It’s a full-circle moment for architect Jeff Mingay. Over 20 years ago, he accompanied his long-time friend Ben Cowan-Dewar, the co-founder and CEO of Cabot’s golf portfolio, on their first visit to the site that would become Cabot Links at Cabot Cape Breton. Icicles were flying in their face, and the wind was blowing sideways Read more…
The United States Solheim Cup team did not lose to Team Europe because they had celebratory beers on the team bus Saturday night, with the score tied 8-8. Optically, though, it was not a great look. Of course, no one would have cared if they had just kept it to themselves. In fairness, that’s impossible Read more…
When it comes to golf betting, there is no better time to hit long-odds winners than the fall schedule on the PGA Tour. Over the past two years, 12 of the 15 tournament winners have cashed greater than 35-1 odds. More than half (eight) have cleared more than 60-1! If you love longshots, the FedEx Read more…
At the Solheim Cup, we watched pros do something difficult that a lot of average golfers attempt, too: play team golf. It’s different from typical stroke play, or even one-on-one match play events. Pros, like the test of us, usually play their own ball. But in the Netherlands, they had to play with a partner Read more…
Dozens of new courses are opening every year. Most of them are private clubs that serve a wealthy clientele. This project will be the opposite—a brand-new course built to ensure kids always have a place to play. First Tee – Greater Charleston has announced the creation of a one-of-a-kind, kids-only nine-hole course located in the Read more…
CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud weren’t expecting Europe captain Anna Nordqvist to call on them to play in Saturday morning’s foursomes matches in the Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf Club. Leaning on rookies is a risky proposition, even if the pair had teamed to grab a fourball win on Friday night. But Read more…
CROMVOIRT, Netherlands—The successful pairing of World No. 1 Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz in the Solheim Cup finally has a blemish. Swedes Maja Stark and Linn Grant were making putts from all over the place, and Stark had a hole-out eagle to take down Korda and Corpuz, 3 and 2, in the first foursomes match Read more…
Tears in a Ryder Cup or Solheim Cup often come on Sundays. You’re either crying with joy or from being completely gutted. Ask Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy what that’s like. And that’s what made Angel Yin’s emotional breakdown behind the 18th green on Day 1 of the 20th Solheim Cup on Friday all the Read more…
If you missed it, last week’s Golf Debate du jour revolved around former professional golfers looking to regain their amateur status. Mainly, the focus was on Colt Knost, whose bid for reinstatement into the amateur ranks was denied by the USGA, which said it was re-evaluating its reinstatement guidelines. This was cause for celebration for Read more…
[Photo: Naomi Baker] Angel Yin is under the biggest microscope at the Solheim Cup, so she had a little fun with questions about her health and the state of her game. “I’m feeling great. Thanks for asking,” Yin said, laughing. Yin was out for two months with a gastrointestinal issue and returned to the FM Read more…
It’ll be tough for Luke Poulter to top the Sunday heroics of his GB&I team, which pulled off the greatest comeback in Walker Cup history. It’s the stuff of golf dreams. He got to celebrate in a pub with his teammates after the Lahinch victory, and his father picked up the tab. How could it get Read more…
The longer you play golf, the more its specific rhythms become second nature: the rules, the etiquette, the language. It’s easy to forget that for somebody who comes to the sport with no background, especially as an adult, it can feel like landing on a foreign planet. Outside of the simple act of striking the Read more…
The women took a week off after Boston and now head to Europe for the 20th edition of the Solheim Cup. A biennial international team event mirroring the format of the Ryder Cup, 12 women from the United States take on 12 women from Europe. The matches started in 1990, and the United States holds Read more…
CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — American tourists tend to stand out in Europe, especially when one is shaking off the rust of not riding an e-bike for a year. But there I was on Tuesday morning, getting ready for a six-mile bike excursion, starting from the city of Den Bosch to Bernardus Golf Club, where the Solheim Read more…
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