We here at The Loop love nothing more than seeing Jeopardy! contestants butcher sports clues. It makes us feel better about our knowledge of the world. And by “the world,” of course, we mean the sports world. But when the focus is on golf, even better. And it’s incredibly rare when our beloved game gets Read more…
Lilia Vu’s 2023 season just keeps getting more memorable. On Sunday at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., the 26-year-old Californian claimed her fourth victory of the year with a three-shot win at The Annika driven by Gainbridge. Vu started the day three shots back of Emily Kristine Pedersen, then posted a four-under 66. With Read more…
For a second straight week, the PGA Tour seems to be going back to the future. The leaderboard entering Sunday’s final round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship has a vintage feel given the ages of those in contention for the $1.17 million first-place prize money payout. Out front after holding the lead in each of Read more…
Heading into this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Alex Noren had 161 starts registered on the PGA Tour. He’s earned a whopping $11.7 million. He’s posted 11 top-5 finishes. And yet the 41-year-old Swede had never lifted a trophy on the PGA Tour. Incredible, really, considering Noren has 11 international victories. He’s that talented. And now Read more…
LIV Golf has announced it is returning to Australia for a 2024 event. Though an official schedule for the league has not been released, LIV CEO Greg Norman confirmed that the Saudi-backed circuit is planning to visit the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide next season. It is the first stop named as LIV moves towards Read more…
We often refer back to the players who prevail on certain courses as a means to measure the greatness of those designs—at least as tournament tests. Jack Nicklaus, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Watson, Tom Kite and Tiger Woods have helped cement the reputation of Pebble Beach. Oakmont has identified greats like Gene Sarazen, Bobby Jones, Sam Read more…
I played a decent amount of golf this year, but by one measure it appears I didn’t do much at all. A review of my handicap shows I started the year as an 11 and it looks like I’m ending the year as . . . an 11. It reminds me of that Jerry Seinfeld Read more…
Last week’s venue and this week’s venue makes it look like life on the PGA Tour is easy street. Going from Cabo straight to Bermuda is not bad work if you can get it. Camilo Villegas has sure made it look that easy, too, playing his last six rounds in 37 under par. “Easy” is 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…
The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. Temperatures are falling and so are the leaves. Our little corner of the universe approaches the most remote point of its apex around the sun. This is all just a fancy way of saying whether you like it or not, winter is coming. But while the Read more…
There will always be a golfer or two in your life who seem impossible to find the perfect gift for around the holiday gift-giving season. Whether their taste is tough to predict—or they seem to already have all the latest gear and gadgets out there. Don’t stress, we know this can get tricky, but we’ve Read more…
What’s the best thing about team golf? The camaraderie? The competition? Nope. It’s the fact you can be a painfully average — hell, even pretty lousy — golfer and still have a meaningful impact on your team’s success. Thus is the magic of the scramble and the mystique of the handicap. No matter how abysmal Read more…
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…
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