Articles by Christopher Powers

October 12th, 2024

Tour pro gets ridiculously good break after hitting into ‘animal hole’ at the Black Desert Championship

Death, taxes and PGA Tour professionals using the Rules of Golf to their advantage… sometimes questionably so. Last week, it was Beau Hossler on the 72nd hole at the Sanderson Farms Championship, where he tried to argue for TIO relief after hitting his ball directly behind a tree. In a rare twist, the rules officials Read more…

October 11th, 2024

Man plays golf in hurricane because he couldn’t resist ‘SUPER HOT DEAL’

Hurricane Milton in Florida didn’t stop one golfer from booking a tee-time on Tuesday and asking his friends if they wanted to join him.

October 10th, 2024

Wyndham Clark on ‘CussGate’ and the Olympics narrative that made no sense to him

Wyndham Clark was not calling Tom Kim a liar, but he believes the only “cursing” going on at the Presidents Cup last month was between the American players themselves. RELATED: 6 things we learned from the Ryder Cup captain’s press conference Following Saturday’s testy afternoon session, though, Kim sai he felt certain American players were Read more…

October 9th, 2024

Black Desert Championship: It’s THOR time in Utah

New week, new course on the PGA Tour. We’re pumped to get a first look at the Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah, site of this week’s Black Desert Championship. Sick name, sick venue. Sick… field? Not quite. But hey, it is the Fall swing SZN, which always leaves a bit to be desired. But Read more…

October 9th, 2024

Sergio Garcia back in (?), Phil Mickelson (definitely out) and 4 other things we learned from the Ryder Cup captain’s press conference

We’re a little under a year out from the 2025 Ryder Cup, but you’d think the event was starting this week the way Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald strutted onto the stage following an electric hype video on Tuesday morning at The Times Center in Midtown Manhattan. Commuting into Times Square on a beautiful, busy Read more…

October 8th, 2024

Beau Hossler made an absurd TIO request on the final hole at the Sanderson Farms, and he was denied

Beau Hossler deserves a ton of credit for getting up and down for par from 130 yards out on the 72nd hole to force a playoff at the Sanderson Farms on Sunday. He also deserves a bit of criticism for the move he tried to pull right before hitting his second shot back into the Read more…

October 6th, 2024

Dog steals soccer star Gareth Bale’s ball at Dunhill Links, is still a very good boy

Links golf is hard enough as it is across the pond. Between the weather/wind, the pot bunkers and the high fescue, there are enough obstacles to make even the world’s best go mad. Soccer star Gareth Bale, playing in this week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Pro-Am in Scotland, faced a new obstacle on Friday at Carnoustie Read more…

October 4th, 2024

How to play ‘Bingo Bango Bongo’: The game from that famous ‘The Office’ clip is real and it’s spectacular

Bingo Bango Bongo is very real, and it is spectacular. Here’s how to play.

October 4th, 2024

Matt Fitzpatrick says he’s ‘past the point of caring’ about professional golf ‘coming together’

The longer that “framework agreement” negotiations take, the more a general apathy sets in among golf fans, who remain the biggest victim in this whole mess. There’s rising apathy among the players, too.

October 2nd, 2024

Sanderson Farms Championship picks 2024: The young bomber our anonymous caddie loves in Mississippi

Back like we never left. Well, actually, we did check in with you last week at the Presidents Cup, and we didn’t do half bad as a group. We plan to keep it rolling this week with the Sanderson, the second full field event of the FedEx Cup Fall. The field might not be the Read more…

October 2nd, 2024

Which Pro-Am would you rather play in? The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am or the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship?

Podcasts are quite literally for embracing debate, but often times topics can feel forced. Believe it or not, this week’s topic came to us naturally. The question: Which would be the better, or more fun, Pro-Am to play in as a regular joe – the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which takes place in February, or Read more…

October 2nd, 2024

Nelly Korda posts video from the gun range, makes clear she’s not to be messed with on or off the course

Korda didn’t post any golf content from her visit to Whistling Straits, however what she did post was video of her at the gun range, making it clear she’s not to be messed with on or off the course.

