Each and every major, American golf fans voice their complaints about TV coverage loud and clear. Missed shots, commercials, Playing Through, Kevin Kisner. You name it. But if we Yanks think we have it bad, it pales in comparison to what Canadian golf fans had to endure (again) during the first round of the Open Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Bryson DeChambeau took a step to breaking his major slump with a 67 on Thursday at Royal Birkdale, a bogey on the last hole dropping him out of a tie for first place. But after the round, the talk around DeChambeau was that DeChambeau wasn’t talking. Despite being in contention, DeChambeau told Read more…
One of the nice things about the first couple days of a major championship is discovering stuff about lesser-known contenders. It’s a content world, so when someone new pops up on the leaderboard, there’s a race to learn things about them. That’s certainly the case at this week’s Open Championship, where even guys who are Read more…
Mateo Pulcini’s closing birdie on Thursday likely won’t play an important role in this week’s Open Championship, but it will be remembered by those in attendance at Royal Birkdale. And not too fondly. Pulcini rolled in a 40-footer for birdie to finish a tough opening 75, but his celebration is what caught people’s attention more. Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Playing major championship golf is challenge. Especially on a firm and fast Royal Birkdale. “It’s one of the hardest links courses I’ve ever played,” Bob MacIntyre said shortly after tapping in for a three-under-par 67 on Thursday, getting his seventh appearance in the Open Championship off to a good start. “Just for Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — Every major needs an outsider. This morning at Royal Birkdale it’s a college dropout with a YouTube channel, a pack of cigarettes, bird tattoos and a share of the lead. “Yeah, very nice day,” Dan Brown said after a Thursday 66. “Tee to green, it’s similar to how I’ve been playing recently. Read more…
Charlie Woods will have to wait at least another year to check off an important box for any amateur golfer. The son of 15-time major champ Tiger Woods struggled during Thursday’s U.S. Amateur qualifying at Ohio State University’s Scarlet Course. Charlie shot a five-over-par 76 to miss qualifying by six shots. RELATED: Charlie Woods makes Read more…
There is room for debate as to whether the claret jug is the most iconic item awarded to a tournament winner in golf, a chorus of folks representing a sleepy town in Georgia likely arguing that a certain emerald blazer has an awful lot of cachet, too.
Royal Birkdale is a massive property that went through extensive changes to further cement its positioning as one of the flagship Open Championship venues. The holes weave effortlessly through the dunes, creating an amphitheatre that is beautifully intimidating. This golf course is going to repeatedly ask players to make difficult, and sometimes uncomfortable decisions. RELATED: British Open Read more…
Royal Birkdale returns to the spotlight as host of the 154th Open Championship, welcoming golf’s oldest major back to England’s celebrated Golf Coast for an 11th time. Situated among the towering dunes of Southport on England’s northwest coast, Birkdale has become one of the R&A’s most trusted championship venues, hosting more Open Championships than any Read more…
SOUTHPORT, England — There’s a funny contrast between the image of Scottie Scheffler—an image that is largely true, I think—of an athlete uniquely focused on the present, totally undistracted by the baubles of fame, and obsessively competitive in a way that seems to be motivated by the joys of competition rather than its rewards, and Read more…
As the golf industry has boomed again over the better part of the last decade, so too have the size of driver families. They’re as robust as they’ve ever been, with some major manufacturers dropping a whopping five driver models every year. Rest assured, there is a driver for you out there. Our low-handicappers on Read more…
Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we have reached the stage of the World Cup where we’re just watching to see how it ends. Kinda like the latest Harlan Coben series on Netflix. No offense to the sport and the event, because I’ve watched more than ever this year and it’s been fun, Read more…
I read the other day about fears of a high-rise in Manhattan that was on the verge of collapse because its upper floors were showing signs of sagging and that one of its primary beams was “compromised.” (Tell me about it. I pull a muscle stirring my oatmeal these days.) Seems developers were trying to Read more…
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