You can always tell if an event is special by people wanting to talk about the next one as soon as this year’s edition finishes, and Paul Azinger certainly gave golf fans something to talk about overnight.
Playing golf the day before your wedding, if you’re lucky enough to do it, is meant to be relaxing. It doesn’t usually involve tens of thousands of golf fans ferociously taunting you for four hours. But Patrick Cantlay is not your average person, and a Ryder Cup in Italy is not your average golf tournament. Read more…
The idea of players wanted to be paid to play in the Ryder Cup really took off in the pages of Golf Digest, and almost derailed one of the most iconic moments in golf history.
US captain Zach Johnson said 47-year-old Woods, who last weekend caddied for his son Charlie during his victory at an Orlando regional qualifier for the Notah Begay Invitational, wasn’t likely to offer any advice now that Ryder Cup week is underway.
It’s shocking we’ve made it this long without ever asking Woods his opinion on the matter, but the good people at TaylorMade righted that wrong this week, asking the 15-time major winner what he believes is the greatest golf shot he’s ever hit.
If you’re consistently feeling low energy late in your rounds, you could be under-fuelling as Thompson was. Picking up the amount and cadence of your on-course eating, as Thompson did, could help.
Those who pay attention to new golf course openings have had Trout National on their radars since March when it was announced baseball legend Mike Trout was backing a new private club outside of Philadelphia—with a layout designed by Tiger Woods and his design team.
In 130 days, the landscape of professional golf’s two major tours could look drastically different. That’s if a framework agreement between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund goes through on December 31, which commissioner Jay Monahan is confident it will. But those changes will at least have been approved Read more…
Monahan couldn’t provide many concrete details to the ongoing discussions with PIF’s proposed investment in what is called the “NewCo” but is confident that an agreement can be reached by year’s end.
“A work in progress.” That’s how PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan described his biggest challenge to date. He was referring to himself. Monahan on Wednesday revealed that anxiety-induced “mental and physical health challenges” precipitated his decision to take a leave from his day-to-day duties with the tour for slightly more than a month. He further Read more…
Like many inspired ideas, this one was doodled out in its early stages on a napkin. Former NBC Sports President Mike McCarley, who was scouting new business prospects, and Ryan Dotters, the CEO of the Full Swing golf simulator company, were at the 2019 PGA Merchandise Show in Florida and sharing their aspirations over beers Read more…
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