SAN DIEGO — A horrible break on a bad drive, followed by one of the most cagey uses of the rules we’ll ever see, highlighted the opening half hour of Scottie Scheffler’s second round of the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines. Call it a very “Scottie” par. MORE: The weather was bad and Scottie Scheffler Read more…
SAN DIEGO — There’s a generation of young PGA Tour players who have memories of Tiger Woods’ best golf when they were still watching SpongeBob while their parents took pictures with flip phones. Jake Knapp, now 30, qualifies for that group and has a story better than most. MORE: The incredible way the Genesis is Read more…
For an organization that for decades meant so much to the Black golf community, nurturing the likes of Lee Elder, Ted Rhodes, Charlie Sifford and Renee Powell throughout their careers, the United Golfers Association met a quiet and sad demise. Infighting about the direction of the organization, as well as the sense that the integration Read more…
McIlroy has the attention of some of the most powerful people in the world, and he’s not afraid to offer an opinion or listen intently when the time is right.
Born in the US state of Georgia, to an Australian father and Ghanaian mother, Danny List was raised in the West African nation and possessed a “weird obsession” with golf. He’ll compete at Torrey Pines this week under an Australian flag.
TGR and Genesis staff, as well as representatives from the Century Club of San Diego, have been essentially working around the clock to make the Genesis Invitational as unique and successful as possible.
If you were in a loud bar on Sunday, didn’t know the scores in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and looked up just as Justin Rose made eagle on the famed 18th hole, you’d have thought the Englishman had won his second major. MORE: The clubs Rory McIlroy used to win at Pebble Beach That’s Read more…
They number in the thousands around the country—an army of volunteers at golf courses who plant seeds of love for golf in children and then nurture that interest in the game and its life lessons. Golf Digest once again recognizes and honors the First Tee Game Changers—the recipients of the highest awards given out by Read more…
SAN DIEGO — South African Kieron van Wyk, a senior at the College of Charleston, had never been to California in the 23 years of his life before this week. He’d never seen the Torrey Pines South Course until he walked it outside the ropes on Saturday while following groups in the final round of Read more…
SAN DIEGO — Joel Dahmen calls himself a “SEAL junkie.” He’s not talking about marine life. “Anytime there was a documentary out or any of those movies like ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ l love watching those,” he says. “I was obsessed, because tthose guys are the baddest dudes on the planet Earth.” Dahmen was speaking, of Read more…
This was not the Joel Dahmen we all know. On Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, the popular tour player who is easily recognizable because of his bucket hat looked like just your average pro. A normal golf cap was the headwear of choice because it had to be, with the Santa Ana winds consistently Read more…
Max Homa apparently had enough of the wind and his own ragged play on Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open. The champion of the event at Torrey Pines in 2023 withdrew with three holes to play on the North Course after heavy winds forced officials to suspend play. Homa stood at four over par for Read more…
SAN DIEGO — Late last week, sitting at home in Arizona, past PGA Tour winner Robert Garrigus figured he had no chance to play in one of his all-time favorite tournaments, the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. By his calculation, Garrigus was 217th among eligible players, which is like hoping to get a window Read more…
As Day pointed out, Torrey Pines makes sense because of its proximity to LA and history with the Genesis host, Tiger Woods, as the event seeks a one-off relocation away from fire-impacted Riviera Country Club.
The early California events on the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing are having a tough go of it with the withdrawal or absence of some of the game’s top players. The American Express, played last week in La Quinta, lost World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (hand injury) and No. 2 Xander Schauffele (reported medical issue). Read more…
It was only a few years ago that Friday’s co-leader of The American Express, Rico Hoey, thought his professional playing career was over before he’d reached his late 20s. In fact, he was serving an apprenticeship of sorts at his home club of Goose Creek in Southern California, where his duties including going out before Read more…
It’s already been established that Blades Brown does not lack confidence. When the then-16-year-old chipped in for birdie during his PGA Tour debut as an amateur in last May’s Myrtle Beach Classic, he entertained reporters later by recounting that, “I told [caddie] Jack, ‘You’re about to see some sauce right here,’ and then it went Read more…
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