PEBBLE BEACH — “It’s finally here,” said U.S. Walker Cup captain Nathan Smith as he greeted friendly faces behind the first tee Saturday morning at Cypress Point Club. The XX-year-old insurance salesman from Pittsburgh, Pa., has been waiting two years to lead his 10-player team in the greatest amateur event in the world. The build-up Read more…
Icon Sportswire Question: Can you explain why iron lofts have been getting stronger? I’m guessing guys can dial these clubs in and hit all sorts of trajectories high/low/mid even with the stronger lofts and the distance gained is coveted. Answer: We get this one a lot. The reason is two-fold. First, the 7-iron is the Read more…
When the United States Walker Cup Team tees it up at Cypress Point, they’ll do so in timeless looks designed and crafted by Peter Millar. With a historic event being played at an equally iconic venue, the brand clearly understood the assignment. Players’ wardrobes blend classic staples with bespoke pieces created exclusively for the squad, Read more…
When you’re 21 years old and Dad wants to hang with you and your friends for dinner, the reaction could be a mix of guilt and horror. Unless your father is a continent’s fiery golf hero and your buddies have looked up to him for as long as they’ve been swinging a club. So Luke Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH — On Thursday at Cypress Point, it was Luke Poulter of the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team holing out from the fairway for eagle on the first hole then making a hole-in-one on the par-3 third. He would make a third eagle before the day was over, leaving some to wonder Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH — Motivation can come from the strangest of things. Including, apparently, a golf pencil. Jackson Koivun, the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world, grew up in San Jose and had played several of the Monterey Peninsula courses as an aspiring teenage golfer. It was four years when the Walker Cup was played Read more…
It’s a home game this week for Shane Lowry at the Amgen Irish Open. The Ryder Cup stalwart had a tough end to his season, particularly in his oddly agitated return to Royal Portrush, but perhaps the luck of the Irish is finally turning his way on home soil this week. On Friday at The Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH — Blink and there’s a risk of missing the actual Walker Cup. A week’s worth of pomp and circumstance—practice rounds, dinners, flag-raising ceremonies—proceeds the two-day sprint of a competition between the best amateurs golfers from the United States against their counterparts from Great Britain & Ireland. Teams understandably arrive early, anxious and excited Read more…
PEBBLE BEACH — The scorecard for the 50th Walker Cup lists Cypress Point Club at a meager 6,620 yards, but don’t let that fool you. The team that’s celebrating on Sunday evening won’t be victorious because it overpowered Alister Mackenzie’s famed course. Rather it’s the one that comes closest to solving the 18 enigmas that Read more…
On Thursday, in the opening round, McIlroy got a sour taste in his mouth when his group – along with Thriston Lawrence and Kristoffer Reitan – was put on the clock for slow play twice, once early and again late.
The 50th playing of the Walker Cup this weekend comes at what is considered by many to be most beautiful golf course in the world, Cypress Point Club on California’s Monterey Peninsula. The rare opportunity for golf fans to see the Alister MacKenzie gem will make the two-day event must-watch viewing for die-hards. The best Read more…
After making it through a long PGA Tour season in good shape, Justin Thomas got hurt less than 10 days into the offseason. It just had nothing to do with golf.
No matter how the 2025 Walker Cup unfolds, it’s hard to imagine any of the young men (and Stewart Hagestad) not considering it a dream week. An extended stay-and-play at Cypress Point? How could it get any better for a golfer? Well, it did for one on Thursday. RELATED: Golf Digest’s Ryder Cup primer Forget Read more…
Perhaps the sneaky best event in golf, the Walker Cup, will begin this weekend at the ultra-exclusive Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, Ca. However, Cypress is happily opening its doors to fans, and plenty of cameras, allowing the common folk to get a glimpse at the No. 3-ranked course in America, according to Golf Read more…
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