Matt Kuchar News

Wisdom and patience, humility and courage proved the difference at the 113th U.S. Open, as they so often do.

Rose decided the only way to conquer a course as tough as Merion was to shut out all outside distractions once he set foot on the first tee.

They arrived at Merion for the 2013 U.S. Open as the pretournament favorites, guys like world No.

ARDMORE, Pa. After a crazy three days here at the U.S. Open we're back on schedule, ready for an intriguing final round at Merion.

Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose are in contention to end 43 years of hurt for English golf in the US Open at Merion.

Some top players let Merion Golf Club get the best of them to open up the 2013 U.S. Open on Thursday.

There's no telling who will fall victim to the diabolical test of a U.S. Open, which is perhaps why it's one of golf's most intriguing and storied traditions.

And then, like the treacherous slope that makes No. 5's putting surface perhaps the most difficult at Merion Golf Club, it was all downhill from there.

Three decades' worth of national level junior golf at Bellefonte Country Club is about to become a reality.

MONSOON AT MERION? The lingering after-effects of Tropical Storm Andrea may play a big role in this weekend's U.S. Open at tradition-rich Merion Golf Club.

It's a double-edge sword. Kuchar has been playing well enough over the last three years to now rank in the world's top 10. But he's 34 years old, and the Best Player title can weigh like an anvil the longer one fails to claim a major.

He was the smiling kid with his dad on the bag in his first U.S. Open, eager to be himself and not the guy he was following.

It's quite the ride from the driving range to the first tee at Merion, and that's going to take some getting used to this week at the U.S. Open.

Star-Telegram golf writer Jimmy Burch handicaps the top 10 players, with odds, to win the 2013 U.S. Open in Ardmore, Pa., which begins Thursday.: Graeme McDowell =The 2010 U.S. Open champ was a runner-up last year and projects as a comfortable fit at Merion Golf Club.

It's been five years since Tiger Woods last won a major, but the world's most famous golfer doesn't believe winning them was easier when he did so at a record pace.

It would be hard to imagine Tiger Woods stalking the links in anything but the Swoosh that has adorned his hat and shirt since he turned pro in 1996, and it appears we won't have to think about that anytime soon.

Thursday-Friday rounds ; Saturday-Sunday rounds ; Monday playoff, if necessary Tiger Woods, the world's top-ranked golfer, seeks his first major championship since the 2008 U.S. Open but is coming off a T-65 finish at the Memorial Tournament on June 2. ... Memorial champ Matt Kuchar, runner-up to Boo Weekley at last month's Crowne Plaza ... (more)

My first interview with Tiger Woods was in the spring of 1996. He was a Stanford sophomore.

Sneds is the no-brainer, but I'm not expecting DJ to get much love in an event devoid of chalk.

A crowd watches as Tiger Woods plays a shot from the 9th hole on the first day of the US Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club on June 14, 2012 in California.