Jun 17, 2013: It took 15 years for Justin Rose to go from the amateur who captured the hearts of a nation, to a major champion taking his rightful place in the golfing annals. In between, a long, often testing journey for the 32-year-old

Jun 17, 2013: Justin Rose was elated to have achieved a lifelong dream after he claimed his maiden major championship with victory in the US Open at Merion on Sunday

Jun 16, 2013: Justin Rose became the first Englishman in 43 years to win the US Open on Sunday, as he beat Phil Mickelson in front of a partisan home crowd to claim far-and-away the biggest victory of his career

Jun 16, 2013

Jun 15, 2013: A desperately ugly finish - along with a few missed short putts earlier in his round - saw Luke Donald drop out of the lead at the end of the third round of the US Open, as Phil Mickelson finished strongly to hold the initiative heading into Sunday's fina

Jun 15, 2013: Manipulated? Tricked up? The players seemed to agree that the pin positions were unfair at Merion on Friday. But it's the same for everyone, right?

Jun 15, 2013: Luke Donald will play in the final group at Merion on Saturday, with Justin Rose just one three-ball back as the two Englishmen find themselves in the thick of the action as the US Open enters the third round

Jun 15, 2013: Justin Rose and Ian Poulter climbed the leaderboard late on Friday evening at Merion, joining Luke Donald at the forefront of proceedings and giving the US Open a very English feel

Jun 14, 2013: On Friday the course at the US Open got even shorter, but the scores just got even higher. Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy & Tiger Woods hardly thrived - but at least they survived

Jun 14, 2013: Luke Donald faces an interesting wait to find out just how good his start to this US Open has really been, after he took the clubhouse lead at the conclusion of his second round despite a horrible six-hole stretch on Friday

Jun 14, 2013: Luke Donald dropped two shots over Merion's intimidating closing holes on Friday morning, as he slotted in one shot behind Phil Mickelson after a round of 68

Jun 13, 2013: Practice rounds are overrated. That's the (not entirely logical) conclusion that presumably must be taken from Thursday's opening round at the US Open - after Phil Mickelson grabbed the lead

Jun 13, 2013: We look back at the famous US Open victory of an unknown amateur called Francis Ouimet, whose win helped make golf the popular sport it is today

Jun 12, 2013: Sergio Garcia received a warm reception from spectators at Merion on Wednesday, as he completed his final preparations for this week's US Open

Jun 12, 2013: Heavy rain - and even hail - scheduled for Thursday is expected to cause a variety of problems over the four days at this week's US Open

Jun 12, 2013: With help from Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy, we look at how the professionals will plot their way around Merion's East Course

Jun 11, 2013: Sergio Garcia left a note on Tiger Woods' locker attempting to apologise for his recent comments, acknowledging on Tuesday that he is unlikely to get the chance to say sorry to the world No. 1 in person at the US Open this week

Jun 11, 2013: Rory McIlroy is hopeful he can contend for the US Open this week, in conditions that remind him of his breakthrough triumph at Congressional back in 2011

Jun 11, 2013: Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia have not sat down and cleared the air, despite the pair shaking hands on the range at the US Open on Monday