With birdies on two of the first three holes, Bernhard Langer pulled away from Fred Couples in the final round and ultimately earned a three-stroke U.S. Senior Open victory. It was Langer's second straight Champions Tour major title.
With birdies on two of the first three holes, Bernhard Langer pulled away from Fred Couples in the final round and ultimately earned a three-stroke U.S. Senior Open victory. It was Langer's second straight Champions Tour major title.
Fred Couples shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the U.S. Senior Open lead, feeding off a raucous hometown crowd hoping the native son can win his first U.S. Golf Association championship.
Bernhard Langer waited much of Friday morning for the soupy fog on the Sammamish Plateau to finally lift. He spent the evening waiting for someone to make a charge up the leaderboard.
Bernhard Langer won his first senior major title on Sunday, holding off a final-round challenge from Corey Pavin for a one-stroke win in the Senior British Open.
British Open final-round tee times
Playing in wind gusting so hard it was tough to keep a cigarette lit, John Daly made another big move on the British Open leaderboard Friday - backward.
The Old Course was defenseless and no one took advantage of it more than Rory McIlroy.
Opinion: Phil Mickelson has felt plenty of heartache at the U.S. Open, but a British Open victory would show that he's a more well-rounded golfer.
On a blustery afternoon at the Old Course, Tom Watson had more to do than just work on his shaky iron play heading into another British Open, the major he came achingly close to winning at the ripe ol' age of 59.
Tiger Woods will play the first two rounds of the British Open with Justin Rose of England, one of the hottest players in golf with two PGA Tour victories in his last three starts.
The trees, the rough, the rocks: Phil Mickelson found them all Thursday, as the problems and possibilities of Pebble Beach greeted him and many others on a sunny, breezy start to the U.S. Open.
Tiger Woods, dressed in a royal blue shirt, hopped over a short fence and onto the range at Muirfield Village. Jack Nicklaus, in gray blazer and tie, hosted a ceremony on the other end of the range.
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