Conference realignment has been a big talking point within the bigger college sports over the past few years. Hello, football and basketball. Here’s some odd realignment news that’s reached men’s and women’s college golf. On Thursday, the West Coast Conference announced that the two Augusta University golf programs will join their conference as affiliate members, Read more…
Before Joel Dahmen hit one ball Thursday at the Wyndham Championship he was 101st in FedEx Cup standings. The top 100 earn fill status for next season. Nearly five hours later he had struck 61 shots, made 10 birdies and was leading the tournament at nine under par. A victory would move him into the Read more…
Someone with the last name Woods made a big charge during the second round of a tournament that is run by the PGA of America. Tiger Woods has won four PGA Championships, but on Wednesday it was his son Charlie, who made nine birdies during the second round of the Junior PGA Championship at Purdue Read more…
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is going to earn a whopping sum of cash (in the tens of millions) dollars at the end of this week by sitting on his couch. Here’s the exact amount.
A place that has hosted the British Open 15 times will now get the chance to host the AIG Women’s British Open for the first time in 2027. The R&A announced Wednesday at Royal Porthcawl that Royal St. George’s will host the women’s championship in two years, visiting the Kent links July 29-Aug. 1 of Read more…
The AIG Women’s British Open announced Wednesday that it has increased its total prize purse this year by $250,000, moving it up to a record $9.75 million. The winner on Sunday at Royal Porthcawl will earn $1,462,500, the highest amount in the 49-year history of the Women’s British Open. The purse has increased each of Read more…
While 21-year-old Lottie Woad made history Sunday, winning the Women’s Scottish Open on the LPGA in her first start as a professional, 17-year-old amateur Mia Hammond made some too, winning the Epson Tour’s Greater Toledo Classic, becoming the eighth amateur to win on the LPGA’s developmental tour. The last time it happened was five years Read more…
Fifty-nines don’t grow on trees, but this past week there were two of them on consecutive days on the PGA Tour Americas Ottawa Open. Both came via an 18th hole eagle at the appropriately named Eagle Creek Golf Club, but the one on Sunday led to a victory. On Saturday, Phillip Barbaree, Jr., hit a Read more…
Making this week more special for Kitayama was having his older brother Daniel on the bag for only the second time this year. They’ll get to spend more time together now as Kurt said there’s no chance he’s going to mess with a winning combination.
Since Rory McIlroy tied for seventh place last week at the British Open at Royal Portrush, we’ve seen him twice. Once at a French vacation, and once on a golf course, at a tournament where he wasn’t playing. Earlier this week a social media video popped up of a fan saying he saw McIlroy enjoying Read more…
Rory McIlroy has been open and honest about having difficulty finding motivation after capturing the final piece of the career Grand Slam in April at the Masters. Well, he shot a third-round 66 Saturday at the Genesis Scottish Open and is tied for the lead with only 18 holes remaining and his beloved British Open Read more…
According to a report by the Associated Press, Eric Larson was denied entry because of a drug conviction 30 years ago when he pleaded guilty to sending cocaine to friends.
[PHOTO: Chris Condon] Tiger Woods was 20, Ed Fiori was 43. Woods was playing in his third event as a professional. Fiori had made more than 500 starts on the PGA Tour. With the galleries fully in support of Woods, who held a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the 1996 Quad Cities Read more…
Lottie Woad, who has won plenty over the past two years, including the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, dominated a professional event for the first time, winning the KPMG Women’s Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour by a whopping six shots.
Max Homa is happy. And even a little surprised. The six-time PGA Tour winner shot an opening eight-under 63 Thursday at the John Deere Classic, the lowest first-round score of his career. He’s tied for second place, one shot behind Doug Ghim. Yes, that score pleases him. The surprising part? “I didn’t hit one crazy Read more…
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