Anthony Kim’s LIV Adelaide win sparks debate, Scottie Scheffler looms at Riviera, and the 10th hole remains golf’s greatest puzzle. It’s another edition of Golfpocalypse.
Rory McIlroy lost in a playoff to Matthew Fitzpatrick at the DP World Tour Championship, yet still won the season-long Race to Dubai for the fourth year in a row and seventh of his career.
In playing companion Matt Fitzpatrick’s view, what he witnessed of Scheffler on the greens during the third round at Royal Portrush was far different from the reputation he knew only a few years ago.
With two rounds to play, anything can still happen. Yet with the dominant way Scheffler is performing in almost every aspect of the game, he looks like the man to beat this weekend.
Whether a major champion using irons that were 3D-printed, a six-time PGA Tour winner putting in two drivers at the Masters or a fairway wood from 2006 finding its way back in play, here’s our take on the top gear stories of 2024.
The PGA Tour Policy Board approved a series of changes this week that will reduce the number of golfers in tournaments and reduce the number of tour cards available. In theory, these new tweaks will help improve pace of play, but one of the tour’s fastest players finds the situation “pathetic.” First, let’s start with Read more…
The longer that “framework agreement” negotiations take, the more a general apathy sets in among golf fans, who remain the biggest victim in this whole mess. There’s rising apathy among the players, too.
If Matt Fitzpatrick wants to be part of the season-ending playoff events in the Middle East, he is going to need something approaching the victory he posted in this event last year.
Australian Golf Digest
