Jimmy Ellis, a 39-year-old oil and gas landman, was the talk of the golf world after two days of stroke play at the U.S. Amateur where he surprised everyone—including himself—by earning medalist honors. Unfortunately for him, once the tournament switched to match play, none of that mattered. All 64 golfers advancing at Hazeltine started from Read more…
Despite what that dopey new ranking by his fellow NFL players, everyone knows Patrick Mahomes is the best football player on the planet. No offense, Tyreek Hill. Heck, you could also make a case for Mahomes as the world’s top all-around athlete. Besides already establishing himself as one of the all-time great quarterbacks, Mahomes was Read more…
What would you do to play golf with Tiger Woods? We’re guessing just about anything, but a former baseball player’s tale might take the cake. It didn’t cost Jeff Francoeur anything to tee it up with Tiger, but he still went to extreme lengths to make it happen. With the help of former Atlanta Braves Read more…
Seriously, this clip has it all. A poor antelope, lions, hyenas, and a freaking crocodile. Have a look for yourself. You won’t be disappointed. Promise.
Everyone loves an underdog story and that’s exactly what golf fans got for the first two rounds of the 2024 U.S. Amateur. In what’s essentially the biggest college golf tournament on the planet, a 39-year-old with a day job earned medalist honors at Hazeltine to the surprise of everyone—including himself. “That’s crazy. It’s unbelievable,” Ellis Read more…
While the timetable of the Open Championship (ever) returning to Turnberry remains in question, the famed Scottish golf course can claim something else starting in 2025: the most expensive green fee on the planet.
Matt Kuchar managed to steal the show on Sunday evening at the Wyndham Championship despite being seven shots behind with one hole to play. While everyone around him finished their rounds to end a waterlogged week in Greensboro, the nine-time PGA Tour winner picked up his golf ball and went home. Or, rather, to his Read more…
For more than a quarter century, golf fans watched Tiger Woods dominate pro golf while wearing the Nike swoosh. The two teamed up for countless memories on the course and nearly as many memorable commercials off it. Heck, even Woods’ most famous shot, his chip-in on No. 16 during the final round of the 2005 Read more…
Rory McIlroy has accomplished a lot in his illustrious career, but the four-time major champ nearly pulled off an all-time first on Friday: make an albatross at the Olympics. During the second round at Le Golf National, McIlroy just missed dunking a long iron from 260 yards on the par 5 third hole. Instead, his Read more…
Wyndham Clark’s dream of representing his country at the Olympics got off to a tough start on Thursday. Unfortunately, things were made worse by the fact that Wyndham also represents Golf Twitter. Our beloved online community can be a lot of fun during big events like when Scottie Scheffler got arrested at the PGA Championship. Read more…
A golfer rudely interrupted people eating dinner and enjoying drinks with a wild shot, but wound up walking away a hero. The fun scene happened at Cabot Links in Nova Scotia, where an outdoor patio is apparently located pretty close to the 18th hole. So it’s not too surprising that one guy’s shot wound up Read more…
There’s no better time to fall in love with a new, random athlete than during the Olympics. Unless you follow all these sports closely year-round, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of most of these guys and gals even if they are the best in the world in their sport. But one race or Read more…
Rory McIlroy’s feelings about Olympic golf continued to evolve this week. His feelings about another sport in the Summer Games, however, have stayed the same. You actually might guess what McIlroy’s favorite (other) Olympic sport is had you read this post from three years ago that we’re updating. But you’d have no chance if you Read more…
It wasn’t quite the glory days #SB2K17, but most of that crew—Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, and Smylie Kaufman—were recently together on a buddies golf trip to Ireland. Not surprisingly, it looked like the boys had a great time. But surprisingly, Spieth made a big mistake in an area he usually specializes in. We’ve heard JT Read more…
Playing in the opening round of the 2024 Senior Open Championship, the former Ryder Cupper went to tap in for bogey on the seventh hole after missing a par putt and completely whiffed.
Wikipedia, according to Wikipedia, went live on January 15, 2001. In the two-plus decades since it’s been a tremendous research tool for both golf fans and golf writers. Big-J journos, of course, should always double check what they see on there, but for the most part, the site has great accuracy. Wikipedia’s launch also had Read more…
After finishing runner-up at the British Open on Sunday, Billy Horschel declared he was still going to this week’s 3M Open and that he’d “Be on the range 7:30 Tuesday morning grinding like I always am.” Impressively, despite the close call and the long flight, Horschel stayed true to his word. However, he didn’t have Read more…
The most emotional moment from the 2024 Open Championship came when Xander Schauffele shared an embrace with his dad at Royal Troon after locking up his second major of the year. Turns out, that’s not the only thing Stefan would be hugging tight that day. In multiple interviews, Xander said he would let his dad Read more…
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