A herniated disc, fractured rib, back soreness, partially torn tendon, partially torn meniscus, tendinitis, hernia, foot injury, stress fracture, torn labrum. No, it’s not an NRL injury report. It’s the list of some of the injuries players in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking have suffered in the past few years.
This is the hidden brilliance of the USGA. The things they do may be wrong, but they function as a bright spotlight, exposing the most sanctimonious, whine-prone players in the sport.
Moving day was rescheduled for Friday at the Memorial Tournament, with some of the world’s best vaulting up the leaderboard and positioning themselves for the weekend.
Muirfield Village, the site of his first victory in 2014, proved to be the slump buster Matsuyama needed, as he carded a seven-under 65 highlighted by a five-hole stretch of six-under par on his final nine
If the trash talk has been any indication, this Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson pairing at The Players Championship deserves to be a mic’d up, pay-per view event.
Current world No.1 Dustin Johnson has Justin Thomas nipping at his heels, but both might want to keep their eyes on the rearview mirror with this Aussie closing in fast.
Phil Mickelson faced a relatively straight-forward bunker shot on Quail Hollow’s fourth hole and decided to have the pin pulled out by his brother and current caddie.