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Ryan french

November 12th, 2024

Tour pro sacrifices 8-iron to make the cut on the number at DP World Tour Q-School

8-iron, article, DP World Tour qualifying school, golf digest, Infinitum Golf Lakes Course, Mike Miller, News, Ryan French
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January 30th, 2024

This golfer’s annual ‘Year In Review’ magazine is the stuff of legend

You’d think this type of TMI thing would be obnoxious, but it’s so over-the-top that it’s a delight to go through!

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January 19th, 2024

There’s a switch-hitting golfer trying to qualify for next week’s PGA Tour event

He switches based on the length of the shot, hitting driver through 6-iron as a righty, and 7-iron down as a lefty. See for yourself:

January 15th, 2024

John Lyras’ Korn Ferry Tour debut ends in a disastrous DQ after first-hole rules infraction

Sydney-based tour pro John Lyras has seen his Korn Ferry Tour debut cut short today in the worst fashion possible way: a rules-based disqualification after an error on the first hole of the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic.

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November 28th, 2023

Golfers at this week’s Asian Tour event will have to pay – and travel – to hit range balls

A tournament memo to players alerted them that there would be three indoor hitting bays and three other nets and that a “range is not available on-site” at the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open.

this-story-about-phil-mickelson-helping-a-golfer-practice-for-q-school-is-why-he’s-still-a-legend

November 14th, 2023

This story about Phil Mickelson helping a golfer practice for Q-School is why he’s still a legend

suspended-pro-golfer-talks-about-$116-in-bets-that-got-him-in-trouble-and-warns-others-of-‘career-altering’-mistakes

October 31st, 2023

Suspended pro golfer talks about $182 in bets that got him in trouble and warns others of ‘career-altering’ mistakes

Jake Staiano, a Korn Ferry Tour player who has been suspended for making bets on PGA Tour competition, is explaining his side of the story.

tour-pro-confesses-to-cheating-at-pga-tour-developmental-event

July 25th, 2023

Tour pro confesses to cheating at PGA Tour developmental event

What, if any, discipline Justin Doeden will face remains unclear.

November 15th, 2022

You won’t believe the fines golfers are facing for not raking bunkers properly at Asian Tour Q-School

Golfers shouldn’t have to worry about playing out of someone else’s mess this week in Arizona.

October 3rd, 2022

This Q-School DQ might be the most painful DQ story we’ve ever heard

What’s the most you’ve ever paid for a round of golf? Odds are, it wasn’t as much as one golf pro wound up paying to play one hole last week.

Behold the craziest (and greatest) 75 ever shot in a professional golf tournament

This Matt Every story involving a front-nine 29 and a helicoptered putter is the most Matt Every story ever

School maths teacher fires 61(!) to Monday-qualify for PGA Tour Champions event

Professional poker player shoots 60(!) at Korn Ferry Tour qualifying school

Robert Garrigus quietly pulled off a PGA Tour feat that’s going to be really tough to top

PGA Tour winner misses short putt to get knocked out of US Open qualifier, promptly snaps putter over his knee

July 8th, 2020

Australia’s Steve Allan might be the most hard-luck Monday qualifier story we’ve ever heard

This story involving Steve Allan is too good not to share. Well, too good unless you’re Steve Allan.

July 1st, 2020

You won’t believe how hard it was to Monday qualify for this week’s Korn Ferry Tour event

Four golfers – including Australia’s Steve Allan – shot 64 at the two qualifying sites and did not make it through. Rough.

May 8th, 2020

Tour pro rips into Vijay Singh for entering Korn Ferry Tour event

Brady Schnell implied there are other Korn Ferry pros who share his stance but did not express it in the way Schnell did on social media.

April 28th, 2020

Alex Cejka wins second consecutive mini-tour event thanks to wild rally that included a hole-in-one

While it’s not too surprising to see a guy who has won at the highest level winning at the, well, not highest level, the way he earned this victory was downright spectacular.

