While the eyes of the golf world were fixed firmly on Rory McIlroy’s runaway victory at Quail Hollow on Sunday, Chris Gotterup put on an equally dominant performance at the Myrtle Beach Classic, besting the field by six strokes en route to his first PGA Tour win. The former Jack Nicklaus Award winner was thankful Read more…
Nelly Korda is having a year that dreams are made of. The women’s World No. 1 recently tied the LPGA’s all-time consecutive win record at The Chevron Championship, capturing 2024’s first major in the process. This weekend, she will vie for six straight at the Cognizant Founders Cup, but win or lose, Korda’s week has Read more…
It’s not a great time to be a Los Angeles Laker. After another up-and-down season, the Lakers bowed out in the first round of the West Conference playoffs. After the team’s 4-1 series loss to the Denver Nuggets, LeBron James declined to answer questions about his future—fueling speculation that we may have seen the last Read more…
This week, Scottie Scheffler withdrew from the Wells Fargo Championship as he and his wife Meredith continue to anticipate the birth of their first child. It won’t exactly be a relaxing weekend for the Schefflers, but the same can’t be said for Scheffler’s caddie Ted Scott, who got an unexpected staycation when Scottie pulled the Read more…
Golf is full of etiquette conundrums and awkward encounters, but nothing is more confusing than knowing when to play through. But don’t stress, we’re here to help, breaking down 10 scenarios that will help you decide whether to stick or twist.
One of the stories of the week at TPC Craig Ranch was Kris Kim. The 16-year-old phenom from England made the cut in his first-ever PGA Tour start, chipping in for eagle and nearly making a hole-in-one enroute to a six-under finish. There have been plenty of memorable golf debuts over the course of the Read more…
Phil Mickelson turned pro in 1992. Let that sink in for a minute. Nirvana was a new band. George Bush (senior!) was president. The Dallas Cowboys were winning Super Bowls. It was a very different world, both on and off the golf course. Mickelson has experienced a lot of incredible highs and low lows since Read more…
All hole-in-ones are special, but not every ace is created equal. There’s various factors at play. Distance, wind and pin position are big ones. Then there’s the course, the tees and, of course, lady luck—a big kick or a fortuitous ricochet count the same on the scorecard but are worth less in social currency. None Read more…
Whether cosying up beside the “Phireside” or putting the entire Golden State Warriors dynasty at risk, the six-time major winner was golf’s first true “viral” star.
No clip from the weekend summed up the chaotic action quite like this video of a fan in the grandstands at the Watering Hole snagging a flying beer out of the sky like a slips-cordon maestro and then chugging it.
It’s hard to believe, but before you know it, football will be back in our lives once again. OTAs have begun and the NFL Draft has come and gone. Pretty soon mandatory mini-camps will be upon us, and with them, the official end of the NFL “offseason” (if there is such a thing). This weekend, Read more…
One of the sneaky news bits of the week is that LIV Golf’s future road map includes plans for “home-team” events, a move that could help to bolster the league’s struggling team dynamic. From the looks of things at The Grange, however, Ripper G.C. captain Cam Smith already has a formidable homefield advantage cooking as Read more…
These aren’t your grandpa’s Washington Commanders. For starters, your grandpa didn’t call them the “Commanders.” Not only that, but the American capital’s once-proud football franchise is under new ownership and in prime position to select the star quarterback that has eluded them for decades come Thursday’s NFL Draft. Things are finally looking up in Landover Read more…
Maybe you think golf needs another league like a Pro V1 to the head. As the pro-golf schism has pressed into its third year, the furor has turned to fatigue, TV ratings plummeting faster than LIV pros’ OWGR rankings. Meanwhile, TGL remains a 3D rendering on the simulator horizon line as its biggest benefactors struggle Read more…
As you’ve almost certainly heard, Verne Lundquist will complete his 40th and final Masters broadcast on Sunday, closing the book on one of the most iconic careers in sports journalism. Earlier this week, he ranked Jack Nicklaus’ green-jacket charge in 1986 and Tiger Woods electric chip-in in 2005 as the “1 and 1A” of his Read more…
Each year, we wax poetic on the Masters app and the host of free streaming content within. We glorify the multi-screen experience as we wait around for 3 p.m. coverage to start and romanticize attending in person despite the fact you can’t use your phone, aren’t allowed to run, have to wait in line for Read more…
Without context or warning, the ESPN broadcast cut to DeChambeau on the par-5 13th hole carrying an Augusta National sign over his shoulder like a cross.
A few young whipper snappers decided to shoot their shot, calling up Augusta National in the middle of Thursday’s opening round to see if they could score a tee time.
As Bob Frost once wrote, nothing gold can stay, and when it comes to sports broadcasting, Verne Lundquist is the pure, 24K stuff. This year, the 83-year-old will call his 40th and final Masters, gracing golf fans with his iconic croon one last time. With such a long and lasting career, Lundquist has played his Read more…
One week every April, Augusta Regional Airport becomes a bonafide Heathrow, more than doubling its destinations while seeing the passenger totals jump from a mere 5,000 people on a normal week to more than 30,000.
Each year, the Masters Par-3 Contest unofficially heralds the start of the Masters, a resplendent calm-before-the-major-season-storm. But the Par-3 Contest itself doesn’t truly begin until the first ace falls, and this year that honor belonged to Luke List, who reeled in a beauty on the 140-yard 6th hole early Wednesday afternoon. Watch it and weep Read more…
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