ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Don’t get too excited. Halfway through the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Nicolas Colsaerts isn’t leading the tournament. Then again, no one really is. With three courses — the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns — in the rotation, who is actually atop the leaderboard will not become completely clear Read more…
By now we thought we had seen every angle of every Team Europe celebration following its 16.5-11.5 triumph in Italy, but we were wrong. Because before bottles started being popped, there were some tears flowing. In particular, between Luke Donald and Shane Lowry. A new video shows Lowry making his way over to Donald before Read more…
We didn’t realize it at the time, but the day Boo Weekley turned 50 this past July was an enormous day for golf content purposes. You see, Boo’s PGA Tour days were all but over, the three-time tour winner showing up sparingly, if at all, and often missing the cut with little fanfare. The day Read more…
Now that the Ryder Cup is over and done, many a pundit and golfer are coming out of the woodwork to express how they would do things differently if given a chance. Billy Horschel, when asked about what went wrong for the U.S. by the U.K. publication Bunkered while playing at this week’s Dunhill Links Read more…
Until Friday morning, we were not aware of high school golfer Tad Griffin, AKA “Clutch Mikey.” And that is a shame. Because “Clutch Mikey” might be one of the game’s best personalities. At the very least, he’s given us one of golf’s all-time best interviews. A senior at Southeastern High School in South Charleston, Ohio, Read more…
If things go to plan for the Phoenix Suns, they’ll be the favorites heading into the NBA Playoffs next spring. And by the end of that playoff run, they’ll also be the best putting team in the league. Matt Ishbia, owner of both the Suns and Phoenix Mercury, announced earlier this week an ambitious plan Read more…
You need stable legs to make a powerful swing, but lower-body stability doesn’t require hours in the gym doing Olympic lifts or other complicated exercises. You can build a sturdy platform to swing from in your lounge room.
The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., has hosted 17 USGA events since its founding in 1882. On Thursday, the club and the governing body announced four more will come to the historic venue, including a fourth U.S. Open and a first U.S. Women’s Open. The quartet of future championships include the 2020 U.S. Girls’ Junior, Read more…
There are some common themes that arise in Bobby Jones’ teachings of the golf swing: The importance of the golfer remaining tension-free during the swing. The role of the trail arm (which is the right arm for most golfers) and why it should stay close to your side on the downswing. The importance of shifting Read more…
The new Mizuno ST-G driver features the compact pear shape and deep face that better players naturally gravitate to, but it expands the range of appeal through enhanced adjustability, the increased flexibility in the face fuelled by a new beta rich, lighter and stronger titanium alloy and the low-spin effects of a weighted through-slot in the sole.
We have a few staples here at The Loop from golf fights to petty feuds to rules fiascos to golf fights (once again), but one of my personal favorites is dogs on the course. It just doesn’t get better than a puppy learning the ins and outs of golf, or making a police-cart getaway. Squeezing Read more…
Peter Malnati, a member of the PGA Tour Policy Board, went on to say that the tour doesn’t need to “resort to gimmicks” and that he was surprised by the move. Immediately, though, Malnati corrected himself.