October 1st, 2024

Tom Kim reveals what he said to Jim Furyk and Xander Schauffele following Sunday singles after calling out American team on Saturday

Kim made it a point to seek out Furyk and Schauffele to explain exactly what he meant by his comments, and he revealed what he said to them in the International team’s post-Presidents Cup press conference.

September 28th, 2024

Presidents Cup 2024: Sahith Theegala hilariously explains what he meant by ‘mongolians’ – ‘Don’t cancel me, please’

Match play can be a strange format. One moment, you can let your guard down and think you have the hole easily won. You’re on the green in two, 10 feet left for birdie. Your opponent is in a greenside bunker. Worst-case scenario, your opponent gets up -and-down for par, and you two-putt to tie. Read more…

September 27th, 2024

Presidents Cup 2024: ‘Disrespectful’ move from Tom Kim and Sungjae Im was reportedly not their call

Tom Kim and Sungjae Im’s decision to leave the eighth green at Royal Montral and head to the ninth tee while Scottie Scheffler still had a birdie putt during their fourball match caused quite the stir on Day 1 of the Presidents Cup. A manufactured stir with so little to discuss after a 5-0 U.S. Read more…

September 27th, 2024

Presidents Cup 2024: Paul McGinley calls out Tom Kim and Sungjae Im for ‘disrespectful’ move of not waiting for Scottie Scheffler to putt out

The incident started with what seemed like some innocent sledging, but soon became more intense.

September 27th, 2024

Presidents Cup 2024: ‘WHAT WAS THAT?!’: Scottie Scheffler has epic response to his buddy Tom Kim at Royal Montreal

We owe Scottie Scheffler an apology. We were not familiar with his (trash talk) game. Sure, the World No. 1 has shown a fiery side on the course before, but it’s usually directed inward. Or, sometimes, directed at his caddie Ted Scott, which is nothing Teddy isn’t used to as Bubba Watson’s former bag man. Read more…

September 27th, 2024

Oklahoma club gets pelted with hail storm before member-guest, members volunteer to hand-repair divots in coolest golf story of the year

A hail storm in Edmond, Ok., earlier this week wreaked havoc on Rose Creek Golf Club, which was set to host its annual member-guest starting on Thursday. Damage to all 18 greens made the golf course nearly unplayable, pushing back the start of the club’s most long-awaited tournament each year. Then, the members stepped in, Read more…

September 26th, 2024

YouTuber Robby Berger being disgusted by Bryson DeChambeau’s healthy snacks is A+ content

There was a time not that long ago when Bryson DeChambeau was eating four eggs, five pieces of bacon, toast and two Orgain protein shakes. And that was just breakfast. Add in another four protein shakes throughout the course of the day, plenty of snacks and a full-on steak and potatoes dinner, and it’s no Read more…

September 25th, 2024

Presidents Cup picks 2024: Our experts’ best bets at Royal Montreal

While you can’t quite hit big like you can on an outright, these biennial team events still present plenty of fun and unique ways to place some bets. From top-scorer props to Day 1 winner props to who will hit the first tee shot, the 2024 Presidents Cup betting board has a little bit of Read more…

September 25th, 2024

John Smoltz on a fascinating new celebrity golf idea and the freak on-course injury that led to some of the best golf of his life

As a pitcher, John Smoltz was in constant danger of taking a line drive off the dome. Fortunately that never happened to the former Atlanta Braves legend. Naturally, though, he did take a ball off the dome recently, though it was on the golf course. “Believe it or not, and this is not something I Read more…

September 25th, 2024

Johnson Wagner goes knee deep in a water hazard for his most absurd ‘re-creation’ yet

The Presidents Cup is not a “major,” but it certainly feels like one now that Johnson Wagner has arrived on site and begun re-creating shots. Normally, though, Wagner will re-create a shot players from the U.S. and International teams might actually face this week at Royal Montreal. But on Monday, Wagner re-created an iconic shot Read more…