Articles by Tod Leonard

Ben Griffin tops encouraging results in Napa for American Ryder Cuppers

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley’s well-attended exercise at this week’s PGA Tour Procore Championship figured to be less about results and more about the opportunity for a majority of the American squad to further bond with the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black only two weeks away. Guaranteed, the wine has flowed at dinner in Read more…

Best Little Golf Towns: Dupont, Washington

It took just over a year, but what began as a definition of terms and followed with further input from the PGA of America, readers like you and lots of shoe-leather reporting from our editors, we’ve now picked four communities that we think represent the ideal of what golf should be. We dispatched Golf Digest Read more…

Walker Cup primer: 6 fascinating pieces of history at Cypress Point

In the 35 years since Cypress Point Club took itself out of the rotation for the PGA Tour’s Bing Crosby Clambake—otherwise known as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am—there have been few glimpses of it from those who are outside of its 250 members and their grateful guests.

Man dies by electrocution at closed Yale University Golf Course

[Pictures: LC Lambrecht] The Yale University Golf Course that is closed and being renovated by Gil Hanse experienced a tragedy this week when a man was electrocuted by a downed power line that fell during a storm in New Haven, Connecticut. OTHER NEWS: LIV Golf Team Championship: Cam Smith’s Ripper GC out of the season Read more…

USGA names U.S. Women’s Amateur medal after golf legend

“Big Mama” is getting her name on a sizeable prize. The USGA announced on Saturday that the gold medal awarded to the U.S. Women’s Amateur champion will be redesigned and named in honor of JoAnne Carner. Carner has a long and rich history with the USGA, having won eight championships, including five U.S. Women’s Amateur Read more…

Charlie Woods falls back in final round of PGA Junior Championship

Nine birdies in each of his previous two rounds in the 49th Junior PGA Championships put Charlie Woods in contention for a U.S. Junior Ryder Cup spot. But just an ordinary round on Friday knocked him down the board on the final day. Woods, 16, managed only two birdies and suffered a double bogey on Read more…