In a much-anticipated clash of former teen prodigies, it was Lexi Thompson who got the best of Lydia Ko, beating her by four strokes to win the inaugural Indy Women in Tech Championship.
Phil Mickelson, who through two rounds of the Dell Technologies Championship, suddenly finds himself re-focused and re-energised after a visit with the same doctor who helped him manage his psoriatic arthritis.
Jon Rahm’s strong run of form has carried over to the Dell Technologies Championship, where he leads by two strokes at nine-under 133 after posting a second-round five-under 67.
An amateur and a PGA trainee lead the Northern Territory PGA Championship in Darwin at the halfway mark after some exceptional golf from Travis Smyth and Frazer Droop.
Jon Rahm has already shown us plenty of his abilities on the golf course. But it’s on the range where the 22-year-old is developing a reputation as a show-stopper.
If golf is such a blissful recreation, why does it produce so many nightmares? You know the ones, visions that haunt whatever dreams you hold of the perfect round.
It’s not just today’s players who are hitting it farther. Yesterday’s players – the guys playing the PGA Tour Champions – are hitting it farther than ever, too.
Former Open champion Paul Lawrie this week hosted the Scottish Par-3 Championship at his eponymous golf centre on the outskirts of his home city in the northeast of Scotland.
The mighty blow struck by Dustin Johnson’s driver turned the long, uphill closing par 4 at Glen Oaks Club into a pitch and putt that the World No.1 birdied to beat Jordan Spieth in a playoff to win The Northern Trust.
Julian Suri became the third American to win on both the Challenge Tour and the European Tour with his victory on Sunday in the Made in Denmark tournament.
John Daly is in serious contention to win on Sunday. Not on the Champions Tour, but on the European Tour. And no, not the Senior European Tour or the European Challenge Tour, but the actual European Tour.