Jason Day threw his hat into the ring for a shot at an Olympic medal, with a third-round 67 that lifted his score to nine-under and just five behind leaders Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele.
Unlike previous Olympic golf courses, Le Golf National is very much a known quantity, especially for those in the 60-man field who’ve played the DP World Tour.
As golf in the Olympics continues to navigate its way towards relevancy, its latest challenge may be the one that puts it most in line with golf’s major championships.
In the days after his tie for seventh in last week’s Open Championship at Troon, and before he arrived in the Midlands of England for LIV Golf’s UK tournament this week, two-time major winner Jon Rahm thought long and hard about what would give him a better chance to win an Open played on a Read more…
Associate professor of strength and conditioning at the London Sport Institute, Dr Chris Bishop found that it’s your ability to apply explosive force that is the most important quality when it comes to golfers’ ability to swing the club fast, and hitting the ball far.
To the untrained eye, it looked like McIlroy had missed a “gimme” with a US Open trophy on the line. Rahm, who was watching on the couch like the rest of us after withdrawing early in the week due to injury, believes it was anything but.
Home and away tournaments held at golf courses designed and owned by players. Events under lights in destinations like Dubai and more exotic overseas locations. These are just a few of the ideas LIV officials and players are considering as it looks to reproduce its successful Australian event across the globe.
Jon Rahm did not have a very fun time at this past week’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. And it wasn’t just because he barely made the cut and struggled his way to a T-45 finish.
Valero Texas Open winner Akshay Bhatia says his commitment to using an Odyssey broomstick putter is the one constant in a whirlwind week that saw him scrambling to fly to Augusta National after punching the very last ticket into the Masters.
Last April at Augusta, the Spaniard was the PGA Tour star who staved off his LIV Golf foes. Now he’s one of them. How Jon Rahm’s LIV stance evolved from then to now.
Johnson, who went a more conservative, American route in 2021, has nothing but love for Rahm’s choices, even if he barely understands what any of them are.
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