Leaderboard

Sony Open in Hawaii - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
T1Davis Riley-9F2
T1S.H. Kim-9F2
T1Adrien Dumont de Chassart-9F2
T1Nick Taylor-9F2
T1Kevin Roy-9F2
T6Maverick McNealy-8F2
T6Chris Gotterup-8F2
T6John Parry-8F2
T6Takumi Kanaya-8F2
T10Vince Whaley-7F2
T10Patrick Rodgers-7F2
T10Ryan Gerard-7F2
T10Nick Dunlap-7F2
T14Doug Ghim-6F2
T14Jake Knapp-6F2
T14Sudarshan Yellamaraju-6F2
T14Alex Smalley-6F2
T14Kurt Kitayama-6F2
T14Ben Griffin-6F2
T14Harry Hall-6F2
T14David Ford-6F2
T22Adam Svensson-5F2
T22Dylan Wu-5F2
T22S.W. Kim-5F2
T22Brice Garnett-5F2
T22Michael Kim-5F2
T22Chandler Phillips-5F2
T28Daniel Berger-4F2
T28Jordan Spieth-4F2
T28Brian Harman-4F2
T28Ren Yonezawa-4F2
T28Patton Kizzire-4F2
T28Kota Kaneko-4F2
T28Ricky Castillo-4F2
T28Kensei Hirata-4F2
T36Lee Hodges-3F2
T36Joe Highsmith-3F2
T36Jordan Smith-3F2
T36Dan Brown-3F2
T36Jacob Bridgeman-3F2
T36Matthieu Pavon-3F2
T36Sam Stevens-3F2
T36J.J. Spaun-3F2
T36Adam Scott-3F2
T36Taylor Pendrith-3F2
T36Corey Conners-3F2
T47Tom Hoge-2F2
T47Zac Blair-2F2
T47Bud Cauley-2F2
T47Mark Hubbard-2F2
T47Zach Johnson-2F2
T47Vijay Singh-2F2
T47Seamus Power-2F2
T47Tom Kim-2F2
T47Denny McCarthy-2F2
T47Russell Henley-2F2
T47Robert MacIntyre-2F2
T47Pi Coody-2F2
T59Chad Ramey-1F2
T59Webb Simpson-1F2
T59Hideki Matsuyama-1F2
T59Johnny Keefer-1F2
T59Matt McCarty-1F2
T59Billy Horschel-1F2
T59Mac Meissner-1F2
T59Emilio Gonzalez-1F2
T59Zach Bauchou-1F2
T59Keith Mitchell-1F2
T59Sahith Theegala-1F2
T59Aaron Rai-1F2
T59William Mouw-1F2
T59Rico Hoey-1F2
T59Haotong Li-1F2
T59Zecheng Dou-1F2
CUTEric ColeEF2
CUTBeau HosslerEF2
CUTKeegan BradleyEF2
CUTAustin SmothermanEF2
CUTAustin EckroatEF2
CUTCollin MorikawaEF2
CUTSteven FiskEF2
CUTRyo HisatsuneEF2
CUTRafael Campos+1F2
CUTChris Kirk+1F2
CUTLuke Clanton+1F2
CUTDavis Chatfield+1F2
CUTMax McGreevy+1F2
CUTKazuki Higa+1F2
CUTMatti Schmid+1F2
CUTErik van Rooyen+1F2
CUTBrian Campbell+1F2
CUTJohn VanDerLaan+1F2
CUTHank Lebioda+2F2
CUTAdrien Saddier+2F2
CUTTaisei Nagasaki+2F2
CUTCam Davis+2F2
CUTDanny Walker+2F2
CUTS.T. Lee+2F2
CUTA.J. Ewart+3F2
CUTIsaiah Salinda+3F2
CUTGary Woodland+3F2
CUTEmiliano Grillo+3F2
CUTAlejandro Tosti+3F2
CUTMichael Brennan+4F2
CUTKeita Nakajima+4F2
CUTCorey Kozuma+4F2
CUTGordon Sargent+4F2
CUTPeter Malnati+5F2
CUTTony Finau+6F2
CUTPontus Nyholm+6F2
CUTNico Echavarria+7F2
CUTChandler Blanchet+7F2
CUTJeffrey Kang+7F2
CUTNeal Shipley+8F2
CUTMarcelo Rozo+8F2
CUTAdam Schenk+8F2
CUTAnson Cabello+8F2
CUTChristo Lamprecht+9F2
CUTKristoffer Reitan+15F2
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