These aren’t necessarily the 13 golfers—well, Scottie and a dozen others—with the best chance to slip on the green jacket. Rather, they’re the 13 we think have a great chance to do that AND whose odds are the most appealing.
One of the traditions unlike any other at the sporting event known as the tradition unlike any other is searching through the galleries to see people strutting around in their green jackets.
Scott Hend has played all around the world since turning pro more than a quarter century ago, collecting three DP World Tour wins and 10 Asian Tour titles. But just because you’re a long hitter with a long career, doesn’t mean you still can’t make a rules mistake.
Windy conditions made TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course play even trickier than usual on Friday with water hazards becoming more difficult to avoid and crusty greens being more difficult to hold. And in one stunning case, those two elements combined to bite one of the best golfers in the world.
The biggest party of the year just so happens to be in the middle of a golf tournament. We’ve long known that about the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where drunken wobblers, Borat impersonators, and beer showers are as much of the show at TPC Scottsdale as the golfers themselves.
As much as 2022 will be remembered for the PGA Tour and LIV Golf causing a rift among both professional golfers and golf fans, 2023 has provided at least one unifying thing that nearly all followers of the sport can agree on: mic’d up segments with players.
Golf fans don’t need another reminder of Tiger Woods’ accomplishments on the golf course, but you’ll get one if you look closely at his golf bag. Really closely. Woods returned to official PGA Tour competition after a seven-month layooff at last week’s Genesis Invitational, where he played tournament host and also exceeded many peoples’ expectations Read more…
Netflix’s long-awaited (at least, in golf circles) docuseries, “Full Swing,” dropped on Wednesday and people are watching. People are watching. That includes pro golfers who starred in the show—and, apparently, other players who aren’t even featured in it.
The 49-year-old Australian has sneakily become one of the best follows on Golf Twitter while keeping his golf game pretty sharp as he approaches the senior tour.
The Irish comedian and impression artist has really outdone himself this time by spoofing the series with his own take on the personalities and themes bound to be covered by Netflix.
The beer shower at last year’s WM Phoenix Open for Sam Ryder’s incredible third-round ace at TPC Scottsdale’s 16th hole, aka “The Coliseum,” was a great scene. Unfortunately, though, the 17,000 fans in the grandstands took it a little too far, making it rain beer for seemingly every routine birdie, par and chest-hair flash that came afterward.
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