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Tiger Woods had his chances. Then he blew them. Woods, 44, was on the cusp of vaulting himself into contention in Thursday’s U.S. Open first round at Winged Foot with a string of three birdies from Nos. 9 through 11 to get to 1-under par. Then it all went wrong for him. In the end, …

This is the week when golf will feel it most. The eerie quiet that comes with no spectators. The unsettling sound of silence around tee boxes and greens while the world’s best players are doing the otherworldly things they do with the golf ball. Since the PGA Tour’s restart in June after a pandemic pause …

Two-time major winner John Daly said on Thursday he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer and that while it was caught early he may need further surgery if it returns. The 54-year-old American told Golf Channel the cancer was discovered during an appointment related to kidney stones. “(The doctor said) it doesn’t look like any …

Danny Noonan is going to caddie at the U.S. Open next week. Well, kind of. Michael O’Keefe — the actor who played Danny Noonan, the young, impressionable caddie in “Caddyshack’’ — will carry a bag on Monday and Tuesday in practice rounds at the U.S. Open, The Post has learned. He won’t be on the …

If you’re playing golf on Labor Day, you might think of race-car legend Carroll Shelby when you shank a ball into a water hazard. Shelby — who was a dedicated member of LA’s exclusive Bel Air Country Club — invented other gizmos besides hot rods, and apparently spent much of his time on the links …

Tiger Woods will have plenty of time to prepare for the U.S. Open. After finishing 11 over par in the BMW Championship — with Sunday’s final round a 1-over 70 clinching the first tournament since 2010 during which he shot over par in all four rounds — Woods finished in a tie for 53rd place …

The PGA Tour is two-plus months into fanless tournaments and two of the game’s best players are still trying to adjust to it. Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have been to the pinnacle of the sport, winning major championships in front of massive crowds that set the tone for what’s at stake. Those memories serve …

Tiger Woods had better watch his back — Charlie Woods may be coming for his old man on the golf course. Tiger’s 11-year-old son, Charlie, won a US Kids Golf-sanctioned event in Florida last week, shooting a 3-under 33 with three birdies and no bogeys to win by five strokes in the nine-hole tournament. “He’s …

SAN FRANCISCO — There was an unfamiliar and disconcerting look of satisfaction on Tiger Woods’ face and in the tone of his voice as he readied to exit Harding Park from the 2020 PGA Championship shortly after lunchtime Sunday. Note the “shortly after lunchtime’’ portion of that last sentence. That meant Woods was miles from …

SAN FRANCISCO — All week, the talk at this PGA Championship was about the big hitters and how much of an advantage they’d have at TPC Harding Park, which players were calling “a big-boy golf course.’’ All week, 23-year-old Collin Morikawa, slight of build when compared to the brutes like Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin …