Days away from hosting the Valspar Championship, tournament officials absorbed the sad news that their event was off for 2020 and braced for the impact it would have on the event and the community.
With the USGA and R&A having released the preliminary results of their Distance Insights Project – and concluding that something needs to be done to keep the cycle of distance increases from continuing – it seemed a worthwhile exercise to ask the players responsible for much of the handwringing what it is, exactly, they think needs to be done.
Jason Day is trying to find his way out of a wilderness by following some familiar bread crumbs, ones that scores of players have followed, ones that he already has seen before.
At No.72 in the World Ranking, Phil Mickelson currently has not qualified to play in this year’s US Open at Winged Foot Golf Club, site of one of his record six second-place finishes in the championship.
Fresh off a solid performance in his first Presidents Cup, Abraham Ancer is ready to take the next step in his professional career. A very big, exciting step.
The man whose career has been defined by his individual brilliance was crying tears of joy after orchestrating a team triumph that was much more difficult than most would have imagined.
The strange on-course meeting between Patrick Reed and Cameron Smith on Thursday at Royal Melbourne Golf Club was so difficult to characterise that one of the two protagonists still is befuddled by it.
The pace of play on the PGA Tour is likely to accelerate after the Masters. That is when the new pace-of-play guidelines passed on Monday by the tour policy board will go into effect, sources told Golf Digest at the RSM Classic.
Day joins fellow countrymen Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and rookie Cameron Smith, bringing the number of Australians who have played in the Presidents Cup to 54, by far the most on the International team.
With four bulging discs in his back, Marc Leishman didn’t need any further injuries to make it uncomfortable to play golf. He got one anyway. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
Rory McIlroy is tempted to relive a bit of history at this week’s BMW Championship. He might eschew his courtesy car in favour of arriving at Medinah Country Club in a police cruiser.
Woods confirmed after his pro-am round Wednesday that he did not hit any balls between the time he left Liberty National in Jersey City, New Jersey, and his arrival Tuesday at Medinah for this week’s BMW Championship.
A night of reflection and a third-round two-under 69 Saturday at Royal Portrush did nothing to assuage Xander Schauffele’s displeasure with the R&A over the matter of his driver being found non-conforming prior to the start of the 148th Open Championship.
Australian Golf Digest
