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7:25 PM ET Dustin Johnson, on the heels of his first FedEx Cup victory last week, was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year on Monday. Johnson was voted the recipient of the tour’s Jack Nicklaus Award, while Scottie Scheffler received the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year. The

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — If you’re a stickler for semantics then sure, this is not a “true” U.S. Open. Because it’s not really Open. In non-COVID times—so, every year before this one—roughly half the competitors were qualifiers who played their way into the championship. Sure, many of these qualifiers wind up being multi-millionaire tour pros who

7:15 AM ET KENNETH FERRIE WAS already cooked when he stood near Phil Mickelson on the 72nd tee of the United States Open. The Englishman could have slipped under the ropes inside Winged Foot, the Yankee Stadium of golf, and joined the thousands of New Yorkers cheering for their left-hander to close it out. Ferrie,

This day, this win, like his last one more than 11 years ago, didn’t belong solely and totally to Stewart Cink. This win, Sunday at the Safeway Open, at age 47, he still had to share. And he didn’t mind one bit. But then, he didn’t mind sharing the spotlight more than a decade ago

Scottie Scheffler is out of the 2020 U.S. Open after testing positive for COVID-19. The USGA announced Sunday that Scheffler is asymptomatic and safe at home, but is no longer in the tournament out of concern for the field. “We are sorry to lose a member of the USGA family in this year’s U.S. Open

9:36 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Stewart Cink won the season-opening Safeway Open at 47 years old Sunday for his seventh PGA Tour victory and first since the 2009 British Open. Cink closed with a 7-under 65 — rebounding from a bogey on the 17th with a birdie on the 18th — for

And just like that, it’s major week once again. ¶ The 120th U.S. Open begins this Thursday at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck. N.Y. In normal years, roughly half the field is filled by qualifiers, which results in a wonderfully diverse field of competitors—all the top players in the world, of course, but also mini-tour warriors and

9:17 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Brian Stuard closed with a scrambling birdie for a 6-under 66 and a share of the Safeway Open lead Saturday with James Hahn and Cameron Percy. On a day when eight players held or shared the lead, the trio of Stuard, Hahn and Percy emerged in front

My love affair with Winged Foot began in 1974 when my dad, the late Jim Nantz Jr., surprised me early Father’s Day morning with news we were leaving immediately from our New Jersey home to attend the final round of the U.S. Open. Within two hours, my heroes—Palmer, Player, Nicklaus and Weiskopf—were in front of

The conclusion of the first tournament of the 2020-‘21 PGA Tour season—what, you thought there was an offseason?—won’t lack for drama. Not with three players (James Hahn, Cameron Percy and Brian Stuard) tied atop the leader board and another 14 lurking within three strokes with one round to go at the Safeway Open in Napa,

7:40 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Steve Stricker and Miguel Angel Jimenez shared the lead going into the final round of the Sanford International, with Fred Couples, Darren Clarke and Kevin Sutherland a shot behind after a low-scoring day. The only player at Minnehaha Country Club set to play next week in

After 14 years—plus an extra three months thanks to a global pandemic—the U.S. Open returns to Winged Foot. Had golf’s national championship never come back to A.W. Tillinghast’s famed West Course, the 2006 edition would have been the ultimate example of going out on a high note. At least, with high scores. That year, Geoff

9:32 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Sam Burns overcame an early double bogey and used steady iron play and strong putting to take the Safeway Open lead Friday. Harry Higgs was right behind, cutting his deficit in half with his last swing. Burns made nine birdies in a 7-under 65 to get to

Editor’s note: In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature and journalism we’ve ever published. Catch up on earlier installments. Dick Schaap, the late sports journalist, wrote two diary-like books that changed the genre of golf writing. In 1970, he published PRO: Frank Beard on the Golf Tour, a candid chronicle

