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Backstopping

January 19th, 2020

PGA Tour backstopping controversy returns as Kevin Na yells, “Hit my ball!” to playing partner

American Express, backstopping, Golf, Golf Twitter, Kevin Na, PGA Tour, Russell Knox

February 28th, 2019

It’s time golf gets rid of the grey in ‘backstopping’ and makes it a black-and-white issue

Establishing a rule would be very easy, and the only tricky part would come in deciding the parameters.

February 25th, 2019

After rules controversy dominates headlines, Minjee Lee falls just short in Thailand

The Aussie had her chances but Amy Yang is the ultimate ‘horse for a course’ in Pattaya.

February 23rd, 2019

The latest backstopping incident is on the LPGA Tour, and it doesn’t look great

Olson played her more difficult shot next from a downhill lie in the rough and as you probably guessed, her golf ball caromed off Jutanugarn’s and settled a couple feet from the flag. But her reaction made the situation look even worse.

June 11th, 2018

Did Mike Clayton just label Jimmy Walker a cheat (and did Walker agree)?

A Twitter spat with our own Mike Clayton could have the 2016 US PGA champion in hot water.

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Butterfield Bermuda Championship - 2025
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
T1Adam Hadwin-54*2
T1Takumi Kanaya-5-2
T1Frankie Capan III-5181
T4Isaiah Salinda-432
T4Adam Schenk-422
T4Vince Whaley-412
T4Ryo Hisatsune-4-2
T4Alex Smalley-4-2
T4Noah Goodwin-4171
T4Braden Thornberry-4-2
T11Chandler Phillips-34*2
T11David Skinns-332
T11Harry Higgs-312
T11Seamus Power-31*2
T11Kris Ventura-3-2
T11Rikuya Hoshino-3-2
T17Matt NeSmith-24*2
T17Nico Echavarria-22*2
T17Steven Fisk-21*2
T17Martin Laird-21*2
T17Jonathan Byrd-21*2
T17Max McGreevy-2-2
T17Pi Coody-2-2
T17Will Gordon-2-2
T17Jeremy Paul-2-2
T17Taylor Montgomery-2181
T17Jake Peacock-2181
T28Jackson Suber-142
T28Greyson Sigg-132
T28Thorbjørn Olesen-132
T28Kevin Roy-132
T28Car Young-13*2
T28Lee Hodges-122
T28Jesper Svensson-11*2
T28Ben Kohles-1-2
T28Mason Andersen-1-2
T28Harrison Endycott-1-2
T28Hunter Wolcott-1-2
T28Taylor Dickson-1-2
T28Kaito Onishi-1171
T28Vince Covello-117*1
T28Kevin Velo-1-2
T28Niklas Norgaard-1-2
T28Cristobal Del Solar-1-2
T45Ryan PalmerE4*2
T45Matti SchmidE3*2
T45Sami ValimakiE2*2
T45Hayden SpringerE-2
T45Michael BrennanE-2
T45Camilo VillegasE-2
T45Dylan WuE-2
T45Zac BlairE-2
T45Patrick FishburnE-2
T45Blades BrownE-2
T45Justin HastingsE-2
T45Tyler WattsE-2
T45David FordE17*1
T45Thomas RosenmuellerE-2
T59Tyler Duncan+14*2
T59Francesco Molinari+122
T59Taylor Moore+11*2
T59Eric Cole+1-2
T59Rico Hoey+1-2
T59Henrik Norlander+1-2
T59Trevor Cone+1-2
T59Matthew Riedel+1-2
T59Matteo Manassero+1-2
T59Will Haddrell+117*1
T69Doug Ghim+212
T69David Lipsky+212
T69Kevin Streelman+2-2
T69Kevin Yu+2-2
T69Adam Svensson+2-2
T69Matt Wallace+2-2
T69Sam Stevens+2-2
T69Trey Mullinax+2-2
T69Danny Willett+2-2
T69Mark Hubbard+2-2
T69John Pak+2-2
T69Scott Piercy+2-2
T69Antoine Rozner+2-2
T82Andrew Putnam+34*2
T82Matt Kuchar+32*2
T82Austin Cook+3-2
T82Joseph Bramlett+3-2
T82Paul Peterson+3-2
T82Ben Silverman+3-2
T82Victor Perez+3-2
T82Lanto Griffin+3-2
T82Samuel Anderson+3-2
T82Andrew Zielinski+3-2
T82Kenny Leseur+3171
T82Will Chandler+3-2
T94Justin Lower+442
T94Ben Martin+432
T94Chad Ramey+43*2
T94Sam Ryder+4-2
T94Ricky Castillo+4-2
T94Matthieu Pavon+4-2
T94Brandt Snedeker+4-2
T94Philip Knowles+4-2
T94Oscar Couilleau+4-2
T94Paul Ferrier+4-2
T104Chan Kim+542
T104Cameron Champ+5-2
T104Patrick Rodgers+5-2
T104Danny Walker+5-2
T104Rafael Campos+5-2
T104Sahith Theegala+5-2
T104Luke List+5-2
T104Nick Hardy+5-2
T104Luke Clanton+5-2
T104Quade Cummins+5-2
T104Oliver Betschart+5-2
T115Robert Streb+6-2
T115Beau Hossler+6-2
T115Henry Smart+6-2
T118Hayden Buckley+7-2
T118Chase Johnson+7-2
120Drew Doyle+11-2
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