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This week, just as much as any other week, we are ecstatic for the golf to begin. We’re always beyond excited for the start of a major—we only get four of these a year. But LIV Golf has consumed conversations early week at The Country Club. Now it’s Thursday, and it’s time to put those

1:39 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — Bryson DeChambeau says he doesn’t plan to play in the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship next week at TPC River Highlands. DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open winner, joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series last week. He briefly addressed his status for the Travelers while on the putting

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Ask any fan or media member to rattle off the names of the young, rising stars this week at the U.S. Open and you’ll hear the usual suspects Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland. For good reason. All are expected to be forces in the sport for years. But the

2:23 PM ET Rory McIlroy is the consensus favorite to win the U.S. Open this week at sportsbooks around the U.S. Fresh off his win at the RBC Canadian Open, McIlroy climbed up the odds boards, surpassing top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and taking over the role as consensus favorite entering this week’s U.S. Open at The

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Historically, the U.S. Open is not so much a tournament as it is a test. It is both the championship’s aspiration as well as its aura, and at times its Achilles heel, yet there is no doubt that the player who is left standing had earned a respect for passing golf’s most

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 U.S Open Championship returns to Brookline Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, for the first time since 1988, with a loaded field of 156 golfers vying for the top 60 spots to advance. 2011 U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy enters the weekend as the favorite after winning the RBC

BROOKLINE, Mass. — He speaks with a mid-Atlantic accent that echoes long-time residence in Florida, despite the fact his famous father is as English as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. And his mum hails originally from Norway. Despite all this Sean Jacklin, 30-year-old son of 1970 U.S. Open champion Tony, tees it up this week

7:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — We interrupt the ongoing drama of who has left the PGA Tour — and who might still be going to the LIV Golf Invitational Series — for the 122nd U.S. Open, the third major championship of the season. With two golf worlds colliding at The Country Club this week,

BROOKLINE, Mass. — He’s the most unlikely player in the field, and we’re not exaggerating. Fran Quinn is far from the only 57-year-old to play in a major championship, but he didn’t get his tee time here by way of past victories. This wasn’t a Special Exemption for a Hall of Famer. He played his

10:32 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Rory McIlroy said he is disappointed that some PGA Tour players took the “easy way out” and joined the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, and in how six-time major champion Phil Mickelson helped create the new circuit. McIlroy, speaking at a news conference Tuesday ahead of this week’s U.S.

BROOKLINE, Mass. — It was quite a contrast. One day after one player tried his best not to answer questions, another did exactly the opposite. Two days before he tees off in his 14th U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy stood before the assembled media and offered his usual honest take on the world of golf. There’s

11:50 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka criticized reporters on Tuesday for asking him questions about the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, which he said was casting a “black cloud” over this week’s U.S. Open. “I’m here at the U.S. Open,” Koepka said. “I’m ready to play the U.S. Open, and

BROOKLINE — He didn’t sound like the man who was scheduled to speak. Had Phil Mickelson played one of his previous 30 U.S. Opens like he played this press conference—measured, reserved, conservative, straight—he might have this national championship to his name. It is truly jarring to see a golfer who has famously embraced the brazen

7:30 AM ET Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for The Baltimore Sun Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the

BROOKLINE, Mass — Michael Thorbjornsen didn’t grow up across the street from The Country Club, but his family home is 15 minutes away in the town of Wellesley. And the 20-year-old amateur isn’t using a 10-year-old caddie this week at the U.S. Open, but he will have a childhood friend, Drew Cohen, on his bag.

7:40 PM ET ESPN News Services BROOKLINE, Mass. — Bryson DeChambeau called his move to the LIV Golf series “a business decision,” and a difficult one at that. The 2020 U.S. Open champion, who as recently as 10 days ago had said he was sticking with the PGA Tour, offered his first comments about his

“It was a nightmare, to be honest. It was by far the worst golf experience I ever had.” —Charlie Woo, former Korean PGA Tour player, on being paired with an amateur who shot 113 in a U.S. Open local qualifier Several weeks ago, Golf Digest reported on John Eckert, a weekend hack who lost his

3:28 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Here are the tee times for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at The Country Club. All times ET (a) denotes amateur Thursday 1st tee 6:45 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Erik Barnes, Matt McCarty 6:56 a.m. — Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, Travis Vick 7:07 a.m. — Troy

Come Thursday at the U.S. Open, the reality of golf’s new world order will play out at The Country Club. Eleven golfers who participated in the debut last week of the LIV Golf Invitational series—including former U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson and six-time runner-up Phil Mickelson—will be competing at Brookline, the USGA deciding to let

7:07 PM ET BOSTON — In his first interview since suspending 17 players for competing in the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan defended the punishment in an interview with CBS Sports during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday. Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson, two-time major winner

What excuse will you be using this year? Soar throat? Termite guy coming to spray? In-laws are in town? It’s best to prepare now so that when the opening days of the 122nd U.S. Open are underway, you’ll have everything lined up with your boss so that you can enjoy uninterrupted coverage of play from

6:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Rory McIlroy won the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, closing with an 8-under 62 to win a wild race to the finish with Justin Thomas and Tony Finau. McIlroy had his first title defense on the PGA Tour, even if he had to wait for it. He won

She started the day two shots out front and made a point of not looking at the leaderboards. If Linn Grant was going to make history on a rainy Sunday at Halmstad G.C. and become the first woman to win a DP World Tour event, she didn’t need to put any additional pressure on herself

10:00 PM ET HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, ENGLAND — The first-ever LIV Golf Invitational Series event began this week with what felt, at the time, like it might be the death of irony. Phil Mickelson — whom, the previous day, had explained he was here hoping to use golf as a force of good in a morally

Jay Monahan has his hands full this week and beyond—you know, his tour’s existential crisis and everything—but the leaderboard at this week’s RBC Canadian Open should bring a smile to the PGA Tour commissioner’s face. The field at St. George’s this week is heavy on starpower but light on depth, which is fine so long

7:59 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Frida Kinhult birdied the par-5 18th for a 4-under 67 and the second-round lead Saturday in the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Seeking her first tour victory, the 22-year-old Swede starred at Florida State and was the top-ranked amateur in the world in 2019. “It felt pretty good

ARDMORE, Pa. — “It would have sucked to miss something like this,” 18-year-old Amari Avery said as she stood on her tip-toes, desperately trying to catch a glimpse of her teammates Emilia Migliaccio and Latanna Stone as their Day 2 Curtis Cup match went down to the wire on Saturday. “This is an experience of

8:23 PM ET Associated Press ARDMORE, Pa. — Amari Avery won two more matches Saturday to help the United States take an 8 1/2-3 1/2 lead over Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup, with eight singles matches set for Sunday at Merion Golf Club. Avery, the 18-year-old Riverside, California, player coming off her

So, how was it for you? Did the earth move? Or was an underwhelming feeling of “meh” the prevailing aftertaste after three days of no-cut, guaranteed money tournament golf at The Centurion Club north of London? As ever when it comes to the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series—there are seven more instalments scheduled for

9:00 AM ET After months of speculation and controversy, the final round of the inaugural competition for LIV Golf is here. 1 Related Charl Schwartzel kept his position atop the leaderboard as the first two rounds came to a close. Schwartzel increased his lead on Friday to 9 under, after posting a 5-under 65 on