U.S. Open 2025: Why Johnny Miller’s Oakmont 63 still matters

Johnny Miller has gotten a lot of mileage for the 63 he shot at Oakmont Country Club on Sunday at the 1973 U.S. Open. Critics of Miller when he was the lead analyst for NBC’s golf coverage tired of the rhetorical shoehorn he often used to mention the feat. Maybe. But I think Miller deserves Read more…

The Rise of Rory Mania

One can legitimately argue that Rory McIlroy began to fulfill his immense promise with his victory in the 2009 Dubai Desert Classic, where he held off Justin Rose by a shot after nearly surrendering a six-stroke lead over the final six holes. His maiden triumph on the then European Tour at age 19—after two playoff Read more…

Did a fan cause Tiger Woods’ mysterous 2000 PGA Championship bounce? Investigating one of golf’s greatest conspiracy theories

Urban legends are a barstool currency, traded among sports fans to inform and debate but mostly to entertain. Many of them are surreptitious in nature and border on the apocryphal, such as Michael Jordan’s really retiring from basketball because of a gambling suspension, Cassius Clay’s phantom punch of Sonny Liston and the 1985 NBA Draft’s Read more…

The Best I Ever Did: Brad Faxon

Brad Faxon always seemed to be two different players, each on parallel but dramatically divergent paths that never seemed to intersect. One was easy, capable of wondrous eye-hand artistry. The other had a dogged, fitful struggle whose triumphs put him in the conversation for best bad ball-striker in golf history. With short shots, and especially Read more…