Is it possible that Oakmont actually isn’t that hard of a golf course? That all those videos of the thick rough, and slick greens and slick fairways were all a smokescreen? Obviously, we kid. But one U.S. Open qualifier’s opening hole result suggests that the famed track can be tamed. For one hole, at least. Read more…
No US Open competitor will come close to spending as much time playing over four days than one New Yorker recently did. And he did it without taking a break.
It’s a tale as old as time. Well, as old as the U.S. Open. Golf fans see the best players on the planet struggling at the national championship and people start wondering how normal golfers would fare on the course. There are different versions of the question that pops up, but essentially players get asked, Read more…
Golf fans have been inundated this week with videos from Oakmont showing off the famed course’s thick rough to its slick greens to the club’s special mowers that cut that thick rough in a way that makes it play even more difficult. At this rate, we’ll all be agronomy experts by the time the U.S. Read more…
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox won the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday thanks to what he described as “the best shot I ever hit.” But just minutes earlier, it wouldn’t have been such a spectacular result.
Luke Clanton’s pro debut has gotten plenty of attention at this week’s RBC Canadian Open. But golf fans watching Thursday’s TV broadcast at home also saw the debut of some new PGA Tour technology. The opening round of Golf Channel’s coverage featured the introduction of “smart tracer,” the latest iteration of the popular shot tracer, Read more…
After an opening 67 at the RBC Canadian Open, Adam Hadwin did a quick Q&A with the media assembled at TPC Toronto. It turned out to be nothing like the grilling he’d get from his five-year-old daughter. RELATED: PGA Tour wife brutally teases husband for being in last place We know this thanks to Hadwin’s Read more…
Luke Clanton arrived at the RBC Canadian Open with 13 PGA Tour starts already under his belt in the past year, two that resulted in runner-ups. But the former Florida State star admitted that teeing it up on Thursday felt different. Not only was Clanton playing for a paycheck for the first time, but he Read more…
Scottie Scheffler can already start making travel plans to be in New York for the 2025 Ryder Cup this fall. OK, so the World No. 1 was always going to be an important part of Team USA, but now it’s official that he’ll be wearing the red, white and blue at Bethpage Black. Yep, it’s Read more…
As golf fans are well aware, Scottie Scheffler is on an absolute heater again. Actually, he never really got off one. Research shows betting on the World No. 1 to win every week for the past three-plus years would have been much more profitable than putting your money in the stock market. And “smart” investors Read more…
The World No. 1 has been a dominant force these past few years while becoming the bane of golf gamblers around the world. But he should have been their favourite player to bet on.
One of the best moments of the 2024 golf season came in the aftermath of Robert MacIntyre’s win at the RBC Canadian Open with his dad caddying for him. As CBS’ Amanda Balionis interviewed the father-son duo on the 18th green at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Dougie McIntyre, a longtime greenskeeper in Scotland, broke Read more…
Luke Clanton will make his highly anticipated pro debut this week at the RBC Canadian Open. What makes this such a big moment is that it’s far from his PGA Tour debut. The Florida State standout has had his name all over leaderboards for the past year, playing in 13 events starting with the 2024 Read more…
LIV Golf bolstered its roster and received an infusion of youth by signing the reigning U.S. Amateur champ. The league announced on Wednesday that Arizona State’s Josele Ballester is joining Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs squad. PODCAST: Josele Ballester shares why he had to borrow shorts at the U.S. Amateur “First and Foremost, I want to thank Read more…
As golf fans are well aware, the Jordan Spieth Experience might be the most fun show going. You just don’t want to be an actual part of that show. Such was the case during Sunday’s final round at the Memorial Tournament when Spieth nearly hit some fans with his opening tee shot. And then came Read more…
In case you don’t remember, Phil Mickelson joining Twitter way back in 2018 was a big deal. Lately, Lefty has used the platform more to promote personal political grievances, but he’ll still chime in with some golf gold from time to time. Or a really, really bad hot take, like when he predicted Scottie Scheffler Read more…
Charley Hull went viral on Golf Twitter during Day 1 of the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open. And it had nothing to do with smoking. RELATED: Charley Hull’s $10,000 bet The two-time LPGA winner was part of a star-studded group with Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson on Thursday at Erin Hills, where she seemed less than Read more…
If you’ve played in a member-guest, you know the feeling. Your group comes in off the course feeling good about the day and your score. And then you see the leaderboard. Oh, you guys shot 65? That’s cute, because there are multiple scores in the 50s. Not only didn’t you win, but you didn’t even Read more…
Every golfer who has ever played has felt how Jordan Spieth felt on Thursday. The three-time major champ seemed to be hitting the golf ball well, but he wasn’t getting anything out of it. And the frustration was mounting just four holes into the Memorial Tournament. After a pair of opening bogeys and a missed Read more…
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