Let’s not sugarcoat it: this poor sap had no business being out there. This was a regional qualifier for a PGA Tour event, not some annual boys weekend.
Padraig Harrington believes that rangefinders should be permanently adopted into pro golf as a way to move things along and allow players a better chance to escape “awkward yardage” lies.
Pros do think about their swings, and they certainly work on improving them. The difference is they don’t eliminate swing thoughts entirely. But they do limit the thoughts they have.
Rule 10.1d notes that, “A player must not make a stroke at a moving ball.” However, there are a few exception also listed. Exception 3 states, “When a ball is moving in temporary water or in water in a penalty area, the player may make a stroke.”
The inaugural championship played at the new PGA of America headquarters in Frisco, Texas, was at a minimum a dramatic success, a duel between opposing Ryder Cup captains that ultimately reinforced the fact that these days Stricker owns the PGA Tour Champions.
An English theme was starting to emerge after two rounds at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth’s storied Colonial Country Club. There’s the leader, Harry Hall, who is from England, and his nearest chaser … Harris English. Sorry, we had to.
Last week, California club pro Michael Block had a flight booked for 10 a.m. on Saturday from western New York back to Orange County, where he lives. “So that gives you [an indication of] how much confidence I had in making the cut at the PGA Championship,” Block said.
The decorated amateur announced she will be playing a self-described “packed” northern summer, including having received exemptions into all four remaining majors on the schedule.
A hearty 94 percent of poll respondents think slow play is a problem that needs to be fixed in tournament golf. And they heap the lion’s share of blame for slow play in the game on the shoulders of the players and tours (cumulative 79 percent).