Is this Phil Mickelson’s last shot at the U.S. Open? Jeff Haynes, Courtesy USGA OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | Around dinnertime early Friday evening, Phil Mickelson will walk up the hill to the 18th green ...

Rory McIlroy’s first round lasted a grueling 5 hours and 20 minutes. Andy Lyons, Getty Images OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | A few minutes before his starting time of 7:40 on a clear midsummer’s morning, ...

Perennial major contender Tommy Fleetwood is eyeing the U.S. Open prize. Andy Lyons, Getty Images OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | To say that Tommy Fleetwood smiles a lot is like saying Rory McIlroy hits ...

Ben Griffin is on the hot list to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Andrew Redington, Getty Images OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | The thing about life-changing events is how they can seem, at the moment, like ...

Leonardo da Vinci (left) and Michelangelo were among the artists who benefited from the Medici family’s generosity. And like the Medicis, bankers of enormous wealth whose patronage spanned several ...

Part of the charm of the U.S. Open is the annual story of amateurs who play their way into the field, emerging from more than 10,000 aspirants who are like the proverbial dog chasing the car. Matt ...

Hunter Martin, Getty Images T he ShopRite LPGA Classic has been a successful sporting event in the Atlantic City, New Jersey, area since 1986. Mindful of evolving and improving, the tournament’s ...

Michael Wade, Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A fter all of the discussion, the suggestions and the models, it turns out the format for the Tour Championship is going back to where it started. No ...

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA | Scottie Scheffler lived up to an old chestnut in collecting his third career major championship: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Quail Hollow has a certain ...

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA | I have covered 22 Ryder Cups and nearly 170 major championships of which more than 40 have been PGA Championships. Soon after 1 o’clock in Friday’s second round I thought I ...

No. 16 (left), No. 17 and No. 18 at Quail Hollow. (Click on images to enlarge.) Since the PGA Tour returned to Quail Hollow in 2003 and including the 2017 PGA Championship, the numbers for the Green ...

Vinny Giles, the last of the great career amateurs Steven Gibbons, Courtesy USGA Editor’s note: In recognition of the inaugural Giles Invitational being contested at Virginia’s Kinloch Golf Club ...