Rory McIlroy capped his topsy-turvy 2025 Crown Australian Open campaign with a brilliant birdie putt on the final hole, sealing a remarkable turnaround after flirting with the cut earlier in the week.
What could have (and perhaps should have) been a quiet day during golf’s autumn ebb turned into another hubbub when Bryson DeChambeau seemingly evoked Rory McIlroy’s gut-wrenching missed putt on the 18th hole of the 2024 US Open
With the US team charging and the crowd raging, Lowry stood over a six-footer for a birdie to halve the match and give Europe the crucial half-point they needed to retain the Ryder Cup. With the weight of a continent on his shoulders, he buried it.
The most dramatic finish to a golf tournament this past week didn’t come at the Wyndham Championship or the AIG Women’s Open, but rather at a member-guest event in America. It also might be the best putt of 2025.
The Queenslander still thinks about the missed 10-footer that would have gotten him into a playoff with Ernie Els at Royal Lytham & St Annes. What might surprise golf fans, however, is the other putt in his career he wishes he could have a mulligan on.
The avid golfer shared the video that was dubbed with Gary Koch’s famed “Better than most!” call from Woods’ iconic make on TPC Sawgrass’ 17th hole during the third round of the 2001 Players Championship.
Takahiro Hataji has created history with his first victory as a professional, becoming the first player from Japan to win the New Zealand Open in its 103-year history.
Take a moment to feel for this poor sap, whose lucky break turned into heartbreak at a recent charity tournament when he was randomly selected to try a putt for $10,000… only to watch it lip out in excruciating fashion.
It was the outcome everyone in the rain-soaked gallery at Oakdale Golf & Country Club wanted to see on Sunday, Canada’s own Nick Taylor walking away the winner at the RBC Canadian Open, becoming the first local in 69 years to win his country’s national title.
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