Defending champion Webb Simpson will gear up for the Open just as he always has—with a male-bonding guys' trip that features golf, good food and the opportunity to reflect on his role as a husband and a father

His experiences as a looper date to the 1950 U.S. Open and before, and at 79, Fred Anton still carries with him stories big and small about golf and the life lessons he has learned through his association with the game

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Looking for candidates to go below 63 at Merion? You could do worse than this trio

Here are six players who woulda, coulda, shoulda shot 62 (or lower) in a major

There have been 25 rounds of 63 (by 23 players) in major championship history, but only Johnny Miller has done it in the fourth round en route to victory

In the 40 years since Johnny Miller set the golf world on its ear with his historic round at Oakmont, 22 others have signed for a 63 in a major championship. Why has nobody gone lower? And will someone finally break...

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Players and corporations are snapping up housing and yards that border Merion

Think technology doesn't play a bigger part in the game than it used to? When Johnny Miller won the 1973 U.S. Open by shooting a record-setting 63 in the final round (page 31), he did it using a mishmash of...