This year has seen no shortage of bizarre rules snafus since the USGA and R&A rolled out the new Rules of Golf on January 1. Sunday at the Players Championship was no exception.
None of this has been a good look for golf, a sport that prides itself on good looks. So now what? Is it time for professional golf to finally have its own set of rules?
There are few more eccentric folks in professional golf than Bubba Watson. So was it really a surprise to see him wearing a blue golf glove during his Ryder Cup press conference on Wednesday?
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.