SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — It’s nicknamed “The Trade Parade.” Each morning around sunrise along Route 27, just after the divided highway turns into country road, a stream of commercial trucks and vans roll down this lone east-west motorway leading in and out of the eastern end of Long Island. At some point, the number of vehicles Read more…
SOUTHAMPTION, N.Y. — It pays to win the U.S. Open … literally. On Wednesday, USGA CEO Mike Whan announced that the prize money payout for this year’s championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club will be $22.5 million, an increase of $1 million from year ago and the fifth bump in the overall purse in the Read more…
If this week’s US Open avoids the pratfalls that befell the 2004 and 2018 editions at Shinnecock Hills – when baked-out greens created unplayable hole locations that impacted the integrity of the championship – it will be because of a decision Bodenhamer and the rest of the championship committee made last Friday when faced with a weather forecast they hoped would never come.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Briefly on Monday, the 2026 U.S. Open counted 21 amateurs in the field when Jack Schoenberger and Bryan Lee were culled from the alternate list to round out the 156-player field at Shinnecock Hills. That would have been the modern-day record for most amateurs competing in a single U.S. Open, topping the Read more…
Jackson Koivun, the two-time college player of the year who has already earned his PGA Tour card, will be saying goodbye to amateur golf at next week’s U.S. Open. The 21-year-old announced on Friday that hs is forgoing his senior season at Auburn University to turn professional, doing so formally after the USGA championship. It Read more…
Anxious, nervous, excited, overwhelmed, tearful, appreciative, lucky, proud. All these and more are the ways the 156 players lucky enough to have starting times in the 2026 U.S. Open are likely to feel as they step to the tee for Thursday’s first round. A total of 10,201 golfers—one shy of last year’s record—entered the 2026 Read more…
The PGA Tour Champions once again will hold a three-team competition in December that helps wind down its 2026 calendar, with a trio of major champions hoping to inspire their squads to victory. The Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Children’s will be played for a third time overall, returning to Feather Sound Country Club Read more…
There’s still nearly two months until the oldest championship in golf is contested for the 154th time. But anticipation is building for the 2026 Open Championship, to be held at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England. That’s particularly the case after last month as 11 professionals earned exemptions into the championship based on being inside the Read more…
The championship with the richest prize money payout in women’s golf just got a little richer. On Wednesday, the USGA announced that the overall purse for the 81st U.S. Women’s Open, being held at famed Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles, was on the rise again, increasing $500,000 to a total payout of $12.5 million. Read more…
The U.S. Women’s Open is among the most prestigious events in all of golf. But this year’s 81st edition feels extra exciting for golf fans. Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., has a rich golf tradition, playing host to several men’s major championships and an annual PGA Tour stop. Now, for the first time, Read more…
Ben James didn’t win the NCAA individual title on Monday, but he did close out a wire-to-wire victory at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. The Virginia senior’s T-16 performance in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championship (nine shots back of medalist Preston Stout of Oklahoma State) allowed him to finish the 2025-26 Read more…
There is no definitive book of college golf records, just a patchwork assortment of sports information directors with various historic scrapbooks that they share among themselves to try to identify whether something has occurred before or not. So it is that the record many believe Malan Potgieter is setting as he plays in this week’s Read more…
Jackson Koivun plays the first round of what many believe will be his last college tournament on Friday, the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. The No. 1-ranked amateur golfer in the world is having a prolific junior season at Auburn, having won six of his last nine starts—including a third Read more…
Raise your hand if you’re a golfer who at one time has made a New Year’s Resolution to become more familiar with The Rules of Golf? (Stops typing and puts hand in air.) Now, raise your hand if you actually made good on that resolution? (Continues typing, pretending he didn’t hear the question.) Mind you, Read more…
In the wake of the Englishman’s three-shot victory at the PGA Championship, old BBC news clips of Rai from his early days have surfaced showcasing his early interest in the game and the talent that would help fuel him to become a major champion.
Four shots back of winner Aaron Rai, Alex Smalley understood he wasn’t going to win the PGA Championship if he made the 20-foot birdie putt he was standing over on the 18th green Sunday at Aronimink. The question is whether he realized how much he still would walk away with if he could hole the Read more…
Life is good for Aaron Rai after winning the PGA Championship on Sunday. He’s got the Wanamaker Trophy in his possession, a $3.69 million first-place prize money payout, the forever title of “major champion” … oh and potentially an extra helping of chips and guac from Chipotle to celebrate the victory. With the victory, Rai Read more…
To the victor goes the spoils. Aaron Rai’s career-changing triumph at the PGA Championship, fueled by a superlative Sunday 65 that separated him from the field to win by three strokes, earned the Englishman a tidy $3.69 million, possession of the Wanamaker Trophy and the lifetime title of “major champion.” Our Luke Kerr-Dineen broke down Read more…
The saying goes experience is the best teacher. If that’s the case, then an awful lot of tour pros are going to learn some lessons on Sunday at the 2026 PGA Championship. Entering the final round at Aronimink Golf Club, Alex Smalley has a two-stroke edge on the field. However, there are 21 players within Read more…
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