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Fox posts highest US Open ratings since 2013
Fox posts highest US Open ratings since 2013

This year's U.S. Open was the most watched since Fox started televising the event in 2015. Nielsen ratings show Sunday's final round averaged 7.31 million viewers and peaked at 10.17 viewers from 9:15 to 9:30 p.m. EDT, when Gary Woodland clinched his first major. Sunday's final round saw

Fox posts highest US Open ratings since 2013
Fox posts highest US Open ratings since 2013

This year's U.S. Open was the most watched since Fox started televising the event in 2015. Nielsen ratings show Sunday's final round averaged 7.31 million viewers and peaked at 10.17 viewers from 9:15 to 9:30 p.m. EDT, when Gary Woodland clinched his first major. Sunday's final round saw

How Gary Woodland
How Gary Woodland's strong U.S. Open game gets really strong with his unique equipment specs

That's about 25 percent heavier than the iron shafts you're probably playing. It's in the woods where Woodland gets particularly lumberjack-like. His Ping G410 Plus driver is a 9-degree head that actually measures out at 7 degrees.

BMW International Open Preview
BMW International Open Preview

Matt Wallace defends his BMW International Open this week in Munich as the European Tour finally heads into the heart of the season. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods not expected to play any Open prep events
Tiger Woods not expected to play any Open prep events

Tiger Woods is set to arrive at next month's Open Championship without have played any prep events following his tie for 21st in the US Open. Woods, 43, has flown out to Thailand for a fortnight's holiday, but will then eschew the opportunity to take in a competitive tournament before Portrush. The tactic

Pebble Beach doors open again to duffers after U.S. Open
Pebble Beach doors open again to duffers after U.S. Open

Scenic Pebble Beach, where the U.S. Open champion was crowned for a sixth time on Sunday, may be one of golf's iconic venues but remains a public course available to anyone willing to shell out $550 for a round and wait in line for a tee time. With rugged Pacific coastline on one side and the lush

Suh sticks with sticks that work to begin pro career
Suh sticks with sticks that work to begin pro career

Justin Suh did not sign an equipment deal, instead choosing to keep familiar clubs in the bag for now, including his trusty putter.

Woodland follows Nicklaus, Watson with Pebble Beach heroics
Woodland follows Nicklaus, Watson with Pebble Beach heroics

Gary Woodland stared down the top player in the world to win the 119th US Open as a kinder, gentler Pebble Beach produced yet another classic major championship. Don't let Woodland's 13-under par total fool you -- the 35-year-old American needed shot-making skill and intestinal fortitude to

4 family members plead guilty in Masters golf ticket scheme

Four members of a Texas family pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges in what prosecutors called a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets to the Masters golf tournament, which were then resold at a profit. Stephen Michael Freeman of Katy, Texas, appeared before a U.S. District Court

4 family members plead guilty in Masters golf ticket scheme

Four members of a Texas family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets to the Masters golf tournament, which were then resold for a profit. U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine's office said in a news release that Stephen

Woodland rises to No. 12 in world rankings after U.S. Open win
Woodland rises to No. 12 in world rankings after U.S. Open win

With his first major championship win on Sunday at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, Gary Woodland moved up to a career-best No. 12 in the world golf rankings. Woodland beat out two-time defending champion and world No. 1 Brooks Koepka by three shots at the U.S. Open, carding a final-round 69 for a 13-

Analysis: Woodland gets his game-winning shot at US Open
Analysis: Woodland gets his game-winning shot at US Open

The stage was among the best in the land. Gary Woodland didn't just dream of such a moment, he genuinely expected it would happen. Woodland always imagined being at Allen Fieldhouse, not Pebble Beach.

Analysis: Woodland gets his game-winning shot at US Open
Analysis: Woodland gets his game-winning shot at US Open

The stage was among the best in the land. Gary Woodland didn't just dream of such a moment, he genuinely expected it would happen. Woodland always imagined being at Allen Fieldhouse, not Pebble Beach.

Analysis: Woodland gets his game-winning shot at US Open
Analysis: Woodland gets his game-winning shot at US Open

The stage was among the best in the land. Gary Woodland didn't just dream of such a moment, he genuinely expected it would happen. Woodland always imagined being at Allen Fieldhouse, not Pebble Beach.

Column: You got this! Amy and the US Open champion
Column: You got this! Amy and the US Open champion

From her perch in front of a TV in Florida, Amy Bockerstette had no doubt. How could she, after she and Gary Woodland had come this far together. "You got this Gary," she kept repeating as Woodland made his way around Pebble Beach on his way to the U.S. Open title Sunday.

