American and European players were greeted with a friendly reminder prior to arriving in Haven, Wisconsin, that the bunkers – all 1,012 of them – at Whistling Straits will, indeed, be played as bunkers:
Bryson DeChambeau and his old mate PGA Tour rules official Ken Tackett met again today at the WGC–FedEx St Jude Invitational. Only this time Tackett actually had some good news to deliver to DeChambeau.
For the second straight day, a player in contention at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was dealt a one-shot penalty after accidentally causing his ball to move.
DeChambeau was already having a wild round, with five birdies and five bogeys on his card through 14 holes, while sitting comfortably inside the cut line at one over for the tournament. He then stepped to the par-5 15th tee and, simply put, everything unravelled.
In our latest installment of the “Great Golf Debates” writers Christopher Powers and Joel Beall tackle the pressing question: What golf rules need to go?
The friendly – or maybe not-so-friendly – Presidents Cup banter has officially commenced with Australian Marc Leishman taking a pot shot at bunker bandit Patrick Reed following one of the more explosive PGA Tour rulings in recent memory.