Dwyane Wade and Dorell Wright were introduced to golf through NBA teammates, but neither had any interest in playing the game at first. Wade thought it was a “waste of time” and didn’t understand teammates who were spending so much time on the course instead of “working on their craft” on the court. Wright went Read more…
A new year is supposed to begin with hope for what’s to come. It’s a new start. A clean slate. On January 1, Brendan Valdes didn’t feel well and decided he should go to an emergency room in Orlando. He thought he had, in his words, a “regular ole sickness.” Hours later, he was told Read more…
After a two-week, what-felt-like-an-eternity break, the PGA Tour returns this week with the first-ever Biltmore Championship in Asheville, N.C. It’s the first event of the FedEx Cup Fall, and the lone tuneup event for those competing in next week’s Presidents Cup at Medinah. A number of Presidents Cuppers are in N.C., among them Corey Conners, Read more…
Itching for a little more PGA Tour golf? Well, you’re in luck. The tour kicks off its eight-event Fall Series this week with the inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove. This will be the tour’s first time back in North Carolina hamlet since 1942 and will features a handful of Presidents Read more…
The PGA Tour returns to Asheville for the first time since 1942 this week with the inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville. The event begins the FedExCup Fall and is the first of a four year agreement that will keep the tournament in the area through 2029. RELATED: American team golf keeps losing twice The tournament will Read more…
Angela Stanford took off the red, white and blue and promptly donned purple and white. The U.S. Solheim Cup captain, whose team lost 15-13 to Europe last week, was named an assistant coach for her alma mater, TCU, less than 24 hours after the matches ended at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. Stanford, 48, was Read more…
PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp did not mince words in relaying that the returning member program that enabled Brooks Koepka to compete on the tour this season is off the table going forward.
It’s a full-circle moment for architect Jeff Mingay. Over 20 years ago, he accompanied his long-time friend Ben Cowan-Dewar, the co-founder and CEO of Cabot’s golf portfolio, on their first visit to the site that would become Cabot Links at Cabot Cape Breton. Icicles were flying in their face, and the wind was blowing sideways Read more…
The United States Solheim Cup team did not lose to Team Europe because they had celebratory beers on the team bus Saturday night, with the score tied 8-8. Optically, though, it was not a great look. Of course, no one would have cared if they had just kept it to themselves. In fairness, that’s impossible Read more…
A round at a Chicago country club took a wild turn when a golfer’s demand for two caddies sparked a full-blown meltdown, all caught on video by the club pro. Turns out America’s school calendar had a lot to do with it.
The US arrives at team events with a conviction that their topline firepower and deep rosters should make victory inevitable, and when it doesn’t arrive it acts like the loss is a consequence of fate failing to follow script.
When it comes to golf betting, there is no better time to hit long-odds winners than the fall schedule on the PGA Tour. Over the past two years, 12 of the 15 tournament winners have cashed greater than 35-1 odds. More than half (eight) have cleared more than 60-1! If you love longshots, the FedEx Read more…
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