It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a golf ball coming right at you that you couldn’t see because of harsh sun! OK, sure, that’s a pretty rare occurrence, but it might be time to switch from your overkill of hats to one trusty pair of sunglasses. It’s a hell of a fashion change-up—we understand Read more…
To be clear, I’m not suggesting we ditch the blazer entirely. If it’s a real golf tournament (and if you have to ask, it isn’t), a dash of formality gives extra buzz to any dinner, be it the kickoff or closing ceremony. With a jacket on, science proves you’ll laugh a little louder and order Read more…
If you’re able to secure a tee time at Bethpage Black—a particularly hot topic of late—you might wind up getting something even cooler: Ryder Cup tickets. The PGA of America announced on Wednesday the launch of “The People’s Perk,” a large-scale ticket giveaway to the 2025 Ryder Cup, which will be contested at Bethpage Black Read more…
OJAI, Calif. — Ilhee Lee came agonizingly close to resurrecting a comeback at the U.S. Women’s Open last year. And the year before that. Lee, who played on the LPGA Tour for nearly a decade and has one career victory, finished fourth in the U.S. Women’s Open qualifying last year at the Village Course in Read more…
The odds of making a hole-in-one are 12,500 to 1. Most amateur golfers will never realize this dream in their careers, but that doesn’t keep us from trying to achieve golf immortality. Simply making an ace would be more than enough for any golfer. But what if you could pocket a cool million in the Read more…
The fickle playing partners of Golf and Politics are finding concerning coalescence in one of the nation’s great golf pockets. The Coachella Valley, known to most with the blanketed title of “Palm Springs”—home to 120 courses across a 40-mile spread of SoCal sand and sun and host to annual PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and Read more…
Urban legends are a barstool currency, traded among sports fans to inform and debate but mostly to entertain. Many of them are surreptitious in nature and border on the apocryphal, such as Michael Jordan’s really retiring from basketball because of a gambling suspension, Cassius Clay’s phantom punch of Sonny Liston and the 1985 NBA Draft’s Read more…
Last October, the Internet issued a collective “awwww” when photos of Shane Lowry dressed as Travis Kelce to complement his daughter’s Taylor Swift costume began to make the rounds. Despite being a professional golfer by trade, the 6’ 1” Lowry looked the part of an all-pro tight end decked out in a full set of Read more…
It’s a week of firsts for the PGA Tour. The first event at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, the first Truist Championship (formerly the Wells Fargo Championship) and the first individual event for Rory McIlroy since his Masters triumph. There’s also $20 million up for grabs at this signature event, along with a chance for McIlroy Read more…
It’s called the Truist Championship for the first time. It was the Wells Fargo Championship last year. This year the event is a Philadelphia Cricket Club. Last year it was at Quail Hollow Club. Last year Rory McIlroy won. This year, we’ll see. The event moved courses this year because the PGA Championship is at Read more…
Scottie Scheffler may not be the most extroverted PGA Tour personality, but get him on the golf course and you’ll get everything you could want from a star athlete. It makes total sense that that’s where he’d be most comfortable. So, following in the footsteps of Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson and other content Read more…
Billy Horschel announced on Tuesday that he will undergo surgery for a hip injury. Horschel, 38, had previously pulled out of the Zurich Classic late last month because of the ailment. On a video posted on X, the eight-time PGA Tour winner said he will undergo a procedure next week to fix the issue, which Read more…
At the risk of sounding self-important, we should lead with the truth of the matter: This mystery could have been solved by anyone who took a few hours to track down results with a newspapers.com account. However, nobody seems to have done so before us, and we now have an answer to the following question: Read more…
There’s a reason Scottie Scheffler has been ranked World No. 1 for most weeks (138 and counting) than any golfer not named Tiger Woods, and certainly his play at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson was representative of that. However, there was an overlooked line from the CBS broadcast that might spell out just how incredible Read more…
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