For the hardcore golf fan, there’s nothing like a major championship week. From the early morning extra coverage (well, after you figure out how to stream it) to the “Live From” wraps on Golf Channel, these are long days of being locked in watching golf. You really have to pace yourself. Of course, there’s always Read more…
It’s not that Katsuhiro Miura invented the idea of forging irons—or even perfected it. (Truly, he never stopped rethinking the way forged steel could become a work of art and a golf club at the same time). Miura, the founder and chief designer of Miura Golf, went about his work with a distinct passion and Read more…
Adam Hadwin was in the first group to tee off on Friday at 7 a.m., along with Keith Mitchell and Bob Sowards. By 9:45 a.m., he had already texted his wife to “book us flights.” As I’m writing this, Hadwin is still trying to survive the “Green Mile,” (oh, another bogey on No. 17), but Read more…
On major championship weeks, my Instagram feed is filled with golf things that I either can’t do, I shouldn’t do, or at least need to do much differently. Rory McIlroy launching high draws. Justin Thomas hitting spinny pitches. Bryson DeChambeau dialing in yardages down to the decimal point. If there is aspirational value in regular Read more…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was exactly 362 days ago that I wrote about the scourge of mudballs at the 2024 PGA Championship, and now, here we are again, talking about the same issue during the first round of the 2025 PGA Championship. Let’s run through what’s happening… Mudball Basics Quail Hollow Country Club received more Read more…
Curtis Strange made one last impassioned plea. Well, two, technically. “Don’t do it,” Strange said while watching Justin Thomas debate whether or not to play his third shot at Quail Hollow’s 18th hole on Thursday. “Don’t do it.” “It” was what looked to be not just an impossible chip shot from the rough left of Read more…
Golf is a weird sport. You get to one of the biggest events of the calendar year, and the next thing you know, you’re researching common snapping turtles in North Carolina. Let’s see football or basketball lead to a search result like that! It’s been quite a week at Quail Hollow—between the Kardashian comps and Read more…
Ryan Gerard doesn’t have quite the same amount of experience playing Quail Hollow as some of the PGA Tour veterans competing in this week’s PGA Championship. But the 25-year-old may be as familiar with the Charlotte course’s closing hole as anyone. Gerard was a surprise early leader on Day 1 at the PGA Championship after Read more…
The hands-down, number-one best thing about being a kid is that you genuinely don’t know any better. There’s a simple innocence (and sometimes brutal honesty) in being young and carefree, and many adults long for those days as they grow older and more aware of the barriers, guardrails and, of course, gallery ropes that society Read more…
We knew Quail Hollow’s vaunted “Green Mile” would claim some victims at this week’s PGA Championship, but what happened Thursday morning was still downright shocking. The par-4 16th, the first of the difficult three-hole stretch brought all three of the World’s top-three ranked players to their knees. At the same time. RELATED: PGA of America Read more…
A free round at Quail Hollow is nothing to scoff at, with initiation fees around $150,000 to join the club. So it looks like Hunter Mahan has found a little golf lifehack. All you have to do is insult the course to “The New York Times,” sit back and let the internet do the rest. Read more…
When Jim Barnes claimed the inaugural PGA Championship title in 1916, he earned a prize money payout of $500 from an overall purse of $2,580. Yes, times have changed. The PGA of America will announce on Saturday how much the 156 players in the 2025 PGA Championship field at Quail Hollow are playing for. The Read more…
It’s been a big year for Johnny Keefer, who was still playing college golf 12 months ago. After turning pro last spring, the Baylor product’s hot play on the PGA Tour of Americas earned him his Korn Ferry Tour card for 2025. And more hot play there, including a first win, earned him a late Read more…
CHARLOTTE — Vokey tour rep Aaron Dill doesn’t stand still for long during a major championship week. One second he’s offering wedge feedback on the range, the next, he’s back in the Titleist truck building a fresh lob wedge for a club pro who might be lucky to see him once per year. It’s all Read more…
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