A new year is supposed to begin with hope for what’s to come. It’s a new start. A clean slate. On January 1, Brendan Valdes didn’t feel well and decided he should go to an emergency room in Orlando. He thought he had, in his words, a “regular ole sickness.” Hours later, he was told Read more…
After a two-week, what-felt-like-an-eternity break, the PGA Tour returns this week with the first-ever Biltmore Championship in Asheville, N.C. It’s the first event of the FedEx Cup Fall, and the lone tuneup event for those competing in next week’s Presidents Cup at Medinah. A number of Presidents Cuppers are in N.C., among them Corey Conners, Read more…
Itching for a little more PGA Tour golf? Well, you’re in luck. The tour kicks off its eight-event Fall Series this week with the inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove. This will be the tour’s first time back in North Carolina hamlet since 1942 and will features a handful of Presidents Read more…
We’ve seen countless golf scuffles, rumbles, dust-ups and brawls over the years. Most of the time we can point and laugh and say things like “honey come here, look at these idiots!” but every now and then a fight crosses the line from “stupid” to “criminal.” This is one of the latter.
Angela Stanford took off the red, white and blue and promptly donned purple and white. The U.S. Solheim Cup captain, whose team lost 15-13 to Europe last week, was named an assistant coach for her alma mater, TCU, less than 24 hours after the matches ended at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. Stanford, 48, was Read more…
PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp did not mince words in relaying that the returning member program that enabled Brooks Koepka to compete on the tour this season is off the table going forward.
As the professional golf calendar starts to wind down for the year, the Presidents Cup is fast approaching at Medinah, and we’ve already had some fun with the Walker Cup and Solheim Cup. Times are good in Europe too, with the Race to Dubai coming down to a blood feud between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Read more…
A round at a Chicago country club took a wild turn when a golfer’s demand for two caddies sparked a full-blown meltdown, all caught on video by the club pro. Turns out America’s school calendar had a lot to do with it.
The US arrives at team events with a conviction that their topline firepower and deep rosters should make victory inevitable, and when it doesn’t arrive it acts like the loss is a consequence of fate failing to follow script.
When it comes to golf betting, there is no better time to hit long-odds winners than the fall schedule on the PGA Tour. Over the past two years, 12 of the 15 tournament winners have cashed greater than 35-1 odds. More than half (eight) have cleared more than 60-1! If you love longshots, the FedEx Read more…
Neither Thomas or the PGA Tour released any specifics as to why the two-time major winner dropped out of the event, which is being played for the first time and kicks off the PGA Tour Fall Series.
Finn Koelle came to the final hole of the Sahalee Players Championship tied for the lead, and needed just one swing to win by two shots. His walk-off hole-in-one on the 214-yard ninth capped a final-round 66 for his first collegiate victory.
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