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The classic Donald Ross designed golf course has hosted three of the world's premier golf championships; three U.S. Opens, three PGA Championships and the Ryder Cup. Few golf courses in the can boast such a tournament resume and this year the layout will brand new for one of golf's four major championships.

The simple answer is, yes. Many golf historians will tell you that the legendary Walter Hagen was the best golfer ever to come out of the Empire State. Hagen's 11-major championships put him in third place on the all-time list behind Jack Nicklaus with 18 majors and Tiger Woods with 15. However, the Rochester, New York native only played in one Masters tournament in 1936 and tied for 11th place.

Torrey Pines is set on the beautiful coast of southern California. With that beauty, on hot humid days can come a dense marine fog, so thick you can’t see your fingertips stretched out in front of your face. So, teeing off in a major golf championship is probably not a great idea. Yesterday, that fog delayed the start of the 121st U.S. Open Golf Championship by 90 minutes.

The USGA has apologized for the "the distraction caused by our decision to wait until the end of the round to decide on the ruling'' following the 1-stroke penalty assessed to Dustin Johnson following his final round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club on Sunday...

The 115th United States Open is sure to be one like we have never seen before.  The U.S. Open is normally a huge headache for a number of players, but Chambers Bay, located in the Pacific Northwest presents a whole different obstacle for the players...