Back in 2016, many athletes in the Summer Olympics were caught on camera with bizarre circular blotches on their bodies (swimmer Michael Phelps most famously). The redish marks were the temporary side effect of a pain-management treatment known as cupping, and that exposure in the Olympics made it one of the most trendy therapies at Read more…
It had been nearly a month since Adam Long missed the short grass off the tee when he finally hit an errant drive on the 15th hole of Thursday’s opening round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. By then, however, the 36-year-old had already shattered a 31-year-old PGA Tour record—albeit a pretty obscure one. Long arrived Read more…
The 1990s were a great time in golf and in fashion, and the exciting fall golf trends today prove it. Tiger Woods won his first PGA Tour event in 1996 and popularized the oversized crew neck in fierce red. And on the side of the ladies, the establishment of the Solheim Cup proved the increasing Read more…
We’re midway through fall and the leaves are dropping, which means it’s time for a few things. 1. Fathers forcing their kids to rake the leaves. 2. Adorable videos of dogs jumping into leaf piles. 3. Golfers buying more and more golf balls since we keep losing them in the Autumn Abyss. It’s the worst Read more…
Does Coscto have a driver coming to its warehouse shelves? The big-box retailer may be introducing another product to its golf offering, as a Costco Kirkland Signature driver debuted this week on the USGA’s conforming club list. Details on the driver are limited. The club is registered in just one loft at 10.5 degrees, although Read more…
When Colson Brown throws his first touchdown pass at Georgia Tech, it will undoubtedly be a special moment in his college sports career. Yet it still may not replace the highlight of his college sports career, which came last week on the golf course. Tour pro ‘not sure where to start’ in criticism of golf Read more…
For a fifth consecutive year, Port Royal Golf Course will be the site of the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship. But it’s going to be tough for the Robert Trent Jones track to create as much drama as it did when it used to host a major. Or, rather, an exhibition for major champions. Remember the Read more…
This week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship serves as a great test – just how much do you enjoy betting on golf? Because you have to really, really enjoy it to wager real American money on it this week. Of course, others would argue this is the perfect opportunity to win some serious cash. This event has Read more…
Erik van Rooyen held it together as long as he could. Then, after making eagle from 18 feet on the final hole of the World Wide Technology Championship to collect his second PGA Tour event, there was no reason to hold it inside. Van Rooyen recorded a back-nine 28 that included six birdies and an Read more…
In the United States, the clocks rolled back early Sunday morning, returning to standard time for the late fall and winter. You’ll be forgiven, though, if you felt like it was the calendar that turned back after looking at the leaderboard entering the final round of the World Wide Technology Championship. Tied at 19 under Read more…
After his second straight round of 65 in the Wide World Technology Open on Friday, an upbeat Matt Kuchar recalled that when he left his family at home to head for this week’s tournament in Mexico, he had a good feeling about the week. “Never know,” he said. “I’ve certainly said that before and it’s Read more…
For a player who went through the trials of a significant surgery on his sternum, the news was not good from Brandt Snedeker on Saturday. The nine-time tour winner had to withdraw from the World Wide Technology Championship ahead of the third round with what the PGA Tour announced was a rib injury. Snedeker opened Read more…
The final stop on the LPGA’s four-week Asian swing sees Japan’s best and brightest pros enjoying playing in front of their own loyal fans. The leaderboard through 54 holes of the TOTO Japan Classic shows four native players at the top in this co-sanctioned event with the JLPGA Tour and eight Japanese players in the Read more…
Headlines and stories about tragedy draw interest and empathy, and there were few tales in golf over the last few years more harrowing than the illness and death of Camilo Villegas’ daughter. In March 2020, amid the early days of the COVD-19 pandemic, Villegas—the four-time tour winner known for his Spiderman putt-reading pose—and his wife, Read more…
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