There has been a LOT going on in the golf world this week, from Jon Rahm flip-flopping to an equipment rollback to even one of the most bizarre trades in sports history. But we’re glad to bring you a story everyone can get behind: a golfer making his first career hole-in-one. And not just any Read more…
Editor’s Note—Eric Cole, 35, just finished playing his rookie season on the PGA Tour. During the 2022-23 campaign, Cole played 37 PGA Tour events and a tour-leading 126 rounds, posting seven top-10s and earning $5.4 million. He is among five players nominated for the Arnold Palmer Award, given to the top rookie on tour as Read more…
One of the most underreported sports stories of the week is that of Amit Patel. According to The Athletic, this week Patel—a former Jacksonville Jaguars employee who was fired back in February—was formerly accused in a court filing of stealing over $22 million from the franchise while employed there between 2018 and 2023. If true, Read more…
Normally, when we’re talking about “feeling old,” it’s the young person schooling the old head. Especially so when the topic is group chat names, which are created on one of them mobile devices. But in the case of Joel Dahmen, 36, and Lilia Vu, 27, it was the veteran who had to school the young-in Read more…
While we loved what the U.S. Ryder Cup team wore in Rome this year, we’re still obsessed with those 2021 team hoodies that essentially put cashmere golf hoodies on the map. Ever since, cashmere and hoodies have seemingly taken over the golf style world. Together, a combination of modern-casual golf styling with traditional-upscale polish, it Read more…
It’s a real shame we already put together Golf’s Turkeys of the Year, because this woman would have definitely made the list. We’re sorry to pile on, and we hope she got her car out in one piece. Literally. But this is too crazy of a #fail not to share: That’s an all-time “GOD DAMNIT!” Read more…
Depending on where you live, Jack Frost may already be nipping at your nose—but we’re not ready to end our golf seasons just yet. If you’re a year-round golfer like us—or have an all-weather golfer on your holiday shopping lists—layers are essential to extend the season as late into the year as possible. Even better, Read more…
When trying to improve your technique, oftentimes the best place to start is to observe how the best players in the world hit various shots. Sure, the exact movements will vary from player to player, but there are plenty of fundamentals that you can incorporate into your game. Yet, it can be overwhelming to analyze Read more…
SYDNEY, Australia — For LIV Golf star Joaquin Niemann, the challenge was simple, if hefty. Travel down to Australia, play its two biggest tournaments, which are co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour, and secure enough Official World Golf Rankings points to climb almost 40 places and enter the top 50 by December 31 who are Read more…
Hitting crisp iron shots for most amateur golfers, is the key to more consistency, longer drives, and straighter shots. It’s a lack of solid contact that causes a majority of most golfers’ blow up holes, too. A slice or hook most times you can deal with. But those contact errors: A chunk, or skull, or Read more…
In October, sibling history was made in pro golf when Min Woo Lee and Minjee Lee became the first brother and sister to win on major golf tours in back-to-back weeks. Min Woo went wire-to-wire in capturing the Asian Tour’s Macau Open, and seven days later, Minjee prevailed in a BMW Ladies Championship playoff for Read more…
One of the things Keegan Bradley has done during the offseason is test golf balls. Srixon made him a special set of balls. They were of the potential rollback variety.
NASSAU, Bahamas — About six months ago while visiting his swing coach Mark Blackburn in Birmingham, Ala., Justin Rose was rummaging through myriad training aids and came across a swim hand paddle. Intrigued, he wondered how it might help his game. Now he uses it almost every time in his warm-up routine before competition. Rose, Read more…
On Tuesday it was announced that the 20 players in the field at this year’s Hero World Challenge—14 of them among the top 25 in the World Ranking—would be competing for the new and improved prize money payout of $4.5 million at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas. Mind you, it was an afterthought in Read more…
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