Life is not a linear path. Ask anyone who’s dealt with setbacks and heartbreaks. Perspective comes with a cost: through time and trials. And as we get hit with life’s roadblocks, it’s fascinating to see when acceptance and even a change of heart comes into play for an individual. Kelly Gorman was dealt a disability Read more…
Performance coach Leisbeth Pauwels sees it all the time: Golfers don’t take hydration seriously. If you’re not drinking enough, you’re putting your body at risk. Dehydration causes headaches, can make you feel dizzy, and fatigued. These physical symptoms are hard to miss, but before your body starts to show it’s in trouble, there are subtle Read more…
We’ll concede that you’re not ordering a hot dog on the golf course because of its nutritional value. In fact, in celebration of golf’s long-standing partnership with dogs, Golf Digest even identified the 15 best spots for them on courses around the country. That said, a prominent sports nutritionist says the protein and fat in Read more…
For better or worse, I’m not a good sports fan when it comes to prospects. I don’t watch the NFL draft in the Giants offseason, I couldn’t care less about whatever high schoolers Jon Scheyer is recruiting at Duke, and I skip past any mention of minor leaguers while reading about my precious Yankees. (Yes, Read more…
It is perhaps one of the enduring golf memes of our time. It features a clip from “The Hangover,” starring Zach Galifianakis, who plays the character Alan in the all-time great comedy. In the clip, an old man walks up to Alan at the gas station to compliment his car, and Alan immediately snipes back Read more…
Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City recently hosted one of the most competitive match play events that deserves your attention. While the golf world fixates on who will represent their side at this year’s Presidents or Solheim Cup, something much more patriotic is hearing on July 4th. The best golfers from the Army, Navy, Read more…
The PGA Tour heads to the Midwest this week for the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Originally known as the Quad Cities Open when it debuted in 1971, the tournament found its permanent home at TPC Deere Run in 2000 and has become one of the tour’s premier birdie-fests. It Read more…
After a loaded June schedule that featured a major and two signature events, this week’s John Deere Classic will be a bit of a break for the world’s best (along with a much-needed July 4th holiday weekend). And yet, there are still quite a few major champs and rising stars looking to attain some much-needed Read more…
Is there anything more distinctly American than a member-guest tournament? But for minor variations, you know the drill. Multiple days, multiple flights, cash pools, tee gifts, beverage stations galore, skills challenges, red meat for the stag dinner and more varied fare when the spouses come to dance under the moonlight, maybe a shootout to decide Read more…
The Travelers Championship is held just a few short miles from ESPN’s campus in Bristol, Ct. That means that over the course of a tournament week in sleepy central Connecticut, there are bound to be a few random encounters between athletes and some of the world’s most visible sports journalists, but few have ever caused Read more…
When you think about mallet putters, odds are your first thoughts lean toward more industrial terms like stability and alignment and even ball speed normalization. OK, maybe that last one is just us golf tech nerds, but what we can surely surmise is that squishy things like feel and softness are lower on the ladder Read more…
Haeran Ryu was so far back after Thursday’s first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship—10 shots with an opening 73—that she changed her putter in the middle of a major. Then, she made history. The 25-year-old South Korean thrived with her new (old) flat stick, methodically working her way back into contention on Friday Read more…
Ina Yoon started the third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship with a five-shot lead after tearing up Hazeltine National Golf Club in back-to-back rounds. But the 23-year-old, who had never held the lead in a major before this week, struggled mightily on Saturday, and now there are several big names who could win Read more…
With more people than ever playing golf, there are also more golf stories to tell. That’s where The Fringe comes in. Whether it’s a profile of a celebrity golfer, a look at how golf made a difference in someone’s life or just an interesting on-course tale you may have missed, The Fringe brings fun stories Read more…
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