NAPLES, Fla. — Another message from Alison Lee’s biggest fan pops up on her phone. “Hey Mrs. Monster, you made all those birdies today,” it reads, like one of many sent to her over the last few months. The fan is 15-time PGA Tour winner Fred Couples, and his belief in her game has finally Read more…
This week, for the first time, the top 125 card holders for the PGA Tour’s 2024 season will be determined at the RSM Classic. It’s the conclusion of the FedEx Cup Fall, and Davis Love III’s tournament at Sea Island is now the last stop for players hoping to earn their PGA Tour cards by Read more…
Within the glorious chasm that is golf Reddit, a simple question was posed: Anyone get paired up with women on the golf course? The question brings up a singular situation in golf: You’re a man at the golf course, shy of a foursome, and you’re paired with one, or several, women. Though golf has come Read more…
NAPLES, Fla. — The LPGA Tour’s most recent first-time winner, after not immediately taking up membership, will become a tour member. The LPGA announced Friday that Mone Inami, who won the Toto Japan Classic on Nov. 5 as a non-member, would join the tour for the 2024 season. “This membership, I earned on my own,” Read more…
Late at night, when normal human beings are sleeping, one writer spends literal hours on Reddit Golf, a treasure trove of humor, whining, equipment scores, outright lies and occasionally some great advice. It also led him, once upon a time, to Bucket Hat Guy. Each Friday, he will bring the site’s best content to you, Read more…
Black Friday is a week away, and it seems like there are more early-access sales and golf deals this year than ever. So get your comfy pants on and get ready to shop. Whether you are trying to find the perfect gift for the golfer on your list or just want to pick something up Read more…
In 1932, in Hollywood, CA, a man appeared seemingly out of the clear blue sky. Beyond a few rumors about mining interests in the desert, nobody knew anything about his past. He always seemed to have money, and he always seemed to be playing golf. His name was John Montague, and his game was astounding—as Read more…
There are certain golf experiences money can’t buy. The new Coaches vs. Cancer “Experience Auction,” which is live now, provides some coveted opportunities that, in fact, money can deliver—and those funds will go to a great cause in the process. The American Cancer Society’s big golf auction went live Friday, and it includes some big-ticket Read more…
We’ve seen it a bunch of times through the years, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome when it happens. A fan is plucked from the stands at a college basketball game to attempt a full-court putt and pulls off what seems like a miracle. Usually for a pile of cash—or even a bottle Read more…
Seven years ago this week, Blayne Barber was part of a five-man playoff at the 2016 RSM Classic that bled over into Monday morning on St. Simons Island. He was ultimately one of the “losers” of that tournament, with Mackenzie Hughes draining an 18-footer for par to claim his first of two PGA Tour wins. Read more…
Rory McIlroy hit a tee shot that wound up in a female fan’s lap on Thursday. Incredibly, that wasn’t even his wildest hole of the back nine. The four-time major champ needed a two-time reprieve from the water hazard on the 18th hole of Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth Course as he wound up making one Read more…
NAPLES, Fla. — While 60 LPGA players are in the field at this week’s CME Group Tour Championship, 62 will be walking the course during the LPGA Tour’s final event of the 2023 season. Maria Fassi and Jessica Korda, who are not playing at Tiburon Golf Club, will be on-air talents doing on-course reporting and Read more…
Rory McIlroy found his golf ball in an unusual spot during Thursday’s opening round of the DP World Tour Championship. And one fan went viral because of it. McIlroy’s drive on the 13th hole at the Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Earth Course went long and into the crowd before somehow settling in one lady’s lap. McIlroy Read more…
It wasn’t quite the mega-uppercut fist pump we’ve seen countless times over the years from Tiger Woods, but Charlie Woods certainly was channelng his pops with this celebration after a chip-in at the Florida High School State Championship. Artist completes incredible portait of Tiger Woods using only golf tees Yes, you read that correctly. The Read more…