In 2023, while guesting on a podcast with famed architect Gil Hanse, I mentioned in passing that, had my childhood dream of becoming a sports commentator not come true, my second choice was to be a golf course designer. The allure of sculpting earth and building something with permanence was enticing to a young boy. Read more…
Blades Brown’s mother, a former WNBA player, has coached and taught high school kids for over 20 years. Something she noticed about her son as he grew up was how he was “a little more mature” than most of the young people she came across, and that his temperament was ideal for the golf course. Read more…
Putting is, arguably, the most personal area of golf. Watch any golf event and you’re bound to see at least half a dozen ways to grip a club. The grips themselves vary in size. Pay really close attention and you’ll notice even more variance on the hosels or necks of putters, especially with the rising Read more…
Say goodbye to technical quarter-zips and say hello to the return of wind jackets. The winds of autumn are blowing through the fairways, bringing with them a different yet familiar way to layer. As we transition into fall, style-conscious players are ditching the quarter-zips and reaching for new takes on old-school wind jackets. Over the Read more…
Scottie Scheffler started Sunday $608,505 behind Tiger Woods in career PGA Tour earnings. Four-plus hours later, after shooting a smooth 66 to win the Tour Championship, Scheffler collected $10 million as the FedEx Cup champion and suddenly led Woods by almost $9.4 million in career earnings. Sure, it’s a sign of the times. Money and Read more…
Joe Dean started the final round of the British Masters seven shots off the lead. Five hours later he had made nine birdies to shoot a bogey-free 63 at the Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, England, and won fairly easily by three shots over four others. While impressive, it’s not the most impressive part of his Read more…
ATLANTA — Ryan Gerard spent last week trying to be as “authentic” as possible while being mic’d up for the PGA Tour Studios special production, “Chasing Sunday: BMW Championship,” that aired on the tour’s YouTube channel on Tuesday. The chase was rather futile as Wyndham Clark, also one of the subjects of the special, forged Read more…
The idea is simple yet novel: identify the top junior golfers within a state and bring them together to expose them to creative training techniques from around the country while forming future friendships. Add some competition, and even a little bit of swag, and you’ve created something for up-and-coming boys and girls for which to Read more…
Last summer, on a magical day at a course here in Durham, NC, I shot a personal best 74 and ascended to the heavens on a white cloud, surrounded a choir of glowing angels. It may sound strange, but if you play golf, you know exactly what I mean. I was truly happy. I had Read more…
First of all, thanks to Gary Woodland. We love to stretch “Pro golfers are just like us!” posts around these parts, but the 2019 U.S. Open champ actually made us weekend hacks feel a lot better about our games for one stunning moment during Sunday’s final round of the BMW Championship. RELATED: 10 things to Read more…
In 2019, after claiming the winning point for Europe in a stirring Solheim Cup victory over the United States at Gleneagles, Suzanne Pettersen added even more drama to the celebration by announcing that she was retiring from competitive golf after the event. It was one of the ultimate “mic drop” moments in golf. Perhaps Anna Read more…
It’s bad enough you missed the fairway by 50 yards, but now your ball is up against one of the course’s boundaries. You might know that, under Rule 8.1a, you cannot move a boundary object such as an out-of-bounds stake (white) if it interferes with your next shot in some way. If you do, it’s Read more…
Thirty players are left standing on the PGA Tour, and there is nowhere left to hide in Atlanta. The FedEx Cup playoffs make their final stop at East Lake Golf Club, where the winner will walk away with the Tour Championship and biggest cash prize of the season. For the second straight year, everybody starts Read more…
The PGA Tour’s 2026 regular season will conclude at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta with the finale of the FedEx Cup playoffs. The top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings will compete for $40 million, with $10 million to the winner. RELATED: Bryson DeChambeau says goodbye to LIV with bittersweet message For the Read more…
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