Angela Stanford took off the red, white and blue and promptly donned purple and white. The U.S. Solheim Cup captain, whose team lost 15-13 to Europe last week, was named an assistant coach for her alma mater, TCU, less than 24 hours after the matches ended at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. Stanford, 48, was Read more…
Match pairings for Friday’s opening foursomes session were announced at the opening ceremony. Both captains, understandably, opted to lead with their top players.
Turns out Luke Poulter may not be the most popular Poulter at Lahinch. And that’s saying something. While Luke, 22, was a stalwart for the GB&I Walker Cup team, helping them come from three points down to beat the Americans 13½ to 12½, his father Ian walked into an Irish bar late Sunday and, well, Read more…
Karl Stenson has often been the little blond-haired kid posing with his father Henrik with trophies years ago when he was in his prime. Now 16, Karl has committed to play golf at the University of Florida. Ian Poulter’s son Luke is a senior for the Gators and is competing for Great Britain & Ireland Read more…
Scottie Scheffler didn’t just dominate the FedEx Cup Playoffs, he finished the season No.1 in more than 20 PGA Tour statistical categories. Here’s every one of them.
Scottie Scheffler started Sunday $608,505 behind Tiger Woods in career PGA Tour earnings. Four-plus hours later, after shooting a smooth 66 to win the Tour Championship, Scheffler collected $10 million as the FedEx Cup champion and suddenly led Woods by almost $9.4 million in career earnings. Sure, it’s a sign of the times. Money and Read more…
Joe Dean started the final round of the British Masters seven shots off the lead. Five hours later he had made nine birdies to shoot a bogey-free 63 at the Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, England, and won fairly easily by three shots over four others. While impressive, it’s not the most impressive part of his Read more…
Good Good is said to have told the PGA Tour that it wishes to stop its sponsorship of the November 12-15 event in Texas. It is listed on the PGA Tour’s website only as the Austin Championship.
U.S. Amateur semifinalist Carter Loflin has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA as he hopes to return to the University of Georgia to play golf on a fifth year of eligibility, according to a report in the Athens Banner-Herald. Loflin’s attorney Nik Erramilli told the newspaper that the lawsuit was filed in Athens-Clarke County Superior Read more…
The 30-player field for the Tour Championship is set, with Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee both booking their tickets to East Lake, while Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler missed out.
Maria McBride has claimed the US Senior Women’s Open, holding off Annika Sorenstam and Karrie Webb at Barton Hills Country Club, exorcising the memory of last year’s late collapse.
Shaun Norris was strolling along on Sunday, in contention to win his third career European Tour event at the Nexo Championship at Trump International in Scotland. Then, on the fifth hole, golf’s rules jumped up and bit him.
While there was not huge movement in FedEx Cup playoff points Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, what did happen was significant to a few of the game’s biggest names. Scottie Scheffler topped the list and smoked the field at TPC Southwind, winning by eight shots to capture his second tour title this year. Read more…
Lillian Guleserian beat Shannon Johnson, 1 up, in their quarterfinal match Wednesday at the Massachusetts Women’s Amateur. That doesn’t even begin to tell the story. It was no typical 1-up contest. Guleserian is from Westwood, an hour southeast of Fitchburg, home to Oak Hill Country Club. She’s soon to be a sophomore at Penn State. Read more…
Michael Brennan’s Wyndham Championship win vaulted him into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, while Jackson Koivun clung to the final qualifying spot as the postseason field was locked in.
Former PGA Tour pro Matt McQuillan, a Canadian from Kingston, Ontario, who played in 32 tour events during his career died August 5 “surrounded by his family.” He was only 45. McQuillan earned his PGA Tour card through Q-School in 2010 and made seven cuts in 21 events in 2011. His best career finish came Read more…
Only the Wyndham Championship remains before the PGA Tour locks in its FedEx Cup playoff field, and the fight for the top 70 spots is set to go down to the wire. Jason Day is among the players hovering right around the bubble, along with names like Keegan Bradley and Mac Meissner, as a huge shakeup looms heading into Sunday.