From Phil Mickelson slamming the PGA Tour’s business model to Morgan Hoffman drinking his own urine in search of a cure for muscular dystrophy, and an almighty bust up at Cranbourne’s club champs, here are some of the most read stories in 2022.
On Wednesday, the governing board of the Official World Golf Ranking sent out a press release announcing a new golf tour that plays 54-hole events is set for inclusion in the OWGR system in 2023.
We hope the following tributes to others that golf lost in 2022—prominent icons of the game such as Australians Jack Newtown and Bob Shearer, teachers and those who loved to chronicle the sport—can in a small way pay homage to their lives and highlight how golf connects us all.
For golf fans, the countdown to the 2023 Masters is about to reach an intriguing milestone: Come Tuesday there will be just 100 days until the opening round at Augusta National.
When golf fans look backwards, they don’t think in terms of years, or seasons. They think in moments. Remember when Cameron Smith putted around the Road Hole bunker to win the Open at St Andrews? Or Jordan Spieth hitting that shot off a cliff at Pebble Beach?
The good news? The USGA and R&A continue to make strides when it comes to revising and—perhaps more importantly—simplifying the Rules of Golf. The bad news? Golf is still, and will always be, a complicated game with complicated rules no matter how straightforward they are.
Tiger Woods and son Charlie followed a 13-under 59 on Saturday with a seven-under 65 on Sunday, their 20-under total leaving them six back of eventual winners, Vijay Singh and his son, Qass. For Team Woods, the event became about other things: The bonding experience between father and son, and their family friends on Team Thomas.
Australian Golf Digest
