Thompson’s impact goes beyond her 9-7-7 career record, as multiple captains lauded her for how she sets a tone for the American’s ethos with her team-first attitude.
GAINESVILLE, Va. — ÂÂLauren Coughlin, U.S. Solheim Cup rookie, is a dream she had aspired to make come true for more than a year. It was at the 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship, two weeks after she posted a then-best-career finish of T-6 in Canada, where it hit the Virginia resident that the 2024 Solheim Read more…
The analytics era for the U.S. Solheim Cup team didn’t get off to the smoothest start. Captain Stacy Lewis hired KPMG Performance Insights lead analyst Justin Ray to serve the American team for the 2023 competition against Europe, and then with 25 potential players and captains in a room waiting for a presentation, a flustered Read more…
The numbers get you close to a story but are too indifferent to describe a life. From 1997 to 2008, King Oehmig might have been the most successful high school golf coach in America. At his alma mater, Baylor School, a private boarding and day school in Chattanooga, Tenn., Oehmig’s teams won 21 state championships. Read more…
There’s really no one in the history of golf like Lydia Ko. First, there’s a pretty air-tight argument that Ko is the greatest very young player in golf history. Yes, including Tiger Woods, who from the ages of 15 through 20 won three straight U.S. Juniors followed by three straight U.S. Amateurs. But in the Read more…
It has been more than a bit wild in the world of professional golf since the calendar flipped over to 2024, and that’s remarkable considering the PGA Tour–LIV Golf drama/mergers/holy war that we expected has largely been a dud.
The previous two years Scheffler arrived as the top seed and exited as just another guy with deep pockets – and his hands were stuffed frustratingly to the bottom of them in dejection. This time, his hands cradled the huge FedEx Cup trophy.
When you think of State Opens, you might have a friend or relative who qualified once and recall how thrilled they were just to participate. Now, imagine not only qualifying but also competing in 50 consecutive State Opens. Well, meet Ed Whitman. Last month, the 71-year-old achieved what we believe to be a first—competing in Read more…
This article originally appeared in The Undercover Newsletter, where we grant anonymity to people who work in golf who’ve got something to say. Here a current PGA Tour player is interviewed by Senior Writer Joel Beall. You can sign up via Golf Digest+ to make sure you receive this newsletter regularly. Most tour players regard Read more…
Hannah Green has fallen an agonising one shot short of a historic medal for Australia as the women’s golf competition came to an enthralling finale at Le Golf National on Saturday.
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