Tim Finchem, the PGA Tour’s third commissioner and a key architect of the modern tour, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, disclosed by his wife Holly alongside a major $13 million gift to PGA Tour Charities.
LPGA Hall of Famer Jan Stephenson has beaten cancer again. At 74, the Australian legend looks back on her breakthrough win, career-defining moments, and the fight that still drives her today.
The Hall’s return to the sandhills of North Carolina is a source of pride for an area that calls itself “the cradle of American golf”, with representatives of local and state government set to be among the first group of official visitors.
Keeping an unusually low media profile during the opening events of his divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series, Greg Norman is finally ready to do the talking. In a wide-ranging interview with Australian Golf Digest, The Shark explains how golf found itself in conflict, what it all means for countries like Australia, and why his second attempt at globalising the pro circuit will end differently to the first.
The scaled-down version of the hall will occupy the second floor of the new three-hectare campus the USGA is building to complement its headquarters in Liberty Corner, New Jersey.
For all the praise lavished on Tiger Woods, spoken and written, tweeted and typed, Thursday afternoon (AEDT) marked a first: a gathering dedicated solely to appreciating his immeasurable impact on golf.
When it was announced two years ago that Woods had been elected for induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame – his induction is taking place right now during the Players Championship – never was news greeted with such nonchalance.
Australian golf superstar Jan Stephenson has fulfilled a lifelong dream this morning, being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at a ceremony in California.
If Dustin Johnson showed up for his pre-Masters press conference on Tuesday afternoon and announced he’d had enough of the golf grind and was retiring at age 34, he could walk off into the Augusta sunset knowing his next metaphorical stop would be the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Australian Golf Digest
