Articles by Joel Beall

March 2nd, 2020

David Feherty says the fact Patrick Reed won is proof that ‘There is no God’

Patrick Reed’s rules infraction at the Hero World Challenge in December continues to resonate as the calendar turns to March.

February 29th, 2020

Is this the luckiest break in golf history or an act of witchcraft?

The Shinkwin surname is Welsh. Its translation, apparently, is “sorcerer.”

February 28th, 2020

PGA of America ‘monitoring the situation’ in San Francisco, host of 2020 PGA Championship, after city declares state of emergency

The virus has already impacted the world of golf.

February 27th, 2020

Reports: Two Euro Tour players quarantined over coronavirus concern, forced to withdraw from Oman Open

Though the two were supposed to be roommates for the week, they were isolated in separate rooms.

February 24th, 2020

Hail Viktor Hovland. Norwegian conqueror, Puerto Rico winner, golf’s newest next big thing

Hovland joins Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa as young guns to win within the past year since leaving college.

February 21st, 2020

Golf’s purgatory: Life after 40 on the PGA Tour

For golfers past their prime but not yet 50, challenges abound in remaining competitive and motivated.

February 19th, 2020

Brooks Koepka thinks Patrick Reed cheated at Hero: “I don’t know what he was doing, building sand castles”

Koepka, never one for falling in line, is taking a harder stance on Reed than his fellow yankees.

February 18th, 2020

Augusta National completes tunnel to state-of-the-art compound ahead of 2020 Masters

Connected to the golf course to Gate 1, chairman Fred Ridley introduced this endeavour as the “Washington Road Underpass Project”.

February 18th, 2020

Hall of Famer, trailblazer Mickey Wright dies of heart attack

Her swing was so mechanically sound and pure that Ben Hogan dubbed it the finest swing in the game.

February 14th, 2020

Brooks Koepka defies announcers, laws of gravity with escape shot

Frankly, the bar for our Brooks misgivings is too low. Could he break par playing left-handed, or beat half the field using persimmons?

February 12th, 2020

The Genesis Invitational field is the most top-heavy Tour event in 13 years

Nine of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking scheduled to tee it up

February 12th, 2020

Tiger Woods confirms he’s been personally approached by PGA Tour rival Premier Golf League

Tiger Woods confirmed overnight that he’s had contact with the Premier Golf League, the proposed global circuit to rival the PGA Tour.

February 11th, 2020

Rory McIlroy overtakes Brooks Koepka as No.1 in the World Rankings

Last year, Brooks Koepka dismissed any notion of a budding rivalry between he and Rory McIlroy.

February 9th, 2020

Why players are right to jab the USGA on the distance debate … and are also off the mark

It’s intended to be a conversation starter, but it is a conversation that started some time ago, with sides that are passionately entrenched.

February 7th, 2020

Kiwi Ryan Fox, without caddie or practice round, shoots 67 at Vic Open

Fox’s regular loop went down on Thursday before the tournament began, overcome with an illness.

February 6th, 2020

Geoff Ogilvy makes plea for more mixed-gender tournaments: “It’s more than just guys in the world who play golf”

To Ogilvy, part of the problem is rooted in the game’s conservatism, and that perhaps the primary stakeholders are “scared to rock the successful boat they’re riding in.”

February 6th, 2020

Here’s how much driving distance has increased on the professional tours over the past two decades

Since 2003 – the year after the USGA and R&A released the Joint Statement of Principles as a notice that they would be monitoring more closely the effects of advancing equipment technology on the game – distance on the PGA Tour has jumped 7.6 yards.

February 5th, 2020

Coronavirus moves PGA Tour Series-China qualifying to Indonesia; delay to season possibility

The PGA Tour Series-China announced on Wednesday that it is moving its global qualifying tournament in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

February 4th, 2020

Justin Harding rips into European Tour after pairing with notoriously slow player

After his final round at the Saudi International, Harding ripped into the European circuit for, in his eyes, a lack of regulation on slow play.

February 1st, 2020

Tony Finau drains birdie wearing Kobe Bryant jersey on golf’s loudest hole, mimics shooting a jumper

From golf balls to golf shoes to golf clubs, PGA Tour pros at this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open have paid tribute to Kobe Bryant. But no one did it in a more electrifying way than Tony Finau on Friday.

January 30th, 2020

Phil Mickelson, after playing Saudi pro-am with backers of rival tour venture, says he’s impressed by Premier Golf League pitch

Mickelson said he needed more time to weigh the proposal, saying he wants to know how it will affect fans and the game, but came away impressed by the group’s proposal.

January 29th, 2020

Titleist Vokey continues pursuit of perfection with a CG push in the SM8 wedges

Titleist Vokey wedges take another move forward with its latest lineup by … well, moving forward.