ONE US PGA Tour player is 16 days away from winning a $AU13 million payday. The third event of the FedEx Cup playoffs series kicked off at the BMW Championship this morning. Watch some of the highlights of the first round below: Phil Mickelson is in trouble again.Phil Mickelson is out of trouble again.#QuickHits https://t.co/rZbuVN4Y7B — Read more…
We told you a couple of months ago that former Test cricketer Greg Blewett’s baby boy Sam was a genius with penchant for using household possessions to hone his golf skills. But since then, more videos have been uploaded by his mother Kathryn to Instagram that prove it’s never too early to have a golf obsession Read more…
First-tee starters at pro golf tournaments make mistakes. When Jason Day stepped to the first tee of the BMW Championship, it probably never crossed his mind that his name could get announced wrong. After all, Day is the defending champ of the event and oh yeah, the top-ranked golfer on the planet. But then, this Read more…
Meet Barry Gibbons, a man who will play more rounds of golf this year than many golfers will play in their lifetime. That’s not an exaggeration. By the end of 2016, the Ridgefield, Connecticut resident hopes to play 850 rounds of golf. That’s right, eight HUNDRED and fifty rounds of golf. Gibbons’ wife, Joy, has supported her golf-fiend Read more…
IT’S ‘Hello, world’ the sequel. Tiger Woods has ended speculation of an early retirement by announcing on his website that he “hopes” to play the US PGA Tour’s 2016/17 season opener, the Safeway Open on October 13-16. The 14-time Major champion also stated his intentions to play the Turkish Airlines Open, November 3-6, in Antalya, Turkey, Read more…
By Evin Priest With a new putter and coach, Rory McIlroy aimed to turn his recent form slump around by The Masters next April. The world No.3, however, didn’t expect drastic changes to pay dividends as early as the Deutsche Bank Championship. Particularly after dropping four shots in his opening three holes at TPC Boston, Read more…
You’ve probably seen tour pros trying out old golf equipment, but you can really see how difficult the activity is when Protracer technology is applied. The European Tour held a Hickory Challenge after the third round of the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club and offered a better look at the trajectories of the tee shots of Read more…
After a slow start to the Deutsche Bank Championship, Rory McIlroy has turned his game around, most notably with his putting, having gained more than four strokes in that category over the past two rounds. McIlroy really turned it on during the third round on Sunday, firing six birdies and an eagle en route to a five-under Read more…
By Alex Myers/Golf Digest There’s a great scene in the movie Tin Cup when Kevin Costner hustles another golfer by playing him by using non-golf clubs. Tin Cup makes this look easy (Keep in mind, though, he also shot even par at a US Open qualifier using just a 7-iron), but could actual US PGA Tour pros pull it Read more…
By Tom Stickney, director of coaching at Vidanta Golf Academies in Mexico The good news is, if 17-handicapper Jack Van Meerbeeck, 58, ever gets sick of playing golf on the weekends, he can probably land a gig on the Las Vegas Strip as a contortionist. His thrill ride of a golf swing has more twists than Read more…
Add one more tale to the legend of Phil Mickelson. And give the Americans an early 1-up lead in mojo as the run-up to the Ryder Cup begins in earnest. While the European roster is set but generating questions after Russell Knox was omitted from Darren Clarke’s captain’s picks, the U.S. team enjoyed a night Read more…
By Stephen Hennessy/Golf Digest You might not be in a position to drop major bucks on a lavish trip like this. Hey, join the club. But it’s fun to read how the other half lives. The upstart equipment manufacturer Parson Xtreme Golf (PXG) is offering a number of clubfitting packages for those who can foot Read more…
To be fair, no one could have seen what was coming. Seventy-nine US PGA Tour wins. Fourteen major titles by the age of 32. Tiger Woods turned into the most dominant force in golf history, but in late August of 1996 he was just a 20-year-old rookie making his pro debut. And Curtis Strange treated Read more…
Press Release Melbourne, Australia — Callaway has today announced the launch of the Big Bertha Fusion Driver and Fairway Woods, using breakthrough construction methods and space-age materials to set new standards in forgiveness and distance for all golfers. The Big Bertha Fusion Driver, Callaway’s most forgiving ever, marries an all-new aerospace-grade titanium exoskeleton called Exo-Cage Read more…
TIGER Woods made his professional debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open on August 29 in 1996. Since then, he’s won 14 Major championships – in between a host of swing changes. Here’s a look at all of them, including his new-look action that will be in play during the Hero World Challenge this weekend. It Read more…
Twenty years ago today, August 29, 1996, Tiger Woods, 20 at the time, made his professional debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open. It was a memorable week, notwithstanding his tying for 60th, and occasionally an amusing week. Here are 10 reasons why: 1. En route via a commercial airline from home in Orange County, California, to Portland, Read more…
IT can’t be easy being told you should have taken up another sport. When South African great Gary Player suggested to Ricky Ponting he made a mistake by picking cricket as a career, he wasn’t criticising the Tasmanian’s ability with the willow. Of course, 13,378 test runs at an average of 51.85 justified Ponting’s decision Read more…
EXCLUSIVE BY EVIN PRIEST Change is a concept Rory McIlroy has become accustomed to. Just remind him of his 72-hole total from his Australian Open debut at Royal Sydney in 2006. “Was I really that much over par!?” Yes, Rory. You shot 74-74-76-77 for a 13-over total. You finished in a tie for 59th. “The conditions Read more…
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