An exceedingly difficult game on a challenging course is made easier when the hole starts getting in the way, as it did on Sunday for Carl Yuan. He holed out from off the green three times in the Valspar Championship on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. It began at the Read more…
The LPGA is back in the U.S. after a two-month hiatus, the tour playing three events in Asia during that stretch. This week it’s at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship at Palos Verdes Golf Club in California, the first of three events out west. It’s the third consecutive year the LPGA has stopped at Read more…
After a frustrating 2023 season for Justin Thomas, the results in 2024 have suggested the two-time major winner has turned a corner: four top-15 finishes in six starts, a spot inside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points list and a World Ranking also safely in the top 30 to secure appearances in upcoming Read more…
“It’s called The Snake Pit for a reason.” Those were the words of Keith Mitchell on Saturday afternoon after he’d played the third round of the Valspar Championship on the Innisbrook Copperhead Course. If you’re saying something like that, it’s probably a rationalization for having been hammered by the final three holes that are dubbed Read more…
The early returns for Kevin Streelman on the PGA Tour in 2024 have not been all that impressive. In six starts, the 45-year-old has made just one cut, a T-32 at the Puerto Rico Open. So it was that his opening-round 64 at the Valspar Championship, which earned him the Day 1 lead, was particularly Read more…
It turns out, the seven Kevins – including 18-hole leader Kevin Streelman – tied a PGA Tour record. It also turns out the PGA Tour keeps track of such things. That’s impressive in its own right.
The book stands out for its format, which can best be described as a series of vignettes from Tiger’s career that illustrate his resilience in the face of obstacles, both self-inflicted and otherwise.
After three weeks in Florida, we’ve arrived at the final leg of the swing in the Sunshine State. Austin Eckroat won the Cognizant Classic at the Palm Beaches before World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler dominated the next two weeks at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship. The Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Read more…
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — The dreaded R-word popped up last September for the first time in Lizette Salas’ 13-year LPGA Tour career. After the 34-year-old spent months away from competition on medical leave due to back pain, the hyper-competitive Salas briefly thought retirement was imminent while watching the Solheim Cup from afar for the Read more…
On the eve of the Valspar Championship, Thomas insisted that he’s putting better than the numbers say. And we have to say that he had a pretty good excuse for those poor stats.
For those complaining that golf in the Olympics looks exactly like golf almost every other week of the year, you’ll be happy about a new report. You’ll just probably have to wait another four years to see something different.
Begay is keenly aware that this weekend is an audition. With Paul Azinger’s departure, NBC is testing several potential analysts as it looks to fill the role full-time later this year.
When you’re around as long as Golf Digest has been—the magazine was founded in 1950—you’re going to make many a prediction. Some have been right, some have been far from it. (Don’t look into it.) But we’re still chugging along, claiming that this guy will be the first this and this woman will be the Read more…