Despite sitting 124th in the FedEx Cup standings when the playoff events began, the former PGA champion still has work to do to retain full playing status for 2024.
When asked why he’s playing this week, Theegala, one of the more thoughtful interviews on the PGA Tour, responded by saying, “I don’t think that’s a great question.”
It turns out that holding a 5-up lead is not as easy as it seems. That’s the margin Stewart Hagestad held over Evan Beck on Thursday after the first 18 holes of the U.S. Mid-Amateur at famed Sleepy Hollow in New York. There were weather delays all week and rather than continuing with momentum from Read more…
Take the accomplishments of the man who is leading and couple it with the score that he’s leading by and it appears that the winner of the U.S. Mid-Amateur is going to be someone with which the golf world is familiar. A third trip down Magnolia Lane next April doesn’t seem too far away either. Read more…
The score was bleak, but Kimberly Dinh did not panic. The 31-year-old from Midland, Mich., was thrilled to be in the championship match of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Stonewall in Elverson, Pa., but this was not what she had in mind. Kelsey Chugg, the 2017 champion of this event, was 3 up after seven Read more…
Justin Thomas’ journey over the last several months has been well documented. The 15-time PGA Tour winner hasn’t collected a victory since the PGA Championship in 2022 and with only three top-10 finishes this year he found himself needing to rally late to try to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and get the attention Read more…
Golf certainly has had its share of rules issues over the years, but it’s rare when there’s one in which the person who originally brought an infraction to the forefront regarding a playing partner ultimately is disqualified because of a separate broken rule.
Koepka, a three-time Ryder Cup participant, has only had opportunities to accrue points this year at the major championships as he plays on the LIV Golf League.
While Lee Hodges had seemingly sucked most of the drama out of the last few holes of the 3M Open, his playing partner J.T. Poston provided plenty at the last possible moment.
It was a week that every professional golfer hopes to have – one where you’re in control of all facets of your game during a four-day span on the game’s biggest stage where everything seems as easy as ever.
Spieth will try to play up and through the US Open next month in Los Angeles, then will take a few weeks off to rest before heading to Europe for the Scottish Open and Open Championship. If at any point between now and then he feels more pain, he knows enough to instantly stop playing golf.
Two major champions highlighted a field of US Open hopefuls Monday in Dallas with one advancing via a 36-hole qualifier and the other falling just short.
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