Remember earlier this year when it was nothing but longshot winners on the PGA Tour? Ever since early March, the pendulum has swung back to the top of the odds board, much of that due to the dominance of Scottie Scheffler. Even last week, though, tournament favorites Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry got it done Read more…
During the offseason, for no real reason in particular, I opened the notes app on my phone after a productive range session and jotted down a few notes. In the months since that note has expanded, and has become perhaps the most important golf-related item in my phone. So helpful that I started asking pros Read more…
Jason Day ended a five-year winless drought last year at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Can he end a one-year winless drought since then? We’ll find out soon enough at TPC Craig Ranch as he takes on a strong field with fan-favorites from Jordan Spieth to Tom Kim. Day is looking to follow in K.H. Read more…
On Tuesday, Pat McAfee brought Buffalo Bills General Manager Brandon Beane onto his eponymous ESPN show. Although the conversation was mostly about football, McAfee couldn’t help but throw some money on a round of golf. McAfee told Beane if he shoots a round under par at a nice course this season, he will donate $50,000 Read more…
Long before he became a PGA Tour caddie, a hotel reviewer, and a Netflix star, Geno Bonnalie wore a different mask in college. Literally. RELATED: The hilarious thing Geno and Joel were actually doing at the Waffle House Joel Dahmen’s looper used to loop around at University of Idaho basketball games as a mascot. And Read more…
During his Sunday press conference after finishing low amateur at the Masters earlier this month, Ohio State’s Neal Shipley was asked why he became such a fan favorite during last summer’s U.S. Amateur, where he finished runner-up, as well as on the weekend at Augusta National, when he played alongside Tiger Woods. His answer was Read more…
After his appearance as an analyst for NBC, Kevin Kisner was doing so well that people were begging for more. Even one of NBC’s social media producers told him she couldn’t believe how positive the feedback was on Twitter/X, a place where most people, golf fans especially, are searching for things to find fault in. Read more…
It’s been 25 years since the man known as Club Pro Guy played his last competitive round on the Mexican Mini-Tour, a forgettable second-round 91 at the Los Mochis Masters that included a two-stroke penalty for playing a range ball and an unfortunate physical altercation with an elderly volunteer. After a playing career that spanned Read more…
Here’s a question: Should you get an official PGA Tour win for an 18-hole event that wasn’t considered a PGA tour event at the time? Should you get one for a 36-hole exhibition played against three other players? Should you get one for an event with no other PGA Tour pros where you beat a Read more…
It’s hard to believe, but before you know it, football will be back in our lives once again. OTAs have begun and the NFL Draft has come and gone. Pretty soon mandatory mini-camps will be upon us, and with them, the official end of the NFL “offseason” (if there is such a thing). This weekend, Read more…
There was no drama in Hollywood at Hannah Green’s title defense of the JM Eagle LA Championship. Unlike her playoff victory last year, Green won by three Sunday over Maja Stark with a steady five-under 67 to win at 12-under-par total. The Australian ran away from the field with a five-under-par stretch on the back Read more…
The LPGA is back in California this week, with the tour stopping at famed Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. The field is playing for a $3.75 million overall purse, with the winner taking home $562,500 for her victory late Sunday. Last year Aussie Hannah Green outlasted China’s Xiyu Lin in a three-hole playoff. This Read more…
The two Irishmen playing as a team for the first time in the Zurich Classic outside of New Orleans have been wearing matching outfits all week. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry hardly look like twins, but they’ve suited up as a pair, wearing pink shirts and blue pants in the first round, all black in Read more…
You likely know that TPC Sawgrass started the Tournament Players Club movement in the 1980s as the first PGA Tour-owned and operated club. But do you know the origin of the concept of stadium golf, and how the TPC golf courses network grew since Sawgrass’ debut 42 years ago? Much credit is due to Deane Read more…
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