When Mel Robbins noticed a change at her parents’ golf course on a recent visit, she originally let it distract her. Robbins’ parents are avid players, and the best-selling author had played their course many times. But now she noticed what used to be fescue had been converted to waste areas. “I was starting to Read more…
Early headlines at The Annika LPGA event were dominated by 18-year-old Kai Trump and WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark – to the point that Nelly Korda’s return to the course for her first start in six weeks became a secondary story. It’s not often that the 27-year-old is the understudy.
I am frequently asked how to set up for a fairway-wood shot. The first step is standing the correct distance from the ball. An easy way to check is to grab a spare glove and lodge it between your left bicep and the side of your chest, with the fingers pointing outward (below). Allow your Read more…
For Kai Trump, the 18-year-old granddaughter of US President Donald Trump who was thrust into the spotlight as a sponsor invite for The Annika LPGA event, she was truly just happy to be there.
Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark has left town, playing in the Wednesday pro-am at the Annika LPGA event at Pelican Golf Club. The Indiana Fever star on the WNBA played for the second consecutive year, brining different eyeballs to the LPGA than usual. That leaves the star-studded field to play for the $3.25 million purse with Read more…
The last event of the season on the DP World Tour featured 52 players, not the customary 50. The field is made up of the top 50 on the Race to Dubai season list, plus Ludvig Aberg and Shane Lowry as members of the Ryder Cup team. Rory McIlroy, Marco Penge and Tyrrell Hatton top Read more…
One of the best games on the NFL slate this weekend pits the 6-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the 6-3 Buffalo Bills. Though there’s no rivalry or playoff seeding at stake in the cross-conference showdown, you wouldn’t have known listening to Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen sling some shade this week. On Wednesday, Mayfield mocked Read more…
There are only two more opportunities for PGA Tour glory this year as we’ve reached the penultimate event of 2025, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Rafael Campos is the defending champion, winning the title last year six days after his wife gave birth to their first child. Campos will be looking to be the first to Read more…
The Golf Channel is adding several shows to its television lineup in 2026. The network, which is undergoing several changes as the NBC offshoot is rebranded as USA Sports, announced Thursday that podcasts helmed by on-course reporter Smylie Kauffman, Full Swing executive producer Chad Mumm and reporter Jimmy Roberts will be simulcast in the new Read more…
The 2020 Masters will forever be a visual anomaly, the typically sparkling green fairways of Augusta National Golf Club still present, but framed not amid blooming white and pink spring azaleas but orange and brown autumn foliage.
For the last two seasons, Tarik Skubal has been the most intimidating presence to grace the mound 60 feet and 6 inches from home plate in Major League Baseball. It took just one pair of heinous joggers, however, to instantly remove all of that aura. Normally, on the diamond, Skubal, who won a second consecutive Read more…
Golfpocalypse is a meandering collection of words about golf (professional and otherwise) that sometimes, but not always, has a point. Reach out with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. We’ll publish the best emails here. I have something called an “annual pass” at my local public course, which is vaguely analogous to Read more…
Michael Kim roared to the top of the leaderboard on Day 1 of the DP World Tour Championship, outplaying everyone from Rory McIlroy to Tommy Fleetwood. And after, the 32-year-old wasn’t even sure if he’d ever been in this position. Which is exactly why he’s No. 1 in the hearts of many on Golf Twitter. Read more…
It really is impressively gutsy when you think about it. Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark is an average golfer with many of the frustrations and swing flaws of anyone who loves and hates the game from one minute to the next. But hacks don’t have to go on national television, play alongside some of the greatest Read more…
There’s nothing more terrifying than a “bored” 17-year-old with too much time on their hands, as The Club at Venetian Bay in New Smyrna Beach in Florida found out.
[Photo: Valerio Pennicino] Back in the pre-COVID halcyon days – long before the likes of Jessica Hadwin and Michael Kim took up the baton – Eddie Pepperell was a Golf Twitter star. Unfortunately, as the pandemic came and went, so did Pepperell’s game, and the Englishman eventually lost his DP World Tour card. In 2024, Read more…
Happy Caitlin Clark Day to all who celebrate! We’re only kind of kidding based on the level of excitement—and coverage—around the WNBA superstar playing in Wednesday’s LPGA pro-am. Clark is teeing it up on the eve of the Annika for a second consecutive year, and once again, her round is being broadcast live on Golf Read more…
Another week, another winner for our anonymous tour coach, by far the hottest gambler on our panel. His correct prediction of Ben Griffin’s victory at the World Wide Technology Championship (14-1) last week was his seventh outright hit of 2025. If you haven’t been responsibly throwing a unit on his plays each week this year, Read more…
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