Mid-handicappers are a funny species. On their best days, a score in the 70s could be in the offing. Other times, it could be a grind just to play bogey golf. Author’s note: Speaking from experience. There are a bunch of different ways to become a mid-handicap golfer, so perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that Read more…
After loudly announcing his PGA Tour arrival with his maiden victory, Jackson Koivun picked a quiet way to celebrate. The 21-year-old rising star won the 3M Open in just his third start as a pro. And if that wasn’t impressive enough, he did it by holding off World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler while shooting a Read more…
In the mid-1990s, Bill Bruns, the editor of a weekly newspaper in Pacific Palisades, Calif., where my wife and I lived, told me about a golf tournament his family held every July near San Diego. You should write a story about it, he kept saying. I never did. A year ago, I reached out to Read more…
What Jackson Koivun did Sunday at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn., wasn’t really all that significant or even newsworthy. He simply added his name to a list—albeit an impressive one—that includes Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young and Viktor Hovland as just another player who relegated World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to second place Read more…
Al Messerschmidt Q: I usually cheap out when it comes to buying balls, spending about $20/dozen, and still shoot around 80. Would a tour-quality ball help me get into the mid-70s to justify the cost? A: Honestly, upgrading your ball is unlikely to save you five or six shots a round. Although a ball change Read more…
Remember the name Rawlin Sutter. Noah Maclauchlan most certainly will. Maclauchlan, an 18-year-old from Virginia on his way to play college golf this fall at Liberty University, was an alternate for the U.S. Junior Amateur after the qualifier he played in. He would need a huge break to reach the prestigious championship at Saucon Valley Read more…
Young pros who have only competed a handful of times on the PGA Tour don’t do this. Or at least they didn’t used to. They shouldn’t shoot 61 in the third round of an $8.8 million tournament, and do it with two eagles, including one on the closing holes. But the Young Guns of today Read more…
As Angela Stanford is poring over analytics and conversations among other research in her work as the U.S. Solheim Cup captain, she’s also listening, asking questions and keeping an open mind. MORE: Potential Solheim Cup players make their final push this month She’s made one big decision already that wasn’t on her radar when she Read more…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen LIV Golf in action and there have been plenty of headlines in the meantime. The last event was in early June and how the league is back this week with its event in the United Kingdom at JCB Golf & Country Club in Staffordshire, England. The usual cast Read more…
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is in action this week at the 3M Open as the PGA Tour’s regular season is nearing its end. It’s the first time he’s playing at TPC Twin Cities as the field plays for the $8.8 million purse with the winner taking home $1.584 million. Scheffler tied for fourth place Read more…
According to the CDC, your chances of being struck by lightning on a given year are less than one in a million. However, you are at much greater risk if you are participating in an outdoor activity, like golf. In just the last year alone, there have been three prominent cases of a golfer being Read more…
The majors are done but the betting doesn’t stop. We roll right along to the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, where some longer shots have fared well since the tournament’s inception in 2019. There’s just one tiny problem with that – Scottie Scheffler is surprisingly in the field this week, acting as the elephant Read more…
The third time wasn’t the charm Charlie Woods had hoped for in terms reaching match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur, as he failed to claim one of two remaining spots in a playoff on Wednesday morning. Woods, the 17-year-old son of three-time winner Tiger Woods, was one of 14 players competing at Saucon Valley Read more…
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