Jeff Maggert

Shinnecock Hills didn't waste any time in making its point. On the first day of the first modern Open there, the course conspired with the elements to say never get too comfortable. That first round in 1986 seemed to come right out of the British Open,...

The temptation for those few players in the U.S. Open field who are even remotely close to Tiger Woods is to turn aggressive and try to do anything possible to catch up to his 5 under par that leads after two rounds. But Davis Love III said it would be...

After winning a spectacular shot-making battle over Fred Couples and Tiger Woods two weeks ago in the Memorial, Ernie Els admitted yesterday that he just wanted to "play it cool" last week in the Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club. With his game...

This diabolical little hole, the one that Lee Trevino famously called "the shortest par 5 in America," got its comeuppance yesterday. It is a hole that veteran golfers talk about when they discuss Shinnecock Hills. Mark McCumber, a Champions Tour...

On a rare day that brought no wind to Shinnecock Hills, there was plenty of everything else. There was sun, heat, humidity and enough rain and fog to suspend play twice. So the first round of the U.S. Open will be finished and the second round will...

Amateur Spencer Levin birdied the par-5 16th hole yesterday, bringing him to a respectable 1 over par, then was whisked off the course as thunderstorms halted play. He was not exactly bothered by the ensuing two-hour-plus delay. Teeing off first in...

Eighteen years after Shinnecock Hills grabbed modern pro golf by the throat with an unbelievably tough first U.S. Open round, pro golf got even. The first round of this Open, in an even more modern era, was a landslide win for the golfers. Before 9 a.m....

Among the more peculiar sports-viewing practices would be the crapshoot of watching a golf tournament from a single hole, of coming home and saying, "I spent the day at 16!" and expecting listeners to swoon. But with Shinnecock Hills about as menacing as...

By the time Jeff Maggert arrived at the 18th green at 5 p.m., the place had the look of a lazy afternoon on the Hooters Tour. The grandstands and hills that earlier were packed for Phil Mickelson were almost bare, and what was left of the paying...

(a-amateur) 9:30 a.m. - Cliff Kresge, Scott Hoch 9:40 a.m. - Alex Cejka, Charles Howell III 9:50 a.m. - a-Chez Reavie, David Toms 10 a.m. - Joe Ogilvie, a-Bill Haas 10:10 a.m. - Jerry Kelly, Tom Carter 10:20 a.m. - Tim Petrovic, Jim Furyk 10:30 a....

Today's forecast for Southampton Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west around 10 mph in the afternoon. Today's TV-Radio Ch. 4 12:30 p.m. WHLI (1100), ESPN (1050) 4 p.m. Tee times Complete list, page K14...

The hole-by-hole summary of Jeff Maggert's round at the U.S. Open yesterday pointed in one, sickening direction. After a birdie on the fifth hole, he was 7 under par, the lowest score relative to par anyone has reached in this year's event. Then he...