If you’ve ever stayed up way too late scrolling through your phone and paid for it in the morning, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Even the No. 1 player in the world can’t resist refreshing, refreshing, refreshing.
Tiger Woods has probably holed more shots from off the green than anyone in golf history, but it sure seems like Muirfield Village has been the site for more of his short game magic than anywhere else.
Unfortunately for Thomas, his first run as No.1 could last as little as two weeks, and there’s nothing he can do but sit back and watch during a two-week break from the tour.
On the course, 2017 hasn’t been too kind to Rory McIlroy. You can’t say the guy hasn’t had a good year – getting married and signing a big-time equipment deal with TaylorMade surely will conjure up good memories for Rory down the road – but injuries have also plagued the 28-year-old.
Breathing is important. Who knew? That handy revelation recently struck Jason Dufner, who has suddenly found a little air under his feet as he enjoys a solid stretch of golf, one void only of a victory.
Golf’s “Golden Child” is at it again. Thanks to a slam-dunk birdie at the par-3 12th hole to begin his day and five birdies in his last eight holes at the end, Jordan Spieth began the 42nd Memorial Tournament with a six-under-par 66.
Winless for more than a year, since the Players in 2016, Day enters this week’s Memorial Tournament coming off a playoff loss to Billy Horschel at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
Like many of his fellow professionals and others in the world of golf, Bubba Watson saw the mug shot, the one of a dishevelled and droop-eyed Tiger Woods that was taken after he was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Monday in Florida, and winced.
The first words William McGirt uses to describe his style of play is, “I’m sneaky short.” In golf’s expansive arena of long hitters, this would augur a lifetime of struggle in the game. And mostly, that is what McGirt, a longtime mini-tour grinder, has known.