His professional rise once slowed by injuries, a hot temper and a cold putter, Billy Horschel is at long last shredding the competition. Now the überintense Floridian with the sweet swing heads to Merion hell-bent on...

Garrity: I'd like to extend my streak of picking major champions to two, so I'll take Matt Kuchar, even though he hasn't been driving it that well. He's got a great U.S. Open temperament; he doesn't demand perfection...

How will Merion hold up? Is the course tailor-made for Tiger? Who else should we keep an eye on? What's your favorite hole? And who will win the 113th Open?

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With his win at Jack's place, ever-smiling Matt Kuchar showed why he should be taken seriously at Merion

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"If they're only using [driver] two or three times, you're not going to win a golf tournament."

The game has made headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2013, so the return of the Open to an old friend couldn't come at a better time

When Richard Swanson told his friends and family back in April that he planned to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Rio de Janeiro, they weren't particularly surprised. Many of them had shared beers...

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