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Rose takes first major win at U.S. Open

...round of the U.S. Open, he couldn't forget about the rich history that surrounds the famed course on the outskirts of Philadelphia.All week golfers talked about the image of Ben Hogan striking his 1-iron on the final hole to force a playoff in the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-16/rose-takes-first-major-win-u
Noah Simmons Jr.

...Augusta; two sons, Darryl Simmons, Winston-Salem, NC, Michael Washington, Augusta; two sisters, Kay Nunnley, Philadelphia, PA, Louise Simmons, Augusta; twenty three grandchildren; eighteen grandchildren; and a host of other relatives. The...

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Sergio Garcia had more trouble with his game than hecklers

...Yet there were some lingering questions about how he'd be received at Merion Golf Club this week by a sometimes-tough Philadelphia sports crowd."There were a couple here and there, but there was ? I felt the people were very nice for the whole day...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-13/sergio-garcia-had-more-troub
Late driver Jason Leffler loved racing

...in a 410 Sprint Car event at Bridgeport Speedway, a 0.625-mile, high-banked dirt oval about 15 miles southwest of Philadelphia.A spectator, 40-year-old Chris Taitt of West Deptford, said Leffler had been in second place, apart from other cars...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nascar/2013-06-13/late-driver-jason-leffler-
Phil Mickelson, Billy Horschel share U.S. Open lead

...Open since he was a 19-year-old in college.Nothing is tougher than Merion, the little course in the tiny suburbs of Philadelphia that even in rain-softened conditions is showing plenty of might.And to think there was chatter at the start of the week...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-14/phil-mickelson-billy-horsche
Phil Mickelson leads U.S. Open for now

...and I'm very proud of her."The ceremony was at 6 p.m. PDT. Mickelson was on the plane two hours later, landing in Philadelphia about 3:30 a.m. He had a few hours of sleep on the plane, and then played five holes before the rain delay. He found...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-13/phil-mickelson-leads-us-open
U.S. Open field faces some logistical problems

...expansive media tent, one of the modern-day necessities shoehorned into the relatively intimate confines of the suburban Philadelphia golf club.Merion is "where I beat that guy," Trevino said, meaning Nicklaus. And he did so after pulling one of the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-12/us-open-field-faces-some-log
Stanley Cup Finals are off to a rousing start for the Chicago Blackhawks

...to a best-of-seven format for the championship series in 1939. The Blackhawks won the first two games when they beat Philadelphia to win it all in 2010.Just don't expect to see much concern coming from the Boston camp. The Bruins dropped the first...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2013-06-13/stanley-cup-finals-are-rou
Masters Tournament champ Adam Scott has long day

...the home crowd on his side.He just failed to deliver a performance worth cheering for Friday. Furyk, born in the nearby Philadelphia suburb of West Chester and raised in Lancaster, shot 79.Furyk, the 2003 U.S. Open champion, won't be adding a second...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-14/masters-tournament-champ-ada
Merion Golf Club is the star of the show

...world. Sergio Garcia plays on the opposite side of the draw, teeing off this morning. So does Phil Mickelson, who left Philadelphia on Monday when the weather was bad to practice in San Diego. He planned on being home, anyway, so he could watch his oldest...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-06-12/merion-golf-club-star-show