As we are all (sometimes painfully) aware, once Halloween ends, the holidays officially begin. Light-up Santa and his plastic reindeer are trotted out for another trip around the globe. Christmas songs blare from every department store loudspeaker. Frozen turkeys become society’s most valuable barter commodity and Best Buy greeters leapfrog Navy SEALs on the list Read more…
The Philadelphia Eagles are SO BACK. After some early season wobbles and drama swirling around head coach Nick Sirianni, da Birds have rattled off three straight wins, including a big 37-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. They’re even racking up dubs on their off days, with stars Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts, plus Read more…
Last week, LeBron James, 39, and Bronny James, 20, made basketball history, becoming the first father-son duo to take the court at the same time in an NBA game. Since then, the former McDonald’s All-American hasn’t played a minute for the 3-1 Lakers, with reports suggesting he will ‘likely’ be sent down to the G Read more…
How far would you go to save your home course from becoming more generic condos or another Amazon warehouse? Would you bribe your local politicians? Would you chain yourself to the big oak off nine? Would you even try to buy it yourself? Well, one golfer is trying to do exactly that, turning to Reddit Read more…
Due to the vagaries of time zones, Xander Schauffele enjoyed an “early” 31st birthday celebration at the Zozo Championship on Friday. Before his second round at Narashino Country Club, Schauffele was presented with a birthday cake and asked to make a wish as he blew out the candle. Schauffele thought for a moment before making Read more…
Halloween is just a week away. Across the world, revellers are scrambling to pick their costumes. Do you go as sexy Beetlejuice or the viral Olympic breakdancer lady? It’s a tough call, but Japan’s leading Rickie Fowler superfan has no such concerns. He already has his costume locked in and he debuted it at the Read more…
We’re all sick of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s will-they, won’t-they saga. It’s like a bad sitcom romance dragged out over eight seasons. The pair started courting each other back in June of 2023, and 14 months later, no deal has been reached. Professional golf remains estranged, and fans, baffled by the self-defeating incompetence Read more…
On Sunday in Las Vegas, J.T. Poston claimed his third PGA Tour title, outlasting Doug Ghim to win the Shriners Children’s Open. After wading through a sea of microphones and calling his wife like a pro’s pro, Poston and caddie Aaron Flener hit the Strip to celebrate. From the looks of things, they had an Read more…
We’ve shared countless jaw-dropping golf homes over the years. Homes with awesome backyard putting complexes. Homes with living rooms modeled after Butler Cabin. Homes smack dab in the middle of iconic links courses. Each has been incredible in its own right, but we promise you’ve never seen anything like Grosse Pointe, a 343-acre, 9,580-square-foot Vermont Read more…
We’ve seen balls bounce into beers and golf cart cup holders. We’ve seen them end up in trees and next to snoozing alligators, but we’ve never seen one wedged in the derriere of a fan.
Golf can be contagious. Sometimes in a participatory way—driving by a golf course on a nice day makes you want to go play, for instance—but also in terms of performance. If you’re playing in a group where everyone’s chopping it around and the vibes are bad, chances are you’ll catch that cold too. The same Read more…
Though Bryson DeChambeau’s wildly successful YouTube series is called ‘Break 50,’ the irony is that DeChambeau and his various playing partners—from former President Donald Trump to Paige Spiranac—have yet to actually break 50. With season 1 coming to a close, the pressure to crack that mythical barrier is greater than ever, so this week DeChambeau Read more…
One of the low-key best golf stories of the year has been the revival of Andrew Johnston. Following a thumb injury that robbed him of much of 2021 and 2022, the artist formerly known as Beef had fallen to 1,932nd in the world by late 2023. Finally healthy and boasting a new appreciation for the Read more…
Kantarat Golf Course was constructed by the RTAF in 1952, becoming the first golf course in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok and just the second in the country.
Halloween is just a few weeks away, and if you’re still looking for the perfect golf-themed costume for you and your spouse/buddy/caddie/kids, the search stops here. This is option 1A through 1Z. It’s a slam dunk, home run and hole in one all rolled into a single Kit Kat-deleting monster. The only question is who Read more…
The story of the week at the Sanderson Farms Championship is 71-year-old Reed Hughes. Hughes qualified for the event—his first PGA Tour appearance in over 17 years—with a surprise victory at the 2023 Gulf States Section championship, and held his own on Thursday, firing a four-over 76. After his opening round, Hughes reflected on his Read more…
It wasn’t the opening round they were hoping for, but the elder McIlroy did provide one of the early highlights of the tournament, chipping in from the rough on the seventh hole for a long par save.
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