There was a time when the most common questions you’d get from a playing partner on the first tee were “what’s the game?” or “how many strokes are you giving me?” Nowadays, you’ll instead often hear something like this: “You good with music?” To be clear, I’m not saying this is a bad thing. In Read more…
LOS ANGELES—Kiara Romero is the top-ranked amateur golfer in the world, but her dance background is always one of the first topics of conversation with many folks. And yet, she’s not proficient in Pliés, Relevés or Pirouettes. “No, that’s not my thing at all,” Romero said. Up until a few days ago, Romero’s Wikipedia bio Read more…
En route to his best year in professional golf, which included three wins and 12 top-10 finishes, Ben Griffin made a boatload of birdies—427 of them, in fact. He also finished in the top 10 in 12 scoring categories. Bottom line: He knows how to efficiently get the ball from the tee box to the Read more…
A surprisingly star-studded field descends on Palm Springs this week for The American Express, which features a three-course rotation and a 54-hole cut. Scottie Scheffler leads the way as the favorite, while Ben Griffin, Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre and Ludvig Aberg round out the rest of the top five on the odds board. Historically, longshots Read more…
Will Zalatoris likes to refer to himself as “kid,” and at 29 he no doubt feels, with good reason, like the best years of his life are ahead of him. It’s just that in the golf world, it seems like the Californian has been around a long time—and maybe, ironically, that’s because he hasn’t been Read more…
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will make his 2026 debut this week at The American Express, spearheading a loaded field featuring four other top-10-ranked pros: Russell Henley, Robert MacIntyre, Ben Griffin and Justin Rose. Scheffler was supposed to make his 2025 debut here last year, but was taken out by a ravioli incident. Hopefully, he Read more…
Ryder Cup hero Shane Lowry has acknowledged his Bethpage Black captain Luke Donald could be tempted by a shot at history, with officials set to hold talks with the Englishman at this week’s Dubai Desert Classic.
It’s never too early to start thinking about retirement. Even if you’re a 26-year-old in the very beginning of the prime of your career. Chris Gotterup, who won for the third time in as many years on the PGA Tour Sunday at the Sony Open, is already thinking about it. And for good reason. Here’s Read more…
Keith Mitchell addressed his golf ball with his sand wedge turned over so the toe was down against the back of the ball. And then he dribbled one a few feet that stayed in the bunker.
Chris Gotterup changed residences during his abbreviated offseason, moving from Oklahoma to Florida to facilitate a more productive start to his season. That decision and appearances in a few unofficial events late last year and TGL matches the past few weeks all contributed to the very payoff he was seeking.
Standing over a three-foot putt on the 18th hole at the Lima Golf Club in Peru’s capital city, with a chance to win the Latin America Amateur Championship on the second playoff hole, Mateo Pulcini did his best to stick to a relatively quick routine. He adopted it for moments like these, when spending too Read more…
Shane Lowry spoke powerfully after a 72nd hole meltdown cost him at least a spot in a playoff at the DP World Tour’s Dubai Invitational, where he and Rory McIlroy were among the big names upstaged by Spain’s Nacho Elvira.
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