Articles by Ryan Herrington

November 25th, 2025

Oklahoma City, one of the winningest schools in college golf history, is dropping its men’s and women’s NAIA programs

The website for Oklahoma City University’s athletic department proudly touts the NAIA school as the “Home of Champions | 73 National Championships.” Nineteen of those come from its men’s and women’s golf teams, but they’ll no longer be adding to the total after this season following Friday’s announcement from the university president that the school Read more…

November 14th, 2025

It’s been five years since the November Masters, and the photos are still mind-blowing

The 2020 Masters will forever be a visual anomaly, the typically sparkling green fairways of Augusta National Golf Club still present, but framed not amid blooming white and pink spring azaleas but orange and brown autumn foliage.

November 11th, 2025

Kai Trump, the US president’s granddaughter, is making her LPGA debut this week. Here’s what you need to know

You don’t have to look any further than Instagram to understand why the most notable player at this week’s LPGA Tour event isn’t one of the top women’s professionals in the field, but rather an 18-year-old high school senior with a famous last name.

November 9th, 2025

LPGA to transition Black Desert Resort from tournament host to marketing partner

In 2025, Black Desert Resort could boast of being the lone venue that hosted both a PGA Tour and LPGA event in the same year after hold in inaugural LPGA Black Desert Championship in May. Yet that distinction will be short lived after the LPGA Tour and the Ivins, Utah, facility agreed to change the Read more…

November 8th, 2025

Bruce Heppler, one of college golf’s most successful coaches, is set to retire at season’s end

Bruce Heppler doesn’t need to win a NCAA team title to be considered among of the best coaches in college golf history. His record during his three decades overseeing the Georgia Tech men’s golf program speaks for itself—73 tournament wins, 25 All-Americans, 14 ACC titles, 27 straight NCAA regional appearances, 22 trips to the NCAA Read more…

November 7th, 2025

LPGA gives rare age waiver to teen phenom, clearing way for her to turn pro

Gianna Clemente, a high school senior and acclaimed junior golfer from Estero, Florida, doesn’t celebrate her 18th birthday until March 28. But she is aiming to earn an LPGA Tour card at next month’s LPGA Q Series

November 6th, 2025

LPGA partners with Golf Saudi for new event in 2026

The LPGA on Wednesday in the US unveiled a new tournament for its 2026 schedule and, more notably, a ground-breaking new partner.

November 5th, 2025

2025 World Wide Technology Championship tee times, TV coverage, viewer’s guide

Headlining the field this week are a pair of U.S. Ryder Cup team members in J.J. Spaun and Ben Griffin. Both have competed at this event previously, Spaun finishing T-30 a year ago and Griffin posting back-to-back top-25s in his two starts. Joining them is the newest PGA Tour winner, Michael Brennan, fresh off his Read more…

November 5th, 2025

PGA Tour members competing in LIV Golf Promotions event will face DISCIPLINARY ACTION

On Wednesday, Golf Digest confirmed news first reported by Sports Illustrated that the PGA Tour will not grant conflicting event or media rights releases to any tour member competing in the LIV Golf Promotions event.

November 4th, 2025

This shrewd change to LIV Golf’s Promotions event could lead to more golfers competing

LIV officials announced that two spots in the league will be up for grabs. Of more intrigue is that the LIV Golf Promotions tournament will be played in prime PGA Tour heartland in Florida.

November 1st, 2025

The DP World Tour relaxes rule for this European Ryder Cup team member in the wake of family emergency

The DP World Tour has provided the two-time European Ryder Cup player some relief in announcing Friday it would make an exception to its rule regarding minimum starts to retain tour membership.

October 22nd, 2025

This AMAZING golf streak will never be broken, but it also might finally be coming to an end

With 50 worldwide wins, including two Masters victories, Bernhard Langer was a Hall of Famer well before he ever put a peg in the ground to play on the PGA Tour Champions.

October 22nd, 2025

Crash course: What the U.S. National Junior team learned from beating a handful of top-25 programs in a college event

More than halfway through the second round of last month’s Sahalee Players Championship, Chris Zambri allowed a tantalizing thought to race through his mind. The head coach of the U.S. National Development Program had tried to minimize expectations as five members of the U.S. National Junior team were making history by playing for the first Read more…

October 4th, 2025

Can a former amateur golf standout find the magic again nearly two decades later? Stephanie Kono is giving it a try

When she tees off today in the opening round of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, Stephanie Kono will be playing in her 23rd USGA championship. It’s an impressive total made even more notable given her last USGA start came more than 14 years ago at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur. How long ago was that? Consider Read more…

October 3rd, 2025

NCAA champ given two-shot penalty in PGA Tour event for rules gaffe

Fans at the Sanderson Farms Championship had to be excited to see reigning NCAA champion Michael La Sasso near the top of the leaderboard during the opening round at the Country Club of Jackson. The 21-year-old Ole Miss senior had been given a sponsor’s exemption to play in the PGA Tour event roughly 160 miles Read more…

September 29th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025 live updates: Can the Americans pull off a miracle comeback at Bethpage? Follow all the Sunday singles action

There were a lot of scenarios being predicted for what the 2025 Ryder Cup might look like heading into Sunday singles at Bethpage Black. A European blowout, however, wasn’t necessarily high among them. After all, the home teams in recent years were the ones who were taking command of the competition and the raucous New Read more…

September 29th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: Phil Mickelson as the next US captain? Here’s what he had to say about it

The idea of a LIV Golf player becoming captain of either the US or European teams seems very unlikely; the Europeans would actually have to re-write their rules to allow it to happen. It also seems like Mickelson isn’t biting on the idea, either.

September 27th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025 live updates: Follow all the Saturday action at Bethpage

Saturday at the 2025 Ryder Cup is upon us, bringing with it a host of questions that will go a long way to determining which team will be spraying champagne come Sunday night. Chief among them is the most simple yet most important: Can the Americans play their way back into contention after falling behind Read more…

September 27th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: The early stat that should have US fans most worried

This is the first time that Europe has won the first three matches played in a Ryder Cup when it’s been held in the US.

September 24th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: Everyone rest easy, they have made a hat that fits Patrick Cantlay for Bethpage

In the annuls of Ryder Cup frivolity, “Hat Gate” from the 2023 match at Rome is destined to have its own frothy chapter for fans to shake their heads about in the years to come. For those who don’t dine on flat-brim fodder, the Cliff Notes version is that Patrick Cantlay didn’t wear a hat, Read more…

September 24th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: The weather forecast threatens to dampen the mood at Bethpage Black – literally

The New York metropolitan region has been blessed with an incredibly comfortable eight-week stretch of weather to close out the summer and welcome autumn.

September 18th, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025: Answering the most frequently asked questions about the year’s match at Bethpage Black

We live in a “hot take” world, where hyperbole seems to know no end. Yet, objectively speaking, the following statement is not a stretch: The 2025 Ryder Cup is the most anticipated golf event in history. Indeed, ever since Bethpage Black was selected to host the match, originally for 2024 but delayed a year after Read more…