Mike Davis

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) -- Annika Sorenstam has plenty of fond memories of the course at Pine Needles. Now she hopes to be healthy enough to make some more.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- With two of the LPGA Tour's marquee names missing from the field for the U.S. Women's Open, the USGA announced a change in its qualifying process for the 2010 event and explained how Michelle...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. Open typically plays as a par 70, which requires converting a couple of par 5s into par 4s. There are a few par 71s, such as Torrey Pines, where USGA setup man Mike Davis wisely decided...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- The U.S. Open might still crown a champion Sunday, even though rain has prevented any of the first three rounds at Bethpage Black being completed on schedule.

Since Mike Davis began setting up U.S. Open courses in 2006, the USGA's senior director of rules and competition has weaned the Open off its addiction to spindly fairways choked by knee-high rough. His signature...