Remember when Max Homa used to roast random golfers’ swings on Twitter? Ah, the good old days. Sadly, the former King of Golf Twitter has abdicated his throne and gotten away from that fun bit. But ahead of the 3M Open he was back in a way, giving out swing grades for his fellow PGA Read more…
The Rules of Golf have been getting a workout lately, what with the Bryson DeChambeau affair last Friday at the British Open, followed by Scottie Scheffler getting TIO relief from a ball that was never found on Sunday at Royal Birkdale. It’s not just the professional level, however, where there’s been some drama. On Monday Read more…
After a week off following the Evian Championship the LPGA remains in Europe for two more weeks, starting this week at the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open and ending next week at tie AIG Women’s British Open. England’s Lottie Woad is the defending champion at Dundonald Links, winning early in her professional career. She’s added Read more…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen LIV Golf in action and there have been plenty of headlines in the meantime. The last event was in early June and how the league is back this week with its event in the United Kingdom at JCB Golf & Country Club in Staffordshire, England. The usual cast Read more…
According to the CDC, your chances of being struck by lightning on a given year are less than one in a million. However, you are at much greater risk if you are participating in an outdoor activity, like golf. In just the last year alone, there have been three prominent cases of a golfer being Read more…
The majors are done but the betting doesn’t stop. We roll right along to the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, where some longer shots have fared well since the tournament’s inception in 2019. There’s just one tiny problem with that – Scottie Scheffler is surprisingly in the field this week, acting as the elephant Read more…
The third time wasn’t the charm Charlie Woods had hoped for in terms reaching match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur, as he failed to claim one of two remaining spots in a playoff on Wednesday morning. Woods, the 17-year-old son of three-time winner Tiger Woods, was one of 14 players competing at Saucon Valley Read more…
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Given the chaos that transpired at Royal Birkdale from late Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, it only felt right to record an instant reaction podcast to the 2026 Open Championship. That’s exactly what myself, Stephen Hennessey and Alex Myers did on Sunday afternoon, joining forces to record this week’s episode of The Loop immediately after Read more…
It’s not the claret jug they were playing for, but it’s fair to say that a victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship on Sunday was also life changing for Stefano Mazzoli. The 29-year-old Italian had only played twice previously in a PGA Tour event, and the only victories he had prior to Sunday in the Read more…
\The great and painful rule on days like these is that everyone has to fall. They’re raindrops on a car window, waiting for gravity and accumulating pressure to send them cascading out of sight. It’s a thing that happens gradually for the field but suddenly for the lone player, and on certain Sundays, like the Read more…
Steve Williams never did watch much golf. While caddieing for Tiger Woods from 1999 until 2011, he was famous within golf circles for flying home to New Zealand when Woods had two weeks off from competition.