Today marks the start of the 113th US Open Championship and the 5th time storied Merion and its acclaimed East Course take center stage in determining the winner of the year's second major event.
One of the more interesting elements of this year's championship is the mixing and matching of different holes and how the extreme varied lengths will likely influence club selection at critical tim… Read More
ARDMORE, Pa. -- It has been thirty-two years since the historic Merion Golf Club has hosted a U.S. Open championship. The game of golf has changed dramatically since David Graham became the first Australian to win the Open in 1981, and the dominant thinking was that the venerable layout (the course played to about 6,400 yards in 1981) was too short to provide an adequate test for the modern game… Read More
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Keegan Bradley wears his New England heritage on his Tommy Hilfiger sleeve, so despite an early tee time on Thursday morning in Philadelphia, the Vermont native was more concerned about how his beloved Boston Bruins would make out in their first Stanley Cup Finals game in Chicago.
“I can’t believe it,” Bradley, citing the game’s 8 p.m. ET puck drop, told th… Read More
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ARDMORE, Pa. -- On the eve of the 113th U.S. Open Championship, USGA officials today briefed reporters on the set-up of Merion Golf Club’s East Course and other aspects of the championship. This is the fifth Open to be contested at Merion, although the first in 32 years.
USGA Championship Committee Chairman Tom O’Toole revealed that the USGA received a record 9,806 ent… Read More
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ARDMORE, Pa. -- If you watch any of the U.S. Open coverage this week, you’ll immediately notice that an integral part of the course is missing: the flagstick. No, this is not another diabolical plot on the part of the USGA to make the game more difficult by concealing the hole locations (but let’s not give them any ideas). There are “pins” (a term disdained by t… Read More
With the playing of the US Open this week at Merion the spotlight on greater Philadelphia -- returns to the front page in the golf world.
The City of Brotherly Love -- founded in 1682 by William Penn -- has some of the finest golf courses in the nation -- most notably on the private side of the ledger with the likes of Aronimink, Rolling Green and Huntington Valley, to name just a few. Merion… Read More
Athletes and celebrities will return to the links Monday, June 17 to participate in the Fifth Annual Joe Andruzzi & Friends Golf Tournament. Hosted by NFL veteran Joe Andruzzi and current Patriots players Zoltan Mesko and Rob Ninkovich, the tournament will raise funds and awareness to support the Joe Andruzzi Foundation, an organization that provides financial assistance to cancer patients a… Read More
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ARDMORE, Pa. -- Miraculously, the sun appeared over Merion Golf Club this morning, generating hopes that the saturated East Course might begin a drying out process that will restore some measure of playability. That is, until the rains come again Thursday, as is predicted for the opening day of the 113th U.S. Open Championship.
Yesterday, as torrential rains pounded the co… Read More
Geoff Sisk has received a fair amount of media attention since surviving sectional qualifying for this week’s U.S. Open -- not because pundits believe he has a chance to overtake Tiger Woods and the other big names vying for the trophy at Merion Golf Club, but because the Massachusetts resident, as the AP’s Doug Ferguson put it, is the embodiment of this country’s nationa… Read More
ARDMORE, Pa. -- Heavy rains doused the Merion Golf Club for most of the day Monday, interrupting practice rounds for the 113th United States Open Championship. Following on the heels of torrential rains Friday when remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea moved through the Philadelphia area -- raising concerns that portions of the historic East Course might flood -- today’s precipitation virtuall… Read More
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