DUBLIN, Ohio – Getting kicked in the “goolies” doesn’t sound like a pleasant experience, so rebounding from said kick has to be something of a badge of honor. That’s the feeling Justin Rose embraced on Friday at Muirfield Village Golf Club after his furious back-nine rally gave him a chance not only for two more Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — Sam Burns played the kind of golf Friday at the Memorial Tournament that every golfer should try to emulate. Burns fired—if that’s the appropriate term in a steady rainstorm—a second-round seven-under 65 at soggy Muirfield Village Golf Club, but more than just the score was noteworthy after he opened with a 76 Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – Max Homa hasn’t felt this comfortable with his golf game since before the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, where he was one of the few bright spots for the American team as a rookie. The best part about this news is that Homa posted a score to reflect that. “I felt like Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – With more than six inches of rain falling in central Ohio over the past few weeks, conditions are predictably soft at Muirfield Village Golf Club for Thursday’s opening round of the Memorial Tournament. That means mud balls that can make a straightforward shot a significant challenge. Rickie Fowler offered a glimpse into Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — Tax Day, April 15, usually is painful for most Americans. For Jim Furyk, it was a day of relief. The former U.S. Open champion underwent hip replacement surgery in Jacksonville, Fla., on that day, and he was walking around without pain Wednesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club, where he serves as a Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — The hour-long dedication to Barbara Nicklaus Wednesday afternoon at the Memorial Tournament was as emotional as one might expect, but amid all the accolades for and anecdotes about the wife of Jack Nicklaus came perhaps one of the most touching moments in the annals of the Honoree Ceremony. It was the debut Read more…
The PGA Tour’s signature event model that Rory McIlroy helped to create in 2022 in response to the LIV Golf League incursion into men’s golf appears to not be working for some players—most notably Rory McIlroy.
DUBLIN, Ohio — The sight of Jack Nicklaus crying on live television last June during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday underscored the momentousness of the news he was trying to share with the help of CBS golf anchor Jim Nantz. It is common practice for Nicklaus, the Memorial founder and Read more…
Jack Nicklaus wrote a congratulatory letter to Rory McIlroy after the Northern Irishman won the Masters in April and completed the career Grand Slam. Nicklaus is still waiting to hear from McIlroy about his decision to skip this week’s Memorial Tournament. RELATED: Bryson DeChambeau drove a car and a golf ball down the Indianapolis Motor Read more…
It’s time to start taking this Sepp Straka character a lot more seriously after his second victory of the year meant he joined Rory McIlory as the only multiple winners on the PGA Tour this season.
One can legitimately argue that Rory McIlroy began to fulfill his immense promise with his victory in the 2009 Dubai Desert Classic, where he held off Justin Rose by a shot after nearly surrendering a six-stroke lead over the final six holes. His maiden triumph on the then European Tour at age 19—after two playoff Read more…
Rough topped off at five inches. Green speeds of 15 on the Stimpmeter. A renovated golf course with at least one new hole location on each green. Nothing to see here. Just the setup basics for next month’s US Open at Oakmont Country Club.
After coming close to victory on the PGA Tour a couple of times apiece, Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak used their collective talents to finally break through, winning a nail-biter at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Rory McIlroy pulled out his driver on the third hole in Sunday’s final round of the Masters, Jack Nicklaus figured that either anger or desperation already had overcome the Northern Irishman and that he had discarded his carefully conceived pre-tournament plan. Nicklaus was leaning toward the former. “Rory got away from Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — He was the player who looked the most like he wanted to win, like he had the game and the will to win, and even like the player who should win. History be damned. Justin Rose played arguably the round of his life Sunday in the 2025 Masters, though later he couldn’t Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The long and short of Bryson DeChambeau’s third round in the 2025 Masters is that when he wasn’t long, he was usually short. Distance control is crucial to success at Augusta National Golf Club, and the reigning U.S. Open champion left home without his on Saturday, his vaunted power game nullified much Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Anger enveloped Nick Dunlap Thursday afternoon and into the evening. Anxiety gripped him on Friday morning as he grappled with the visceral discomfort from the knot in his stomach—”more than I’ve ever had starting a round of golf.” The anger he addressed by rifling several dozen golf balls into the woods behind Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first thing worth noting about Dustin Johnson’s second round in the 2025 Masters is that he finished bogey-double bogey to ruin not only a perfectly decent scorecard but also his plans for the weekend. The second thing worth noting is that he finished bogey-double bogey and still was willing to step Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A miracle putt here, a hole-out for eagle there, hybrids everywhere. Sixty-five-year-old Fred Couples had himself a day Thursday at the Masters, the kind that leads him to believe he still has enough golf in the tank to keep playing for a few more years—if he can stay relatively healthy. He was Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Six-time Masters champion Jack Nicklaus likes Rory McIlroy’s chances this week to win his first green jacket and complete the career grand slam. In fact, he gave the world’s No. 2 player his stamp of approval after having lunch together last week at Nicklaus’ The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla. “I said, Read more…
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