The Internet Invitational is back and bigger than ever. With 64 players in the field and $4 million on the line, Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports’ viral sensation has gone from surprise hit to internet juggernaut in the span of just 12 months. So for each episode of II2, we’ll be dishing out superlatives Read more…
No disrespect to Charles Barkley, Emmitt Smith or any of the number of PGA Tour pros we’ve had on as guests of The Loop podcast in our 300-plus episode history, but this week we had by far our most-famous guest – Owen Wilson. The “Wedding Crashers” legend is now the star of one of Apple Read more…
The expanded partnership strengthens global pathways and commercial alignment, with co-sanctioning of the Australian PGA Championship confirmed for a further three years.
A field of 120 players from 39 countries will be competing this week in New Zealand on the South course at Te Arai Links, including 53 first-time participants.
The prime minister has admitted he was wrong about the use of a multi-million-dollar, invite-only grant given to a golf course in his electorate. The government is spending $6 million on upgrades to the Marrickville Golf Club in Anthony Albanese’s Sydney-based electorate of Grayndler. It is being done through a $560 million major and local Read more…
An invitation to the Masters at Augusta National and a place in The Open at St Andrews are the extraordinary rewards awaiting the winner of this week’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, with eight Australians chasing the title at Te Arai Links in New Zealand.
It’s a tradition at this point. The American Junior Golf Association offers some out-of-this-world tee times in a public auction to raise money for “young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships.” And I get a bit jealous of the fortunate winners (with big hearts and equally big checkbooks) who get the Read more…
Track pants are everywhere. The versatile, sporty bottoms have taken on different forms this year. We’re not talking about the velour track pants of the 1970’s, nor the crinkle-nylon, windbreaker track pants of the 1990’s. Track pants are sophisticated now. They’re being worn in the office. So it begs the question: Can we wear them Read more…
Rory Sabbatini wasn’t sure he wanted to play the PGA Tour Champions. The last of his six PGA Tour titles came at the 2011 Honda Classic and before turning 50 in April he had taken more than two years off from competition. But he decided to give it a go and has had moderate success Read more…
Cam Davis’s late-season charge in Bermuda ended when raging wind forced the final round to be cancelled, leaving Austin Smotherman and Seamus Power to settle it in a Monday playoff.
A 34th-place tie never felt so good. In this case, it was just good enough to give Sean Crocker a DP World Tour card for 2027. The 30-year-old journeyman who played his college golf at USC ended the week at exactly 100th place, the very last position in the Race to Dubai standings that earns Read more…
A report in The Athletic says that the group claims it’s owed more than $US100 million in payments and is looking for what essentially would be “severance deals”.
Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa held on for a two-shot win at the Genesis Championship, taking his second European tour title and leaping from 106th to 28th on the Race to Dubai.
Australian Golf Digest
