Tragic, disturbing incidents have been happening in the skies over the U.S. this year, and no one is immune. Greg Norman, a 40-year flier on private aircraft, can attest to that. The 70-year-old World Golf Hall of Famer who most recently served as LIV Golf’s CEO posted on Instagram on Friday that he endured a Read more…
We will maintain for all time that some of the best and funniest photos ever taken of Xander Schauffele don’t involve a golf club or ball. If you’ve looked at the main photo of the two-time major winner that accompanies this story, we dare you not to smile—the puff of smoke captured perfect, Schauffele feigning Read more…
Just over two months ago, Jim Dent did an interview with NBC BLK in which he said he would never have become a pro golfer if he hadn’t first been among the Black caddie corps at Augusta National Golf Club. “It gave me everything I own,” Dent said in the interview of his introduction to Read more…
The experimental use of rangefinders has seen its first admitted violator in terms of a penalty, with Davis Riley calling a two-stroke penalty on himself on Saturday in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas. MORE: The fascinating tale of how a caddie brought rangefinders to the PGA Tour While finishing the weather-delayed second Read more…
On a day when the team had torched the course for eight birdies and an eagle through 17 holes of fourball, McIlroy had a 30-foot putt for eagle that, if he made it, would give them a hard-charging 61 and a legitimate chance for a title repeat.
Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, future pro-caddie-to-the-stars Cayce Kerr could have been like most kids, worshipping athletes or lead singers in rock bands. But Kerr showed at a young age that his mind worked quite a bit differently. It’s pretty much guaranteed that he was the only teen in his native Maryland who Read more…
TARZANA, Calif. — There were double takes after double takes on Saturday when the Japanese identical twins who are rookies on the LPGA Tour finished the round they’d played together in the JM Eagle LA Championship. Akie and Chisato Iwai were among the afternoon’s biggest attractions at El Caballero Country Club, and at one point Read more…
Rory McIlroy has no doubt had a whirlwind week after winning the Masters. The plan he put forth in this champion’s press conference last Sunday was to fly home to Northern Ireland to celebrate securing the career Grand Slam with his parents. He’s not going to be there for long. Shane Lowry, his good friend Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy used 73 strokes to play his final round of the 89th Masters, the worst score of any player among the top five on the final leaderboard on a spectacularly sunny day with little wind. He suffered four double bogeys in the week, which no Masters champion has ever done. The Read more…
For a player who had two double-bogeys late in the first round, seemingly ruining his hopes early of a Masters win, Rory McIlroy has bounced back in historic fashion. After a 66 on day two, McIlroy became the first player in history to start a round at the Masters with six consecutive 3s on the scorecard.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — This was no time for tears or syrupy sentimentality. Bernhard Langer had a shot to hit. The 67-year-old German and two-time Masters champion arrived at Augusta National Golf Club this week knowing it would be his final competitive tour around the course after deciding start No. 41 would be his last. Langer Read more…
There was plenty of big news from Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley’s press conference on the eve of the 89th Masters, many of which he brought up before any questions were asked by those packed into the media interview room.
There’s already a lot to talk about this week in the PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf as the players from both circuits reunite for the Masters in the top players’ first tournament together since last July’s Open Championship. Before the first ball is struck, the American-based tour can claim a runaway win. Despite the PGA Read more…
Angel Cabrera could return to the Masters Champions Dinner at Augusta National Golf Club next week with a sentiment that he likely he hasn’t felt from his golf brethren in a while: sincere admiration.
The beauty of match play is its utter predictability, especially when you gather the best players in the world together and the margins between them are razor thin. It can be dramatic to watch, but tour sponsors and TV partners can get a bit quesy while they sweat out seeing if the most notable players Read more…
Something happened with Brian Harman’s putting. You don’t go from being ranked 145th this season on the PGA Tour in strokes gained on the greens to second in a single week. That’s what the 2023 Open Championship winner has pulled off in the Valero Texas Open, riding an extremely hot flatstick to a four-shot lead Read more…
Ryan McCormick is like every golfer ever. The loop of negative thoughts start in the Korn Ferry Tour veteran’s head and won’t let him rest. It sounds like, though, that McCormick doesn’t keep that anxiety to himself, but rather lets it out loudly at times, possibly rattling his competitive playing partners. MORE: What golf gets Read more…
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