John Daly revealed he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer on an upcoming episode of “PGA Tour Champions Learning Center,” according to the Golf Channel. Daly, 54, told the Golf Channel he withdrew from last month’s Charles Schwab Series in Missouri after dealing with kidney stones and back pain. But a visit to the doctor

5:38 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The numbers suggested a stress-free time in the desert for Nelly Korda, who had five birdies and a clean card for a 5-under 67 to build an early two-shot lead Friday in the ANA Inspiration. All she could think about were two pars. The only fairway

The U.S. Open returns to Winged Foot Golf Club for the sixth time, and the first since 2006, under the most unusual of circumstances thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pushed back from its traditional June dates to September and being held without any spectators, the national championship will have a different feel than in any

10:49 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Russell Knox shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Safeway Open, the first event of the new PGA Tour season. After missing the FedExCup playoffs by two spots to close last season, Knox had seven birdies and eagled the 550-yard, par-5

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Nothing is inevitable in golf, though Nelly Korda eventually winning a major championship continues to hint at the likelihood. She took a bold first step toward doing so on Thursday. On a calm, warm afternoon at Mission Hills CC, Korda posted a six-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead in the

The last time Phil Mickelson played a competitive round at Winged Foot Golf Club, he stumbled away, dazed and disconsolate, having blown his lead on the 72nd hole in the 2006 U.S. Open. It is the only major championship he has never won. He has finished second a record six times. And he hasn’t placed

5:58 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Danielle Kang beat the desert heat Thursday morning with birdies on all the par 5s and a 5-iron that was inches away from an ace, giving her a 4-under 68 and a share of the early lead in the ANA Inspiration. Kang, who won two straight

The 2019-’20 PGA Tour season, complete with the big interruption and the semi-miraculous resuscitation, officially came to an end on Monday at the Tour Championship. It seems strange to say, considering we still have two more majors on the 2020 calendar, but they are part of the 2020-’21 “super season” that begins Thursday with the

Sep 5, 2020 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, as master sommelier Randall Bertao scanned the list of 79 students who were set to spend the next two days taking the Court of Master Sommeliers introductory exam, one name jumped off the page. He wasn’t expecting to see Cristie Kerr, seeking

At Wednesday’s announcement, the phrase “anchor site” was used in referring to Pinehurst. According to Craig Annis, USGA chief brand officer, the talks toward bringing more U.S. Opens to Pinehurst started five years ago and grew as the USGA learned more about what direction it believed players and fans preferred for the U.S. Open. “This

Our experts are split on whether Phil’s a good pick this week. He’s a fun narrative and course history play, but he also has some recent form on his side, with a runner-up finish to Justin Thomas at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude. Scroll down to see what our panel—comprised of a PGA Tour caddie reporting

2:58 PM ET Brooks Koepka, who has been hampered by a knee problem for the better part of a year, withdrew from next week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot, tweeting, “I’m looking forward to getting healthy and competing at 100% again very soon.” Koepka has won two of the past three U.S. Opens and finished

Brooks Koepka announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the 2020 U.S. Open. Koepka, who pulled out of the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust in August due to nagging hip and knee issues, posted a statement on social media that he will not play in next week’s proceedings at Winged Foot. “I’m looking forward to getting

8:32 AM ET ATLANTA — Nobody is popping champagne or throwing a party. It wouldn’t be appropriate in this climate. But if the PGA Tour wants to quietly crack a collective smile and celebrate a job well done, it would seem more than reasonable. The PGA Tour concluded its 2019-20 season on Monday at the

With the increase in popularity in golf gambling and betting, we know that there will be more interest in golf “One and Done” pools this season than ever before. For the uninitiated, “One and Done” is a season-long (or year-long) contest in which you pick one golfer per week, and you earn points based on

On Monday, Dustin Johnson captured his first FedEx Cup title, thus bringing to a close the PGA Tour’s most challenging and bizarre season yet, given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s on to the 2020-’21 season, which starts Thursday. Yes, this Thursday, at the Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. The offseason might have