Tag: u.s. open

SAN FRANCISCO – All around him Sunday, players once in contention were cast aside one by one by the tiresome and tricky course at The Olympic Club.

Tiger Woods told media members on Tuesday that the player who best manages his short game across the Olympic Club’s fast greens and angular fairways will be the one who raises the U.S. Open Trophy on Sunday.

John Ellis shot back-to-back even rounds of 72 and failed to advance in Monday’s U.S. Open sectional qualifier at Lake Merced and TPC Harding Park golf clubs.