There’s no way to know if the world No.1 would have definitely fared better had his week not been derailed, but it remains an interesting question to ponder.
Early Friday morning, Scottie Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro Police outside Valhalla Golf Club not long after a pedestrian was killed in a fatal collision. He was charged with two misdemeanors, reckless driving, and—more seriously–felony second degree assault of a police officer. Scheffler was reportedly attempting to bypass traffic when a police officer attempted Read more…
Is there a curse of Valhalla that can only be broken at Valhalla? That might be the fervent hope of Rory McIlroy, who journeys to Louisville for this week’s PGA Championship at the site of his last major victory, in August 2014. The decade-long drought has become normal with time, but looked at from the Read more…
If you could get the most creative minds at the PGA Tour and CBS to script how things would go on an ideal Saturday at the Wells Fargo Championship, they might have drawn up exactly what happened in real life at Quail Hollow: Rory McIlroy digging into Xander Schauffele’s four-shot lead, tightening things up at Read more…
Is golf a brutal game, or a beautiful one? The answer is “yes”—just ask Sungjae Im. Late in the third round at the Wells Fargo Championship, Im stood on the par-3 17th tee just four shots behind leader Xander Schauffele. His towering shot went right at the hole, and when we say right at the Read more…
Is golf a brutal game, or a beautiful one? The answer is “yes”—just ask Sungjae Im. Late in the third round at the Wells Fargo Championship, Im stood on the par-3 17th tee just four shots behind leader Xander Schauffele. His towering shot went right at the hole, and when we say right at the Read more…
Six years ago, at Augusta National, Blades Brown was a mere kid hoping to get a moment with his idol Jordan Spieth during a practice round. Spieth, of course, was perfect; as Blades told it on Saturday at the Myrtle Beach Classic, he bent down, spoke to him at length, and made him feel like Read more…
Respect it or not, Valhalla delivers reliably great stories. There’s magic in the air in Kentucky, a strange kind of gothic voodoo, and it settles like the hot air in this specific patch of the Ohio River Valley.
CHARLOTTE — The old adage is that it’s better to be lucky than good, but as any champion athlete knows, it’s best of all to be lucky and good. Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship, Xander Schauffele ticked both boxes en route to shooting a seven-under 64 and establishing a three-shot lead on Rory McIlroy, Read more…
Speaking on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Championship, McIlroy made it clear that internal opposition to him rejoining the board had successfully scuttled the operation, and that at least for the time being, he’ll remain on the outside looking in.
In analysing Shane Lowry’s comments, we decided to take a look at past winners of the Zurich Classic to see if there’s a trampoline effect. Can winning a team event propel you along for the rest of the season?
Here’s a question: Should you get an official PGA Tour win for an 18-hole event that wasn’t considered a PGA tour event at the time? Should you get one for a 36-hole exhibition played against three other players? Should you get one for an event with no other PGA Tour pros where you beat a Read more…
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…
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