If you’re like us, true degenerates, that is, there is still a ton of last-minute cramming to be done, and plenty of time to do it (West Coast life, baby!). We’re here to help with our eight favorite, last-minute prop bets for Torrey Pines. As any good procrastinator knows, some of your best work gets
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7:49 AM ET SAN DIEGO — As Patrick Reed was finishing up his practice round on Tuesday in preparation for this week’s U.S. Open, he threw two balls into the rough on the ninth hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines. One ball hopped into the rough, the other in the kikuyu, an aggressive
Phil Mickelson’s fan approval has always been good for golf. But that popularity has several sportsbooks worrying this week. Following his victory at the PGA Championship last month, Mickelson has been attracting a lot of backers heading into the 2021 U.S. Open. In fact, he’s been attracting the most backers. And it’s not even close.
Tuesday at a major championship means another parade of the top-ranked players in front of the media. A few of the headliners this week at Torrey Pines avoided the set list on Tuesday. The local Phil Mickelson rolled through for an early Monday interview to pay his compliments to the conditioning and mostly bite his
8:01 AM ET Phil Mickelson, coming off an improbable win at the PGA Championship that made him the oldest winner of a major title in history at age 50, is now headed to the one that has always gotten away. This week at Torrey Pines, he will be appearing in his 30th U.S. Open, still
Tiger Woods is not at Torrey Pines this week. At least in person; there are plenty of reminders around this U.S. Open of what Woods did the last time the championship visited these parts. On Wednesday, one of the most indelible images from the week will be memorialized in perpetuity. The USGA and city of
8:00 AM ET SAN DIEGO — There’s nothing quite like playing in your hometown PGA Tour event, on a course you got to know as a kid, in front of family and friends, at a place where you’ve had success. It’s even better when it’s a major. The U.S. Open is on the South Course
The only way to back it up, though, is by coming up big again on one of the biggest weeks of the year: U.S. Open week. And this isn’t just any U.S. Open week, it’s U.S. Open week at Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods famously won on one leg in 2008. Thirteen years later, we’re
SAN DIEGO—How do you like the sound of the U.S. Open being played at Eucalyptus Grove? Not very sexy, we’d all admit. And the logo would sure look different. Hard to make a small artistic rendering of what Aussies call “gum trees,” unless there’s a koala clinging to it. In realty, though, the municipal golf
8:00 AM ET The U.S. Open arrives with plenty of drama. Jon Rahm has been in isolation since having to leave the Memorial. Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka have been feuding. And there’s Phil Mickelson, fresh off his improbable win at the PGA Championship, arriving in his hometown searching for that elusive U.S. Open title.
SAN DIEGO—It is U.S. Open week, and how can you not be romantic about this U.S. Open? Torrey’s Pacific backdrop and a return to Father’s Day elict gushiness, sure, but also a return to the ethos of this tournament. The most egalitarian of majors felt anything but in 2020 with qualifiers canceled and no fans
6:18 PM ET To: The United States Golf AssociationFrom: Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN senior writer (current 8.8 Index) Greetings to all my friends and fellow golf obsessives (golf nerds?) at the USGA! I hope this finds you well. I realize this is an extremely busy time for the organization, what with the 121st playing of
This will be one of the best weeks of the year—with the U.S. Open returning to Torrey Pines for the first time since Tiger Woods’ 2008 victory. The South Course at Torrey is one of golf’s most beloved venues, and DFS players will have a chance to be competing for millions of dollars in the
SAN FRANCISCO — As the final group stood on the first tee at Lake Merced Golf Club on Sunday, the last rays of sunshine beaming ahead of their biggest round of their lives, Matilda Castren, Min Lee and Lauren Kim combined for just one top-10 finish in 146 career starts. Thirteen players outside of the
7:30 AM ET The U.S. Open returns to Torrey Pines for the first time since 2008. That year, Tiger Woods famously won the tournament on a broken leg, defeating unlikely challenger Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole Monday playoff. Woods won’t be here this time while he recovers from his February car accident. Still, there are
There aren’t many home games in professional golf, but for Jerry Kelly, the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wis., is one of them, and his comfort level again paid off on Sunday. Kelly, a Madison native, resident and fan favorite, won the tournament for the second straight time, prevailing at University Ridge Golf Course
Jun 11, 2018 Editor’s note: As the U.S. Open returns to Torrey Pines for the first time since 2008, we look back at that event and Tiger Woods‘ playoff win over Rocco Mediate. This story was originally published on June 11, 2018, as part of the 10-year anniversary of that event. Just 12 feet of
Last month’s PGA Championship reinforced two valuable life lessons. First, age is just a number. Second, trying to forecast golf tournaments is a fool’s errand. Phil Mickelson’s history-making triumph at Kiawah Island was as unlikely as it was remarkable—Lefty didn’t have a top-20 on the PGA Tour in 10 months and had fallen outside the