LIV Golf officials are seeking $US300 million by September 1 to keep the league going into 2027. What happens if they get the money, and if they don’t?
With more people than ever playing golf, there are also more golf stories to tell. That’s where The Fringe comes in. Whether it’s a profile of a celebrity golfer, a look at how golf made a difference in someone’s life or just an interesting on-course tale you may have missed, The Fringe brings fun stories Read more…
Can Nelly Korda make it three majors in a row? The American makes winning look easier than it actually is, but the rest of the field isn’t going to conceded anything to her.
“Man, they definitely didn’t want me to win.” —Wyndham Clark SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The best joke I made while following Wyndham Clark at Shinnecock Hills on Sunday as he pulled out a one-shot victory at the 126th U.S. Open was an accident. It came on the eighth hole, when Clark put his drive in the Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The first piece of content with any real traction from the 2026 U.S. Open was posted by the championship’s X account at 6:56 a.m., and concerned an approach Harry Higgs attempted on Shinnecock Hills’ 10th hole—his first of the day: What looked in the air like a prelude to a reasonable birdie Read more…
My dad always said, “The Rules of Golf are the rules of life.” He learned this early. As a self-described “ornery kid” growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in small-town Iowa, Bob Longman was athletic, even if he was “kind of a little guy.” He quickly learned that golf was a sport he could Read more…
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — When Jake Amos first saw Arni Sveinsson, it was in the spring, and the high school junior was coming off a long Icelandic winter. Amos was the head coach at East Tennessee State University then, and although he’d never coached anyone from the small island nation, a few Icelandic alumni had vouched Read more…
The former USGA chief executive returns to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club this week for the 2026 US Open, as interested as ever in the championship and how it plays out on one of the most storied courses in America but no longer invested in the outcome.
“Caddies are even crazier than golfers. You know why? Because we know golfers are crazy, and we still want to work for them.” —Michael Collins It has now been 12 years since I sat down with Michael Collins, ESPN golf host and former caddie who looped on the tour for a decade, at a hotel Read more…
LOS ANGELES — Some of the most impactful work of Cara Banks’ early golf career came in Africa via a Nikon F5 camera and a backpack. She lived in Ghana for four months and went on solo treks to Johannesburg and other cities, interviewing golfers and sharing their stories. She would produce, write, interview and Read more…
Who should be on your radar for the year’s second women’s major? Here are 10 players we’ll be watching, appearing in their order on the Rolex Women’s Rankings, from lowest to highest.
Drive two hours west of Memphis and you’ll find River Oaks Golf Club in Searcy, Ark. Once there, chances are good you’ll see a pair of retired high school coaches playing against each other in what has become one of golf’s greatest ongoing—and lesser-known—rivalries. For 17 years and nearly 1,500 rounds, David Bevell, 75, and Read more…
Wyndham Clark closed with a blistering 11-under 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, marking a powerful comeback after a challenging year on and off the course.