On Wednesday at the BMW Championship, McIlroy was asked if he remembered how he spent that first pay cheque, which prompted a rather sheepish admission from the five-time major champion.
An Ohio golfer has come out WAY ahead after a recent golf trip to Michigan where he purchased a winning Powerball lottery ticket worth a whopping amount of cash.
For the average stick, birdies are an occasion to be celebrated. They show up sporadically, often without warning, and disappear just as fast, leaving golfers chasing that fleeting high, sometimes for the rest of their lives. Eagles, however, are an even rarer bird. For the mid-handicappers among us, they require an elusive convergence of ability, Read more…
South African golfer Christo Lamprecht delivered drama at the Pinnacle Bank Championship when he was in a greenside bunker on the last but dialled up a textbook bunker shot that trick-trick-trickled in, handing him his first ever Korn Ferry Tour victory.
In just over a week, 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley will announce the squad for the upcoming Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, and the remaining contenders are hitting the campaign trail HARD. Earlier this week, Jordan Spieth revealed his strategy—essentially trying to neg his way onto the squad by convincing Keegan Bradley that Read more…
On Thursday, just as things were heating up (literally) at the FedEx St Jude Championship, DeChambeau was in the lab cooking up something special for the first tee at next month’s USA-vs-Europe showdown.
How old were you when you first broke par? Chances are, it hasn’t happened yet. In fact, for the majority of golfers, it never will (at least using gross scoring). The same can’t be said for the DP World Tour’s best and brightest, however. This week, they were asked how old they were when they Read more…
There are few things Paige Spiranac hasn’t done in the world of golf. Professional competition? Check. Social media? Check. Modeling, Hollywood cameos and serving on the PGA Tour’s new Creator Council? Check, check and check. You might not think there’s much left for the SI Swimsuit cover model to achieve in the sport, but now, Read more…
Folks, here’s a story you don’t see every day. Desire Gentleman’s Club, a strip club located in Providence, Rhode Island strip club, has filed a lawsuit against Triggs Memorial Golf Course for breach of contract and negligence after the golf course allegedly double-booked tournaments, leaving Desire out in the cold. According to the Boston Globe, Read more…
In Tempe, Arizona, inspiration has come full circle. Taking a cue from the raucous atmosphere of college football, the Waste Management Phoenix Open’s 16th hole has become the most infamous party in golf, spawning a wave of imitators. That list includes LIV Golf, who have fashioned ‘watering holes” at their Australia and UK events, and Read more…
At PGA National in February, Jake Knapp came inches from making PGA Tour history when he missed an eagle putt on the 18th hole that would have tied Jim Furyk’s single-round scoring mark of 58. As it was, Knapp tapped in for 59, just the 15th such score in the tour’s history. The 31-year-old’s incredible Read more…
Nothing in life is more certain death, taxes and Bryson DeChambeau going viral. Last week, we debated the somethingburger vs. nothingburger of an incident between DeChambeau and a spotter at Royal Portrush. Feelings were mixed, but in my response I wrote: “On it’s own, this video is just another bullet, not the smoking gun, but Read more…
Chris Gotterup is one of the hottest golfers on the planet right now. After starting 2025 with 8 missed cuts in 12 tournaments, the Rutgers’ kid found something. Something pretty special. In his dozen starts since the Valero Texas Open, Gotterup has finished outside the top 30 just once—a MC at the RBC Canadian Open—and Read more…
Last fall, Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast, before moving north. As the system stalled over Georgia and the Carolinas, it brought high winds and devastating flooding to much of the mid-Atlantic. 252 lives were lost and an estimated $78.7 billion in damages were inflicted, making it the deadliest storm to hit the Read more…
Jon Rahm is 6’ 2”, 220 pounds. That’s a peak beer-drinking frame if we’ve ever seen one. Whether he’s pounding one 400-hundo down the middle of the fairway or cursing like a Basque sailor, Rahm seems like the kind of guy that could delete a six pack of imperial Belgians on a hot day and Read more…
The year is 2025, and the debate about what constitutes a genuine hole-in-one rages on. Now, thanks to this lucky dad, we have another new variation to add to the ace authenticity committee’s growing queue: The Upper Deck Golf hole-in-one. Let’s evaluate. My dad dunking it at Upper Deck Golf byu/Mfeldyy ingolf RELATED: One man’s Read more…
Deep behind enemy lines in Northern Ireland, the Crushers GC captain shot from the hip, blasting out a series of quotes that left little doubt about his commitment to the American cause.
There’s been no shortage of enthusiasm for the British Open in Portrush this week. Fans have lined the fairways 10 deep from Tuesday to Sunday, mostly to cheer on local boy Rory McIlroy as he vies for the first home-soil claret jug since Paul Lawrie in 1999. Unfortunately for the throngs of Guinness-sloshing golf maniacs, Read more…