John Catlin was a split second away from pushing a button that would have ended his career. It was 2016, years before the Sacramento native made it to LIV Golf as an injury substitute for Charles Howell III on Crushers GC, which is captained by Catlin’s childhood friend and Northern California rival, Bryson DeChambeau. Catlin Read more…
Playing in the opening round of the 2024 Senior Open Championship, the former Ryder Cupper went to tap in for bogey on the seventh hole after missing a par putt and completely whiffed.
Just one month after competing in his first professional event, John Daly II qualified to compete for the first time in the US Amateur, which is set to take place next month at Hazeltine National outside Minneapolis.
What happens when you concede an opponent’s putt thinking you tied the hole, only to find out he or she holed out in one fewer strokes than you? In short, it depends on what transpired leading up to the gaffe.
The beauty of a tournament with gross and net divisions, like many club championships around the country, is that golfers of all handicaps have something to play for.
Through 19 events this season past winners have dominated, with only two first-time champions in Bailey Tardy’s Blue Bay LPGA title in February and Linnea Strom’s victory at the Shoprite LPGA Classic.
Woods would be the last person to make excuses for his poor play following rounds of 79 and 77 at Royal Troon, but we’ll go ahead and make one for him after seeing this.
At The Open, the task is navigating whatever happens to be in front of you that week, that day, that hour. It’s rarely fair, and never easy. They each reflect the culture they exist within, and the types of champions they produce.
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