The 113th US Open got underway at storm-threatened Merion Golf Course on Thursday with Tiger Woods the favorite to win his first major title in five years. The world number one was not due off ...

Aside from the weather, which was out of their control, the USGA’s decision to return Merion Golf Club to its rota of US Open courses posed numerous logistical complications. For starters, the ...

Davis said Merion will play at 6,996 yards on the scorecard. The last major course that was under 7,000 yards was Shinnecock Hills for the 2004 U.S. Open. Merion will be the shortest since ...

But after Aussie David Graham won the 1981 US Open, it was thought by many that what would later become a National Historic Landmark had hosted its last major, a victim of technology and modern ...

Facts and figures for the 113th U.S. Open golf championship: Dates: June 13-16 Site: Merion Golf Club The course: Merion's East course was designed by Hugh Wilson and opened in May 1914.

Merion will host four additional Opens - the 2030 US Open, 2034 US Women’s Open, 2046 US Women’s Open and 2050 US Open, with additional championships to be named in the future.

Merion Golf Club's 6,996-yard East Course in Ardmore, 11 miles west of Philadelphia, will be the shortest US Open layout - and the first below 7,000 yards - for nearly a decade.

It's a journey into the unknown for the vast majority of the field seeking victory at this week's US Open. Merion, in suburban Pennsylvania, has not hosted a major championship for 32 years and ...

US Open 2013: Quirky Merion is one major pull for the traditionalists Organisers hit by rain deluge but it cannot dilute charm of historic US Open venue ...

If there was ever a US Open that needed to be blessed with fine weather it was the one to be staged here at Merion this week. This was going to be a championship where for once size wouldn't ...