Charl Schwartzel News

How could it have been any other way? A US Open that reached out to the past was won by a player who hit his approach to the last standing a metre from the Hogan plaque.

Jason Day's too young to get saddled with that dreaded Best Player Never To Win a Major label, so he might as well go ahead and win one.

STEVE Stricker would become the oldest champion in US Open history and the second-oldest in Major golf history if he can pull off his first Major title at the US Open.

PHIL MICKELSON is primed to pick up the birthday gift and Father's Day present of his dreams in today's final round of the US Open at Merion.

As Michael Kim stood on the 16th tee on Saturday evening on Merion's East course, he saw his name on the leaderboard alongside Luke Donald , Charl Schwartzel and Phil Mickelson .

Crazier things have happened, but Tiger Woods ' five-year major championship drought will almost certainly continue after Round 3 action at the 2013 U.S. Open on Saturday.

Jun 15, 2013; Ardmore, PA, USA; Phil Mickelson walks onto the 17th green during the third round of the 113th U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club.

Short birdie putts were a big deal for Charl Schwartzel and Luke Donald at the 10th hole in the third round at the U.S. Open.

When the 73 players left standing tee off Saturday in the 113th U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club, it truly will be anyone's tournament to win.

A fearsome five holes, Nos. 14 through 18 at Merion, are what Amen Corner is to Augusta National.

KEVIN PHELAN rivalled Rory McIlroy as Ireland's top performer as darkness fell on a marathon first day at the US Open.

Everything you needed to know about Tiger Woods' day at the 113th playing of the U.S. Open in this quaint little college town, on this historic little puzzle of a golf course happened with one decision.

Cliff Kresge, a Floridian ranked No. 551 in the world, hit the first tee shot of the tournament at 6:45 a.m. Nobody knew exactly what to expect in Tuesday's first-of-its-kind nonpartisan mayoral primary.

Well, that didn't take long. The nasty weather that was supposed to wreak havoc with the 113th U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club is already wreaking havoc, with play suspended at 8:36 a.m. EDT.

Ian Poulter today made a brilliant start to the 113th US Open at Merion before bad weather forced play to be suspended after less than two hours of play.

Ernie Els won the US Open twice and he s the current British Open champion. He may be 43, but that silky smooth swing is still there.

Six weeks ago at the Old 40 Tavern, a sarsaparilla joint on E. Main Street, our proprietor, Chip, assembled a pool of gentlemen's bets.

Ben Coley is backing a trio of big hitters and one youngster with course form to get off to fast starts in the US Open.

Otherwise the Memorial Tournament, thus far devoid of buzz, a signature shot or even a Tiger-Sergio spat, looks on the verge of another Bart Bryant or Carl Pettersson funk.

Keep up with all the second-round action from the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village - and see where Tiger Woods' morning round went wrong while Bill Haas passed first-day leader Charl Schwartzel.