Scottie Scheffler is a pretty mild-mannered fella, so it came as a shock to the sports world when we woke up on the morning of May 17th, 2024, to find a mugshot of the World No. 1 plastered across the Internet. As fans soon came to learn, Scheffler was arrested trying to enter Valhalla Golf Read more…
CHARLOTTE — Let it be known that Rory McIlroy did not care for the question I posed on Wednesday morning: If you had to trade one part of your game—driving, putting, approach, around the green—with another current player, what part would you change, and with who? A question like this depends on a player’s willingness Read more…
Whether you’re shopping for the father who has it all or the dad who’s just getting into the swing of the sport, these great golf gift ideas are sure to put a smile on dad’s face and help him up his game all year long. From repurposed umbrellas that double as conversation starters to cashmere-blend Read more…
Niklas Norgaard. Laurie Canter. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen. Jorge Campillo. John Parry. Dan Bradbury. No, we are not playing a game of “Name a random European professional golfer.” We just listed a collection of names who are ahead of Jon Rahm in the European Ryder Cup standings as of PGA Championship week. It’s true. Go see it Read more…
An ‘unfortunate situation’ involving an “incorrectly placed’ pin position marred a college golf tournament on Tuesday. And had Golf Twitter abuzz. A video of a golfer struggling to keep her golf ball from rolling away from the hole prompted enough outrage to draw an apology from the NAIA. RELATED: Impossible pin position causes havoc at Read more…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Most coaches stand directly behind the target line when their player is on the range. Like this. Logan Bowles The official term for this view is “down the line,” and it makes sense why coaches default to standing here. Driving ranges at professional golf tournaments—especially majors—can be busy, crowded places. When a Read more…
The consensus among golf touts this week? Long, high and straight off the tee will get it done at Quail Hollow. That narrows down the pool of winners considerably, which should make it much easier to pick a winner, especially at a major championship, where the pool is already small. Easy, peasy. But is it Read more…
CHARLOTTE — A midday thunderstorm blew through Quail Hollow on Tuesday, with a bolt of lightning coming so close to the property that the boom had those in the vicinity ducking for cover. As it had for much of the previous day, a deluge flooded the course and confined players for a time to the Read more…
The PGA Tour heads to Charlotte for the second major of the year, the PGA Championship. The host venue this week will be Quail Hollow Club, host of the 2017 PGA Championship and the annual event now known as the Truist Championship (held last week in Philadelphia with Quail’s major hosting duties). Quail Hollow was Read more…
The 107th PGA Championship, set for May 15-18 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, promises to deliver high-stakes drama as the world’s top golfers vie for the coveted Wanamaker Trophy. With a field stacked with talent, picking the right players for your pool can be a daunting task. RELATED: PGA Championship picks 2025: 3 longshot Read more…
CHARLOTTE — Rupe Taylor awoke in a hospital room, immediately registering the restraints binding his arms and legs to the bed. In the chair beside him, his mother sat crumpled, her face hidden in her hands. He didn’t know what had happened as he asked the only question that might forever divide his life into Read more…
While the PGA Championship lacks the historical gravitas of the professional golf world’s other three major championships, it has provided some of the most entertaining finishes and storylines over the past few seasons. The 2024 edition at Valhalla gave us a late Sunday showdown between eventual champion Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau, along with World Read more…
It didn’t get similar attention as Collin Morikawa’s supposed blowing off of the media at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but Shane Lowry’s ducking of the media following a tough finish on Sunday at the Truist Championship may have been an even worse look. Why? Because Lowry, unlike Morikawa (according to Morikawa), was asked to do Read more…
Golf compliments don’t come around often for a player of my level, but last week at my home course, I got one after sending my drive to a perfect angle into the 12th green. “Smart play,” a playing partner said. But it wasn’t. I caught the ball on the heel, which produced a low, weak Read more…
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