US Open

Golf legend Tiger Woods revealed on Tuesday that he “didn’t sleep” after hearing the shocking news that someone had attempted to assassinate his friend and former President Donald Trump.

The U.S. Open did not play the U.S. national anthem during either the women’s or men’s finals matches last weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff is still a teenager, after all, and so it should surprise no one that she was on her phone in the locker room, scrolling through social media, right up until 10 minutes before heading out on the court for the U.S. Open final.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers attended the U.S. Open on Sunday and showed his support for tennis great Novak Djokovic while also zinging those who enforced the COVID mandates that kept him out of previous U.S. Open tournaments.

The 123rd U.S. Open begins today, and the venue is the star of the show. The venerated Los Angeles Country Club (LACC) is the site of this year’s golf championship. The course was established in 1911 and designed by George Thomas.

Illini golfer Tommy Kuhl has become the personification of integrity after disqualifying himself for accidentally violating a U.S. Open rule.

US Open broadcasters Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin made a major error on Wednesday by misidentifying Dionne Warwick as Gladys Knight.

Tennis sensation Novak Djokovic has made it official: he will not be able to travel to the United States to compete in the U.S. Open due to the Biden administration’s policy preventing unvaccinated, non-citizens from entering the U.S.

“I think it’s BS,” said tennis great John McEnroe of the CDC vaccine mandate that continues keep Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic from playing in the United States, potentially including the upcoming U.S. Open. McEnroe also insisted that Djokovic “is perfectly entitled to make the decision” for himself whether to vaccinate or not, according to a video from Outkick.

The January 6 Select Committee held its third hearing on Thursday afternoon, which according to many observers, was “boring.”

“Social anxiety” sufferer Naomi Osaka, who failed to advance past the third round in the Tokyo Olympics for Japan, said, through tears, that she will take a “break for a while” after suffering an upset defeat at the U.S. Open.

The U.S. Open tweeted out images Saturday, of tournament winner Naomi Osaka wearing masks featuring the names of those killed in officer-involved altercations.

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic was kicked out of the U.S. Open for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball after dropping a game in his fourth-round match Sunday, a stunning end to his 29-match winning streak and bid for an 18th Grand Slam title.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the U.S. Open tennis tournament will be held on its scheduled dates starting in late August — but without spectators — as part of the state’s reopening from shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is still not exempt for the U.S. Open and says he won’t accept a special invitation.

American doubles player Mike Bryan, has been fined $10,000 by the US Open for pointing his racket as if it were a gun.

A controversial Australian newspaper cartoon of Serena Williams which was blasted as racist and sexist did not breach media standards, the country’s press watchdog ruled Monday.

Male tennis players are almost three times more likely to be fined for losing their temper and smashing racquets than their female counterparts, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Tennis umpires are fighting back against accusations of sexism after Serena Williams’ meltdown at the U.S. Open last weekend.

The Australian newspaper that published a much-derided caricature of tennis star Serena Williams standing by its decision and its cartoonist.

Martina Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, says Serena Williams was wrong in her outburst at the US Open women’s finals even though she agreed there is a double standard.

LONDON (AP) — The International Tennis Federation is defending the chair umpire who gave Serena Williams three code violations during the U.S. Open final, saying his “decisions were in accordance with the relevant rules.”

Serena Williams’s claim that the code violations that sparked her meltdown in the US Open final were sexist stirred debate, with WTA Tour chief executive Steve Simon backing her on Sunday.

Tennis star Serena Williams made headlines this weekend when she angrily shouted down tennis umpire Carlos Ramos, who accused her of illegally receiving coaching during the US Open.

NEW YORK (AP) — Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will perform at the 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day before the start of the U.S. Open.

NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Mickelson has apologized four days after intentionally violating golf rules by hitting a moving ball on the green at the U.S. Open, saying his frustration got the best of him.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has won a second consecutive U.S. Open, the first player to do so since Curtis Strange in 1989.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has apologized for the accidental airing of some graphic sex talk between a couple of fans, during the U.S. Open on Friday.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Shinnecock Hills is one of the toughest challenges in golf. The last thing it needs is being turned into an unfair layout.

The integrity of the 2018 U.S. Open golf championship is compromised after another disastrous blunder by the United States Golf association (USGA) in regards to the course set up of Shinnecock Hills.

Scores among the pros at the U.S. Open are unusually soaring amid a growing chorus of accusations that the tournament as allowed the golf course to degrade into an unplayable condition.

Southampton (United States) (AFP) – Phil Mickelson insisted he meant no disrespect when he opted to putt a moving ball in the third round of the US Open — swallowing a sextuple bogey at the 13th hole.

We have reached the midway point of the United States Open Golf Tournament at Shinnecock Hills in the year of our Lord 2018. It’s time to start rooting against Dustin Johnson!

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) The U.S. Open lived up to its reputation in the return to Shinnecock Hills.