Gary Woodland: 2019 U.S. Open champion
Gary Woodland: 2019 U.S. Open champion

Overnight leader Gary Woodland styled a 2-under 69 to win the 119th U.S. Open by three for his first major victory. (Getty Images)

2019 U.S. Open Parting Thoughts: Woodland
2019 U.S. Open Parting Thoughts: Woodland's Gutsy Win, Tiger's Showing and More

Gary Woodland didn't just win at Pebble Beach-he produced two shots that will live in U.S. Open lore. Plus, Tiger's gutsy showing, Brooks Koepka's performance and more.

Playing favorites: Woodland
Playing favorites: Woodland's 3 shots get him a US Open win

Very soon, Gary Woodland will be a father of three, and odds are he'll answer the same way about the kids as he will about the three shots that cemented him in as a U.S. Open champion. Woodland's Father's Day at Pebble Beach included a flushed 3-wood that set up birdie to give him a two-shot

Playing favorites: Woodland
Playing favorites: Woodland's 3 shots get him a US Open win

Very soon, Gary Woodland will be a father of three, and odds are he'll answer the same way about the kids as he will about the three shots that cemented him in as a U.S. Open champion. Woodland's Father's Day at Pebble Beach included a flushed 3-wood that set up birdie to give him a two-shot

Gary Woodland Used a Koepka-Like Performance to Beat Brooks Koepka at the U.S. Open
Gary Woodland Used a Koepka-Like Performance to Beat Brooks Koepka at the U.S. Open

On Sunday at Pebble Beach, Brooks Koepka made a run and sent a buzz through the grounds. Yet, Gary Woodland was able to hold off the top golfer in the world calmly and confidently.

Hovland breaks Nicklaus mark with best U.S. Open score by amateur
Hovland breaks Nicklaus mark with best U.S. Open score by amateur

The Norwegian's four-under-par 280 total at Pebble Beach was two strokes better than the best previous score by an amateur, set by Nicklaus at Cherry Hills in Colorado in 1960. Nicklaus finished second to Arnold Palmer that year, and though Hovland could not quite match that lofty result on Sunday

Gary Woodland achieves Father
Gary Woodland achieves Father's Day dream with U.S. Open win at Pebble Beach

Gary Woodland has been through a lot to get this point -- both in life and golf -- but three words pushed him to victory at Pebble Beach.

'Pretty good' says US Open good-guy champion Woodland

A lifetime of work came to fruition for Gary Woodland at Pebble Beach, where the 35-year-old from Kansas -- who turned to golf when he felt his basketball dream just wouldn't pan out -- captured his first major title at the 119th US Open. "I've worked hard my whole life," Woodland

Koepka makes US Open history, but no 3 in a row
Koepka makes US Open history, but no 3 in a row

Brooks Koepka brought his 'A' game to Pebble Beach on Sunday, hoping it would be good enough to make history. Just not good enough to slow down the magic show Gary Woodland was putting on behind him. Koepka's round of 3-under 68 left him three strokes short of Woodland, who stopped Koepka

Koepka makes US Open history, but no 3 in a row
Koepka makes US Open history, but no 3 in a row

Brooks Koepka brought his 'A' game to Pebble Beach on Sunday, hoping it would be good enough to make history. Just not good enough to slow down the magic show Gary Woodland was putting on behind him. Koepka's round of 3-under 68 left him three strokes short of Woodland, who stopped Koepka

Rose wilts in US Open final round
Rose wilts in US Open final round

Justin Rose looked set to charge Sunday when he opened the final round of the US Open with a birdie to pull level with Gary Woodland atop the leaderboard. "I was right in the tournament," Rose said. It was Rose's putter that had him challenging to add a second US Open title to go with

U.S. Open 2019: The Sunday-at-Pebble-Beach Diary: Gary Woodland and the Magical Scrambles
U.S. Open 2019: The Sunday-at-Pebble-Beach Diary: Gary Woodland and the Magical Scrambles

10:11 a.m., Sunday: The debate raged Saturday night on Twitter, peaking when Gary Woodland made two absolutely ridiculous par saves on the 12th and 14th holes to stay atop the leader board: Was this man living a charmed life and strolling along the path of destiny, or were we witnessing the exact opposite? If he fell, it would open up some incredible storylines, from Brooks Koepka going five for his last nine in majors and treating his fellow professionals and the sport itself roughly like General Sherman treated the south during the Civil War, or Justin Rose capturing a much-deserved second major, or Rory McIlroy finally ending his five-year major drought. 6:13 p.m.: Well, folks, it was...

