The list of long-time college golf coaches who are calling it a career keeps getting longer. On Friday, the University of Georgia announced that men’s coach Chris Haack will be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 season. Haack has been overseeing the Bulldogs program since July 1996. During his 30 seasons on the job, Read more…
The 2026 U.S. Open returns to one of what the USGA calls “the cathedrals of golf” as the USGA brings its marquee event again to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. This marks the sixth time that the famed William Flynn course will host the national championship, the last coming in 2018. The 126th Read more…
For the 126th time, the USGA will be crowning a national champion when the governing body holds the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, June 18-21. The famed course in Southampton, N.Y., is hosting the major championship for the sixth time, with today’s best looking to join James Foulis (1896), Raymond Floyd (1986), Read more…
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — At the WM Phoenix Open, it was a set of pool floaties. On Thursday at the Genesis Invitational, it was a resistance band. Viktor Hovland is not afraid of a good training aid, no matter how unconventional it looks. Oddly enough, both the floaties and the resistance band served the same Read more…
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — The lengthening of Riviera’s iconic par-3 fourth hole, which can now stretch up to 273 yards, has been quite the discussion point at this week’s Genesis Invitational. The hole was hard enough already at 236 yards, something Rory McIlroy alluded to after his Wednesday Pro-Am. With heavy rains in the forecast Read more…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The 2026 Toulon Collection of putters continues the company’s trademark classic shapes, looks and precision. It’s a 10th anniversary of sorts for the one-time startup from the industry leader Sean Toulon that had a noted run as the milled brand at Odyssey before returning to an independent brand a little Read more…
Riviera’s Kikuyu grass isn’t just a talking point, it’s a game-changer. Learn how this unusual turf shapes strategy, lies and scoring at the Genesis Invitational.
Anthony Kim’s improbable comeback victory at LIV Golf Adelaide this past weekend had golf fans feeling plenty nostalgic. Among them was 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, who was asked on Tuesday about what he made of Kim’s wild win and their relationship, which goes back a long way. Woods did some A+ reminiscing. “This kid Read more…
Train lead singer Pat Monahan has much to be proud of in his career. His band has won multiple Grammys, had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide. And yet, he might be most proud of the fact he’s played in seven AT&T Read more…
To start this all off, I just want to say that I’ve yet to attend a Masters, and I’d really love to at some point, so this is purely a retelling of a Kenny Mayne story from a podcast. Not a flourish to be seen here. And Augusta National, I’ll hopefully see you down the Read more…
It never felt quite right that Collin Morikawa was on a two-year winless streak. The guy is too talented a golfer; too solid a ball-striker; too smart a person for it to last. It always felt inevitable that he’d snap it sooner or later. Last week at Pebble Beach, it happened. Collin gained roughly 1 Read more…
Every year around the time of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, pictures of the course from the 1929 U.S. Amateur make the internet rounds, causing architecture buffs to swoon. The photos show the greens—primarily those along the cliffs like four, six, seven and 17—buffeted by swaths of open sand and dunes-like vegetation as if they Read more…
After last year’s devastating wildfires forced a one-year relocation to Torrey Pines, the Genesis Invitational returns to the Los Angeles area and the historic Riviera Country Club, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Designed and built in 1926 by George C. Thomas Jr., it has been a fixture on the PGA Tour since 1973. Read more…
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