Scheffler played the final three holes in one-over – including a safe bogey on the 18th – to secure his latest win in a stretch so scintillating that it’s becoming harder and harder to describe.
You’ll never guess who’s leading the RBC Heritage It’s Scottie Scheffler. We’ll wait a moment while you stagger to your fainting couch and pass out for a minute or two. Wait … you’re still here. You’re not surprised? You’re not shocked that after a mediocre start on Thursday at the RBC Heritage, in what looked Read more…
There is very little to criticize Scottie Scheffler for these days. The man does nothing but win, from Bay Hill to the Players Championship to the Masters, and you won’t be shocked to know he was co-leading the RBC Heritage at midday on Saturday when he had every right to coast or even—gasp!—miss a cut. Read more…
It was easy to overlook Collin Morikawa’s T-3 finish at the Masters, coming as it did with a disappointing 74 and fully in the shadow of Scottie Scheffler’s latest coup. But that result represented a surprising leap for the 27-year-old two-time major champion. Morikawa has been struggling this season relative to his past success, with Read more…
A live diary?” you ask. Yes. This is what happens when an adenovirus won’t go away, and in fact keeps getting worse—instead of going to Harbour Town, which is roughly 2.5 miles away, you sit inside your AirBnB, achy and tired despite a decent night’s sleep, with a sore throat that makes even a simple Read more…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — It has become a pressing, even annoying question: What do we make of the 20 percent decline year-over-year in CBS’ final-round ratings for the 2024 Masters? Sports Business Journal reported on Tuesday that the network drew 9.58 million viewers on Sunday. It was the lowest viewership since Hideki Matsuyama’s 2021 win Read more…
HILTON HEAD — On Monday, the day after his top-five finish at the Masters, Max Homa needed something to do on his drive from Augusta to Hilton Head, where he’ll play in this week’s RBC Heritage. He called some friends, reminisced on what he might have done better over the weekend, and then did something Read more…
If you’re a fan of golf history, you’ve no doubt heard the bare bones of this story: In 1968, Argentina’s Roberto De Vicenzo signed an incorrect scorecard that lost him the Masters. It’s true, as far as it goes. De Vicenzo did sign a card with an incorrect score for the 17th hole—a 4 instead Read more…
McIlroy said he doesn’t know the origin of the rumours, and was careful to note that he didn’t judge anyone who had previously gone to LIV, or might in the future.
Scottie Scheffler is different, but you can be lured, for months and years, into thinking he’s the same. Same talent, same person, as a dozen others that came before. His greatness sneaks up on you, and as late into the Scheffler Era as this past Sunday, you heard people call him boring; you heard them Read more…
Last April at Augusta, the Spaniard was the PGA Tour star who staved off his LIV Golf foes. Now he’s one of them. How Jon Rahm’s LIV stance evolved from then to now.
In the early days of the Masters—and here we’re talking a period of more than 40 years—Cliff Roberts was Augusta National. The co-founder and chairman of the club had his good qualities, like his ability to befriend powerful people like Bobby Jones and Dwight Eisenhower, and his great loyalty to them after, but he also Read more…
The book stands out for its format, which can best be described as a series of vignettes from Tiger’s career that illustrate his resilience in the face of obstacles, both self-inflicted and otherwise.
Begay is keenly aware that this weekend is an audition. With Paul Azinger’s departure, NBC is testing several potential analysts as it looks to fill the role full-time later this year.
The Official World Golf Ranking started, in its nascent form, as an annual passion project from the brilliant and controversial mind of Mark McCormack, who compiled them in his “World of Professional Golf Annual” from 1968 to 1985. There were several key differences in those rankings from the OWGR we know today, but the principle Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Last May at the Wells Fargo Championship, Xander Schauffele faced a deceptively tough task on Sunday: catch Wyndham Clark. He couldn’t do it that day, shooting a 70 to Clark’s 68, which gave Clark his first PGA Tour victory and started a career-redefining stretch that has now encompassed a major victory, Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The dumbest question you could ask Mike “Fluff” Cowan, in the moments after the 76-year-old caddie finished his third round with C.T. Pan at the Players Championship on a hot Saturday afternoon, was whether the job had gotten harder with time. So, of course, I asked it. “That isn’t even worth Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — As the sun went down Friday at the Players Championship, Ben Silverman came to the 9th hole, his last of the day, needing an eagle to make the cut. Unfortunately for him, his 315-yard drive settled in the rough, forcing him to lay up to 109 yards. That’s the moment when Read more…
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