They are the stories that go mostly untold nearly every week on the PGA Tour. For every man who enters a Monday qualifying tournament, hoping to earn a spot in that week’s event, there is a fascinating tale about the road on which he’s traveled. Much of the time, there are tests and tribulations that Read more…
Heading into this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Alex Noren had 161 starts registered on the PGA Tour. He’s earned a whopping $11.7 million. He’s posted 11 top-5 finishes. And yet the 41-year-old Swede had never lifted a trophy on the PGA Tour. Incredible, really, considering Noren has 11 international victories. He’s that talented. And now Read more…
Steve Stricker delivered some encouraging news on Saturday. On social media, he posted a picture of himself, donning a mask, llaying in a hospital bed next to his smiling father, Bob, and wrote, “My dad got to go home yesterday! Thank you all for all your love and support this last week! He felt it Read more…
Wesley Bryan swears he pulled out his phone at least 25 times on Friday while playing in the second round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. It’s something the PGA Tour might frown upon, but he didn’t care. “I knew there was one guy in my crosshairs,” he said, “and he’s standing right next to me.” Read more…
If Rory McIlroy has inside knowledge into what Jon Rahm is thinking on a variety of subjects, it sounds unlikely that the Spaniard will be making the leap to LIV Golf anytime soon.
After his second straight round of 65 in the Wide World Technology Open on Friday, an upbeat Matt Kuchar recalled that when he left his family at home to head for this week’s tournament in Mexico, he had a good feeling about the week. “Never know,” he said. “I’ve certainly said that before and it’s Read more…
What happens if a PGA Tour player qualifies for LIV Golf in 2024 has not yet been determined, since tour players have either been suspended our resigned their tour membership to play for LIV.
For a player who went through the trials of a significant surgery on his sternum, the news was not good from Brandt Snedeker on Saturday. The nine-time tour winner had to withdraw from the World Wide Technology Championship ahead of the third round with what the PGA Tour announced was a rib injury. Snedeker opened Read more…
Headlines and stories about tragedy draw interest and empathy, and there were few tales in golf over the last few years more harrowing than the illness and death of Camilo Villegas’ daughter. In March 2020, amid the early days of the COVD-19 pandemic, Villegas—the four-time tour winner known for his Spiderman putt-reading pose—and his wife, Read more…
The El Cardonol at Diamante course, that Tiger and his company fashioned in 2014, was Woods’ first layout to open, and this week it becomes the first course of his to host a PGA Tour event.
There are few places more special on the planet to Maverick McNealy than Pebble Beach. He’s a Northern California native who grew up in Portola Valley, 100 miles north of the famed links, and in 2021 the Stanford alum nearly pulled off the stuff of dreams when he shot 66 in the final round of Read more…
In an e-mailed statement, the tour said Vince India and Jake Staiano placed bets on PGA Tour competitions, though did not bet on tournaments in which they were participants.
Morikawa snapped his winless streak in his last official tour start of ’23, created tremendous confidence heading into the new year, and cemented his standing as yet another hero in Japan golf.
If you were a friend to pre-teen Chase Johnson in the late aughts, it would have boosted your relationship to share one or two keen interests of his: golf (and more specifically Tiger Woods), and anything related to Harry Potter. A self-proclaimed “nerd” from a young age while growing up outside Akron, Ohio, Johnson remembers Read more…
Whether Woods plays or not, the Hero will again have a star-studded field of 20 players, including world No.1 Scottie Scheffler and No.4 Viktor Hovland, who is the event’s two-time defending champion.
For most golfers who Monday qualify for a PGA Tour event, that very feat will probably be their biggest accomplishment of the week. Making the cut and a decent check becomes the goal. Winning? Good luck. Only five players since 1980 have gone from open qualifying to lifting the trophy on Sunday, and only two Read more…
The Floridian scored 11 victories on the PGA Tour in the era dominated by Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson and had another three wins on the senior circuit.
Australian Golf Digest
