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Brookline Muni - Improving Their Lot

Improving Their Lot

The cars parked on this Brookline muni’s fairways for the U.S. Open will provide an avenue for the course’s renaissance

Oakmont SWAT

The Ball That Counts

The Oakmont SWAT, as told by captains, caretakers and a wide-eyed first-timer

“I Am Such An Idiot”

Reliving Mickelson's U.S. Open nightmare at Winged Foot

Brookline

The Legendary Hole No One Will Play at the 2022 U.S. Open

“Hospital” helped shape Brookline's legend. Now it's hidden behind grandstands.

Photo by Taku Miyamoto

A Felicitous Farewell

After four U.S. Opens, at least three miracles and a notebook full of memories, a scribe bids Pebble Beach goodbye

Arnold Palmer upset on green after missing birdie. Photo by Marvin E. Newman/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

The Year Is: 1967

Stunning turns. Establishment attacks. Tumult and progress. In 1967, golf mirrored the changing world around it