It took a playoff to settle the battle between the last two LPGA Tour Cognizant Founders Cup champions at Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey.
Jason Day, showing signs of a resurgence most of the year, won his 13th PGA Tour title on Monday (AEST), 13 years after his first one, and both came in the same event.
The USGA announced Thursday that Johnny Miller will be recipient of this year’s Bob Jones Award, the USGA’s highest honour that recognises those in the game for character, respect and sportsmanship.
With US Open local qualifying taking place all over America (and the world) this month, stories of odd golf happenings continue to roll in. Earlier this week, the story of Tommy Kuhl shooting a course record on aerated greens in Illinois, then disqualifying himself, captured the golf world’s collective attention.
At Oak Hill that week, Jason Dufner was at his sharp-shooting best. He hit 75 percent of his greens in regulation firing at seemingly every pin- all thanks to this one brilliantly simple swing thought.
Calvin Johnson shocked the world when he retired from the NFL in 2015 at the peak of his powers. The Detroit Lions wide receiver was 30 years old and coming off a sixth straight Pro Bowl selection, but had grown frustrated with losses—and injuries—piling up.
There have been countless instances in which someone called their shot and predicted their own hole-in-one. The amount of times that actually has happened, however, is almost zero.
Joe LaCava must have been really anxious to get back out caddieing again. After starting last week working fulltime for Patrick Cantlay on the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods’ former caddie is making a one week cameo on another top-ranked player’s bag: Nelly Korda.
K.H. Lee isn’t the only golfer going for a three-peat this week. Howard University’s Greg Odom Jr. is in position to make it three in a row at the PGA Works Collegiate Championship. But regardless if he pulls off a come-from-behind victory on Wednesday, he’s already a big winner on Golf Twitter this week.
As for amateurs at any level, under no circumstances should you stand in their firing zone, be it at a Pro-Am, a local qualifier or a live event hosted by a YouTube golf channel called “Good Good.”