While “club captain” always sounds like a fancy title, as the person who shared this video that quickly went viral noted, that “doesn’t mean you are the best player, especially under pressure”.
Thirteen runners-up seems like a lot, but is it really a lot based on Schauffele’s seven wins? I decided to look into how his “runner-up ratio” stacks up against his peers.
Wyndham Clark’s 18th hole birdie attempt looked so good, he took not one, but two steps toward a celebratory fist pump. He was left feeling like he took combo to the gut. The reigning U.S. Open champ’s final gasp capped a dramatic Sunday at TPC Sawgrass as Scottie Scheffler emerged with a one-shot win. The Read more…
We’ve heard time and time again that you never want to tempt the golf gods. But time and time again, that’s exactly what golfers do. Usually it comes in the form of an early walk or fist pump on a putt, which makes the miss that much more painful. During the third round of the Read more…
For most golfers, keeping your tee shot dry on the island-green 17th at TPC Sawgrass ends most of the drama on the treacherous par 3. For Adam Schenk on Saturday, however, the adventure was just beginning at that point. RELATED: Sam Burns’ own ‘Better than most’ moment confuses one announcer Schenk recorded a green in Read more…
Rickie Fowler has been a fan favorite on the PGA Tour since turning pro. On Saturday at the Players Championship, though, one fan clearly wasn’t one of his favorites. A furious Fowler pointed at someone in the crowd and yelled, ‘You!’ after hitting his tee shot on the par-5 16th hole at TPC Sawgrass during Read more…
More than two decades after Tiger Woods’ famed ‘Better than most’ moment on the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, Sam Burns had a similar Saturday moment at the Players. Only this time, it confused the heck out of one announcer. And he happened to be a former champ as well. Burns made the cut on Read more…
Wyndham Clark has separated himself from the field hrough two days at the 2024 Players Championship. When it comes to a combination of stats, he’s separated himself from anyone at any Players Championship. OK, so here’s where we add the caveat that the strokes gained metric only goes back to the start of the PGA Read more…
Rory McIlroy’s wild start to the 2024 Players Championship continued on Friday with a literal brush with some wildlife at TPC Sawgrass. Playing his second shot from the rough at the par-3 third during the second round, Rory recoiled after seeing something in the thick grass. It turned out to be a frog. Check it Read more…
Editor’s note: This was originally part of a series from the 2015 Players Championship in which we spent the week embedded with the NBC/Golf Channel team. We’ve revisited this fun piece with Roger Maltbie, the legendary on-course reporter, coming out of retirement to be part of the coverage for this week’s 50th anniversary of the Read more…
As golf fans are well aware, Players Championship week is as much about keeping track of how many golfers get wet on TPC Sawgrass’ 17th hole as it is about keeping track of the lowest score for the week. And during Friday’s second round, a special milestone was reached on the famed island par 3. Read more…
Rory McIlroy’s debated penalty drops made for an undebatable top storyline on Day 1 of the Players Championship. On our website alone you can read about what happened on those two holes, a further explanation of what happened on those two holes, and a column about how the uncomfortable situations could have been avoided. But Read more…
Adam Hadwin had never hit a golf ball in the water on No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass during the Players Championship until Thursday. We’re pretty sure he’d never thrown a golf club into the water on No. 18, either. But, hey, there’s a first time for everything. The Canadian PGA Tour pro had a wild Read more…
Ryan Fox became the latest golfer to ace the famed 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass overnight. In the process, though, he did something no one has ever done in the 50-year history of the Players Championship.
As we were reminded on Sunday at Bay Hill, Scottie Scheffler is the best golfer in the world. But he also remains the biggest fan of ‘The Office’ on the planet. And on Wednesday, those two titles overlapped. RELATED: Scottie Scheffler tearing up about his wife will hit you in all the feels On the Read more…
We’ve heard time and time again what a ruthless competitor Michael Jordan was on the basketball court—and is on the golf course. But those stories never get old, and the latest might be the best one yet. It comes from former NHL defenseman Ryan Whitney, one of the hosts of Barstool’s popular Spittin’ Chiclets podcast. Read more…
An Achilles tendon tear will cause Bernhard Langer to miss the Masters next month in what was to be his final competitive stroll around Augusta National. This much we knew. What we didn’t know, however, was how the injury actually happened.
During a particularly windy day, Braxton Floyd was able to find the putting surface with his drive on a 466-metre (510-yard) par 5. And with a camera rolling, he rolled in his putt.
The boomerang par-5 sixth at Bay Hill is one of the most exciting holes the PGA Tour takes on every year. Who could forget Bryson DeChambeau’s daring drive during the third round in 2021 to set up an eagle on his way to winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational? The King himself would have loved that. Read more…
When handicapping PGA Tour events, there are clearly horses for courses—and then there’s whatever the heck Shane Lowry is when it comes to Bay Hill. To say the Ryder Cupper has played poorly at the Arnold Palmer Invitational would be an understatement. His track record there is bad. No, make that really bad. No, make Read more…