Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we can’t believe how much has changed in two months. Back in May, Xander Schauffele was having to answer questions about not being able to win the big one. Now after claiming a second major, the only questions left is how many will he wind up with Read more…
Woods would be the last person to make excuses for his poor play following rounds of 79 and 77 at Royal Troon, but we’ll go ahead and make one for him after seeing this.
Far, far away from the Open Championship in Scotland, Nick Dunlap made PGA Tour history of his own on Sunday in Truckee, California. With his victory at the Barracuda Championship, Dunlap became the first player to win as both an amateur and a pro in the same season. But it was something that happened moments Read more…
Xander Schauffele’s second major championship of 2024 suddenly, maybe has started an unexpected debate for who the PGA Tour Player of the Year is. But there’s no debate who was the best player in the year’s four major championships.
Justin Thomas teed off on Sunday morning in the final round of the Open Championship with a chance to win the claret jug. Seconds later, his dreams were sunk. Literally.
They say you need some good breaks to win a major championship. Brandel Chamblee certainly reminded everyone of that during Bryson DeChambeau’s U.S. Open win at Pinehurst. But golfers will take good luck at anytime. No matter where they are on the leaderboard. Such was the case for Brian Harman on Sunday at Royal Troon. Read more…
With all due respect to Si Woo Kim, who aced Royal Troon’s 17th hole with an iron in calmer conditions on Saturday, the shot of the day on that 238-yard par 3 was Scottie Scheffler’s 3-wood to inside of three feet. That’s right, the World No. 1 needed to hit 3-wood on a par 3 Read more…
Daniel Brown contending at the Open Championship this week has led to plenty of “Da Vinci Code” jokes, but he came up with a wild plot for his seventh hole on Saturday that not even the famed author could have come up with. RELATED: Dustin Johnson gives perfect DJ quote about wife Paulina Gretzky Brown Read more…
Phil Mickelson lost a bet, but it sounds like he wound up finding a new style. The six-time major champ was defeated (with strokes) by YouTube star Grant Horvat in a video that was released earlier this week, resulting in him having to wear joggers at the British Open. Although Mickelson didn’t seem pleased about Read more…
There were plenty of big names who missed the cut at Royal Troon on Friday, from Rory McIlroy to Bryson DeChambeau to Viktor Hovland to Tommy Fleetwood to, well, you get the point. But one name you won’t find on that list is Hideki Matsuyama. In fact, the Japanese star has quite an impressive streak Read more…
Rory McIlroy’s week at Royal Troon was so rough that he admitted to thinking about where he was going to go on vacation next week just 22 holes into the event. Which is fitting, because there’s also a clip of him that would be perfect for the next Southwest Airlines “Wanna get away?” commercial. McIlroy’s Read more…
Golf fans haven’t seen or heard as much of Dustin Johnson since he left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf two years ago. For one thing, LIV doesn’t play as many events. For another, DJ has been a non-factor at the four major championships since then. But after a fantastic 69 on Friday at the Read more…
The golf world has gotten a major introduction to Daniel Brown through two days at Royal Troon, where he sits just two shots off Shane Lowry’s lead. And as anyone who gets thrust into sudden fame, the 29-year-old Englishman started to have his past, including his old tweets, examined. But don’t worry, the one that’s Read more…
To be fair to Aguri Iwasaki, just about everyone struggled at Royal Troon on Friday. Even a two-time major champ like Justin Thomas shot a front-nine 45 to move from near the top of the leaderboard to outside the cut line. But the 26-year-old Japanese tour pro had a historically bad stretch of golf that Read more…
We interrupt our British Open coverage—especially since all signs point to it being over—to bring you a celebrity golf update. Sauce Gardner appeared on his way to breaking a scoring milestone. Until a bit of wildlife got in his way. The New York Jets star—and our new favorite golfer—started off hot with a pair of Read more…
After a brilliant opening round Thursday, Shane Lowry grabbed the lead at the Open Championship early on Friday. And after hearing this, gamblers may be kicking themselves that they didn’t see this coming on Wednesday. Lowry arrived at Royal Troon getting solid respect from the oddsmakers in the 40-to-1 odds range. And for good reason. Read more…
Tom McKibbin got off to a solid start on Thursday in his Open Championship debut. The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland shot a two-over-par 73 at Royal Troon in difficult conditions. “It was tricky,” McKibbin told reporters after. “Didn’t play great at all really. Especially the back nine, it was the harder nine. Just a few Read more…
It’s becoming a tradition unlike any other. Golf Twitter roasting a top golfer’s haircut during a major. Scottie Scheffler got the brutal treatment last month when he got a fresh cut at Pinehurst on the eve of the U.S. Open that showed off his golfer’s tan. Before that, who could forget Jordan Spieth at the Read more…
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