Justin Thomas would be the first to tell you that he wasn’t good enough this past PGA Tour season. But, like any world-class player, he’d also be the first to tell you that he wasn’t nearly as far off as fans and media made it seem. Former major winner says tour’s new fall setup is Read more…
Despite sitting 124th in the FedEx Cup standings when the playoff events began, the former PGA champion still has work to do to retain full playing status for 2024.
Just longer than three months into a professional career that has already spawned one victory in his first nine events, Ludvig Aberg leads the biggest tournament on the DP World Tour, the BMW PGA Championship, with one round to play.
The PGA Tour is back, only three weeks after crowning Viktor Hovland the FedEx Cup champion and taking home the $18 million first-place prize that went with it. But things have changed, as this week’s Fortinet Championship is no longer the start of a season that wraps around the calendar, but rather just the first Read more…
It turns out that holding a 5-up lead is not as easy as it seems. That’s the margin Stewart Hagestad held over Evan Beck on Thursday after the first 18 holes of the U.S. Mid-Amateur at famed Sleepy Hollow in New York. There were weather delays all week and rather than continuing with momentum from Read more…
Speaking to reporters just before last month’s Tour Championship at East Lake, Masters champion Jon Rahm expressed concern over the increase in rowdy spectators and the prospect of their gambling habits causing players to be deliberately distracted during rounds. There was an incident just a week earlier at the BMW Championship when a fan shouted “pull Read more…
VIRGINIA WATER, England — As golfers tend to be, Jon Rahm was in fine fettle after a five-under-par 67 in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Even better, the Masters champion compiled such a creditable figure after a double-bogey-par-bogey start to his day that surely had him, at least briefly, considering Read more…
Calling a certain property a “lifestyle” is usually marketing lingo for an amenity like a community pool. This investment property in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is the real deal for the golf enthusiast. Included in the $1.3 million asking price is a driving-range business, a miniature golf course and a golf-ball-shaped four-bedroom house. The range and Read more…
VIRGINIA WATER, England — Given his fair complexion, Sepp Straka would never pass a Hollywood audition for the part of “tall dark stranger.” But there is no doubt the 30-year-old Austrian is, at least within the team room, the least known member of the European Ryder Cup side that will attempt to wrestle the trophy Read more…
Dustin Johnson is not a part of this year’s United States Ryder Cup team. According to the two-time major winner, that fate has more to do with where he plays than how he’s played.
There are hundreds of examples of great leadership in golf, but one that I will long remember occurred leading up to the 2018 Ryder Cup, despite an American loss. It involved not a golfer, but the legendary Duke basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski. “Coach K” was still coaching at the time and didn’t retire until 2022. Read more…
When Season 2 of Netflix’s popular golf series “Full Swing” was announced this past June, there was no indication that the cameras would be rolling at the Ryder Cup in September. However, given the access they had at all four majors in Season 1, it was fair to assume they’d have similar access at the Read more…
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