__Editor's Note: David Barrett is the author of Miracle at Merion: The Inspiring Story of Ben Hogan's Amazing Comeback and Victory at the 1950 U.S. Open ARDMORE, Pa. -- Sixty-three years ago ...

Rose never carded anything worse than a bogey at Merion, a feat very few competitors ... on tour and two top 10s in his career at the US Open. This is a player who's been chomping at the bit ...

You might have noticed something odd at Merion Golf Club, home of the 2013 U.S. Open. What is going on with the flag sticks? Here's a service-y guide. Merion uses bright red wicker baskets atop ...

All that talk about how easy the cozy East Course at Merion Golf Club was going to be for the U.S. Open has gone silent ... "And they've given us some really, really tough pins." ...

But it's not just the equipment that has undergone a transformation. Consider: The last time the US Open was held at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. -- site of this week's championship ...

Driving it in a divot is a rotten break, but most of us can figure it out from there ... Thought to be too small to host an Open anymore, Merion had been off the radar for so long that many ...

Merion Golf Club%2C the host of the U.S. Open%2C likes to stick to its traditions One of them will be the wicker baskets atop the flag sticks Some players say that%2C without the flags%2C gauging ...

She might just be a slip of a thing, susceptible to the swaggering advances of blade-wielding modern pros, but Maid Merion could easily be ready to spring a trap when the US Open begins on Thursday.

They said it could be harmed and humiliated, but in the end it was Merion Golf Club that did the bullying in the first round at the US Open. At 6,996 yards the shortest US Open test in nine years ...

The USGA has awarded Merion a third future U.S. Open. The historic club outside Philadelphia was originally announced to host the 2030 national championship to coincide with the 100th year ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- US Open tickets are tough to come by, so if you can't be at Merion Golf Club -- or if you have to work during next week's championship -- you hardly have to miss a single putt.