US Open

Raleigh resident earns Champions of Equality honor at US Open

September 27, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

Raleigh resident and Southern Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Paula Hale received the 2024 United States Tennis Association Champions of Equality honor at the US Open earlier this month for her efforts in fostering equity […]

Rory McIlroy’s brutal US Open loss

June 25, 2024 Shawn Krest

Against all odds, Rory McIlroy managed to tame Pinehurst. It wasn’t enough. All week long, golfers had talked about the native grass areas on either side of the fairways and the domed greens that sent […]

DeChambeau comes up big at US Open

June 22, 2024 Shawn Krest

Entering the week, Bryson DeChambeau was hoping to avoid drama at a Pinehurst No. 2 course that was capable of causing plenty of it. “If I get my irons in a place where I’m hitting […]

Webb Simpson returns to Pinehurst

June 13, 2024 Shawn Krest

Webb Simpson is returning home. “This place is my favorite place,” Simpson said on the first day of practice rounds at Pinehurst for the 2024 U.S. Open. “Grew up coming here from Raleigh, just a […]

Golf House Pinehurst makes debut

May 20, 2024 Shawn Krest

A month before it became the center of the golf world’s attention, Pinehurst became golf’s home. With Pinehurst No. 2 getting finishing touches in advance of hosting next month’s U.S. Open, the USGA opened Golf […]

John Isner drops 2nd-round U.S. Open match to end singles career

August 31, 2023 Cory Lavalette

John Isner, the lanky and hard-hitting Greensboro native who reached as high as No. 8 in the world, closed his singles career with a five-set loss to fellow American Michael Mmoh 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (3), […]

Karma comes calling for Rahm at U.S. Open

June 23, 2021 Cory Lavalette

SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm had safely deposited his infant son back in his wife’s arms by the time a seemingly unflappable Louis Oosthuizen finally coughed it up on the 17th hole at Torrey Pines. […]

Torrey Pines hosts US Open loaded with players with NC connections

June 16, 2021 Shawn Krest

The U.S. Open at Torrey Pines gets underway Thursday, and a mix of the world’s top pro golfers and amateurs will take on golf’s most challenging week at the course just outside San Diego. Here’s […]

DeChambeau win U.S. Open for first major

September 20, 2020 The Associated Press

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Call him a mad scientist in a tam o’shanter cap. Call him a game-changer in golf. Any description of Bryson DeChambeau now starts with U.S. Open champion. In a breathtaking performance Sunday […]

USGA bringing headquarters, tournaments to Pinehurst

September 8, 2020 Shawn Krest

North Carolina will soon be a second home to the USGA. The United States Golf Association and political officials from all levels of state and local government announced last week that the USGA will be […]