SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — The most decorated current female Olympian from Team USA, Katie Ledecky attended the third round of the Olympic women’s golf competition, checking in with friends and giving a boost to U.S. golfers Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang, who are lurking in medal contention of their own. Ledecky, the long-distance swimming Read more…
Minjee Lee and Hannah Green believe a medal is still possible despite drifting outside contention after the second round of the Olympic women’s golf tournament in Paris.
We looked at the stats of thousands of amateur golfers of all levels provided by Arccos, the official game-tracker of the PGA Tour. The numbers reveal some interesting mistakes that golfers make.
For the past week, the golf world has had its gaze trained squarely on Paris. Le Golf National to be exact, where golf stars and golf nobodies from around the world have gathered for 10 days of fist-pumping, flag-flying Olympic goodness. While the Olympics have been a great reaffirmation of golf’s global appeal not just Read more…
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — For the moment, and perhaps for the foreseeable future, the Olympics are not a team event, but for the three American women, all of whom are lingering near the medal stand, the team game might be the best way to attack the final 36 holes at Le Golf National. World No. 1 Read more…
Ko sees the Olympics as a special opportunity not merely because it might be her last in the quadrennial event, but because the Albatros course demands the kind of precision and focus that rewards a more measured, discerning mind of someone who’s been there before.
A glance at the leaderboard after 36 holes at the Olympic women’s golf tournament offers fans a little bit of everything. If you want surprises, there is Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux, leading by one at eight under par at Le Golf National despite being 137th in the Rolex Women’s Golf Rankings. If you want rising talents, Read more…
Golfpocalypse is a weekly collection of words about (mostly) professional golf with very little in the way of a point, and the Surgeon General says it will make you a worse person. Reach out to The Golfpocalypse with your questions or comments on absolutely anything at [email protected]. RISE UP, MUDDERS This morning at 4:15 a.m. Read more…
The cliché “swing your swing” might get tiring, but it’s based on the sound belief that everyone’s unique physiology is going to lead them to swing slightly differently. That unique physiology often means physical limitations, especially for older golfers who can still play but struggle to make the moves they once did. We’ve explored how Read more…
It’s a cliché response to say that the only real expectation Mariajo Uribe carried with her into this week’s Olympic women’s golf tournament was to enjoy herself. Still, when you’re playing the last competitive event of a fulfilling 14-year LPGA career, enjoying yourself is as good a reward as any. And yet through 36 holes Read more…
Golf is a sport of ingenuity. It’s a game of doggedness, passion and creativity centered around a desire to consistently improve and grow the game. In the never-ending arc of time, the greats always figure out what to do whether they’re A. W. Tillinghast, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio or … Ed from South Carolina? This Read more…
As Tropical Storm Debby descends on the mid-Atlantic, it’s the PGA Tour’s bad luck that the Wyndham Championship, the regular-season finale, happens to be played in Greensboro, N.C., starting Thursday. Up to eight inches of rain are expected in the area over the first two days, and with wind gusts that could reach 25-30 mph, Read more…
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