Justin Rose has reinvented himself in recent years, trying to squeeze every ounce of talent from his now 45-year-old body. On Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, he reinvented himself once more, only this time not necessarily physically but mentally—with his course strategy. And it paid off big, Rose able to claim another PGA Read more…
Under strict instructions, from one of the secret service members, not to follow the group the President was playing in, I did then go out on the course and walk every hole around the Balmedie Dunes.
It seemed inevitable, some would say, even before Thursday’s opening round of the 2025 British Open started. For others, it was when he took the outright lead on the 16th hole at Royal Portrush on Friday. Others had to wait at least a couple holes into Sunday’s final round before declaring Scottie Scheffler the champion Read more…
In the three years since the Scottish Open became co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour, the three Open champions finished in the top-15 at Renaissance the week prior to lifting the claret jug.
I’ve always thought walk-off home runs in baseball were one of the coolest things in sports. Bang, it’s gone. No more pitches, no more drama. It’s all over and you can relax and make your way around the bases. J.J. Spaun, an avid Dodgers fan, got a taste of that feeling on the 72nd hole Read more…
There’s a mantra in certain golf architecture circles that par is just a number. In other words, a hole, and its difficulty or quality, is not defined by the par on the scorecard but rather the design, challenge and options a hole provides. The eighth hole at Oakmont has people divided. Playing up to 300 Read more…
Anytime a golf course goes through a renovation, there are typically two goals at play. One is that a club is keen to restore its course close to its original design or intent. The second is to ask more questions of the players playing the course. Give them decisions to make. Gil Hanse’s recent renovation Read more…
When we think about great achievements in golf, we often think of players who have triumphed over adversity. Ben Hogan overcoming his car accident to win the three majors in 1953, Tiger Woods overcoming injuries, scandal and age to win the 2019 Masters and even Rory McIlroy finally overcoming the curse of the career Grand Read more…
When our writer first played Al Zorah in 2018, there was a course, a temporary clubhouse and plenty of ambition. Coming back this year, it’s hard to describe the scale of what’s there now.
For nearly all golfers, the idea of playing The Old Course in St Andrews is the holy grail. For a select few golfers this year, that dream will become a reality.
It was a week of incredible shots, with more twists and turns than a season of “White Lotus.” So many “Did you see?” moments. But for me, there is one shot that won Rory McIlroy his long-awaited green jacket. In March, immediately after his triumph at TPC Sawgrass, I wrote a piece breaking down the Read more…
Six years ago, on the final hole of the Players Championship, Rory McIlroy removed the dog headcover off his driver to cheers from the crowd. Like a gladiator unsheathing his favorite weapon, he launched his drive 300 yards down the left side of the fairway, made par and lifted the golden trophy for the first Read more…
So, he did it. Bryson DeChambeau completed his hole-in-one challenge. As the two-time major champion continues to dominate the world of online golf, I decided to dive deep into his challenge and analyze some of the numbers and data in his chase for the ace. Before we get to the numbers, a quick introduction to Read more…
It’s a milestone you probably didn’t know was coming—this week marks the 2,000th edition of the Official World Golf Ranking. On April 6, 1986—seven days prior, coincidentally, to Jack Nicklaus’ historic sixth Masters triumph—the then Sony Ranking circulated throughout the golf world, listing the top 100 male professional golfers based on a brand-new ranking system. Read more…
In any sport, the rarest athletes are those who display not just singular brilliance, but who excel in every facet of the game. In baseball, these “unicorns” are often dubbed “five-tool players”—they hit for power and for average, run, field, and throw with elite skill. But what if we took that concept and applied it Read more…
TROON, Scotland — What if we told you that once ahead of the British Open at Troon, players took part in an official long-drive competition? There was prize money, a trophy, rules and the best players in the world. It happened in 1923 and is chronicled in the book “The Breezy Links o’Troon,” a history Read more…
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