Defending champs DC United beat 3rd-division Harrisburg City 2-1 in US Open Cup quarterfinals

BOYDS, Md. — Thabiso Khumalo and Andrew Jacobson scored early in the first half Tuesday night to lead defending champion D.C. United to a 2-1 victory over the Harrisburg City Islanders in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup.

Report: Players say LPGA troubles include the commissioner

ORLANDO, Fla. — A meeting last week of more than a dozen players has resulted in a letter sent to the LPGA Tour’s board urging that commissioner Carolyn Bivens resign, according to a published report.

Woods doesn’t do golf vacations: No Seminole, no Pine Valley

BETHESDA, Md. — Tiger Woods can run down the list of the top 100 golf courses in America and find plenty that he hasn’t played unless he was in a golf tournament.

Glover tries to stay in the moment and as everyone looks back

BETHESDA, Md. — U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover is ready to move on with the rest of his season.

What happens when you challenge the Tiger in golf course

BETHESDA, Md. — It’s not often that a player is bold enough to challenge Tiger Woods on the golf course. Rarer still is when it happens during a pro-am round from one of his amateur partners. “That still puts me 1 up,” Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said to him Wednesday morning. “Does it, now?” Woods replied, not sounding the least bit concerned.

South Korean’s Jiyai Shin wins Wegmans LPGA, her fifth victory in 11 months

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A year after her mother died in a car crash, Jiyai Shin picked up the first of 20 victories on the Korean professional circuit while still in high school in 2005.

Jiyai Shin leads by 4 strokes at Wegmans LPGA; Tiger Woods’ niece misses cut

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jiyai Shin shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to extend her lead to four strokes at the Wegmans LPGA.

Report: US Open, Women’s Open in back-to-back weeks at Pinehurst

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The USGA plans to hold the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2 a week apart in 2014, according to a published report.