No Tiger Woods? Masters Will Be Better Off, but Golf Needs Him Back

At this point in his career, with another major injury derailing hopes of becoming the winningest golfer in major championship history, it feels like Tiger Woods needs Augusta more than Augusta needs him.  That wasn’t true about any Masters tournament since 1997, when Woods burst onto the major championship scene, but this season—which has seen Woods struggle through the early part... 

World Cup 2014: How Far Can the United States Really Go in the Group of Death?

There are 32 teams in the 2014 World Cup final. For now, the United States only has to worry about three of them. And worry they should. For the next six months, it’s all about escaping Group G. Germany, Ghana, Portugal or death. “I kind of had it in my stomach that we were going to get Germany,” U.S. manager Jurgen Klinsmann told ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap during the World Cup draw... 

PGA Championship 2013: An Updated Look at ‘the Best Golfer to Never Win a Major’

Jason Dufner was not the best player on the PGA Tour to never win a major, and he never will be after winning the 2013 PGA Championship by two strokes over Jim Furyk on Sunday. The game may have owed Dufner a major after he lost the 2011 PGA in heartbreaking fashion to his good friend Keegan Bradley. If there was a moniker in golf for the “player who hadn’t won a major but really should... 

Phil Mickelson Takes Giant Step Closer to Joining Golf’s All-Time Pantheon

Phil Mickelson never expected to win a British Open in his career. Even after he secured the Claret Jug on Sunday with a five-under 66 that he called “probably the best round of my career,” Mickelson seemed surprised, in a way, at his own excellence. During the championship ceremony, he said: This is a win that I never knew in my career if I’d be equipped, if I would have the shots,... 

Phil Mickelson, the British Open and His Secret to Winning Another Major

Phil Mickelson has always held a tremendous flair for the dramatic. With the Open Championship at Muirfield beginning Thursday, Lefty has another chance this summer to make people take notice.  It seems pretty clear, after Mickelson won the Scottish Open last week for his first victory in Europe since 1993, that there are only two potential outcomes this week: Phil will win the whole damn thing... 

U.S. Open 2013: Did The USGA Make Merion Too Hard for Its Own Good?

ARDMORE, Pa.— Somewhere along the eighth fairway on Sunday, I looked down at my phone and saw a complaint about how horrible the golf was, with players on almost every hole dropping shots left and right.  These are supposed to be the best players in the world, and it seemed like none of them could do anything to beat Merion Golf Club. That probably made those in charge at the USGA smile,... 

US Open 2013: Phil Mickelson Should Ask for a New Putter for His Birthday

ARDMORE, Pa.—Phil Mickelson didn’t get a U.S. Open Championship for his 43rd birthday like he wanted. He probably should have asked for a new putter first.  Through his 18 holes on Sunday, Mickelson used his putter 37 times on the greens. Well, he used his actual putter 36 times, as he had to use his wedge to get the ball over a ridge on the 15th hole that, technically, still... 

US Open 2013: Odds for Every Player with a Chance to Win the Championship

Ardmore, Pa. — Phil Mickelson takes a one-stroke lead into the final round of the 2013 U.S. Open, but there are still 10 players within five strokes of the lead heading into Sunday. It’s hard to win any major championship, but the combination of the major championship pressure and the diabolical course conditions of this year’s U.S. Open at Merion make the field fairly wide open... 

Phil Mickelson, US Open, Father’s Day, His Birthday & A Story That Writes Itself

ARDMORE, Pa.—Phil Mickelson is writing this story for us. Not literally, of course, as the man is probably too tired to come down to the media center at the 2013 U.S. Open to write a few hundred columns after shooting an even-par 70 in the third round to take a one-stroke lead into the final round on Sunday. Actually, get your rest, Phil. We don’t even need you to write this story for us.... 

Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia Both Want This Fried Chicken Fiasco to Go Away

Ardmore, Pa. — Tiger Woods spoke to a standing-room only press contingent on Tuesday and kept his comments understandably measured when it came to the hot topic heading into Merion: potential dinner plans with Sergio Garcia.  Woods had a brief exchange with Garcia at the practice range on Monday that was caught by the Golf Channel cameras and he was asked if they discussed Garcia’s... 

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