What’s in a name? Well, a hell of a lot if you were watching the leaderboard at the SDC Championship on Friday. That’s where a fella by the name of Robin Williams tore through the field like Rickie Bobby at Talladega, firing five birdies and an eagle enroute to a five-under 67. Obviously with a Read more…
Golf and tattoos go together like oil and water. The old guard down at your club think ink is for sailors and convicts, and many clubs will even force you to cover it up unless your name is Rickie Fowler. But the times are nothing if not a changin’ and Polish PGA pro Jakub Budaj Read more…
The exploits of Florida Man are known far and wide, but for years Florida Woman has toiled in obscurity. NO LONGER! At least if 21-year-old Gabrielle Barberis has anything to say about it. Last week, the St John’s County woman flipped her car into a pond beside Julington Creek Golf Club just outside Jacksonville. When Read more…
Another major season awaits, and with it the same old bellyaching. The LIV ex-pats, tired of counting their millions and playing in front of hundreds, want dates to golf’s biggest dances and many are being left out in the cold yet again. That includes 2023 LIV Golf individual champ Talor Gooch, who voiced his frustrations Read more…
This weekend Chicago was abuzz. Not only was legendary Blackhawks defenseman Chris Chelios set to have his jersey retired, but Chelios’ longtime friend Michael Jordan (perhaps you’ve heard of him) was scheduled to make a rare appearance in the Windy City to commemorate the occasion. Celebrate good times come on! Unfortunately, when the seats began Read more…
Rahm’s response was unexpected for several reasons. First of all, if you’re going to call someone out for sucking at golf, it shouldn’t be someone who can turn your body into a carnival balloon animal with their bare hands.
If you’re disillusioned with the state of competitive golf at the moment, you’re not alone. The PGA Tour-PIF courtroom drama continues to rage on without end while Tiger Woods’ and Rory McIlroy’s much-ballyhooed TGL has been delayed. Competitive golf needs a hard reset—a return to roots—and this spring Grass League is hoping to offer just Read more…
It might not be the most glamorous locale on the list when planning a bucket-list golf trip, but Scottsdale, Arizona is a deep-round sleeper. There’s incredible courses, warm winter weather and plenty of cerveza and chorizo to go around. Throw in the whole Phoenix Open factor, and you have golf destination that holds its own Read more…
For most golfers, their bucket-list goals follow a similar arc. Lock down a buddies trip at Bandon Dunes in 2049. Break 80. Win the Masters ticket lottery while Tiger is still on the prowl. You know, the standard issue stuff. For the select few, however—the free-thinking, beer-drinking, modern-trailblazers who may or may not still be Read more…
Another week, another airline completely the transportation of golf clubs. The victim this time was PGA Tour sophomore Ben Griffin, who touched down at LAX after the WM Phoenix Open hoping to play the Genesis Invitational pro-am on Monday only to discover his clubs didn’t make the journey with him. He played the pro-am with Read more…
The clock strikes Riviera once more. This week the PGA Tour returns to hot, hot Signature Event action at the Genesis Invitational action where Tiger Woods will tee it up in Sun Day Red (mind the space), Max Homa will defend his, um, runner-up title and Viktor Hovland will once again indulge his intrusive thoughts Read more…
Hadwin, though pumped for his friend’s second win in eight months, resisted the urge to bound onto the green this time around, hilariously telling nearby cameras that he’d learned his lesson.
There is just one game of the 2023-24 NFL season left. After Super Bowl Sunday, it will all be over, and the NFL’s 32 franchises will reset and reload for another lap around the pigskin-shaped sun. For the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots, that means one thing and one thing only: Quarterback, Read more…
On Tuesday morning, the music world woke up to the tragic news that country music icon Toby Keith had passed away at the age of 62 following a long battle with stomach cancer. The whiskey-voiced songwriter behind smash hits like “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” and “Red Solo Cup” was anti-establishment to his core, founding his Read more…
The end of the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was messy on a lot levels. High winds and heavy rain forced the PGA Tour to cancel the remainder of the tournament late Sunday, reducing the retooled signature event to little more than a carbon copy of the no-cut, 54-hole shindig happening down in Mayakoba. The Read more…
On Friday, America mourned the loss of a legend as news broke that Carl Weathers—former Raiders linebacker-turned-‘Rocky’ rival whose biceps (and comedic chops) gave Arnold Schwarzenegger’s a run for their baby oil—passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 76. Among the millions who lamented the death of the 20th-century American icon was Read more…
Tom Brady has an all-time record of 33-3 against the Buffalo Bills. That’s a level of dominance rarely, if ever, seen in the NFL. Things have gotten better for the Bills following Brady’s departure, going 7-1 against the Patriots since, but some ghosts haunt you forever. For Buffalo and Bills Mafia, Brady is one such Read more…
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