Woodland denies Koepka with three-stroke US Open triumph
Woodland denies Koepka with three-stroke US Open triumph

Gary Woodland won the 119th US Open on Sunday, capturing his first major title with a 13-under par total to deny two-time defending champion Brook Koepka's bid for history at Pebble Beach. Woodland punctuated the victory with a birdie bomb at 18, a final flourish in a display of back-nine fortitude

Justin Rose fizzles in final round at US Open
Justin Rose fizzles in final round at US Open

Justin Rose's final round at the U.S. Open got off a perfect start with a birdie on the first hole that moved him into a tie for the lead. Little else went right for Rose on Sunday as he posted four bogeys in an eight-hole stretch at Pebble Beach that left him far out of contention to cap a weekend

US Open 2019: Gary Woodland wins first major after holding off Brooks Koepka
US Open 2019: Gary Woodland wins first major after holding off Brooks Koepka

Sometimes it takes something truly special to deny history and with two magical strikes here at the 119th US Open, Gary Woodland wrested the title from depending champion Brooks Koepka, just when it seemed the world No 1 was inexorably marching towards an immortal hat-trick. It has been 115 years since

Justin Rose fizzles in final round at US Open
Justin Rose fizzles in final round at US Open

Justin Rose's final round at the U.S. Open got off a perfect start with a birdie on the first hole that moved him into a tie for the lead. Little else went right for Rose on Sunday as he posted four bogeys in an eight-hole stretch at Pebble Beach that left him far out of contention to cap a weekend

Gary Woodland wins US Open at Pebble Beach
Gary Woodland wins US Open at Pebble Beach

Gary Woodland denied Brooks Koepka's bold bid at history with two clutch shots and made U.S. Open memories of his own, starting with that silver trophy in his hands at Pebble Beach. Clinging to a one-shot lead with more pressure than he has ever felt, Woodland seized control by going for the green

US Open at a glance

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- WINNER: Gary Woodland shot a 2-under 69 to win his first career major with a final score of 13-under 271, the lowest in six U.S. Opens played at Pebble Beach.

U.S. Open 2019: The biggest story at Pebble Beach was what didn
U.S. Open 2019: The biggest story at Pebble Beach was what didn't happen

We're told major championships are golf's grandest theater, though there are a handful of stages where the spotlight shines ever so brighter. Pebble Beach did nothing to refute its standing this week. Brooks Koepka, that cross-breed of man and cyborg, further cemented his status as an era-defining player, while Gary Woodland exorcised his 54-hole demons in declarative fashion.

Pete Cowen: The Best Teacher No One Knows
Pete Cowen: The Best Teacher No One Knows

There have been times when the results of my coaching have produced revenue for me that the players' agents felt was excessive. This led me to add a corollary to my offer: If the player leaves my camp, for any reason whatsoever, and doesn't leave a token bit of compensation in place, said player cannot come back. This happened several years ago with a very good player I was helping.

Tiger Woods finishes strong at U.S. Open
Tiger Woods finishes strong at U.S. Open

Tiger Woods rebounded from a disastrous start and eventually carded his best score of the week Sunday in the final round of the U.S. Open.

Woodland says U.S. Open-winning game still needs some work
Woodland says U.S. Open-winning game still needs some work

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Sitting on stage Sunday with the giant U.S. Open trophy next to him, Gary Woodland stared into a throng of reporters and said with a straight face: "I don't think my game is where it needs to be, but it's getting there. That's right, the man who took the 36-hole lead at Pebble Beach and never looked back, the man who just tied the second-lowest 72-hole total score in U.S. Open history, the man who topped Tiger Woods' historic 2000 U.S. Open score at Pebble Beach by a stroke, doesn't think this is his best golf.

Woodland leads Rose, Koepka by two through nine at US Open
Woodland leads Rose, Koepka by two through nine at US Open

Gary Woodland took a two-shot lead over two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka and Justin Rose into the back nine at Pebble Beach on Sunday in the final round of the US Open Golf Championship. On a day when birdies were coming thick and fast on the front nine at Pebble Beach, Woodland bolstered his

Henderson wins Meijer LPGA to break Canadian victory record
Henderson wins Meijer LPGA to break Canadian victory record

Brooke Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday to break the Canadian record for tour victories with nine. The 21-year-old Henderson led wire-to-wire for her second victory in three years at Blythefield Country Club, closing with a 2-under 70 in chilly conditions to hold off Lexi Thompson, Nasa

The Latest: Hovland beats Nicklaus
The Latest: Hovland beats Nicklaus' US Open amateur record

