The 27-year-old edged past American duo Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris by a single shot to secure victory after a rollercoaster final day. “It was incredible,” Fitzpatrick told CNN Sport’s Don Riddell after lifting the trophy. “It’s just like a big release, you finish the tournament and you’ve won and you realize that you’ve achieved … Read more
8:41 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — Will Zalatoris came up short again, and this time, he thought he had it. After missing a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff with winner Matt Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris couldn’t help but sigh as he was given the silver … Read more
8:42 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — The slice off the 18th tee did not matter. Neither did the fact that an approach shot by Will Zalatoris landed in the bunker protecting the 18th green. By the time his caddie Ryan Goble pierced the cold Boston air with a fist pump and Zalatoris picked … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Keegan Bradley was in his element. He was in a place he had always dreamed of being since he was a sports-junkie kid growing up in Vermont. He was at home plate in Fenway Park as a member of the Red Sox. He was on the parquet floor at Boston Garden playing … Read more
Eight players spent time atop the leaderboard, all of them getting kicked around — some worse than others — on a U.S. Open course that felt every bit like the toughest test in golf on a cool, windy afternoon at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Saturday was a classic U.S. Open, all about survival. … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — For at least 16 hours—the time between his last putt on Friday evening and his first tee shot on Saturday afternoon—Joel Dahmen sat on top of the professional golf universe. A kid from Clarkston, Wash., a small town near the Idaho border, shared the lead halfway through the United States Open after … Read more
Ranked 130th in the world, Dahmen came agonizingly close to finishing the day above the two-time major winner as the outright leader but missed his birdie putt at the 18th hole by mere inches. The 34-year-old, who secured his first and only win on the PGA Tour in March 2021 with victory at the Corales … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — For every Collin Morikawa and his back-to-back years winning a major is a Joel Dahmen, who only four years ago would have been thrilled to even play in one. Jon Rahm is the defending U.S. Open champion, one shot out of the lead. He will be playing on the weekend at The … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Friday wasn’t as bad as Thursday at The Country Club for Phil Mickelson, but it also wasn’t good. A three-over 73 included two birdies, one more than he posted a day earlier enroute to a 78, but more struggles on the greens did little to turn the story of his week at … Read more
Facing The Country Club’s longest hole — the 616-yard fourteenth — MJ Daffue found himself making an unexpected detour after his tee shot skewed left and settled on the hospitality deck. Still in bounds, the South African could have taken the opportunity of a drop ball, but instead lined up his 4-wood on the carpet, … Read more