Tom Mase and Martin Brouilette have spent hundreds of hours studying various scientific areas in golf, but neither can yet say with certainty how the rule change announced overnight by the R&A and USGA will affect golfers, especially those on the recreational side.
SAN DIEGO — Even in early December, the sun shines most of the time, and this week the temperature has been in the high 60s at the Torrey Pines municipal golf courses. No one living east of Arizona is going to feel sorry for members of the Torrey Pines Men’s Club, but the group’s golfers Read more…
In October, sibling history was made in pro golf when Min Woo Lee and Minjee Lee became the first brother and sister to win on major golf tours in back-to-back weeks. Min Woo went wire-to-wire in capturing the Asian Tour’s Macau Open, and seven days later, Minjee prevailed in a BMW Ladies Championship playoff for Read more…
Monahan spoke at the New York Times DealBook Summit, covering a number of topics from the tumultuous past year that included the continued threat of losing players to LIV Golf, the tour’s surprise framework agreement with PIF in negotiations unknown to the players, and the subsequent leave of absence Monahan took to address his own mental health issues.
Nicknamed the “Little Pro” because of his short stature, Eddie Merrins was a giant in the golf world. For years, he moved seamlessly between teaching Hollywood stars such as Fred Astaire, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson and Celine Dion as the head pro at Bel-Air Country Club to, as men’s golf coach at UCLA, mentoring an Read more…
A potentially historic vote on the possible merger of the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour did not take place as expected overnight, Australian time.
If a 59 is going to be shot on the PGA Tour, the likely tournament is the RSM Classic. Among the nine scores of 60 or better on tour over the last two seasons—an eye-opening number in itself—three of them have come on the par-70 Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. The man most likely Read more…
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…
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