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…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Heading to 18 late on Friday, Sam Burns only needed a par to finish at one under overall and make the cut at the Players Championship. Like his good friend Scottie Scheffler, he likely wanted to play boring golf—fairway, green, two putts, and come back for the weekend. Instead, he hit Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — One of the funniest moments in Players Championship history came last year, when Keith Mitchell drove a ball into the water, slammed his club into the tee box like a lumberjack splitting wood, and then had to listen to the weather horn blow with impeccable timing. Taken together, it was a Read more…
If he can finish the job at the Players on the weekend, it will further cement the narrative of Clark rising for the big events heading into major season.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — In the nine holes I spent with Smylie Kaufman on Thursday at the Players Championship, we spoke exactly twice. On the second hole at TPC Sawgrass, he shook my hand and nodded his assent when I asked if it would be OK to hover in his near vicinity, mostly eavesdropping, for Read more…
There is nothing more brutal in sports, and life, than missing a glorious outcome by the thinnest of margins, and then watching that outcome turn nightmarish. Enter Sam Ryder, who arrived at TPC Sawgrass’ 17th hole Thursday in the Players Championship at three under for his round and landed his tee shot maybe 10 feet Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — When asked how many times he could pull off his seventh hole recovery if he tried 100 times, Xander Schauffele thought for a moment before delivering his verdict. “About 30,” he said. “Ish.” At seven under for the day, Schauffele came to the seventh hole (late on his back nine) needing Read more…
On Sunday, the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is where fortunes are decided for the contenders at the Players Championship. On Wednesday, however, it’s also where their caddies hit their most important (read: only?) shot of the year.
How do you sum up a professional career of 20 years that has approached but never quite reached the top? How do you describe the long journeyman’s path, littered with the memory of those who were just like you in every way except one: you never quit? The path that brings to the front lawn Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The pitch was simple as I approached people individually and in groups on a sunny Tuesday afternoon at the Players Championship: This is a quick survey, I only have one question, and I don’t need your name—just your opinion. In fact, I had two questions, the second of which was more Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The pitch was simple as I approached people individually and in groups on a sunny Tuesday afternoon at the Players Championship: This is a quick survey, I only have one question, and I don’t need your name—just your opinion. In fact, I had two questions, the second of which was more Read more…
In a performance that was alternately confident and cautious, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan spoke in front of the gathered media for the first time since last August at the Tour Championship.
The Players Championship is celebrating its 50th anniversary next week, which makes this a good time to take a look back at the history of the PGA Tour and to look beyond its flagship event. Obviously, this tournament is the jewel in the crown of the tour’s season, and the closest it’s come to getting Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the season of the Netflix golf documentary series “Full Swing.” Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
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