Viktor Hovland's last big feat as an amateur was knocking none other than Jack Nicklaus out of the record book. Hovland, who is turning pro at next week's PGA Tour event, shot 4-under 67 on Sunday to finish at 4-under 280 - breaking the record (282) for an amateur at the U.S. Open last set by

The Latest: Hovland beats Nicklaus
The Latest: Hovland beats Nicklaus' US Open amateur record

Viktor Hovland's last big feat as an amateur was knocking none other than Jack Nicklaus out of the record book. Hovland, who is turning pro at next week's PGA Tour event, shot 4-under 67 on Sunday to finish at 4-under 280 - breaking the record (282) for an amateur at the U.S. Open last set by

Schauffele (T-3) affectionately calls Koepka a
Schauffele (T-3) affectionately calls Koepka a 'cockroach'

Xander Schauffele boasts one of the most impressive major résumés around for a guy just three years into his PGA Tour career. As he proved once again with his final-round 67 at the U.S. Open, it seems as though Schauffele has mastered the art of hanging around until the end. The four-time PGA Tour winner makes contending in major championships look easy - second in the category at the moment to only Brooks Koepka.

Henderson becomes Canada
Henderson becomes Canada's top golf winner with LPGA triumph

New York (AFP) - Brooke Henderson fired a two-under par 69 Sunday to grab a one-stroke victory at the LPGA Meijer Classic, becoming the winningest Canadian golfer in history with her ninth career crown.

Pull of Pebble Beach fails to spark Phil Mickelson attempt to join US Open elite
Pull of Pebble Beach fails to spark Phil Mickelson attempt to join US Open elite

A finishing position outside the top 40 was hardly Phil Mickelson's dream birthday present here on the final day of the US Open on Sunday and, as he enters his 50th year, it seems he is destined never to lift the title he has always craved above all others. Not that the trademark smile was absent as

U.S. Open 2019: Taking pictures on America
U.S. Open 2019: Taking pictures on America's most picturesque golf course isn't as easy as it looks

We live in a video world these days, with YouTube and Instagram and Twitter showing us everything from violent protests in Hong Kong, to the musings of O.J. Simpson, to Patrick Reed snapping a wedge over his knee during the second round of this year's U.S. Open. Which explains why each day this week at Pebble Beach Golf Links, David Cannon arrives on the property by 5:30 a.m. (a couple of hours later on the weekend) to formulate his plan for how to cover the U.S. Open. Remember the shot of Jack Nicklaus raising his putter on the 17th hole during the final round of the 1986 Masters?

Final round of US Open features marine layer and low scores
Final round of US Open features marine layer and low scores

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Gary Woodland is seeking his first major championship in a U.S. Open that features unusually low scoring for Pebble Beach.

U.S. Open 2019: The historical significance of a Pebble win for each contender is kind of fascinating
U.S. Open 2019: The historical significance of a Pebble win for each contender is kind of fascinating

History doesn't work the way we think it does, or perhaps how we think it should. Something with historic implications will unfold today in the 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Should Brooks Koepka somehow erase his four-stroke deficit to Gary Woodland in the final round, he would accomplish something only one person has ever done-win three straight U.S. Open titles.

U.S. Open 2019: Henrik Stenson knocked a fan out with a semi-shank...then posed for a selfie on the ground (Update: the selfie is glorious)
U.S. Open 2019: Henrik Stenson knocked a fan out with a semi-shank...then posed for a selfie on the ground (Update: the selfie is glorious)

PEBBLE BEACH-Henrik Stenson is known as the "Iceman" for his steely demeanor. During the U.S. Open's third round, Stenson's approach at the 16th veered right into the crowd, a shot Stenson acknowledged as a "semi-shank" and "rocket." Unfortunately, because he was hidden by trees, the gallery didn't see his ball coming and it hit a fan in the forehead, knocking him out and to the ground. "Luckily, I mean, you can get hit worse places," Stenson explained after his round.

U.S. Open 2019: Gary Woodland has his own head cheerleader, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self
U.S. Open 2019: Gary Woodland has his own head cheerleader, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self

U.S. Open leader Gary Woodland, among other attributes, has his own rooting section back home in Lawrence, Kan., including his own head cheerleader, a famous one, too. "I watch every shot and every tournament I can," University of Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said on Sunday morning. Self, one of college basketball's most successful coaches, is an avid golfer and a close friend of Woodland's. They have known each other virtually from the time Self became the Jayhawks' coach in 2003.

Help dad with his golf game
Help dad with his golf game

PGA Tour Superstore chief marketing officer Matt Corey shows off the latest golf gear.

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