Articles by Tod Leonard

December 6th, 2025

Searching for answers, major champ gives himself a brutal grade for 2025 season

Wyndham Clark would be the first to admit that wearing his emotions on his sleeve isn’t always the optimal approach in golf. Never was that more clear than this year, when Clark took out his deep frustrations in the U.S. Open at Oakmont and did the unthinkable, smashing up a locker in one of the Read more…

November 23rd, 2025

PGA Tour pro on cusp of losing card says he has ‘no pity’ for those who complain about the system

As the last season winds down of the top 125 being the card-earning number, there have been thoughtful and emotional opinions expressed about the loss of opportunity.

November 23rd, 2025

Popular PGA Tour pro picks courses he loves and loathes, and there are some surprises

With his playing schedule nearing its end this weekend, Michael Kim reflected on his favourite – and, more revealingly – his least favourite courses from the 2025 campaign.

November 22nd, 2025

Nelly Korda’s 64 puts her deep in the hunt. Now can she overcome her weekend stumbles?

The nagging frustrations of an entire season might have all been exhaled by Nelly Korda on Friday at the CME Group Tour Championship. Facing constant questions about how and why she hasn’t been able to lift a trophy after a year in which she did so seven times, the World No. 2 put herself in Read more…

November 16th, 2025

With dad Tiger on hand, Charlie Woods shoots low score, powers high school team to state title

With his famous father Tiger Woods walking around in the gallery only a month removed from a seventh back surgery, Charlie Woods shot the day’s low round and led his Benjamin School (Palm Beach, Florida) squad to a second FHSAA Class 1A title.

November 16th, 2025

Retiring tour pro predicts PGA Tour will become a ‘tennis model’ with select elite events

In a podcast interview for this week’s episode of Subpar with Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz, retiring former PGA Tour winner Kevin Chappell said, “I don’t know what the future holds for the tour.”

November 15th, 2025

Kai Trump makes big improvement in The Annika, but still finishes a distant last

Australia’s Grace Kim shared the lead at the half way mark at the LPGA Tour’s The Annika but it was a teenage star who grabbed the headlines for the first two days. 

November 13th, 2025

Caitlin Clark looks like a weekend golfer in pro-am, but her impact on the game is anything but ordinary

It really is impressively gutsy when you think about it. Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark is an average golfer with many of the frustrations and swing flaws of anyone who loves and hates the game from one minute to the next. But hacks don’t have to go on national television, play alongside some of the greatest Read more…

November 12th, 2025

Golf Channel will have live coverage of Caitlin Clark pro-am round at The Annika

It’s not overstating it to say that last year’s Wednesday pro-am of The Annika was the most-watched non-competitive round in LPGA Tour history. All thanks to the presence of Caitlin Clark the basketball star who had just finished an WNBA rookie season with the Indiana Fever that changed the landscape in women’s sports. Ticket demand for Read more…

October 26th, 2025

Only 7 players have done what third-time PGA Tour starter Michael Brennan looks to pull off at Black Desert

Michael Brennan says he doesn’t “half ass” anything in his life, be it golf or poker or his latest obsessive hobby, tennis. “I just get into some activities and dive into them,” Brennan, the 54-hole leader, was saying on Saturday at the Bank of Utah Championship. “I think it’s fun too, more enjoyable to do Read more…

October 25th, 2025

This former college star has a chance to make another huge career jump in Utah

Michael Brennan has three wins this year in PGA Tour-sanctioned events, but until this week if your pro golf interest doesn’t dip below the Korn Ferry Tour level or you’re not a college golf nerd, you may know little about the 24-year-old from West Virginia. MORE: Max Homa dealing with a painful injury as he Read more…

October 25th, 2025

Max Homa has a painful injury, but couldn’t face his wife if he complains about it too much

Max Homa was limping so badly on Friday in Utah that it looked like he’d gotten his ankle rolled on while blocking at the line of scrimmage. We rarely see golfers exhibit their aches and pains, but Homa couldn’t help when an injury reared its head during the second round of the Bank of Utah Read more…

October 23rd, 2025

A larger green, new holes, updated graphics: Big changes are in store for Season 2 of TGL

The teams at TMRW Sports, simulator provider Full Swing Golf and turf experts SYNLawn heard from players and viewers and spent this past year overhauling some areas and tweaking others for Season 2 that begins on December 28.

October 19th, 2025

Tiger Woods is facing a terrible career milestone that no one could have imagined

There are far more things Tiger Woods has to be concerned about than his Official World Golf Ranking points. After all, he did announce last week that he underwent a surgery to replace a disk in his back.

October 19th, 2025

LPGA star seizes strong lead and then gets surprising news after her round

With 17 worldwide victories, including 12 on the LPGA Tour, Sei Young Kim is one of the most respected and beloved players in women’s golf. That admiration shoots up exponentially when she competes in her native South Korea, site of this week’s BMW Ladies Championship.

October 19th, 2025

Tommy Fleetwood gets ridiculous bounce out of jungle, chases lead at DP World India Championship

Tommy Fleetwood got the bounce of a lifetime out of a forest at Delhi Golf Club, the site of this week’s DP World India Championship, which features such a narrow course that nearly 50 per cent of the players this week left a driver out of their bag.

October 16th, 2025

Michael Kim has to tackle India tournament course blind after visa issues

Michael Kim will compete at the DP World India Championship with zero practise on the course after the Californian ran into visa issues after playing in last week’s PGA Tour Baycurrent Classic in Japan.

October 12th, 2025

Tiger Woods announces he had spinal surgery

The 15-time major winner says he had surgery to replace a disk after continuing to suffer back pain.

October 12th, 2025

Xander Schauffele has a remarkable fan in the gallery as he shoots for tour title in Japan

After a year of struggles and disappointment while coming back from an injury, and only a couple weeks removed from a painful U.S. defeat in the Ryder Cup, Xander Schauffele has a chance to cap his season with what could be an emotional victory in a country that means so much to him. Coming off Read more…

October 12th, 2025

Australia second as South Africa dominates to claim its first World Amateur Team Championship

It’s the second time in succession that Australia has finished runner-up.

October 7th, 2025

The legend of Tommy ‘Two Gloves’ is getting a revival on the PGA Tour Champions

By beating Australia’s Cameron Percy in Florida yesterday, Gainey went from having no status to securing his PGA Tour Champions card for next season.

October 5th, 2025

Greg Norman opens up about his time with LIV Golf: ‘Don’t judge me’

The ultimate fate of LIV Golf—whether it lives on for years or withers on the vine—remains uncertain, but its impact on professional golf is undeniable. The league that began in 2022 with money from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and poached a handful of the PGA Tour’s brightest stars with big-money contracts became a polarizing Read more…