The PGA Tour is back, only three weeks after crowning Viktor Hovland the FedEx Cup champion and taking home the $18 million first-place prize that went with it. But things have changed, as this week’s Fortinet Championship is no longer the start of a season that wraps around the calendar, but rather just the first Read more…
When asked why he’s playing this week, Theegala, one of the more thoughtful interviews on the PGA Tour, responded by saying, “I don’t think that’s a great question.”
It turns out that holding a 5-up lead is not as easy as it seems. That’s the margin Stewart Hagestad held over Evan Beck on Thursday after the first 18 holes of the U.S. Mid-Amateur at famed Sleepy Hollow in New York. There were weather delays all week and rather than continuing with momentum from Read more…
Speaking to reporters just before last month’s Tour Championship at East Lake, Masters champion Jon Rahm expressed concern over the increase in rowdy spectators and the prospect of their gambling habits causing players to be deliberately distracted during rounds. There was an incident just a week earlier at the BMW Championship when a fan shouted “pull Read more…
VIRGINIA WATER, England — As golfers tend to be, Jon Rahm was in fine fettle after a five-under-par 67 in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Even better, the Masters champion compiled such a creditable figure after a double-bogey-par-bogey start to his day that surely had him, at least briefly, considering Read more…
The LPGA has announced its updated online pro shop that features an improved and expanded merchandise experience for fans. The shop, that previously featured limited product and brand offering, now includes an expanded selection of LPGA-branded products for on and off the golf course from top brands like lululemon, Greyson, G/FORE, Adidas, and Dunning—the Official Read more…
Yes, Adrian Meronk is still upset, which is fair enough, given the level of disappointment he has experienced recently. Eleven days from hearing he was not going to be part of the European Ryder Cup team later this month, the 30-year-old from Poland is riding a wave of sympathy from all corners of the DP Read more…
Max Homa and Joel Dahmen have become two of the most popular PGA Tour pros in recent years thanks in large part to Twitter—and Netflix. But while they combined to form one of the biggest draws on Day 1 of the 2023 Fortinet Championship, Homa says it’s the third member of their group that golf Read more…
It was Lucas Herbert’s first competitive start in two months and an impressive one at that, making 144 feet of putts en route to an opening 63 at the Fortinet Championship. But after his round Herbert’s score became secondary when the Aussie described what spurred the mini-sabbatical. Herbert, speaking to the media Thursday at Silverado Read more…
Take the accomplishments of the man who is leading and couple it with the score that he’s leading by and it appears that the winner of the U.S. Mid-Amateur is going to be someone with which the golf world is familiar. A third trip down Magnolia Lane next April doesn’t seem too far away either. Read more…
The score was bleak, but Kimberly Dinh did not panic. The 31-year-old from Midland, Mich., was thrilled to be in the championship match of the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Stonewall in Elverson, Pa., but this was not what she had in mind. Kelsey Chugg, the 2017 champion of this event, was 3 up after seven Read more…
The Ryder Cup is two weeks away and Team USA’s players couldn’t be more excited. A.) They’ll soon be playing in the Ryder Cup. And B.) They won’t have to answer questions about Justin Thomas anymore. The two-time major champ has gotten by far the most scrutiny of either team’s six captain’s picks. And for Read more…
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