The R&A and USGA have a lot more work to do to convince PGA Tour players that a rollback of the golf ball is in their best interest or the best interest of the game overall, judging by the players’ reaction to a presentation by the governing bodies and several manufacturers Tuesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
Billy Horschel hit two greens in regulation Thursday at the Memorial Tournament – or as many times as he hit his ball in a single stroke during a miserable round that had the defending champion fighting back tears in the aftermath.
Brooks Koepka should be included on this year’s US Ryder Cup team. That’s the opinion from across the aisle of European Ryder Cup stalwart Rory McIlroy. As for LIV golfers playing for the host team this September in Rome, that’s another story.
A million different thoughts had to be racing through the mind of Emiliano Grillo as he waited to see if his blunder on the 18th hole at the Charles Schwab Challenge would cost him a shot at ending a nearly eight-year victory drought on the PGA Tour. Making a couple young kids’ days likely wasn’t Read more…
A victory by Brooks Koepka at the 105th PGA Championship would have several layers of meaning, both for the man who achieves it and for the game of golf at large.
Quite often a player who comes close to winning a Major championship tends to give himself another chance almost right away if he keeps his form intact and carries the right attitude.
Between the Masters victory, three other PGA Tour victories in 2023 and a host of other high finishes, Jon Rahm has made the sport look easy this season. Surely, the Spaniard would tame Oak Hill, too, entering the week as the tournament favorite.
Years from now, Michael Block can spin a yarn about his week at the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, and it’s going to sound like a fairy tale or a tall tale—and probably a little bit of both—but it won’t need any embellishment.
Australian Golf Digest
