In Italy, there are 150 golf courses with at least 18 holes. But the entire country has only 10 more golf courses than the total in Los Angeles County, where Italy’s greatest ever golfer, Francesco Molinari, now lives.
ROME — In less than 24 hours, the months of Ryder Cup hype will give way to actual Ryder Cup action, and there’s nothing quite like the first tee on Friday morning in Europe. But we’re not there yet! Whether you’re a European gearing up to watch your team defend home soil, an American prepared Read more…
The roars have already started at the 2023 Ryder Cup—and play doesn’t officially begin for another day. That’s because Viktor Hovland pulled off a rare feat at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club on Thursday. His teammates just wish he had saved it for the actual competition. During a final practice round, Hovland didn’t just Read more…
ROME — The British tabloids called him “Brian the Butcher,” and they may come to regret that. He also was referred to as “the Butcher of Hoylake,” and, naturally, “the Big Game Hunter,” given his affinity for the sport, especially the bow-hunting variety. Of course, the big game Brian Harman bagged in July at Royal Read more…
It’s getting kind of absurd at this point, but Michael Block has grabbed yet another trophy. It’s his second “major” win of the season (Southern California PGA section division) and it comes with another opportunity to show Rory McIlroy and his fellow PGA Tour pros who can hit it farther off the tee. This go-around, Read more…
In golf, nobody creates a collectible feeding frenzy like Tiger Woods. The latest sale from The Golf Auction just reinforces that point. Up for bid? The official competitor scorecard from Woods’ first-ever round at the U.S. Open—the 74 he signed for at Shinnecock in 1995. Woods’ scrawl might be the second most familiar autograph in Read more…
ROME — With advances in sports analytics, the big brains behind the numbers can actually quantify the value of homefield advantage in various sports. In the NFL, for instance, the value season to season fluctuates between two and three points; that’s the boost you get from a supportive crowd and familiar surroundings. In the NBA, Read more…
Rory McIlroy can’t seem to escape the topic of LIV Golf. But of all weeks in professional golf, the topic of the rival league was always going to come up at the Ryder Cup, given the impact Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia had on the European team over the past 20 years before joining LIV Read more…
While there is much talk on either side of the aisle about how much individual records are insignificant—“I’d happily not win a point if that means we win the Cup” is a typical refrain—don’t believe a word of it.
ROME – Tyrrell Hatton can’t help but be entertaining, regardless of time or location. Sometimes he’s expressing strong opposition to a golf course setup, or an errant shot. Other times he’s simply responding to esoteric questions, which was the case Tuesday at Marco Simone ahead of the Ryder Cup. The colourful Englishman’s press conference began Read more…
The list of achievements, honours and positions held by the always modest Englishman – surely Britain’s greatest-ever amateur golfer – within the game is both lengthy and astonishing.
For the United States side to pull off something it hasn’t done in 30 years, its fate will probably rest on the Thomas of now remembering how to be the Thomas of old.
Australian Golf Digest
