It seems like a no-brainer, and Jordan Spieth is saying the same thing now. He’s a lifelong Texan who lives in Dallas and has been playing incarnations of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson since he was a 16-year-old high school junior who got a sponsor’s invite. Given that, you figure that at some point before Read more…
If the NCAA Men’s Championships at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa are as dramatic as the final day of regional, college golf fans are in for a treat. Thirty teams among 81 total and six individuals advanced out of five regionals on Wednesday to play in the championships, May 29-June 3, that will Read more…
For those who have not recently checked on Tom Kim’s career trajectory, doing so would be a bit of a shock. At 23, he seems like he’s been around forever. He has three PGA Tour wins, 12 victories total on various tours around the world, and has twice been an International team agitator against the Read more…
Adam Scott, who will make his 100th straight major appearance, and three-time major champion Jordan Spieth were among the 35 additional golfers who have reached next month’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock, as announced on Monday by the USGA. The cutoff for the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking ended on Sunday with the Read more…
Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan pulled of an extraordinary win last week in the Truist Championship by capturing the $20 million signature event in only his 15th PGA Tour start. With that kind breakthrough, you’d have thought Reitan wouldn’t have changed anything—from his breakfast choice to his underwear rotation—for the PGA Championship. So how about switching out Read more…
That Lou Graham won any tournaments on the PGA Tour—and there were six total victories, including the 1975 U.S. Open—was a testament to his considerable skill. Because back in his era, there weren’t equipment trucks on-site at every event, and players couldn’t go through clubs like sticks of gum. When, after he’d gotten on a Read more…
If you scratched your head when the name Kristoffer Reitan appeared on the leaderboard in the Truist Championship, you’re not alone. There’s really been no reason to notice the 28-year-old Norwegian who is a rookie on the PGA Tour, other than a late Sunday charge a few weeks ago in the team Zurich Classic of Read more…
Some of the most thrilling and emotional wins on the PGA Tour come in weeks like these, when there is an alternate event being played while the biggest stars compete in what are now dubbed signature events. In a practice that began with the existence of the World Golf Championships, the tour gives its rank-and-file Read more…
Alex Fitzpatrick readily admits that it’s not easy being a professional golfer while your older brother has become one of the best players in the world. But then there are week’s like this when he’d wouldn’t want to be anywhere else other than at his brother’s side. The Fitzpatricks had played together three previous times Read more…
Being called a “cheater” might be the most damning of all labels at every level of golf, and Ina Yoon has had to live with that over the last four years. MORE: Farah O’Keefe has a Texas-sized personality and the game to back it up It doesn’t matter that after Yoon admitted to knowingly hitting Read more…
Matt Fitzpatrick could argue that the term “momentum” is a concoction of sportswriters and broadcasters to overwise explain how an athlete’s brain and body somehow click together in a way that sustains a bit of success. “It’s funny,” Fitzpatrick was saying on Saturday at the RBC Heritage. “I remember having a conversation with [well-known coach] Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy press conferences are among the best in the sporting world because he’s an introspective athlete who listens, truly thinks about his answers before giving them, and when he wins, the joy and satisfaction are palpable. So it was yet another fascinating meeting the media on Sunday when the 36-year-old Ulsterman Read more…
Just as Rory McIlroy answered every doubt in last year’s Masters win, Rose could have come to the sweetest peace with a victory on Sunday. Instead, he walked away with more kudos for his skill and grit, but the nagging feeling that he still couldn’t do enough to seize a green jacket.
The Players Championship winner says capturing that tournament last month is the all the preparation he needs as he shares the 54-hole lead at Augusta National.
There are automatic standing ovations reserved for a select few at the Masters. They are for those who have won a green jacket, and if you’re Nicklaus or Palmer or Player or Woods, you are greeted warmly by the patrons for as long as you walk these grounds. RELATED: There’s only one man who can Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Anybody who tuned into the first round of the 90th Masters on Thursday saw what looked to be a glorious day. Bright sunshine, wispy white clouds and a playing palette of impossibly green grass everywhere. The men trying to control their golf balls would tell you it was all an illusion. To Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Amid the serious matters of a golf ball rollback and the Masters role in the changing world of professional circuits, the question was asked rather gingerly to Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley in his annual Wednesday press conference. I apologize in advance if this question appears somewhat trivial, but from Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — One boy was white, and soon after World War II his father became the proprietor of the Augusta Municipal Golf Course. There was inherent middle-class status to the job, as the son came to understand after he was born in the mid-1960s. The golf perks included his family receiving 50 tickets to Read more…
Woods entered a written plea of not guilty and planned to waive his appearance during an arraignment later this month, according to an online court docket in Martin County, Florida. He is also asking for a jury trial.
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