ERIN, Wis. — Amari Avery was playing the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open with borrowed clubs on Friday. This time, it wasn’t an airline that lost her golf clubs. It was an accident that left Avery without her clubs. According to Paige Mackenzie of Golf Channel, Avery’s boyfriend, USC golfer Gavin Aurilia, accidentally Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – Getting kicked in the “goolies” doesn’t sound like a pleasant experience, so rebounding from said kick has to be something of a badge of honor. That’s the feeling Justin Rose embraced on Friday at Muirfield Village Golf Club after his furious back-nine rally gave him a chance not only for two more Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — It wasn’t that long ago that Mao Saigo jumped into the water after winning the Chevron Championship. There’s not much water at all at Erin Hills Golf Course, but Saigo could be lifting another major championship trophy this weekend, this time without a robe. Saigo fired a six-under 66 Friday and was Read more…
ERIN, Wis. — Nelly Korda’s U.S. Women’s Open profile status has read “it’s complicated” through her first 10 appearances in the major. Perhaps she’ll be able to update come Sunday. The World No. 1 needed to step up on Friday at Erin Hills Golf Club, and she did just that. With a five-under 67—two strokes Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio — Sam Burns played the kind of golf Friday at the Memorial Tournament that every golfer should try to emulate. Burns fired—if that’s the appropriate term in a steady rainstorm—a second-round seven-under 65 at soggy Muirfield Village Golf Club, but more than just the score was noteworthy after he opened with a 76 Read more…
It’s not often that someone can ridicule Peyton Manning’s athletic endeavors. He threw for an NFL rookie interception record, sure, and he had his share of embarrassing moments on the gridiron. But that’s going to happen when you play 266 games over 17 seasons. And yet, everything evens out on the golf course, as one Read more…
In case you don’t remember, Phil Mickelson joining Twitter way back in 2018 was a big deal. Lately, Lefty has used the platform more to promote personal political grievances, but he’ll still chime in with some golf gold from time to time. Or a really, really bad hot take, like when he predicted Scottie Scheffler Read more…
As we all know, golf is a very strange game. Just when you think you’re about to play well, you throw up a stinker. And on days when you think you just aren’t going to have it, you throw up a career round. Maddening would be the appropriate word to describe these experiences. Shane Lowry Read more…
The tour is back at Jack Nicklaus’ place with the top players in the world playing in another signature event, the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion and back to attempt to win his third event of the year, following the Byron Nelson and PGA Read more…
DUBLIN, Ohio – With more than six inches of rain falling in central Ohio over the past few weeks, conditions are predictably soft at Muirfield Village Golf Club for Thursday’s opening round of the Memorial Tournament. That means mud balls that can make a straightforward shot a significant challenge. Rickie Fowler offered a glimpse into Read more…
The USGA prides itself on making the U.S. Women’s Open the biggest championship in women’s golf. The event’s legacy helps establish that tone—this is the 80th edition—and so do the venues that host it. Part of that is also playing for the richest overall purse in the game. For the second straight year, the USGA Read more…
Every golfer who has ever played has felt how Jordan Spieth felt on Thursday. The three-time major champ seemed to be hitting the golf ball well, but he wasn’t getting anything out of it. And the frustration was mounting just four holes into the Memorial Tournament. After a pair of opening bogeys and a missed Read more…
Although it’s just ice cream and milk, there’s a dramatic difference between a good milkshake and a bad milkshake. The first makes you believe in life itself, the second makes you furious over a waste of calories. There are obviously many golf courses that have a renowned milkshake, but few are as prominent (and tasty) Read more…
Measuring caddie credit in pro golf is a subjective exercise. Few moments are as clear-cut as Steve Williams calling Tiger Woods off a bounced-in sand wedge from deep rough in favor of a risky, nuked and spinning lob wedge on the 72nd hole of the 2008 U.S. Open, setting up the most momentous 12-footer ever. Read more…
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