Thirteen runners-up seems like a lot, but is it really a lot based on Schauffele’s seven wins? I decided to look into how his “runner-up ratio” stacks up against his peers.
A hot week in every statistical category wasn’t enough for Callaway star Xander Schauffele to get over the line at the Players Championship, although a tie for second at TPC Sawgrass shows promise of the upcoming Masters.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Contend as often as Xander Schauffele does on the PGA Tour and chances are you’re going to finish second a few times along the way. That’s the case for everybody not named Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus, both of whom, by the way, had their share of runner-up finishes, too. It’s Read more…
McIlroy cautioned that the current state of affairs, with two entities currently holding very different forms of competition and some players secured by LIV through the late 2020s, will require patience to be worked out.
A disappointing week from the Australian contingent at TPC Sawgrass has resulted in the first Players Championship in 18 years without a Down Under golfer in the top 20 finishers.
This is not the first time. Monahan received more boos last August when CBS Sports’ Amanda Renner asked him to present the FedEx Cup trophy to Viktor Hovland at East Lake in Atlanta.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The chunk echoed off the hospitality suites that surround the hole and sounded like the thud soil makes when striking a lowered coffin. Sorry for the macabre description, but at that moment the portrait seemed fitting, as Wyndham Clark’s chances at the Players Championship appeared to meet a watery grave. Clark Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Yes, we get it. Brian Harman is short. He’s barely 155 pounds soaking wet. He doesn’t hit it as far as the so-called “big boys” on the PGA Tour. We know, we know. He knows. He’s heard it all. Over and over again. And yet, when you watch him go off Read more…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The dumbest question you could ask Mike “Fluff” Cowan, in the moments after the 76-year-old caddie finished his third round with C.T. Pan at the Players Championship on a hot Saturday afternoon, was whether the job had gotten harder with time. So, of course, I asked it. “That isn’t even worth Read more…
Multiple sources familiar with the matter told Golf Digest that LIV Golf’s team component is one of many highly contested subjects in a potential deal.
Rickie Fowler has been a fan favorite on the PGA Tour since turning pro. On Saturday at the Players Championship, though, one fan clearly wasn’t one of his favorites. A furious Fowler pointed at someone in the crowd and yelled, ‘You!’ after hitting his tee shot on the par-5 16th hole at TPC Sawgrass during Read more…