Close your eyes and picture a golfer. Are you imagining the human equivalent of a single man’s “laundry chair ” piled with polyester? It’s hard to blame you. For certain periods of time, golf’s redeeming qualities in style were nearly non-existent. Form and function need not combine, most golfers thought. However, a new spotlight on Read more…
There’s nothing wrong with going for it. We live in the age of 400-yard drives and par 5s in two after all. Yet these days too many tour players lay up while getting dressed. The golfers listed here, however, waited for the green to clear, took big swings and sent some worm-burners skipping through the Read more…
Golf style is having a moment. Rounds played are up 20 percent since the pandemic with increases in play among young people, women and people of color. This surge is fueling in part a greater democratization in golf fashion with influences from the street, skateboarding and hip-hop. Golfwear makers are also borrowing from their contemporaries Read more…
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Over nearly four decades on the PGA Tour, outside of the four major championships, the La Costa Resort & Spa was one of the most sought after destinations for every player. In the 1960s through 1990s, be you Palmer, Nicklaus, Watson or Woods, you could only reach San Diego’s northern coastal enclave Read more…
From tee to green he was simply dominant, ranking first in strokes gained/off the tee and first in strokes gained/approach the green picking up a combined 12 shots on the field. Scheffler also ranked second in greens in regulation.
Korda’s two-stroke victory over Maja Stark makes her one of three in LPGA history to win five straight starts, joining Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-2005).
After clinching a hard-fought 34-10 victory over the Canberra Raiders on Saturday night, the Brisbane Broncos welcomed Queensland icon Cam Smith into their sheds for some post-game shenanigans.
There is very little to criticize Scottie Scheffler for these days. The man does nothing but win, from Bay Hill to the Players Championship to the Masters, and you won’t be shocked to know he was co-leading the RBC Heritage at midday on Saturday when he had every right to coast or even—gasp!—miss a cut. Read more…
Stephanie Sparks, an All-American college golf and former U.S. Curtis Cup player who went on to co-host several Golf Channel programs, in the reality show “Big Break,” died April l3 at 50. Living most recently in Orlando, Spark’s cause of death is unknown. Sparks was born in Wheeling, W.Va., and had an accomplished amateur golf Read more…
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Ten years after Lexi Thompson’s lone major triumph at 19 years old in the 2014 ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship), Thompson missed the two-over cutline at the same major by six shots with scores of 78-74. It’s her sixth missed cut at a major over her last seven starts, with Thompson Read more…
It’s one of those developments in professional golf for which you just shake your head and say, “What the heck?” Those who have followed the game closely in the last few years know the story of Morgan Hoffmann. He is the former No. 1 ranked amateur in the world who starred at Oklahoma State and Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
