Seve spoke graciously on many occasions, most memorably during his acceptance speech to fans gathered at Muirfield Village in 2010. The magical power he had brought to golf courses for nearly 20 years was flashed one last time.
More than a week after becoming the oldest Major winner in golf history at the PGA Championship, Mickelson is still holding up his huge prize. To have some celebratory beverages, that is.
There are murmurs on the grounds among players and caddies that because of the rough, dampness, wind gusts that could reach 20 miles per hour, and general ferociousness of the layout, any red number in a single round will be hard to come by.
Emily Mahar is nervous, she doesn’t mind admitting, as she prepares for the US Women’s Open this week. But the 21-year-old from Brisbane would not be human if the butterflies were not moving a little.
What started as an exercise to improve the functionality of the layout by installing a sub-air system and ridding the fairways and greens of Poa annua became a revisionist mission.
With Olympic Club hosting the US Women’s Open for the first time this week, Kay Cockerill, has become a “course whisperer” to many with questions about the iconic venue ahead of the championship.
It was over fairly early for Bernd Wiesberger, which made for a less than thrilling finish to the European Tour’s Made in HimmerLand tournament but no less satisfying a result for the 35-year-old Austrian.
To think that Alex Cejka would be in line to win the calendar year Grand Slam on the PGA Tour Champions in 2021 was all sorts of preposterous at the start of May.
It’s the 1979 Masters, and an inquisitive American golf writer is chewing the fat with Australia’s Jack Newton when he starts interrogating him about his new mate Seve Ballesteros. The young Spaniard had threatened the leaders all week at Augusta National, turning heads with a dazzling display of shot-making before eventually settling for a tied-12th Read more…
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