Go ahead and slap a zero on the “It’s been X days since golf had unnecessary drama” board. Rory McIlroy’s intention to rejoin the PGA Tour Policy Board has been thwarted, as McIlroy remarked Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Championship that a “subset” of players blocked his return. You have questions and we have … Read more…
EAST LOTHIAN, Scotland — News flash: Golf at the highest level is difficult. News flash (2): But even difficult golf can be fun. And both were on display during press conferences that formed part of the media day for July’s Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. On the dark side of life on tour Read more…
Pressure is a privilege. I’ve always enjoyed feeling adrenaline. I’m driven by being in the moment. Whether you succeed or fail, you can learn from it. If you have an eight-footer to come in 38th, you’re not going to feel it as much as if it’s for the win. DRIVER Kennett Mohrman SPECS TaylorMade Qi10 Read more…
Gather round, kids, because we have another wild golf course fight to show you. Oh, and because it comes with an important lesson: respect your elders. Actually, the more important lesson is be careful who you start a fight with on a golf course. And that leads to the more basic lesson that it’s probably Read more…
With World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler away as he and his wife Meredith remain on Baby Watch, seven of the remaining top 10 golfers on the Official World Golf Ranking will have a chance to win a PGA Tour Signature Event at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship—not to mention gain some momentum with the PGA Read more…
Last week, we told you longshots SZN was back on at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, and Taylor Pendrith proved us correct. This week, even without Scottie Scheffler and Ludvig Aberg in the field, we’ve got ourselves a signature event in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, a course that has a knack for Read more…
If you think of the LIV-PGA Tour drama as a giant tree, it has grown several branches, and each of those branches spouts its own tinier branches, and all of those tinier branches are completely jampacked with drama. So it goes with Rory McIlroy and the “will he, won’t he?” suspense surrounding his potential return Read more…
It’s not a great time to be a Los Angeles Laker. After another up-and-down season, the Lakers bowed out in the first round of the West Conference playoffs. After the team’s 4-1 series loss to the Denver Nuggets, LeBron James declined to answer questions about his future—fueling speculation that we may have seen the last Read more…
A 15-year-old amateur earned a spot in her first LPGA Tour event, and she’s grateful for the challenge. Ashley Shaw, from Litchfield, Ariz., won the John Shippen Cognizant Cup to earn a spot in the field for this week’s Cognizant Founders Cup. In joining forces with the Shippen—which has long had a high-profile event for Read more…
In analysing Shane Lowry’s comments, we decided to take a look at past winners of the Zurich Classic to see if there’s a trampoline effect. Can winning a team event propel you along for the rest of the season?
This week, Scottie Scheffler withdrew from the Wells Fargo Championship as he and his wife Meredith continue to anticipate the birth of their first child. It won’t exactly be a relaxing weekend for the Schefflers, but the same can’t be said for Scheffler’s caddie Ted Scott, who got an unexpected staycation when Scottie pulled the Read more…
Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and GoFundMe are the Wild West of moonshot product ideas and crusading causes. Everyone from would-be golf entrepreneurs with a dream to aspiring tour professionals use the sites to try to keep the lights on and the dream alive. After England’s Lottie Woad won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, members Read more…