Oakmont a brute even without a U.S. Open
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Vaughn Taylor is back at Oakmont, relieved that it's only the U.S. Open. There has been widespread talk of gloom and doom in recent weeks, from defending champion Geoff Ogilvy reportedly losing seven balls in his round of 85 to Vijay Singh and a host of others saying they would not be surprised if the winner finished 10 shots over par.
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Phil Mickelson, who has waited 12 months for another crack at the U.S. Open, hopes his injured wrist has recovered in time to give him a shot at redemption when the championship begins on Thursday.
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Sunshine and lively breezes firmed up the treacherous Oakmont greens on Friday, making par a lofty goal in a second round that could end a long streak of major championship cuts for Phil Mickelson.
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Friday had its own winners and losers   at the U.S. Open but players were still buzzing over Andre   Agassi's thrilling five-set victory over Marcos Baghdatis a day   earlier.
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We've seen this scenario before: A thirtysomething former No. 1 and multiple major champion, in a Grand Slam slump but certain he can still hack it, comes to the U.S. Open and ... wins the thing. Pete Sampras did it in 2002. Can Andre Agassi in 2004?
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Australian Aaron Baddeley burst out of a four-way tie on Saturday to grab a two-stroke lead over Tiger Woods going into the final round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont.
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - David Toms took advantage of rain-softened conditions at Oakmont Country Club to charge two shots clear early in the U.S. Open first round on Thursday.
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Despite his quick start to the second round at the U.S. Open, Phil Mickelson lost his game on the difficult Oakmont course and is now 13 strokes off the lead and in danger of an early exit.
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Britain's Nick Dougherty fired a two-under-par 68 in rain-softened conditions at Oakmont Country Club to set the early pace in the U.S. Open first round on Thursday.
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Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy will play together the first two rounds next week at Oakmont, continuing a recent trend of the U.S. Open and British Open champions in the same group.
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Adam Scott wanted to test himself in the pressure of tournament play before the U.S. Open.
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Many people in golf are asking that today. He certainly wasn&#39;t A-list and he wasn&#39;t Larry Nelson either. But you couldn&#39;t find a more solid guy to lead the United States into Ireland for the 2006 Ryder Cup Matches.
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It's called the US Open, and though fewer than a fifth of the competitors this year are US-born, it's not because the US Tennis Association hasn't tried to get more Americans. All 16 of the wild cards in men's and women's singles were awarded to Americans, even at the expense of the men's NCAA champion, Benjamin Becker ...
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OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Twice champion Tiger Woods, hunting a third major victory in four starts, will have to cope with the toughest greens he has ever seen at this week's U.S. Open.
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You could look at the scores and submit that perhaps he was out of his element at Oakmont Country Club last week. But if you were to do so, you'd have to lump Allen Doyle's name in with dozens of others, for this US Open business annually beats up on golfers, particularly those who aren't quite on their games.
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For the second straight U.S. Open, the relatively anonymous winner will be less memorable than the failure of a golfing superstar.
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There were four solid rounds on a demanding golf course under intense pressure. There was a final-round 5-under-par 67 when only 10 players in the field of 77 could break 70. And, yes, there was great relief that he had chosen last week's site in California and not the one in Texas for his second-stage challenge at the annual PGA ...