In celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Players Championship, it’s interesting to note that the tournament has needed extra holes to decide a champion just five times. And it hasn’t happened since 2015.
Jordan Spieth isn’t going to look back at the 2024 Players Championship with fond memories. For the sixth time in 10 starts at TPC Sawgrass, the three-time major winner failed to reach the weekend, posting rounds of two-over 74 and even-par 72 to miss the cut by three shots. There was also the awkwardness of Read more…
Money, money, money. For better or worse, it’s the underlying subplot regarding the uncertain future of men’s professional golf. And if you pay attention to social media, for worse seems to be far outweighing for better these days. If there is a tipping point regarding how much golf fans care about how much tour pros Read more…
The Players Championship, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, comes with its own unique level of anticipation. We’ll leave the “is it the fifth major?” debate for others to settle. There’s no denying, however, that golf fans get excited to watch the action at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass each year. That’s largely thanks Read more…
In an attempt to help define the Players Championship, we combed through the tournament’s media guide and found these 50 fun and fascinating stats that help, in part, tell the story of the event.
In the last two weeks we’ve seen #59Watches on the PGA Tour, LIV Golf circuit and Korn Ferry Tour, with a 57(!) posted in the KFT event Thursday in Colombia. But low scores haven’t been limited to just the men’s pro ranks. In college golf, a highly touted freshman just broke the 54-hole scoring record Read more…
As you talk to Dom Furore about his favorite photographs taken during his 35 years at Golf Digest, the tone in his voice rises slightly as the enthusiasm for his craft comes come to life. Take for example when he discusses the picture he made of Arnold Palmer at the Masters in 2002. It was Read more…
Farmers Insurance, title sponsor for the PGA Tour stop at Torrey Pines in San Diego since 2010, does not plan to renew its contract when it expires in 2026, according to a report from Sports Business Journal.
On Saturday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office in Florida confirmed to multiple outlets that Morgan had been found dead in her Lake Worth Beach home late last month, passing away of natural causes.
Twenty-one of the top 25 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will competing in the no-cut event with an overall prizemoney payout of $US20 million.
Each of the nine items listed below had its moment of newsiness, and each had the potential to be even more memorable (for better or worse) with even the slightest additional twist of fate.
To the victors, go the spoils. Oh, and the bragging rights. A Ryder Cup victory for Europe at Marco Simone in September will be long remembered without prompting for those involved in the triumph. But just in case anyone on the losing side might be starting to get over the disappointment of a 16½-11½ defeat, Read more…
There’s no getting around the matter of money in men’s professional golf. The launch of LIV Golf and its $20 million tournament prize money payouts has had a cascading effect on the PGA Tour purses, exponentially increasing the amount top performers earn in a given year. That, meanwhile, has impacted rank-and-file players, too, with a Read more…
Nothing is official, of course, until it’s official. But there are nearly a dozen more tour pros who are probably safe to make travel plans for the first full week of April. The Masters traditionally invites anyone who finishes in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking at year’s end into its field Read more…
Sarcasm is Kevin Kisner’s second language – the PGA Tour veteran from Aiken, South Carolina, armed with a dry wit that lets him hold court among his fellow players when they’re gabbing on the driving range.
Of the six DP World Tour events contested so far in 2023-2024 – billed the “Opening Swing” by the tour – five were won by LIV golfers who don’t have status on the DP World Tour but were participants in the tournament via sponsors’ exemptions.
The decision was made to wait a day partially out of fairness to the competitors who are playing for their livelihoods in 2024 and partially because of the work needed to get the two host courses back into playing shape.