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Walk through Merion: An introduction
… US Open. A little Morning Drive tradition, year 3 for us, Gary Williams with the executive director of the USGA, Mike Davis and Mike, we are in the staging area. Every player in this championship will start right here. This is a little unusual …
Walk through Merion: The hardest stretch
USGA executive director Mike Davis takes Gary Williams on a tour of Merion Golf Club. Watch 'Morning Drive' every day at 7AM ET.
Walk through Merion: Up to the challenge
USGA executive director Mike Davis takes Gary Williams on a tour of Merion Golf Club. Watch 'Morning Drive' every day at 7AM ET.
Mike Davis responds to reactions on proposed ruling - Morning Drive
… executive director of the USGA, Mike Davis , with us. Welcome back. -Gary ..... at all. -We have much more with Mike Davis coming up, questions from the viewers ..... is under way. We're back with Mike Davis right after this. Forty-nine minutes …

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Final-round setup includes tough, tempting holes

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Posted 2013-06-16T11:03:00-04:00

ByRex Hoggard

… up for speed on Saturday, as USGA executive director Mike Davis suggested, Sunday’s setup promises to be more of a ..... time this week, making the hole play about 533 yards. Mike Davis , the USGA’s executive director, will also tempt …
Merion again? Yes, but without the severe setup

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Posted 2013-06-19T17:04:00-04:00

ByRex Hoggard

… second and 11 th ) shifted some 30 yards or more toward either out of bounds or water hazards, rough was grown to pre- Mike Davis heights and pins tucked in insanely difficult spots. The best example of that came on Sunday. In 1981, the last year the …
USGA responds to Mickelson criticism of third hole

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Posted 2013-06-17T08:11:00-04:00

ByGolf Channel Digital

… surprisingly, Mickelson had just made double bogey there. Your browser does not support iframes. USGA executive director Mike Davis addressed Mickelson’s comments after the U.S. Open. “Well, let me start out by (saying) Phil is a class act …
2021, anyone? Merion could host future Open

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Posted 2013-06-17T11:40:00-04:00

ByRex Hoggard

… hospitality and parking – to pull it off. The next open date for the U.S. Open is 2021 and USGA executive director Mike Davis was asked if he thought the national championship, which was last played on the East Course in 1981, could return to Merion …
Punch Shot: Will Mickelson ever win a U.S. Open?

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Posted 2013-06-18T08:10:00-04:00

ByRyan Lavner

… perhaps more importantly, Merion was a course he enjoyed, a setup and challenge he relished, even telling the USGA’s Mike Davis that on the first hole Thursday. He thought he had the perfect game plan – no driver, an extra wedge. And he thought …
USGA chief says Merion was 'outstanding test'

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Posted 2013-06-17T08:57:00-04:00

ByWill Gray

Having just concluded a U.S. Open at that received largely positive reviews, USGA executive director Mike Davis hinted that the season's second major may soon return to the historic venue. "This is a club that has hosted 18 national championships …
Merion tricky, but appreciated by players

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Posted 2013-06-17T13:44:00-04:00

ByRandall Mell

… in the sense that a course’s defenses are dialed up to the extreme to repel scoring. While USGA executive director Mike Davis has brought more even-handed setups to the U.S. Open, with his graduated rough and his affection for the risk …
Woods speaks to tough setup at Merion

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Posted 2013-06-14T19:21:00-04:00

ByRyan Lavner

ARDMORE, Pa. – Earlier this week, Mike Davis insisted that the USGA doesn’t “sit around and talk” about what it wants the winning score to be at the U.S. Open. Well …
Merion's many mood swings proved difficult test

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Posted 2013-06-16T22:22:00-04:00

ByRandall Mell

… great history. “Absolutely, like a lot of us thought, Merion stood the test of time,” USGA executive director Mike Davis said. “For those that really studied Merion, it's always been short, relative to other championship sites, and it …
Quotes of the Week

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Posted 2013-06-16T16:08:00-04:00

ByGolf Channel Digital

… Fay, former USGA executive director on Merion. “No.” – , on being asked if he believed USGA executive director Mike Davis when he said that the USGA doesn’t “sit around and talk” about what it wants the winning score to be at the U …