Bill Pennington
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As Mikaela Shiffrin Considers How to Top Herself, She Studies Taylor Swift
Shiffrin, the champion American ski racer, is an unabashed Swiftie, and has long seen the pop culture force as a textbook guide for navigating fame,...
Rory McIlroy Just Misses a Hollywood Ending at the U.S. Open
Despite briefly sharing the lead with eventual champion Wyndham Clark, McIlroy settled for second but vowed he would get a fifth major title.
No Birdies, but One Double Bogey, on the Shortest-Ever U.S. Open Hole
The 15th hole at Los Angeles Country Club on Saturday was only 81 yards long, but the field struggled mightily.
At the U.S. Open, Wyndham Clark Is Confident, and It Shows
Bold play had Clark flirting with the top of the leaderboard for part of his second round on Friday.
Rickie Fowler Reserves His Flash for the U.S. Open’s First Round
Fowler no longer wears blinding colors and his shaggy hair is long gone. But after years of struggle at major tournaments, the popular golfer quietly...
What’s a Barranca? U.S. Open Golfers Hope They Don’t Find Out.
The Los Angeles Country Club’s barranca, a narrow gully, winds through the course, providing drainage during rainy season and a challenge to the players.
Tiger Woods, Forced to Miss the U.S. Open, Is Everywhere
Who can forget Woods’s U.S. Open win by 15 strokes at Pebble Beach in 2000, or his 19-hole playoff in 2008 at Torrey Pines? “It...
Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Smith Don’t Know What’s Next After The LIV-PGA Tour Merger
“I just don’t know what’s going on,” Fitzpatrick, the reigning U.S. Open champion, said Monday of the PGA Tour’s merger with LIV Golf. “I don’t...
Golfers Battered By Rain At The PGA Championship
Driving rain on Saturday at the P.G.A. Championship forced some golfers to buck the usual country club sartorial norms in order to keep the water...
Bryson DeChambeau Rediscovers His Groove at the P.G.A. Championship
It’s only one round, but DeChambeau, the once hard-swinging golfer who has struggled of late, shot a four-under-par 66 at Oak Hill Country Club.