Most of us dream about securing tee times at exclusive private clubs like Trout National, Crystal Downs or Winged Foot. That opportunity is here—and the best part is, everything goes toward a great cause. There are a few more days left of the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer experiences auction, which includes packages at Read more…
8:30 a.m.: Happy Black Friday morning, folks. My blood is made of tryptophan now, my bones are 90 years old, and I’ll never eat again. I have been hungover since 6 p.m. last night, and in a perfect world some kindly doctor would inject me with something that would let me sleep until December. However, Read more…
Made-for-TV golf is back—and a venue new to most of us will host the players on Friday. Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., will host the Skins Game on Amazon Prime with the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schaufelle, Keegan Bradley and Shane Lowry. This’ll be a rare opportunity to get a peek inside Read more…
You’d think golfers would be extremely easy to shop for. No sport has more gadgets, gizmos and gag gifts. But that’s also part of the problem. There are so many items out there that no self-respecting golfer would ever touch. Be that as it may, there are, of course, plenty of awesome golf gifts out Read more…
You left the golf course with an 84 and when you woke up the next day, the Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN) treated it like an 81. How is that possible? When the World Handicap System was introduced in 2020, you might have missed in the fine print that your score for any given round Read more…
Nearly two weeks after the Internet Invitational’s dramatic conclusion aired, one of its stars, Paige Spiranac, has addressed what happened in the final episode. The YouTube golf tournament put on by Barstool and Bob Does Sports had a first-place payout of $1 million (to a three-person team) and drew more than 20 million views over Read more…
For the first time since 2008, the Skins Game is returning to Thanksgiving weekend, and we’ll get to watch Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley, Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry (a late sub for Justin Thomas) compete for millions of dollars at Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. You can read more about the resurrected franchise Read more…
It is Thanksgiving and I’m visiting family in Cincinnati, which means the worst golf hole in America is down the street. Fernbank Golf Course’s opener stretches 254 yards, a modest dogleg with a bunker stationed near the green. In isolation, it qualifies as the proverbial gentle handshake welcoming you to the round. But it’s not Read more…
Generally speaking, I’m a big if-you-commit-to-something-you’ve-got-to-show-up guy. But, alas, s–t happens. When it comes to a planned in advance round of golf, the type of “s–t happens” scenarios vary for everyone. My kid’s practice time got changed and my spouse can’t drive them then. I’m absolutely swamped at work. The pot of boiling pasta water Read more…
The LPGA Tour concluded its 75th season on Sunday, and World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul finished with a bang, winning the CME Tour Group Championship for the second consecutive season. Thitikul highlights a group of players with interesting seasons, the great, the good, the bad and the ugly. This isn’t a list of the top Read more…
Jeeno Thitikul can set all sorts of records Sunday, but the most profound would be breaking Annika Sorenstam’s single-season scoring mark. If anything speaks to the kind of year World No. 1 Thitikul has had, it’s that. Heading into the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla., with a six-shot lead, Read more…
So many new golf courses are opening these days, it can be tough to keep track. Trout National has had the attention of the industry for more than two years since it was announced perennial MLB All-Star and three-time MVP Mike Trout and Tiger Woods were partnering together to build a new course. RELATED: America’s 25 Read more…
The nagging frustrations of an entire season might have all been exhaled by Nelly Korda on Friday at the CME Group Tour Championship. Facing constant questions about how and why she hasn’t been able to lift a trophy after a year in which she did so seven times, the World No. 2 put herself in Read more…
The Internet Invitational is over, but believe or not, little old YouTube continues to soldier on without it. In fact, the platform’s golf creators were churning out content the entire time, even if you were too busy forensically analyzing every video frame of Malosi Togisala fiddling with his rangefinder to notice. So please, stick with Read more…
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