just spilled

If Sunday can match Saturday at The Country Club, we’re in for a treat this Father’s Day. By all accounts, the USGA has nailed the course setup all week. The result is a phenomenal leaderboard entering Sunday. Will Zalatoris (67) and Matt Fitzpatrick (68) each shot the rounds of the day on Saturday—and they were

12:54 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The Country Club punished the field on Saturday. Expect more on Sunday in the final round of the U.S. Open as a packed leaderboard tries to grab the trophy. We have you covered with all the happenings: DeChambeau exits It wasn’t another great week for 2020 U.S. Open champion

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Admit it, you’re jealous of Stewart Hagestad. Last week, the best mid-amateur in the world successfully defended his title at the Anderson, a prestigious two-man event at Winged Foot. (“I had a good partner.”) This week, by way of his second U.S. Mid-Amateur victory last fall, he teed it up in the

8:42 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Here are the tee times for the final round of the U.S. Open at The Country Club. All times ET (a) denotes amateur 8:49 a.m. — Stewart Hagestad (a), Harris English 9 a.m. — Brandon Matthews, Sebastian Soderberg 9:11 a.m. — Wil Besseling, Chris Naegel 9:22 a.m. — Tyrrell

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Jon Rahm turned to the heavens and cussed, wanting to know what he did to deserve this wrong. His putt at the par-5 fourth should have broke right, had to break right with the wind blowing full and fierce from his left. The ball had other ideas, and after staring at his

8:29 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — There has been drama at this U.S. Open from the moment players arrived on property. Before it started, it wasn’t about the golf. It was about the state of golf. Now, though, it’s about the golf, with a leaderboard that has a mix of stars, up-and-comers and a few

To be sure, there are no Francis Ouimet-level upsets looming this weekend in the U.S. Open at The Country Club. The closest we might get is if 22-year-old amateur and rising Texas senior Travis Vick were to post another impressive round on Saturday and truly get into the mix. And maybe he already qualifies, standing

11:39 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — A lot can happen on a Saturday at the U.S. Open, especially with a leaderboard as packed as this one. With a mix of big names and lesser-known ones, things could get interesting on a cooler, windier day at The Country Club. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Collin Morikawa is a nice guy. Polite guy. Thoughtful, observant, humble. So it pains us to say the following: The man is not to be trusted. That is not an aspersion made lightly and one any gambler will second, for earlier in the week Morikawa told anyone who would listen that his

8:31 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Here are the tee times for the third round of the U.S. Open at The Country Club: All times ET (a) denotes amateur 9:49 a.m. — Joseph Bramlett, Stewart Hagestad (a) 10 a.m. — Sebastian Munoz, Patrick Cantlay 10:11 a.m. — Sam Bennett, Denny McCarthy 10:22 a.m. — Sam

BROOKLINE, Mass. — The top of the U.S. Open leaderboard after two rounds is littered with some of the game’s biggest studs. Collin Morikawa, already a two-time major champ, has a share of the lead. Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy, with five majors between them, are just one back. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler’s back-nine

8:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — In the midst of a tenuous time for golf, Brooks Koepka said earlier this week he wanted the focus to be on the U.S. Open. After two rounds, with Phil Mickelson now gone after having missed the cut, it’s safe to say that the focus has shifted

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Friday wasn’t as bad as Thursday at The Country Club for Phil Mickelson, but it also wasn’t good. A three-over 73 included two birdies, one more than he posted a day earlier enroute to a 78, but more struggles on the greens did little to turn the story of his week at

7:12 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — There was a lot going on in the first round of the 2022 U.S. Open. The requisite drama around Phil Mickelson? Check. A few tossed clubs? You bet. Kids running off with defending champion Jon Rahm‘s ball on the 18th hole? OK. Wild turkeys on the course? Sure. Canadian

A potentially rowdy Friday might be a little more subdued in the Boston area given what happened in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. But, hopefully, the final three days of the U.S. Open at The Country Club at Brookline will provide enough energy and electricity to cheer up Celtics fans taking

8:56 PM ET ESPN News Services BROOKLINE, Mass. — Adam Hadwin wasn’t officially in the U.S. Open until eight days ago. He walked off The Country Club on Thursday with his best score ever in a major for a one-shot lead. With the focus finally shifting away from Saudi-backed rival league LIV Golf Invitational Series,

BROOKLINE, Mass.—Heckling at golf tournaments (non-Ryder Cup division) is reserved for only the most controversial of characters. Phil Mickelson would qualify as controversial in every conceivable way, even before he took on the PGA Tour and defected to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series. But none of his past off- or on-course transgressions ever earned him

8:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The year’s third major comes with plenty of drama. Tiger Woods, who limped his way through the Masters and most of the PGA Championship before withdrawing, is sitting this one out to let his body recover. Phil Mickelson, who has not played in the United States in more than

BROOKLINE, Mass. — During his very awkward Monday press conference at the U.S. Open, Phil Mickelson was asked one golf-related question, and the answer he gave was the most forthcoming of any he offered. How would Mickelson prepare for this week’s major, the one that’s eluded him for his entire career, after having played just

8:21 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Perhaps the talk of LIV Golf vs. the PGA Tour will subside for a few days, with the start of the U.S. Open at The Country Club officially here. Or, at least, it will stall until 1:47 p.m., when Phil Mickelson arrives on the first tee. Mickelson, the face