Raise your hand if you’re a golfer who at one time has made a New Year’s Resolution to become more familiar with The Rules of Golf? (Stops typing and puts hand in air.) Now, raise your hand if you actually made good on that resolution? (Continues typing, pretending he didn’t hear the question.) Mind you, Read more…
Drive two hours west of Memphis and you’ll find River Oaks Golf Club in Searcy, Ark. Once there, chances are good you’ll see a pair of retired high school coaches playing against each other in what has become one of golf’s greatest ongoing—and lesser-known—rivalries. For 17 years and nearly 1,500 rounds, David Bevell, 75, and Read more…
Aaron Rai has often talked about the sacrifices his parents—in particular, his dad—made when he was a kid so he could pursue his golf dreams. But, unfortunately, Mr. Rai wasn’t at Aronimink when Aaron won the PGA Championship. He was . . . camping. Yep, camping. RELATED: Aaron Rai (kinda) broke this longstanding major curse Read more…
The extraordinary run by the Eastern Michigan women’s golf team came to an end on Tuesday in the NCAA Division I Championships, but not before the Eagles beat one last powerhouse on their way out. And as for Wednesday’s match-play finalists, they could have not been more predictable. EMU, which had never been to a Read more…
The “Texas Swing” comes to an end with the Charles Schwab Challenge played at the legendary Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. This year, the course is celebrating its 80th anniversary and marking eight decades as the PGA Tour’s longest-running host venue for a non-major event. Though the event’s name has changed numerous times, Colonial Read more…
This week marks the 80th playing of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. And yet again, it’ll feature some of the best golfers in the world taking on the Texas mainstay. Ben Hogan won the first tour event here in 1946. Other victors over the years include Arnold Palmer, Jack Read more…
Golfpocalypse is a collection of words that runs prior to each week’s PGA Tour event, mostly ABOUT that event. Reach out with your hottest takes on absolutely anything at [email protected]. We’ll publish the best emails here. Folks, get HYPED, because it’s leg number four of the Texas slam! Or, if you can’t get hyped for Read more…
The PGA Tour stays in Texas for the final event of the season in the Lone Star State, the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge. Colonial Country Club, the longest host venue on tour, once again asks a familiar and specific question: Who can relentlessly control their golf ball for four consecutive days? RELATED: Put Chris Gotterup’s game Read more…
Si Woo Kim was hardly distraught on Friday afternoon after narrowly missing out on shooting the 16th sub-60 score in PGA Tour history. In the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, on a renovated TPC Craig Ranch course that was yielding birdies by the dozens in favorable Texas weather, the Dallas resident made 12 birdies over the Read more…
The PGA of America announced on Friday that embattled president Don Rea has been replaced for the rest of his term, and that vice president Nathan Charnes will replace him. Rea’s two-year term was set to conclude in November, but the PGA of America said in an announcement about the moves, “The Board’s action followed Read more…
It seems like a no-brainer, and Jordan Spieth is saying the same thing now. He’s a lifelong Texan who lives in Dallas and has been playing incarnations of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson since he was a 16-year-old high school junior who got a sponsor’s invite. Given that, you figure that at some point before Read more…
With some luck, there will be a time in your life when you’re invited to a nice golf club. And you might find that at this club, there’s a somewhat strict dress code. Perhaps you already play golf in long skirts and shorts, but if you’re like me, your go-to golf skirts are a little Read more…
Jean Van de Velde was back in action at this week’s Trophy Hassan II on the PGA Tour Champions. Unfortunately, that meant the Frenchman was also back to making big numbers on the golf course. Van de Velde, who turns 59 at the end of the month, plays tournament golf sparingly these days. So a Read more…
As launch monitors have become more and more prevalent and stand fundamental to the fitting process, we realize there’s been a lot of focus on ball speed. That even goes beyond drivers to irons, and it’s also a vital piece in how our players at the annual Hot List Summit think of their club evaluations. Read more…
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