Given all the upheaval in professional golf the past 12 months, even the stiffest suits have to admit that it’s good to see the Phoenix Open is still just as crazy as ever.
There was no shortage of yucks to go around, but by the incredibly low bar set by LIV Golf’s team branding, the introduction of the Range Goats can be considered a success.
Gareth Bale ended one of the most decorated and, at times, electric careers in modern football, announcing his retirement at the age of 33. Bale will walk away from the game with five Champions League trophies, three La Liga titles, and one MLS Cup to his name. It is an unimpeachable resume but for one thing: he loved golf too much.
Tampa police chief Mary O’Connor was placed on administrative leave after body cam footage caught her flashing her badge to a fellow officer to get out of a traffic stop while operating a golf cart without a license plate on a public road.
Bale has found a loophole, installing a golf simulator at the team hotel so he and the boys can still get a couple hacks in without needing to commit to a full afternoon round.
As Justin Thomas freely admitted on Monday night’s episode of ‘The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,’ golfers don’t really have swagger. Composure? Sure. Confidence? Definitely. But swagger? Yeah, not so much.
We’ve seen plenty of wild hole-in-one celebrations over the years. But never before have we seen the glorious, unhinged mania of Jay Hartard, a golfer enjoying his 15 minutes of fame this week following one of the great hole-in-one cellys of our time. Behold.
John Daly revealed on Friday he was playing with an injury to a sensitive, private area during the first round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Ascension Charity Classic.
Safe to say there isn’t a soul in Lowry’s entourage who would have passed a breathalyser by the time last call rolled around, but one of these men is most definitely like the other.