Golf

8:16 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — The chain-link fence to the left of the driving range had been bent to below eye level. Fans in attendance at The Country Club on Tuesday wanted to get a glimpse of Phil Mickelson while he warmed up for his practice round — his return to a

8:21 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Perhaps the talk of LIV Golf vs. the PGA Tour will subside for a few days, with the start of the U.S. Open at The Country Club officially here. Or, at least, it will stall until 1:47 p.m., when Phil Mickelson arrives on the first tee. Mickelson, the face

2:23 PM ET Rory McIlroy is the consensus favorite to win the U.S. Open this week at sportsbooks around the U.S. Fresh off his win at the RBC Canadian Open, McIlroy climbed up the odds boards, surpassing top-ranked Scottie Scheffler and taking over the role as consensus favorite entering this week’s U.S. Open at The

1:39 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — Bryson DeChambeau says he doesn’t plan to play in the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship next week at TPC River Highlands. DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open winner, joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series last week. He briefly addressed his status for the Travelers while on the putting

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 U.S Open Championship returns to Brookline Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, for the first time since 1988, with a loaded field of 156 golfers vying for the top 60 spots to advance. 2011 U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy enters the weekend as the favorite after winning the RBC

7:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — We interrupt the ongoing drama of who has left the PGA Tour — and who might still be going to the LIV Golf Invitational Series — for the 122nd U.S. Open, the third major championship of the season. With two golf worlds colliding at The Country Club this week,

11:50 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka criticized reporters on Tuesday for asking him questions about the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, which he said was casting a “black cloud” over this week’s U.S. Open. “I’m here at the U.S. Open,” Koepka said. “I’m ready to play the U.S. Open, and

10:32 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Rory McIlroy said he is disappointed that some PGA Tour players took the “easy way out” and joined the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, and in how six-time major champion Phil Mickelson helped create the new circuit. McIlroy, speaking at a news conference Tuesday ahead of this week’s U.S.

8:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The year’s third major comes with plenty of drama. Tiger Woods, who limped his way through the Masters and most of the PGA Championship before withdrawing, is sitting this one out to let his body recover. Phil Mickelson, who has not played in the United States in more than

7:30 AM ET Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for The Baltimore Sun Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the

7:40 PM ET ESPN News Services BROOKLINE, Mass. — Bryson DeChambeau called his move to the LIV Golf series “a business decision,” and a difficult one at that. The 2020 U.S. Open champion, who as recently as 10 days ago had said he was sticking with the PGA Tour, offered his first comments about his

3:28 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Here are the tee times for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at The Country Club. All times ET (a) denotes amateur Thursday 1st tee 6:45 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Erik Barnes, Matt McCarty 6:56 a.m. — Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, Travis Vick 7:07 a.m. — Troy

7:07 PM ET BOSTON — In his first interview since suspending 17 players for competing in the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan defended the punishment in an interview with CBS Sports during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday. Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson, two-time major winner

6:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Rory McIlroy won the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, closing with an 8-under 62 to win a wild race to the finish with Justin Thomas and Tony Finau. McIlroy had his first title defense on the PGA Tour, even if he had to wait for it. He won

10:00 PM ET HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, ENGLAND — The first-ever LIV Golf Invitational Series event began this week with what felt, at the time, like it might be the death of irony. Phil Mickelson — whom, the previous day, had explained he was here hoping to use golf as a force of good in a morally

8:23 PM ET Associated Press ARDMORE, Pa. — Amari Avery won two more matches Saturday to help the United States take an 8 1/2-3 1/2 lead over Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup, with eight singles matches set for Sunday at Merion Golf Club. Avery, the 18-year-old Riverside, California, player coming off her

7:59 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Frida Kinhult birdied the par-5 18th for a 4-under 67 and the second-round lead Saturday in the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Seeking her first tour victory, the 22-year-old Swede starred at Florida State and was the top-ranked amateur in the world in 2019. “It felt pretty good

9:00 AM ET After months of speculation and controversy, the final round of the inaugural competition for LIV Golf is here. 1 Related Charl Schwartzel kept his position atop the leaderboard as the first two rounds came to a close. Schwartzel increased his lead on Friday to 9 under, after posting a 5-under 65 on