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Neal Shipley leaves US Open with another low-amateur honor as pro career nears

In what was a tournament within the tournament, Neal Shipley captured the low-amateur prize, holding off Luke Clanton by two shots.

Scottie Scheffler's 'mediocre' US Open doesn't improve after rough third round

Maybe Scottie Scheffler was simply due to run into one of these weeks.

Scottie Scheffler chucks putter as his US Open frustrations mount

The greens at Pinehurst No. 2 have Scottie Scheffler seeing red.

US Open backup likely for final three rounds as Tiger Woods predicted

Let the backup at the U.S. Open begin.

US Open at Pinehurst looks daunting with 'borderline' unplayable greens

The top players in golf already are calling the greens at Pinehurst No. 2 "borderline" unplayable.

All heart: Compton falls short, but puts golf in perspective

PINEHURST, N.C. — The nation viewed Erik Compton a winner long before he teed off for the final round of the 114th U.S. Open on Sunday at Pinehurst. After heart...

Open champ has chance to help fill Tiger’s void

PINEHURST, N.C. — Winning two majors championships can make any golfer’s career be perceived as special. Add a Players Championship and sinking the winning putt in a Ryder Cup and...

Pinehurst remodel offers 'rough' draft for future US Open hosts

PINEHURST, N.C. — Rob Wagner, the director of grounds for Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, left for Pinehurst on Saturday night to attend the final round of the men’s U.S....

Sad Mickelson: 'I think I can ... finish second again'

PINEHURST, N.C. — Phil Mickelson playing for second place? Yes, it’s been that kind of week for him: Another run at runner-up. After coming to Pinehurst No. 2 for the...

Kaymer even-keel after taking Open lead

PINEHURST, N.C. — Martin Kaymer did not see this coming. Nor did anyone else. A 5-under-par 65 on Pinehurst’s No. 2 Course in the U.S. Open first round? Not a...

New course makes Pinehurst exciting

PINEHURST , NC — After Matt Kuchar started the first round of the 114th US Open on Thursday by making six pars, he had the kind of thought most golfers...

Knicker-clad Fowler honors Stewart

PINEHURST, N.C. — Rickie Fowler channeled his inner Payne Stewart for Thursday’s U.S. Open first round at Pinehurst, the place Stewart won a U.S. Open 15 years ago, four months before...

Revamped Pinehurst will make US Open players pick their poison

PINEHURST, N.C. — Two contrasting theories will be in play off the tees at Pinehurst No. 2 for this week’s US Open. Which one works best is anybody’s guess. We...

US Open golf course trades thick turf for sand, wire grass

A U.S. Open with no rough is like coffee without cream. It’s hard to imagine one without the other. But that’s what awaits the field for the 2014 U.S. Open...